If you are at a loss with the choice of facing material for the house, consider finishing option special brick. It will maintain esthetic type of construction and will serve long. The brick for facing of the house needs to be chosen and to lay correctly.
It is required to you
- - brick for facing;
- - cement and sand solution;
- - the wedges providing vertical position of provision of brick:
- - construction tools (hammer, metal blade).
Instruction
1. Choose type of brick which you are going to get. Advantages of facing brick is variety of external covering: two-layer, angobirovanny, glazed, clinker, silicate, ceramic, etc., each of which has specific features and purposes. In addition it can have various form, coloring and relief. Facing for the brick house will serve to you not less than 20 years. It strong is also resistant to frosts, ultraviolet and the atmospheric phenomena.
2. Upon purchase of facing brick attentively examine material. The surface has to be smooth and equal. Pay attention that at it there were no limy impregnations as at contact with moisture they inflate that leads to destruction of brick.
3. Refuse purchase of facing brick if you have noticed on it the slightest chips. Perhaps, at it there were limy inclusions which at quality test have dropped out.
4. Study material marking. On it the main technical and climatic characteristics have to be specified. If you buy goods in shop, consult with the expert. If you choose according to the catalog, attentively study the description of goods.
5. Before laying of facing brick study recommendations about works. For preparation of masonry mortar use the cement and sand which are not containing salt and impurity. Pay attention to horizontal position of brick and vertical position of corners. Masonry seams have to be equal and fluctuate in limits – 1-1.2 cm.
6. Start laying. Clean walls from pollution. If on surface there are roughnesses, make alignment. Use for this purpose layer of solution and the grid fixed by pins to wall. After alignment of surface you carry out facing works not earlier than in a day.
7. Apply layer of solution on facing brick with the hill, having receded from edges on 10-15 mm. Densely drive him into the corner, slightly killing with the hammer. Establish brick on special rails or wedges which will provide vertical position of their situation. Wait until solution finally hardens. Accurately take out wedges. Make pointing.
8. You remember: facing brick at right choice and laying – reliable and durable material. Choosing it as facing, you with confidence can consider that your house – your fortress.