After two weeks, after the foundation gained strength - I started the construction of the basement of the house.
Selection of quarry stone for the future of the cap due to the fact that granite stone - really durable material, which does not look worse today facing materials and compressive strength he regarded as M1200, that is, he is so strong that can withstand pressure of more than 1 ton per 1 sq. cm. Besides, he is not afraid of any weather conditions.
Why masonry rather than facing?
The thing is that no tile adhesive or special glue - are not able to for a long time to fix the stone like tile, due to the structure of the material. Crushed stone in its structure has no pores, so the adhesive can not normally keep this material.
On the contrary, in the laying bottles squeezed from all sides of the mortar to the entire depth of the stone, and remains fixed until As long as no vysypetsya solution after many decades (certainly if the mortar is good quality).
If you are standing around watching the buildings in which there are elements of stone cladding on the outside - always have chips or cracks between the stone material and adhesive composition.
Selection of rubble
To date, it produced numerous breeds of natural stone, respectively, and sold it on the market in different fractions (mean diameter). Here are some of the popular types of stone in the construction of:
- Crushed stone;
- boulder;
- gravel;
- flagstone.
Why is my choice fell on the rubble stone?
- When you purchase a career - a relatively inexpensive material, as claimed less than concrete, block or brick. Price ranges from 600 p. to 850 p. per ton. (Less popular, as everything depends on the cost of the work, and the material of irregular shape requires a lot of effort in laying). The cost of laying stones is in the range of 2000 r. 5000 p. per square meter, in contrast to the brickwork of 300 - 800 p. If we take the stone assorted shapes and sizes, the price charge at 3-5 times the cost of a career.
- Natural material looks much more pleasant than tiles or bricks of the same color and shape (a matter of taste). Each stone is unique and has an irregular polyhedral shape. I, for example, be in the yard, where there are built from natural materials (stone, wood) - a much cozier compared with buildings of siding or stucco.
In the next article I will talk about stone masonry with their hands, how much time and money spent on this is truly not an easy process ...
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