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Stone cladding is durable, attractive, and low maintenance. Here’s what you need to know about this stone alternative.

QUE É REVESTIMIENTO DE PEDRA?

Stone cladding is also known as stacked stone or stone veneer. It can be made from actual stone or artificial, so-called engineered stone. It’s available in a wide variety of finishes that look like slate, brick, and many other stones. It’s a fast and affordable way to get the look of stone on a wall without the cost or time of a masonry installation.

BENEFICIOS DO REVESTIMIENTO DE PEDRA

O revestimento de pedra ten moitas vantaxes sobre outros materiais de construción e, nalgúns casos, sobre a construción de pedra de cachotería.

• Lightness: Stone cladding is easier to carry and install than natural stone, and it places less pressure on the existing structure. It generally weighs considerably less than natural stone.

• Insulation: Stone cladding is weather-resistant and protective. It helps a building stay warm in winter and cool in summer. Reinforcing the cladding with a steel or aluminum framework, called a honeycomb, makes it able to resist earthquakes and high winds.

• Minimal maintenance: Like stone, stone cladding requires little upkeep to look good for many years.

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• Ease of installation: Lightweight cladding is easier to install than stone. It doesn’t require the same heavy equipment that a masonry installation does. This doesn’t mean you can install it yourself, however. Hanging stone cladding requires experience and skill.

• Esthetics: Stone gives any building an elegant look. Cladding can look like quartz, granite, marble, or any natural stone. It also comes in a wide choice of colors. Because you can install it anywhere, stone cladding gives you endless ways to design with stone.

COMO SE APLICA O REVESTIMIENTO DE PEDRA?

Ancoraxes socavadas

Este é o método habitual para grandes instalacións. Nun sistema de ancoraxe socavado, os instaladores fan buracos na parte traseira da pedra, introducen un parafuso e fixan o revestimento horizontalmente. Este é un bo método para sofitos e paneis máis grosos.

Método Kerf

Neste método, os instaladores cortan sucos na parte superior e inferior da pedra. Os sitios de pedra nun peche na parte inferior do panel de revestimento cun segundo peche na parte superior. Este é un método de instalación rápido e sinxelo que é excelente para instalacións máis pequenas e paneis máis finos.

Ambos métodos de instalación usan un deseño de articulación aberta. Para imitar o aspecto da pedra real, os instaladores sinalan os espazos entre as xuntas con lechada de mampostería.

ONDE INSTALAR REVESTIMIENTOS DE PEDRA

• Entry areas
• Bathrooms
• Kitchens
• Sheds
• Freestanding garages
• Patios
• Mailboxes

HAI DESVANTAXE DOS REVESTIDOS DE PEDRA?

Aínda que o revestimento de pedra é excelente en moitos casos, non é ideal para todas as instalacións. Tamén ten algunhas desvantaxes que a pedra non ten.

• It’s not as durable as a masonry installation.
• Some veneers allow moisture to seep into the joints.
• It can crack under repeated freeze-and-thaw cycles.,
• Unlike natural stone, it is not a sustainable building material.