O a Faux Stone Panels-papa ma'a

O laupapa ma'a faux e matua'i 'ese'ese mai ma'a fa'anatura ma e o'o fo'i i ma'a fa'atosina gaosia. O laupapa ma'a faux e fai i le foam mama. E ui ina faigofie ona tipi ma fa'aoga, e le mafai ona fa'atumauina laupapa ma'a fa'asaga i a'afiaga. O ma'a fa'alenatura ma ma'a gaosia e mamafa, mea fa'avae minerale ma e sili atu ona umi.

O mea sili ona lelei o paneli ma'a fa'akomepiuta e faigofie ona fa'aoga, e le mana'omia ai le sima po'o le pa'u. Faux ma'a fa'aoga ile kelu. I le pito i lalo, o le maa faux e le tumau, aemaise lava i nofoaga maualuga-taavale.

Ma'a Faanatura

Real, natural stone is the real stuff: 100-percent actual stone quarried from the earth. Few homeowners possess the masonry skills needed to work with maa, ma e oʻo lava i le i ai o se poto masani muamua i le sima e le fesoasoani tele.

E le gata i lea, o le maa moni tele mamafa, fa'atasi ai ma ma'a lime ma'a fa'asaga le una i luga ole 170 pauna ile kupita futu. O galuega ma'a i totonu e masani ona mana'omia se fa'aopoopoga faaopoopo i lalo. 

Ma'a Veneer Gausia

Manufactured stone, represented by brands such as Cultured Stone, El Dorado, and Coronado Stone, feels very close to real stone. Cement and aggregates give ma'a gaosia lona maualuga ma lona lagona; u'amea oxides ma isi pigments e maua ai se foliga ma'a.

Manufactured stone usually comes in individual stones that fit together with mortar, though sometimes it is available in panels. While not as heavy as real stone, manufactured stone is about 30-percent lighter than the real stone. Finally, the thickness can be an important issue when installing any veneer, thinner being better. Manufactured stone can run from several inches thick down to 3/4-inch. 

Faux Stone Veneer Panels

Faux stone panels are made of low-density foam with a durable impact-resistant plastic layer on top. Faux stone never has mineral content.

Faux stone veneer panels are often as large as 2-foot by 4-foot, even ranging up to 4-foot by 8-foot in some instances. Large format panels make the installation go faster.

Talu ai e na'o le foam e fai ai, o nei paneli e na'o ni nai pauna le mamafa i le laulau. E ese mai i le tele o inisi le mafiafia o ma'a gaosia, e manifinifi pea ma'a faux panels, o nisi taimi e manifinifi e pei o le 3/4-inisi.

E faigofie le faʻapipiʻiina, ma le tele o paneli e faʻaoga i le faʻapipiʻi faufale. O nisi faux veneer panels e mafai ona fa'aoga i fafo.

Faux Stone Panel Pros and Cons

Fa'alelei

• Lapopo'a fa'atulagaina paneli nai lo le maua i ma'a fa'ameamea
• Faigofie ona tipi i se ili lima masani
• Mai se mamao, o ona foliga fa'atusa na gaosia ma'a fa'apipi'i
• Māmā
• E le pala
• Faigofie le fa'aoga ma le kelu faufale

Cons

• Le lelei le tumau, aemaise lava i le aʻafiaga
• E le o panele uma e mafai fa'apipi'i i luga o se afi
• E le foliga tutusa ma ma'a pe a su'esu'e toto'a

Faux Stone Panel Foliga

O se tasi o mea sili e uiga i faux maa veneer panels o le, mai se mamao, e masani ona mafai ona latou vaʻaia maa moʻi. O le mea aupito itiiti, o le ma'a faux e foliga mai e pei o se ma'a fa'anatura nai lo le ma'a fa'ameamea.

Fa'atauga faux veneer panels o nisi taimi e foliga fa'asese. Mo lena mafuaʻaga, e atamai le faʻaogaina o soʻo se faʻataʻitaʻiga faʻataʻitaʻiga ofo mai tagata gaosi oloa ma faleoloa. E te iloa vave lava pe sa'o pe leai foi lenei oloa mo lou fale.

Faux Stone Panel Durability

Because faux stone veneer is not a real stone or even engineered stone, durability is of primary importance. Faux stone fai veneer seasea fai mai o latou oloa o le a tetee atu i sauaga matuia, ona o le atigi palasitika pito i fafo e manifinifi tele e mitiia aafiaga.

O sauaga masani, e pei o le luelue o se nofoa i le itu sese, o le a tipi i totonu o le atigi pito i fafo ma tui i totonu o le fatu. Afai e iai sau fanau pisapisao ma o le faux ma'a fa'apipi'i fa'apipi'i iloga, atonu e le aoga lenei oloa mo oe. 

Faux Stone Panel Fire Rating

O nisi ma'a fa'ato'a fa'ailoga e fa'atatau i le afi, lea e ono fa'ate'ia ai nisi tagata fa'atau talu ai o le oloa e fai i le foam. Ae ui i lea, e te manaʻomia le suʻeina faʻapitoa mo se mea e faʻatauina afi aua e le o faux maʻa uma e faʻamauina mo le afi.