Among the great variety of finishing materials, a special group consists of different types of siding. But not everyone understands what siding is . Let's try to understand.
Siding - what is it?
So, the very word "siding" in English means "exterior facing". Modern siding can be described as non-combustible materials in the form of panels or individual elements of various sizes designed to protect the facades of buildings from external adverse effects (as an option - the restoration of facades), as well as for their decorative finishing. On the modern market of building materials a wide assortment of different kinds of siding is presented, which differ from each other in different parameters, and, accordingly, at the price. And as the external finishing material for the facades of buildings the most popular are siding, the front surface of which imitates those or natural materials, for example, stone. It is siding for a stone to consider in more detail.
Types of siding under the stone
First of all, siding, in particular with a "stone" surface, is distinguished by the type of basic material used in the manufacture of this type of exterior decoration. It can be metal, various types of polymers, sand-cement mixtures, resins. Metal siding for a stone is made of galvanized steel with a polymer coating of different shades, which convey with great credibility the shades of various types of natural stone. Most often, due to high impact resistance, metal siding under the stone is used for the lining of the base. The appearance of the facades greatly ennobles various types of decorative stone sidings, for example from vinyl (PVC) or based on polymer resins. In addition, the production technology of such siding allows you to introduce various additives into the forming mass in the form of fine crumbs of natural stones (marble, malachite), which additionally increases the plausibility of imitating not only the appearance of the natural stone, but also its texture.
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Kinds of surfaces of a siding under a stone
In addition to dividing the siding into species depending on the material of manufacture, they can also be divided into categories and depending on the surface of which stone they reproduce. The most popular among consumers is using siding for wild stone. This is due primarily to the fact that the appearance and texture of the untreated (wild) stone reproduces with high accuracy. Make siding for wild stone from polypropylene by casting. A plausibility of the surface is achieved, including, and through the use of natural stones to create templates.
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With no less plausibility, the texture of the untreated stone also transfers siding under an artificial stone. This type of siding is made in the form of panels, on the front part of which a certain number of elements are made of artificial stone - a product created from a cement-sand mixture with the addition of resins and dyes. And since an artificial stone can simulate the surfaces of a variety of stones (even those that do not exist in nature), then the siding under the artificial stone has the same surface - untreated marble or quartz, cobblestone, sandstone, limestone, tuff, pebble and many others.
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Siding under stone bricks
Often, siding with the surface "under the stone" is also referred to as siding for a brick, without distinguishing it into a separate group. And this siding can imitate the surface of not only new brick, but also bricks of old buildings with all kinds of flaws - cracks, chips, shells.
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