Placeing the decorative brick on the balcony, it is necessary to consider all the finishing works comprehensively. The quality of the facing, the presence of double-glazed windows and heat insulation should be taken.
As a rule, in such premises, we use lining or standard panels. But it is only worth connecting a little fantasy, you can create a unique image with a decorative material.
Materials for finishing
The choice of artificial stone is quite wide
All finishing materials, imitating stone and offered by the modern market, have a natural and natural appearance. They allow you to stylize any room under the ancient fortress or the palace. The decorative stone under the brick is an artificial material that has many textures and shades.
It is manufactured from acrylic with the addition of mineral filler. On the shelves of stores, the presented raw materials occurs in sheets having a thickness of 3 to 12 mm. To simplify installation, you can purchase not flat sheets, but shaped elements.
It uses such a stone for both internal and outdoor decoration.
Stylization on brick is suitable for balcony in Loft style
To reflect the balcony with decorative brick, you can use the invoice that will be suitable for planned design. It can be performed as:
- imitation under a natural untreated stone, having unevenness and chips;
- imitation for sandstone in the form of cut segments with smooth edges;
- stylization under the brick;
- surface treated under polished stone;
- Coloring in shades that are not found in nature.
Decoration ideas
The decorative stone is perfectly combined with other materials for finishing. It is perfectly combined with wallpaper, wood and plastic.
If you wish, this material can be issued both the whole wall and separate parts in the form of inserts. The decor depends on what type of registration will be selected for the loggia.
First you should carefully read the instructions and adhere to the recommendations of professionals.
Required toolkit
Mounting Tool:
- level;
- Electric drill with a nozzle for the stirring of the solution;
- lacious spatula;
- junction brush;
- a container for the solution;
- Electric jigsaw for cutting tiles;
- Water bucket for washing brushes.
Cutting such a tile is easy. The edges can be adjusted with a file or sandpaper.
Decorative Brick Installation Options
This process is carried out by two methods:- Installation with seams. This is a troublesome option, but the final result pleases the eye, as it looks like, as a natural stone finish. The presence of seams allows to hide the irregularities that have arisen during the styling. Adjust the gap between tiles can be special remote gaskets that can be varied from 0.5 mm to 1 cm.
- Laying without seams. The method is more complicated, requiring accuracy, because it is necessary to ensure that the adhesive remains on the surface of the finishing material. Remove the glue from the surface of the tile will be quite problematic. For details on how to glue decorative gypsum brick, see this video:
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Laying stone
Work on laying should be started from the corner, each subsequent step is performed only after the end of the previous one. The sequence of this process:
- Dismix the pattern in order to pre-pick up the best option that it will be best to look. It is recommended to avoid repetitions and sharp color drops. In order not to get confused, tiles are more advantageous to numbered on the reverse side.
- Around the perimeter to beat off the level. Install in the bottom of the support for the first row. You can use a metal profile for this.
- Divide glue, which is made on the basis of cement (white). Mix intensively, leave for 10 minutes and then with a mixer to stir again. Properly cooked glue when applied will be evenly falling down without breaks.
- Apply glue on the wall with a special spatula with teeth with a step of 1 cm.
- Thin layer smeared with glue tiles with light circular motions.
- Attach the tile to the scheduled place and press a little.
Stop the tile more than 1.5 meters in height for one arrival is not recommended. Excess glue by removing the spatula until the frost. For details of the facing of surfaces with artificial stone, see this video:
If laying of decorative stone will be carried out using seams, it is necessary to apply special gaskets. After the end of the process, give time to set glue, for this you need to wait from 12 to 48 hours.
Only then should be started with the grout of the seams.
There are still many options how to use a decorative brick, because in addition to different textures, it has a large color gamut. Installation is simple, so the balcony finishes can be performed independently.