It is possible to make the house adjoining territory convenient and beautiful by means of paving slabs. In the choice of this material there are subtleties which will help to get high-quality products. It is possible to lay paving slabs with own hand, without the assistance of experts.
Now the paving slabs are generally released by small private enterprises. Therefore the house owner wishing to arrange well the site by means of this material needs to know criteria of its choice.
How it is correct to choose stone blocks?
The first about what it is necessary to take an interest at the seller of paving slabs by what method these products are produced. There are two main methods: vibrocasting and vibropressing. The first – is more preferable as he does not assume line production, and is actually manual. Therefore the tile made by vibrocasting method has gloss and has no equal on quality of the drawing. But geometry of forms at it imperfect. If for the house owner the esthetic appeal of stone blocks has major importance, it is recommended to choose these products.
The tile received as a result of vibropressing is externally less beautiful, than previous. But each product has the accurate forms, is resistant to mechanical influences, high-strength. Such stone blocks will be able to sustain heavy weight loads therefore it can be stacked in heavily trafficked places. If on the house adjoining territory cars, including cargo often come around, it is better to buy the stone blocks produced this method. Choosing paving slabs, it is necessary to pay attention to its color. It is necessary to know that too bright and saturated – not advantage, but shortcoming. It reports that in the course of production of products the technology has been broken: the excess quantity of pigment is put. Such stone blocks will quickly crack and will begin to crumble. To make sure of quality of paving slabs, it is necessary to take two of them and to knock with them the friend about the friend. If the made sound of the deaf, so the technology of drying of products has been broken. If rather ringing – stone blocks contains water minimum, therefore, has due quality.
What to pay attention upon purchase of paving slabs to?
If stone blocks possesses the correct forms and all products of the identical size, will stack it more simply. If edge of tiles carved, it is necessary to make sure that on products there are no chips. It is important to find out from the seller how many cycles of freezing defrosting the chosen stone blocks is capable to sustain. The quality product has to be calculated not less, than on 150 cycles. If the house adjoining territory is going to be used as parking, it is necessary to choose products not less than 6 cm thick. If the lorry – 7-8 cm. In other cases it is enough to lay stone blocks 2.5-4 cm thick in the yard of the house. If to put tile on concrete bed, it will serve much longer.