Clinker brick

This variant of facade decoration is difficult to call budget, but the invested funds will be worked out for several decades. In addition, the front clinker brick is currently in a huge range and with its help make out the houses in a wide variety of styles.

What is a clinker brick facade?

This finishing material is made of special so-called refractory clay. At a temperature of the order of 1100 ° C it becomes completely homogeneous and its strength is incredibly high, which in itself causes such durability.

As a result, you get material for finishing the facade with high levels of frost resistance, moisture resistance, excellent noise insulation and the ability to store heat. The facade clinker brick is good because it can even be washed from a hose and brushed with brushes. He found his application not only in the sphere of finishing the walls of the house, he is also actively used in laying columns, decorating the space under the windows, there are special types for laying paths and curbs.

Clinker brick has taken its place even in the field of landscape design. The paths of this brick, with the right choice of shade, are adorned with regular pompous gardens, summer areas and just small spaces in front of the house in eco-style . The given building material has received the popularity also thanks to ecological compatibility. It is made of clay, no other harmful impurities are needed, because only high temperatures work.

Clinker brick - design options

As you know, even the most successful in terms of durability and practicality materials sometimes do not get popularity with the consumer because of their unpresentable external characteristics. In this regard, clinker bricks can easily satisfy any customer's wishes.

1. White clinker brick is usually chosen by lovers of classics and not very bright styles of design. Most likely, the fans will find their own version of a light shade in a monochrome scale. It is necessary to understand that it will not be possible to purchase exclusively monochrome white clinker brick. The fact is that even two neighboring series will differ slightly from each other for a couple of semitones. This applies to gray clinker bricks. Usually, monochrome options are chosen for finishing a large area of ​​the facade.
2. More traditional aged clinker brick in natural brown-red color is combined with traditional methods. A lighter and blurry shade of aged clinker brick for the entire area, and under the individual areas near the window or along the edges of the building are brighter.
3. Excellent models work with different effects. Ceramic clinker bricks of this type are usually laid out in the form of uncomplicated patterns or in some parts of the facade to give a spectacular design.
4. Clinker tiles under the old brick with the so-called melange effect is obtained due to a special reduced firing, when the property of iron oxide is used to slightly change its color to a darker one. As a result, shades with a red-brown or even a red-blue effect are obtained.
5. The original design of clinker tiles for white and any other brick is obtained with the so-called glazing. As soon as the brick has left the furnace for the first time, it is covered with a layer of paint and again exposed to temperature, the paint is applied in two layers. As a result, at a temperature the surface completely cakes with paint, which gives such an effect and preserves color for a long time.

If the clinker brick itself does not usually cause problems, then with the solution and laying technology, everything is more complicated. The mixture should be of a certain consistency, and fill the seams should be flush with the tile. If you add to this the cost of this finishing material, it makes sense to entrust the work to the master.