YUAV UA LI CAS YUAV UA LI CAS YUAV UA LI CAS YUAV TSUM TAU TXAIS LUB SIJ HAWM rau koj lub tsev

Hauv tsab xov xwm no, peb yuav saib qee qhov chaw tseem ceeb ntawm kev tsim koj lub phab ntsa zoo meej thiab cov ntsiab lus uas tuaj yeem ua ke los muab cov kev ua tiav koj pom niaj hnub no ntawm qee lub tsev zoo nkauj tshaj plaws thoob plaws lub tebchaws.

We’ll take a look at what natural stone cladding is, what types are available to you, which would work best for you and ultimately a guideline on how to install your cladding.

CLADDING yog dab tsi?

“Cladding” is made to dress your wall with stone without the costs of building walls with blocks and labour costs associated with them. You can easily clad your wall with your preferred material and blend it in to suit your environment in a more efficient and cost-effective way.

NATURAL STONE CLADDING yog dab tsi?

Pob zeb Cladding yog txheej nyias ntawm pob zeb siv rau lub tsev lossis lwm yam qauv ua los ntawm cov khoom siv uas tsis yog pob zeb. Pob zeb cladding yog adheres rau ib tug pob zeb phab ntsa, brickwork thiab vaj tse raws li ib feem ntawm lawv thawj architectural tsim. Lub nraub qaum ntawm txhua daim pob zeb yog sawn mus rau ib qho chaw tiaj tus, uas tso cai rau cov pob zeb kho kom haum rau cov substrates.

Nrog rau cov chaw nyob thoob plaws ntiaj teb, feem ntau lub teb chaws muaj qee hom pob zeb ntuj uas pom hauv qab lawv.

Natural stone “cladding” is thin slices of quarried natural stones. They are taken out of the land and accordingly sliced into blocks and boulders – from these blocks/boulders, the products you see today are manufactured and made.

Muaj ntau ntau hom pob zeb ntuj, xws li granite mus rau quartzite los ntawm travertine mus rau marble muaj ntau hom cladding kom haum rau txhua tus thiab txhua tus.

Daim ntawv dawb Cladding yog dab tsi?

Free form – These are small, medium and large pieces of loose natural stone with sawn flat back pieces that come together to create an organic wall that appears like it has been built for centuries. The definition of “free-form” is individual pieces.

Nrog rau sab nraub qaum uas tau saws tiaj tus rau kev yooj yim installation, peb tus kheej phab ntsa cladding pob zeb yog glued mus rau ib lub phab ntsa uas twb muaj lawm, tsim ib tug natural thiab timeless organic saib.

Txhim kho los ntawm tus kws tshaj lij stonemason, sib npaug li qhov tseem ceeb rau qhov zoo ntawm pob zeb siv nrog rau cov duab thiab tiav ntawm lub pob zeb, yog qhov zoo ntawm cov khoom siv tes ua los ntawm koj lub installer.

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Freeform organic stonework is an art form, and the artist is critical in completing the ‘picture’ that becomes your wall.

Nws tsis yog ib qho qauv uas lawv yuav tsum ua raws li, muaj ntau txoj hauv kev uas koj yuav tsum tau nteg txhua hom organic cladding kom tau qhov zoo. Qhov peb tab tom sim ua kom tiav ntawm no yog qhov pom tias koj cov qauv tau raug tsim los ntawm cov blocks tiag tiag, ntau pua xyoo dhau los.

Yog tias koj nteg cov cladding zoo li nws cov duab kos duab lossis qee yam qauv koj tig phab ntsa rau hauv ntau cov phab ntsa pob zeb. (Nws zoo yog tias koj saib tom qab ntawd) es tsis yog kom ua tiav qhov zoo ntawm cov txheej txheem ua phab ntsa uas yog tsim / stacked los ntawm stonemason thaiv los ntawm thaiv. Li no nws txhua daim suits nws cov nplej, puab thiab xim.

For example, If your stonemason were going to build a wall say 10m long and 5 meters high from blocks, the wall should be structurally stable, it needs to be stacked one on top of another so it doesn’t ever fall or collapse.

Thaum cladding ib daim ntawv dawb dawb rau ntawm phab ntsa uas twb muaj lawm nws tseem yuav tsum zoo li yog tias lawv tau tsim los ntawm cov blocks tiag tiag, lawv tseem yuav tsum tau ua kom ruaj khov. Txawm hais tias nws yog qhov tseeb lub substrate nyob tom qab uas yuav tsum tau ruaj khov!

Yog tias koj tsis pom qhov txawv thaum saib ntawm phab ntsa thaiv thiab phab ntsa cladded, tom qab ntawd koj tau ua tiav cov phab ntsa uas tsis muaj sij hawm uas yuav tsis ntseeg leej twg xav tias yog phab ntsa cladded lossis thaiv ua haujlwm.

Armstone offers corners pieces of all the stone claddings which are available in pre-cut 90-degree pieces to give you that full stone, block look. The benefit here is that you don’t have to get your stonemason to mitre the corners, its best to avoid seeing any cut joints anywhere on the wall.

To achieve the true organic look your installer shouldn’t have any sawn cuts on your stonework. They should make cuts from the back of the stone and split each individual piece of the stone to prevent having a sawn cut on the face or side of the piece.

Yog tias koj muaj cov npoo sawb, koj tuaj yeem txiav ntug ntawm txhua daim kom muab lub pob zeb ib qho ntug ntau dua. Qhov no yog qhov kev txawj ntse ntawm koj cov stonemason yuav tsum qhia tiag tiag.

Thaum ua tiav zoo, daim ntawv pub dawb cov phab ntsa tuaj yeem tsim lub sijhawm zoo nkauj rau koj lub tsev lossis sab nraum zoov. Txawm li cas los xij, zoo li txhua yam hauv lub neej, yog cov ces kaum raug txiav, muaj qhov ua tau zoo tsis muaj qhov taw tes rau hauv txoj kev. Ib qho yuav zoo dua nrog rau lwm qhov, ntau qhov kev xaiv tswv yim.

DRY STONE CLADDING yog dab tsi?

In the Free Form individual stone cladding range, you can either do “Dry Stack” aka “Dry Stone Cladding” which means that the stone cladding is Not Grouted (no any cement filled into the gaps) or Grouted. 

Some stones look good in “dry stack” and some “grouted”. Nws yog txhua yam hais txog koj tus kheej nyiam.

Some Natural Stone Claddings looks really organic when you lay them in “Crazy” pattern. This is where the pieces don’t have any even sizes or shapes.

If you are planning to do a dry stack you must plan ahead to have the grout joints tight or you if you’d like to grout you should use packers to get consistent grout joints for each individual piece of stone.

Yog tias koj tsis paub meej qhov twg yuav haum koj lub tsev lossis qhov project hu rau peb thiab hais lus rau peb, peb paub tseeb tias peb yuav kho koj qhov kev daws teeb meem zoo tshaj plaws.

Besides the “Crazy” format stone cladding nowadays more architects and landscape designers are specifying the “Random Ashlar” pattern which is suited for more modern designs.

“Random Ashlar” is a random Geometric pattern – Random ashlar, pieces muaj xws li random squares thiab rectangles.