How to install Cast Cultural Stone?
Posted By Lena on August 5, 2012
1. Preparation for the Wall
First to confirm the strength of the wall to meet the construction requirements, for the low water absorption rate walls such as wood, plastic, you can use barbed wire reinforcement. Cleared before the construction of the wall surface, floating dust, debris, smooth wall should be firstly processed into a rough surface. Water the wall one day before the construction and wet the wall again pre-construction.
2. Preparation of the Eco-Art Culture Stone
Pre-place the products on the floor before paving to confirm the effect . Adjust the overall balance and aesthetics in advance. Such as: small pieces of stone should be placed next to the large stone; convex surface next to the flat surface stone; thick stone next to the thin stone
3. Blending the bonding material
Using more than 425 white cement, ordinary Portland cement (cement: sand: 801 glue = 1:2:0.03 or cement: sand: water = 1:1:0.4) .
Regarding cement, please use Portland cement or ordinary Portland cement. Sand should be clean meeting national standard 2mm or below.
Water, use clean tap water. Mortar evenly and put it on the wall.
In order to prevent the bonding material solidified before installing the art stones, the area of the bonding materials in the stone must not exceed 0.5m2-1m2, and the thickness control in about 2mm-3mm. Full wet the art stone, and then place the bonding materials in the back of the art stone, wiping more in the middle and less in the corners.(the average thickness of the bond material paste is about 4mm-6mm).
4. Installation
The corner stone should be installed first. And the long stone should be installed next to the short stone. After installing the corners, install the other tiles from the edge to the center. When install the same size of tiles, please choose the tiles from 2 or 3 different cartons, in order to make the colors fit perfectly. Please full paste the stones to the wall, and make sure the bonding materials overflow from the back of the stone.
5. Adjust the Dimension
The size of the stone can be cut into smaller ones, in order to make a good effect. When cutting the stones, cut from the place where is weaker. The debris can be installed between the big stones.
6. Mortar joint
1) The bricks should be installed by the shape of Cross. The width of the mortar joint is about 8mm~10mm. When installing the uneven shapes of stones, the width of the mortar joint should be less than 20mm.
2) The mortar joint materials should be used in time before it being too dry. (If too dry, it is hard to install and easy to craze. If too wet, it is hard to cover the overflowed bonding material)
3) The time for the mortar joint materials become dry is different from different wall and climate. Use the sticks to scrape off the redundant part and press tight. Then use the brush to make the surface plain. If the art stones stained with the mortar joint materials, they should be cleaned in time.
7. Notice
1) Don’t install in the extremely cold temperature.
2) Don’t install in the sun.( A awning is recommended)
3) Do confirm the water percentage of the wall before installation.(If the wall is too dry, it will absorb water from the bonding materials and mortar joint.) Or the bonding material and the mortar joint will break off.
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