The decorative tile with design under brick belongs to group of rather new construction materials which have appeared in the market about 15 years ago. In the beginning it was used only for facing of facades of houses outside. And only a few later, after improvement of production technique, designers have begun to apply this material to interior finish of walls actively.
Features of decorative tile under brick
Such decorative option of facing as tile under brick is made usually of plastic and light materials, has interesting texture and rich color palette. The tile under brick and finishing stone pretty fast became popular as among consumers who independently do repair of the apartments, and at professional builders and designers.
The main range of application of tile is finishing of facades of buildings. But also it is successfully used also at internal finishing work, for facing of furnaces and fireplaces. The range offered by manufacturers of construction materials allows to choose the most suitable option of such tile for any case. Whether you are going to issue beautifully external walls of the house or have decided to update interior in one of rooms, whether it be the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom, loggia or balcony, width of the choice of tile under brick has to satisfy you completely. In specialized shops the range of this material allows to choose tile which will ideally fit into any interior.
The decorative tile under brick differs in high strength thanks to high temperature of roasting of clay weight. Besides, the tile also has quite low level of water absorption, about 3-6%. It becomes possible thanks to mixture in the course of production of several types of clay and to application of method of extrusion. These simple, but important points of production are the reason of increase in resistance of decorative material to temperature drop. Thanks to such feature the tile does not grow dull, and the wall revetted with it keeps for many years the primitive exterior. Among other things, this ceramic material has high frost resistance. It is reached thanks to combination of the increased durability and low water absorption. Durability does not allow the got water to break off material when freezing, and low water absorption interferes with penetration of large amount of water into structure of tile.
Use for facing of decorative tile under brick will allow you to reduce costs of construction almost twice.
Ways of laying of decorative tile under brick
Option of laying of tile under brick if it is finishing interior, it is better to choose, being guided by form and the size of the room. For external finishing of the building it is better for you to take the small panel and to try several types of vykladyvaniye of tile on it. So you will be able to see all pluses and minuses of the drawing on specific example and to choose from set of various ways and options the most suitable. The most popular way of laying of tile under brick – basic. In this option the ceramic elements spread parallel to wall, attaching them to each other as it is possible more densely. Such way as well as possible will be suitable for popular style the loft. Among other things, the basic way of laying is basis for creation of other various versions of drawings. One of them is laying "on diagonal". It is considered the most difficult, but at the same time and the most interesting to such tile. The way of laying "in break off" (the principle of brickwork) is also quite popular, and for all types of ceramic tile. Especially well it will approach in case the room needs to give "semi-antique" character, for example, to decorate wall with fireplace. For creation of such drawing the tile needs to be put so that its middle was located over the seam separating tiles in the previous row. It is necessary to remember that such laying is possible only at horizontal ranks. The way of laying of tile under brick "fir-tree" looks very beautifully, interestingly and unusually. This option is similar to way of laying of parquet. It will be ideal for use in those rooms where walls have a little irregular shape, i.e. are located not in parallel. If you treat people who prefer variety and do not like to follow in accuracy all rules probably to you the way under the name "combination of drawings" will please. For example, not floor "fir-tree" gives all the best, and walls the drawing "in break off" is carried out. Or the upper part of wall gives all the best in the way "in break off", and lower – on basic template.
The drawing on wall and on floor at all not necessarily has to repeat. You can experiment and combine as much as necessary.
The option of laying of ceramic tile under brick under the name "modular grid" well will be suitable for the small room. This method will also be pleasant to beginners. However, do not forget to make previously necessary calculations and to design the necessary drawing. Modular laying perfectly looks in the small room. It is the best of all to pick up the drawing together with the designer and the specialist in laying of tile of high qualification. Address them for consultation and listen to their councils. Today in shops you can acquire set of tile and receive to it the card of pattern. It will help you with the hard choice of way of laying of tile under brick.