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Interior decoration of a room with stone-like tiles is popular, because with the help of this facing material the room is given a unique appearance. Currently on the market finishing materials There is a selection of a huge number of tiles of various textures, sizes, shapes, colors and imitations of natural stone.

Advantages and disadvantages of stone tiles

A facing material such as natural stone tiles has both strengths and weaknesses. The main advantages of this tile include:

• Tile price. Imitation stone costs much cheaper than similar products made of natural stone.
• High strength of the product, resistance to moisture, ultraviolet rays, mechanical and chemical damage. The strength of artificial stone is as close as possible to natural stone.
• Lightweight material. When using stone-like gypsum and ceramic tiles for interior decoration, its weight will be about 30 kilograms per 1 square meter. m. surface area, which is 3 times lighter than natural stone.
• An impressive selection of cladding products. When using this type of finishing material, various design ideas, thanks to the variety of colors and shapes.
• Possibility of partially finishing the room with tiles. Stone, even artificial, will look appropriate and harmonious when highlighting part of the room. Thanks to the combination of colors and textures, a unique composition is created that decorates a specific area of ​​the wall.

Despite its merits decorative tiles also has a number of disadvantages. These include:

• Difficult to process material. Cutting plaster is more difficult than cutting smooth products. A special tool is required, for example, a grinder.
• It will not be possible to mount hanging furniture (shelves, mezzanines, etc.) on a wall with decorative tiles.

While creating room cladding ceramic or gypsum tiles are used. Each of these materials has its own characteristics and properties. In order to decide which stone-look wall tiles to use in renovating a room, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the products.

Gypsum wall cladding

When producing gypsum cladding, it is given the appearance of brickwork or the natural texture of stone. Most often this coating is used for interior decoration of the following premises:

• Dining room.
• Cabinet.
• Kitchen.
• Hallway.

Through the use of decorative gypsum coating, a specific relief is created on the wall from stone blocks, which, when positioned correctly, decorate the appearance of the room. Gypsum is a difficult material to use, as it absorbs moisture, and as a result, it cannot be used in rooms with high humidity and on building facades. When using gypsum products, you should pay attention to their properties:

• Fire resistance. Products made from gypsum are non-flammable.
• Heat and sound insulation.
• Gypsum is an environmentally friendly material.
• Maintaining a favorable indoor climate.

Ceramic wall cladding

The peculiarity of ceramic products is their durability, closeness to natural beauty and calm colors. Ceramic cladding is used to display the surface of a rock with tiny cracks and fractures. This type of material can be used both for exterior cladding of a house due to its moisture-resistant properties, and indoors when finishing bathrooms, kitchens, and hallways. Ceramic finish has proven itself as a coating that ensures hygienic cleanliness, since it remains sterile after cleaning and does not absorb aggressive chemicals. The following technologies for the production of decorative ceramics are currently used:

• Porcelain tiles. Porcelain stoneware is not inferior in its characteristics to natural material. The appearance of porcelain stoneware and its colors allow you to implement various design solutions. The products are produced in the form of rectangles or squares with a side length of 30 cm, 60 cm, 90 cm. Due to the strength of the product and its resistance to moisture, it can be used both outside and indoors.
• Catto. To create catto, clay is used that is exposed to high temperatures. Products are produced in the shape of a rhombus, square, hexagon. Catto is used to decorate hallway walls. The range of colors of the material is limited to shades of red and brown.
• Clinker tiles. It is created from certain types of clay using the extrusion method, as a result of which it has good strength. When laying clinker tiles, they imitate the surface of brickwork. The material is suitable for use both indoors and outdoors.

Laying decorative coverings on walls

Choosing the best one for use in a specific case decorative coating, proceed to its installation. When carrying out work, it is recommended to adhere to the following algorithm:

1. Preparing the work surface for laying tiles. To obtain a high-quality result of the work, the walls will need to be pre-leveled and completely cleaned of dirt using any of the available methods. To do this, you will need a special tool (spatulas, brushes, etc.).
2. An impregnating primer is applied to the surface of the finished wall using a brush or roller. In the future, this will ensure a strong connection between the adhesive and the wall.
3. After the primer has dried, they proceed to covering the surface. To do this, use a special glue for artificial stone. The adhesive is applied to the tile and pressed to the desired location on the wall. To correct the position of the tile, you have 20 seconds; after this time, the glue will harden and the work will have to be redone. It is recommended to lay the tiles starting from the lower left corner of the work surface, and then row by row, moving upward. It is recommended to remove excess glue immediately to facilitate further installation.
4. Grouting joints. For grouting, a special material is used - fugue, to which dyes are added to ensure the closest possible appearance of natural stone.
5. After laying the tiles, finishing treatment of the coating is carried out. Remains of glue and grout are removed from the surface of the coating.

If you adhere to this algorithm, you will get a high-quality result, regardless of the type of tile used. This is the installation process considered completed.

Stone-look gypsum tiles for interior decoration are used to decorate apartments, private houses, as well as restaurants, shops, offices, hotels and other premises. What is this material, what types does it come in and how to use it?

Compound

Decorative gypsum tiles for interior decoration contain gypsum, water, sand, modifier and surfactants. Modifiers improve the quality of the finishing material, making it stronger and more durable.

The tiles are available in the form of imitation brick, wild stone or cobblestone, as well as smooth.

Advantages and disadvantages

Gypsum tiles, especially those imitating brick or stone, are widely used. Its advantages are:

• ease of installation,
• low weight, which allows you to glue it even to drywall,
• relatively low price,
• environmental cleanliness,
• small thickness,
• the material is warm to the touch, has heat and sound insulating properties,
• safety - lightweight, non-conductive,
• fire safety,
• the ability to apply decorative coatings on top.

It is also important that such artificial stone can be restored and made independently.

Of course, it also has disadvantages:

• strongly absorbs water, so it is used only in dry rooms,
• does not have great frost resistance,
• low strength, resistance to impacts and abrasions,
• there is a risk of buying low-quality material that will quickly collapse,
• It is difficult to keep clean due to the complex terrain, so it is recommended to cover the surface with a special varnish after installation.

The hygroscopicity of tiles can also be a positive quality - it allows you to regulate the humidity in the room.

Application

Artificial stone or gypsum brick can be used to decorate the entire room, as well as one wall or a small section of it. This material is often used to create accents in the interior: it is used to decorate niches, fireplaces, and columns.

Brick-like tiles are popular for finishing loft-style interiors, as in the photo, because it is not always possible to build a real brick wall in an apartment. Its rough texture is well suited for this direction. Stone-effect tiles are used in various architectural styles.

Advice! Before laying the tiles, lay a sample of them and see how they look.

For stone-look tiles, the direction from which the light falls is very important. Side lighting will advantageously emphasize the relief, but frontal lighting is best avoided.

As with other finishing materials, light cladding visually expands the room, while dark cladding makes it smaller. In small rooms, such as small rooms, balconies, loggias, it is better to tile not the entire wall, but individual fragments. It is better to cover large areas in large rooms: living rooms, halls. Most often, individual elements are decorated with stone-like tiles: niches, fireplaces, stoves (in this case, its fire-resistant properties are very useful), ventilation ducts, stairs. You can see an example of finishing in the photo.

Installation technology

Gypsum tiles are best glued to bases made of concrete, gypsum, brick, plasterboard, and also covered with plaster. The lining is carried out at temperatures above +10 degrees.

If you are gluing gypsum tiles onto some non-standard surface, for example, onto old tiles, it makes sense to make a layer of material that adheres well to both the cladding and the base. For a tile base, this can be high-quality strong tile adhesive.

To decorate a wall with gypsum stone, the tools you will need are:

• level - water or laser;
• drill with mixer attachment,
• hacksaw or grinder for sawing,
• miter box,
• foam sponges,
• grout spatula,
• straight and notched spatula,
• tassels,
• sandpaper or whetstone,
• construction gun or regular plastic bag.

The following materials will also be useful:

• glue - if it came with the stone, you need to use it; Tile adhesive or gypsum compounds (Knauf Perflix, Volma Montazh) are also suitable.
• wall primer,
• grout for seams,
• if necessary - paints for the seams and the tiles themselves,
• varnish (water-based).

Silicone sealant, cement glue, gypsum plaster, PVA glue, and mastic can be used as glue.

To stick tiles, you first need to mark the wall. This way the lining will be smooth. To do this, you need to mark a horizontal and vertical line, relative to which the stone will be laid. Usually they start installing it from the corner, so the markings are tied to it.

Gypsum stone tiles can be of different shapes, so when marking, select elements so that they do not repeat. Gypsum brick tiles are simpler in this regard; they are the same in shape. To accurately apply markings, you need a water or laser level. The latter is easier to use, including alone, but it is more expensive.

Next we start gluing. Before this, the base is primed. The glue is mixed with a drill with a mixer attachment according to the instructions; the consistency should be close to thick sour cream. Apply glue to the base with a smooth trowel in a layer of about 5 mm, remove excess with a notched trowel. Apply an area for 3-5 elements at a time. The stone is pressed tightly to the base, adjusting its position.

If the gypsum tiles are made to resemble bricks, then the joints must be grouted. To do this, use special “crosses” or any suitable material at hand. For multi-format artificial stone, seams are not required.

Advice! Gypsum tiles under the brick are placed offset so that the vertical seams are not located on top of each other.

Plaster is quite easy to saw with both a regular hacksaw and a grinder. The latter is easier to give elements the required shape, but this tool produces a lot of noise and dust. It is best to cut along the relief line, but if you use a grinder, you can cut the tiles along any desired contour.

It is important to carefully design the junctions of switches, sockets, floors, and adjacent walls. To make external corners, gypsum tiles are cut with a grinder at an angle of 45 degrees.

The seams are rubbed with gypsum glue or a special mixture. To do this, use a spatula or a construction gun; you can also make something like a pastry syringe out of a plastic bag (as thick as milk) and squeeze out the glue in a strip 4-5 mm thick. Fill the grout halfway into the gun or bag.

Advice! You should not squeeze out a large amount of grout at once, otherwise it will set before you have time to distribute it. Make sure that the composition does not get on the tiles - porous gypsum is difficult to wash off traces of putty.

Some design solutions involve contrast between the gypsum tiles and the seams. If the color of the tiles differs from the color of the grout, and this is not included in your project, then the seams are painted over with dyes after the fugue has set. You can also use dyes to disguise chipped tiles. After the glue has dried, the stone-look tiles are coated with water-based varnish.

Making your own gypsum tiles

You can make gypsum stone tiles yourself. For this you will need:

• building gypsum, better grade GF10 - 6 parts;
• slaked lime - 1 part;
• water - 10:7 in relation to gypsum.

Watch the video on how to make your own gypsum stone for interior decoration.

It can be cast either into ready-made silicone molds or into self-made ones. For example, you can make shapes in the form of a stone, as in the photo. Molds can be cast from liquid polyurethane. To do this, first a matrix is ​​made, and then a layer of liquid polyurethane is poured into it.

The gypsum solution is prepared at one time and immediately poured into the mold. Gypsum is poured into the water and mixed with a construction mixer, then lime is added. Stir the solution briefly so that the plaster does not begin to set. The solution is poured into the mold, leveled with a spatula and left to harden. The forms are placed on a strictly horizontal surface. To remove air bubbles, use a vibrating table.

The plaster sets in 15-20 minutes, but it takes about a day to completely harden. Stone-look tiles should be kept at room temperature in a draft-free room. Then the gypsum tiles are removed from the mold and left to dry. You can use a drying chamber, but do not expose items to the sun.

Gypsum stone can be painted. To do this, either add color directly to the gypsum solution, or paint individual parts of the mold with a brush before pouring. You can also apply paint with a spray bottle to the finished tiles, and this can be done both before and after laying. When the paint has dried, the facing material is coated with acrylic varnish in two layers.

Conclusion

Gypsum tiles to look like brick or stone are a finishing material that can be used in a wide variety of rooms. It can be painted, applied over other decorative coatings, or you can make your own tiles of the desired size, shape and color. This provides ample opportunities for its use, but it is important to remember its weak points - fragility, instability to shock and moisture

Most often, decorative stone-like tiles are used to decorate the hallway, trying to create an original finish, and the living room in separate fragments . Elements from natural minerals expensive - this is due to the complexity of their processing, and for the production of facing surfaces that imitate nature, waste from stone crushing technologies is used, which significantly reduces the cost of products.

Types of tiled artificial stones

Working with artificial stone is no more difficult than working with ordinary ceramic tiles, and learning the technology of laying wall coverings is accessible to anyone who wants to master the craft of a tile maker. The only difference is in the adhesives used to install the cladding. The result of using decorative stone tiles will be the improvement of the hygienic conditions of the room, the beauty and durability of the coating.

Decorative plates Natural stones are gaining more and more popularity for interior decoration of apartments, and when there is demand, many offers appear. This is expressed in various types of decorative stone wall tiles:

• Acrylic - fake diamond is not afraid of moisture and is considered one of the most shock-resistant. Caring for such cladding is completely simple: wipe the fragments of the coating with a cloth soaked in water without adding any chemicals.
• Porcelain stoneware type of elements - produced by high-temperature (over 1000 ºС) firing after pressing a dry mixture of clay and chips of natural rocks - granite, marble. This artificial stone easily withstands temperature changes and is suitable for exterior cladding of buildings. It is often used as a floor covering.
• Agglomerate type - similar in composition to the previous type of tiles, but the components of the dry mixture are bonded into a monolith not by firing, but by polymer resins or cement. The range of rocks included in the composition has been expanded to include quartzite, and pigments are added for bright colors. Such decorative stone-like tiles are used for interior decoration.

From the latest technological developments, a liquid type of artificial tiles is known - it is produced from polymer materials. Plates made according to the new scheme are resistant to external influences, are available in many shades, are easy to clean and are versatile in creating an interior of any style. Liquid stone, which has an external resemblance to granite, is used to make facing tiles for interior decoration, bar counters, sinks and countertops.

Self-installation of a stone wall

To begin with, you should choose an artificial stone, the material of which best suits the parameters of the room: in conditions of high humidity it is better to use porcelain stoneware, for a living room - gypsum stone, and the hallway can be decorated with acrylic decorative tiles. After that calculate the need for materials, including ready-made glue or dry mixture for preparing the solution, as well as the number of facing artificial stones. The order of work is as follows:

• preparation of the bearing surface;
• laying fragments;
• filling of seams and final operations.

Specialists with experience in installing decorative tiles first mentally compose a composition, where and how to rotate individual fragments of the pattern. Some people use design computer programs or a sheet of graph paper with a pencil for this. In any case, the thickness of the seam is taken into account: it can be very small (seamless installation) or reach a width of 1 cm.

Preparing the base for decorative stone

The surface for installation is leveled, but small cavities are allowed, which will be covered with cladding. The wall is selected in such a way that it has sufficient strength to holding additional load from the coating. Preparation procedure:

Wooden walls are pre-coated with a waterproofing compound, primed and a painting mesh is attached, and plastered over it. Upon completion of surface preparation, proceed to the next stage of work.

Fastening decorative tiles

The elements of the rocky ledge are fixed on the surface of the partition to be finished using ready-made glue or a solution prepared independently. On drywall, artificial stones are attached to liquid nails. The tiles are laid in two ways - by applying a binder to each individual plate or by covering the entire wall with glue at once, and the stones are installed without spreading the solution on them. Installation rules are similar to work with tiles:

1. Markings are applied to the surface to be decorated using a paint cord or pencil using a building level.
2. The tiles are glued starting from the bottom row of one of the corners - some collections of decorative elements include samples with beveled edges for installation at junctions or at the end of a line, with a painted end.
3. Before laying the stone, inspect its back part for the presence of a light foam-like growth. Remove plaque with a stiff brush.
4. Tiles are moistened with water before gluing if the room temperature is high or the air is too dry. The fragment is pressed very tightly with the adhesive side and set in the required position, tapping it with a mallet or rubber hammer. The squeezed-out solution is removed from the front surface immediately before it sets.
5. Distance between tiles kept constant using plastic or wooden strips and crosses. If it was not planned to leave seams, the elements are laid end-to-end. Remove the bookmarks from the space between the tiles after the solution has dried.

The final stage is filling the seams with a special composition, which can imitate the color of masonry mortar or be contrasting with the general background of the decorative stone. To seal cracks, use a large syringe with a needle of about 1 cm or a bag with a cut off corner of the same size. While the grout has not hardened, jointing is used to give the mass embedded in the seam a flat, convex or concave shape. To make the lined wall more attractive, it is coated with a transparent varnish, which will also protect the artificial rock from contamination and accidental mechanical damage.