Facing brick - the person of the house, so, when choosing it is necessary to pay attention to its decorative functions and to how long it will keep the exterior. Correctly picked up facing brick not only will decorate the building, but also will provide it additional zvuko- and thermal insulation.
Choice of color of brick
The samples of facing brick provided in shops impress with the bright saturated colors, but any, even the most light-resistant brick will fade in the sun therefore when choosing it is necessary to learn, first, as far as tsvetostoyek specific brick, and secondly, to get brick one tone more dark, than it is necessary.
You can find the house revetted with the same brick, as well as at what you look narrowly and to look with own eyes what it becomes in the sun.
Not only color of brick, but also uniformity of its coloring is important. On sample in shop there will be no stains and spots, but they can appear under the influence of rain and snow. To check, the brick is how evenly painted, simply, enough only to boil brick so that water has completely boiled away if stains do not appear, so this brick is painted qualitatively.
Bricks make at the plants in lots, shades can differ slightly from party to party, it it will not be noticeable upon purchase, but after completion of works the facing "will please" you with ugly strips. Try to buy brick from one party and if it is impossible, make sure that your builders have experience of brickwork of wall bricks from different parties alternately, such facing can even introduce some highlight in exterior of the house.
Brick geometry
All edges of facing brick have to meet under ideally right angles, the brick sizes also have to correspond to set precisely. When laying surely choose reference brick and verify with it all others if any bricks have defects of form, use them in the least noticeable places. You watch that the brick had no cracks and chips. The facing brick has to have facet, it improves its exterior. The qualitative brick has to have absolutely plain surface, roughnesses demonstrate availability in structure of lime.
Lime in facing brick not only spoils its exterior, but also significantly influences durability.
Functionality of facing brick
It is necessary to select facing brick not only according to exterior, but also according to other its characteristics. The facing brick protects load-carrying structures of the house, it the first becomes on the way of wind, rain, snow, sunshine. The most important characteristic of brick - frost resistance, it defines what quantity of cycles frosts defrosting it will sustain. Heat conductivity is also important for facing brick, than it is lower, heat exchange between the house and the environment will be that less. The facing brick has to have low water absorption, the become wet brick quickly becomes useless and worse transfers cold.