Stone cladding is durable, attractive, and low maintenance. Here’s what you need to know about this stone alternative.
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.
與其他建築材料相比,石材覆層具有許多優勢,在某些情況下,比磚石建築更具優勢。
• 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.
• 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.
底切錨栓
這是大型安裝的常用方法。在底切錨固系統中,安裝人員在石材背面鑽孔,插入螺栓並水平固定覆層。對於拱腹和較厚的面板來說,這是一個好方法。
割縫法
在這種方法中,安裝人員在石頭的頂部和底部切出凹槽。石頭位於覆層板底部的釦子上,頂部還有第二個釦子。這是一種快速、簡單的安裝方法,非常適合較小的安裝和較薄的面板。
兩種安裝方法均採用開放式接頭設計。為了模仿真實石材的外觀,安裝人員用磚石灌漿來填補接縫之間的空間。
• Entry areas
• Bathrooms
• Kitchens
• Sheds
• Freestanding garages
• Patios
• Mailboxes
雖然石材覆層在許多情況下都很出色,但它並不適合所有安裝。它也有一些石頭沒有的缺點。
• 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.