When building a house, the question arises: how to finish the socle. Modern technologies suggest the use, when decorating the socle of a house, instead of an expensive natural stone, artificial, it is easier to process and lay than natural. The artificial stone is about four times lighter than natural stone, and this greatly reduces the load on the walls, while, like natural stone, it has high strength, thermal conductivity, is resistant to moisture and environmentally safe.
Visually, the artificial stone used for finishing the socle does not differ from natural, repeating its texture and coloring. At the same time it is much cheaper in price and has a richer spectrum when choosing. The undoubted advantage is the fact that artificial stone does not require any special care, in addition, simple stone laying technologies allow you to refuse the services of professional finishers and perform the installation yourself.
Types of artificial stone
A huge selection of artificial stone, it will be easy to pick up the material of the color and texture, which will look the most harmoniously with the rest of the house, it can be easily combined with other modern finishing materials. Artificial stone , made of marble, granite, onyx, various kinds of exotic or antique stones, outwardly, it is almost impossible to distinguish from natural stone.
The artificial stone used for finishing the socle must be, first of all, frost-resistant and waterproof, for this purpose non-porous stone types made of sandstone and granite chips are suitable, loose grades made of limestone and shell rock should not be used.
Qualitatively manufactured artificial stone, made from natural ingredients, with proper care, can last 45-50 years.
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