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Arches lined with gypsum tiles under the stone. Decorative stone trim. Stages of finishing the arch with artificial stone

The arch is an adornment of any room, adding comfort and spaciousness to it. However, the arch itself will look quite "boring" if you do not add a little "zest" to it. The decoration of this architectural element will help to give the arch originality and individuality. decorative stone. And although the process of decorating an arch with a stone is quite complicated, it is nevertheless quite possible to do it yourself. So, let's take a step-by-step look at the design of the arch with a decorative stone.

Necessary tools and materials

Before starting work, prepare everything necessary tools and materials. Let's start with the latter. First of all, of course, you need a decorative stone. Given the fact that the work will be carried out indoors, both natural and artificial stone can be used, since in this case the resistance of the material to "external stimuli" is practically unimportant. So you can choose a stone based solely on your aesthetic preferences and financial capabilities. In addition to the stone itself, you will need glue or mortar, a primer, grout and special compound to protect walls from moisture - water repellent. Also for pre-training the surface of the arch may be useful putty.

When choosing an adhesive for decorative stone, please note that different brands of adhesive can only support a certain weight of stone. Therefore, it first makes sense to purchase the stone itself, and only then choose the right glue for it.

From the tools you will need a building level, a spatula, a construction mixer, tile cutters or a cutting machine, a trowel, a bucket, a tape measure, paint brushes, a metal brush, a rubber mallet, plastic or wooden wedges of the same thickness and for the final finish - a household spray gun.

Having prepared everything you need, you can begin work on decorating the arch with a stone, which should begin with a thorough preparation of the surface.

Surface and material preparation

Before laying the stone, the arch and the adjacent sections of the wall should be properly prepared. Firstly, if the arch was previously finished with other material, such as paint or wallpaper, the remnants of this material should be completely removed. Secondly, it is necessary to check the surface of the vault for defects and cracks, and if any are found, eliminate them with putty. When the putty dries, the surface on which you plan to lay the stone must be treated with a water repellent and primed.

To achieve from primer maximum effect it is recommended to use the type of mixture that is most suitable for the material from which the walls in the room are made. For example, a primer from the Betonokontakt series is best suited for concrete walls.

In addition to preparing the surface, it is necessary to properly prepare the decorative stone itself. To do this, you need to lay out all the stones on the floor front side up and group them so that they the best way combined with each other in color and texture. You can, for example, sort them according to the degree of change in tone, or “dilute” smooth elements with more relief.

In addition, it is necessary to check the reverse side of the stones. Sometimes a “foamy” coating forms on it, which will significantly reduce the adhesion of the stone to the wall, even with the best glue. If there is such a plaque on the stone, it must be removed with a metal brush.

Glue should be diluted immediately before starting work in an amount sufficient for the process

The glue is diluted immediately before laying, and you should only dilute the amount of material that you are guaranteed to “work out” during working hours. Glue should be diluted in accordance with the instructions attached to it. the only general recommendation regardless of the brand of glue is the use of a construction mixer when preparing a solution. Thanks to the mixer, the glue will turn out to be homogeneous, which will significantly improve its fastening qualities.

stone laying

The laying of the stone is done from the bottom up, and you need to start from the corner joint of the wall and the arch. Before laying, apply an adhesive solution to the stone with a spatula. Make sure that the glue covers the entire surface of the stone and does not contain voids.

When laying each stone (with the exception of those that form an arched vault), be sure to check that its position is consistent with the horizontal level. You can level the stone by lightly tapping it with a rubber mallet. After leveling, firmly press the stone against the wall for a few seconds, thereby giving the glue a chance to “grab”.

Having laid the stone, be sure to “tap” it with the handle of a screwdriver or spatula. Thus, you will be able to detect voids formed in the adhesive layer. If they are found, it is necessary to remove the stone from the wall, clean it of adhesive residue and repeat the laying again.

If you want to lay a stone without jointing, then all subsequent stones are laid close to the previous ones. If you plan to do between the stones decorative seams, then between the elements it is necessary to insert plastic or wooden wedges - spacers, which, after the glue dries, can be easily removed.

Video about laying decorative stone

You can learn more about the technology of laying decorative stone from the following video.

Working with chips

Making out the arch with a decorative stone, you will have to lay it on a part of the wall adjacent to it. But if the edges of the masonry are even, then such decor will not look quite natural. To give it greater harmony, it is necessary to “revive” the edges of the masonry with artificial chips. It is most convenient to make them with the help of ceramic tile cutters, but in their absence, you can get by with ordinary pliers.

Artificial chips on the stone will help diversify the design

To begin with, on the wall around the arch with a pencil, draw the “irregular” shape of your future masonry. Those stones that, during the preliminary fitting, will protrude beyond the intended contour, will need to be cut with wire cutters. To do this, attach a stone to its future place and draw a pencil along it. front side line so that it connects the contour lines visible on both sides on the wall. After that, from the corner of the stone with wire cutters, start breaking off small pieces until you remove all the unnecessary part.

Do not try to break off very large pieces of stone, because in this case it may crack in an "unplanned" place.

After you have finished working with the wire cutters, the edge of the “chip” can be processed with a file, or you can leave it “rough” - it all depends on the “design idea”. The chipped stone is laid on the wall as well as the whole elements.

Seam sealing

If you laid a decorative stone “under the jointing”, then you will need to fill the space between the stones with a special grout. For this purpose, you can use a grout similar to that used for tile joints. However, given that the seams between the stones are much wider than the tile seams, the grouting technology in this case will be different. If a spatula is used in a tile situation, then when working with a decorative stone it is better to use a building syringe. If it is not available, you can use a regular plastic bag, after cutting off one of the corners in it.

You can close the seams with a construction syringe

To do this, the grout powder should be diluted to the consistency of "liquid sour cream" and pour it into a construction syringe. After that, slowly squeezing out the contents of the syringe, fill them with the space of the seams between the stones.

If you want to emphasize the relief of the masonry, then fill the seams to about half their depth. If, on the contrary, you want to smooth out excessive texture, fill the seams completely.

30-40 minutes after applying the grout, the joints should be “shaped” using a special figured spatula for this purpose or, in its absence, any object with a rounded end, for example, reverse side paint brush handles.

Final decoration of masonry

After laying, the stone can be additionally decorated with a tinting mixture and acrylic varnish. By the way, the tinting mixture will also allow you to hide minor stone defects or cracks and scratches received during work.

You can apply the tinting mixture with an airbrush

For applying the tinting mixture, it is best to use an airbrush, although ordinary paint brushes can be dispensed with.

Using an airbrush, it is necessary to apply a tinting mixture with enough long distance holding the tool at an angle to the surface to be painted.

Naturally, you should not completely cover the stone with a tinting mixture. It is enough to slightly tint the main protrusions and depressions, and this will be enough to give the masonry a more “deep texture”.

Enough interesting effect can be achieved if gold or bronze coloring pigments are used as the basis for the tinting mixture. And in this case, only the ends of the tiles should be tinted. In this case, the “metal” will not be striking, but when the light hits the ends of the stone, the entire masonry will “play” with light golden highlights.

After applying the tone, it is recommended to cover the decorative stone masonry with a layer of acrylic varnish, which will greatly simplify its care in the future.

The process of decorating an arch with a decorative stone is quite complicated and can take you more than one day. But, nevertheless, it makes sense to find time and energy for this work, since the arch decorated in this way will become a real decoration of your home and will give you comfort during for long years. Good luck with your repair!

There are many options for how to make the interior original and attractive. One solution is to create from a doorway beautiful arch. But such a design by itself may not be enough. In some cases, you can not do without a spectacular finish. And for this, artificial stone is very often used.

About arches

The arch is an architectural element that plays the role of an opening in the interior. It is known that there are references to the first arches from the times of the Ancient East.

Given such a long history, it is not possible to know the reasons for the creation of arched structures. For a very long time, the building was built of stone and brick. It is already in our days that drywall, wood, plywood, as well as OSB, chipboard or fiberboard have been added to this list.

About decorative stone

This material is not only beautiful way interior decoration, it perfectly performs a protective function. Therefore, he was so fond of designers. Of course, if an artificial stone is used indoors, then it protective functions reduced to resisting only random mechanical damage. And this material is used pointwise in the interior, the maximum that can be finished in one room is a wall. But most often the material is used as an addition to existing elements.

Benefits of a stone arch

This design option has almost no drawbacks. After all, the material does not rot, does not corrode and fungus. Decorative artificial stone consists of environmentally friendly components, therefore it is safe for health.

Why not use natural material? The fact is that, firstly, it is very expensive, and secondly, not all structures can withstand the weight natural stone. The same granite is three times heavier than its artificial counterpart.

There are a number of other advantages of this approach:

  • not required special care- any will do detergent containing no abrasives;
  • you can use an artificial analogue of any natural stone- manufacturers began to make very high-quality imitation;
  • decorating stone arches with your own hands does not require special skills, so the procedure is easy.

Materials for creating a structure

Creating a stone arch in an apartment requires the use of a specific list of materials that need to be prepared in advance:

  • the decorative stone itself;
  • pencil;
  • sandpaper;
  • primer;
  • mortar or glue;
  • grout for seams.

Instruction

Finishing the arch with decorative stone starts from the traditional stage of surface preparation. You need to smooth out the bumps using sandpaper and then putty them using a pre-primer.

Preparation of the adhesive solution

You can lay a decorative stone on a special glue, on a cement-sand mortar or on liquid nails.

The quality of adhesion of the finishing material to the base depends on the roughness of the back side of the tile and the quality of the adhesive mixture. If the solution needs to be prepared on its own, this should be done in small portions, since it sets quickly enough, losing its properties. You need to mix the powder and water in a convenient capacious container using a mixer (it can be a drill with a special nozzle). You need to mix until you get the consistency of thick sour cream.

Laying

Laying is done from the bottom up. You need to start from the corner of the opening-wall. The seam should be left approximately 4-5 mm. If corner stones are used, they must be glued from below. If flat ones are used, laying should be done with an overlap.

During the procedure, do not forget to check the horizontal laying. On an arc, elements can be trimmed to meet the required radius. This can be done with wire cutters or a grinder with a special nozzle.

Edges in without fail be sanded using a file. When the finish is finished, you need to wait for the mortar or glue to dry. After that, you need to do the refinement of the seams. For these purposes, we use a grout of the appropriate color. To perform the procedure, it is better to use a construction syringe. Otherwise, you can use a rubber spatula. You can make the tool yourself. To do this, cut off a square piece of polyethylene, fold it in the form of a cone, fix it with tape. The tip of this element must be cut so that the resulting size corresponds to the size of the seams between the stones.

Next, one of these tools needs to press the grout into the seams in order to completely fill them. In this case, everything must be done carefully so that the material does not get on the front of the products. It remains to wait until the grout dries - the decorative stone arch is ready.

Seamless laying

In this case, the tiles are laid tightly to each other, so the arch finish artificial stone requires hard work. Glue or mortar is applied to the stone. If the laying is done from top to bottom, you can get a smooth border with clear lines.

Since the edges of the finishing material are well prepared, no pick-up time is required when laying, so the procedure is carried out quickly. At the end, the surface can be opened with an impregnation that will repel water and protect against the effects of chemicals.

Stone arch is inexpensive, but looks great

The design of the arch with a stone allows you to give this element of the interior more expressiveness and style. The room takes on a more refined and attractive appearance. This option looks especially good in the corridors and living rooms. In a word, the effect of such a finish is amazing, as you can see by looking at the photos of the options.

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Finishing the arch with decorative stone: a solid look and decoration of the interior opening

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Arched opening between rooms interesting option home or office interior design. Unusual in form, the entrance to the room, rounded from above, is associated for us either with a triumphal procession, or with a portal at the junction of two worlds. Additional decoration of the arch with decorative stone gives this architectural element even more solidity and emphasizes the originality of the style. From the proposed article, you can learn how to correctly and beautifully decorate the arch with a stone.

Ways to decorate interior arches

Designers offer us different ways decorative finishes arches. Among them, the options for decorating with wood panels, plaster moldings, or even forged metal parts look especially interesting. In the context general style interior design of any of the methods of decoration will look quite attractive. But nothing can replace the durability and beauty of natural stone. This natural material can claim first place in the decoration of arched openings.

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In some cases, it is permissible to use artificial finishing materials that imitate natural decorative stone to decorate the arch.

What to choose natural or artificial decorative stone?

Lovers of everything natural, without fake, prefer materials from real natural stone, no matter what it costs them. A very interesting in texture, unique surface is demonstrated by such rocks as sandstone, tuff, shell rock and some others. Soft color and the intricate patterns of marble have been valued for their special beauty for more than one millennium.

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Architectural details finished with granite impress with their majesty.
At the same time, an artificial decorative stone has no less right to exist. Compared to natural, it even has some advantages, since it is less expensive and is able to imitate any rock.

Artificial decorative stone is made from environmentally friendly components such as cement, pumice and expanded clay. To give him desired color in the manufacture of mineral pigments are added. After drying and firing, the decorative stone acquires a hardness that is in no way inferior to natural material.

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The weight of artificial stone is much less than real granite, marble or slate. This important quality provides him with an additional priority among finishing materials of this kind.

Preparing for laying decorative stone

In order to finish the arch with a decorative stone, you do not need special professional knowledge. It will be enough to stock up on the appropriate tools, including:

  • Cutting tool such as "grinder" or hand saw;
  • Construction knife;
  • Chisel or small pick;
  • Hammer, pliers, spatula;
  • Plumb and level;
  • Sandpaper.

The facing stone must be cut in advance in the form of thin tiles so as not to create difficulties during work.

Stages of work

  1. Prepare the surface for laying decorative stone tiles. Make a notch on the wall and apply a primer so that the glue or cement mortar will hold on tight. The surface must be carefully leveled and free from dust.
  2. Prepare a solution to which you will glue the stone. Traditionally, it may consist of Portland cement with the addition of sifted sand, lime and some PVA glue. It is permissible to use special grades of glue or “liquid nails” instead of cement mortar.
  3. Start laying out the stone tiles from below, from the junction of the arched opening with the floor. Apply a sufficient layer of mortar or glue to the wall with a spatula and press the stone against it. Try not to press hard on the stone tiles so that cracks do not form.
  4. Level each next row of stone and install using plastic crosses. Do not rush to complete all the work at once. It is better to take a break, having reached half the height, so that the lower rows have time to “grab”.
  5. When you get to the rounding of the arch, you will have to cut the stone to give the tiles necessary form. If you do this manually, then you will need to carefully walk along the marking line with a construction knife, and then remove the excess edges with pliers. Irregularities will have to be processed with sandpaper.
  6. When laying stone tiles on inner surface arches you should adhere to the same work technology. It is only necessary to more carefully monitor compliance with the dimensions of the facing material.

Video instruction for laying artificial stone

The final stage

When you finish decorating the arch with decorative stone, you will need to stop working for about two days. Such a period is necessary for the reliable fastening of all elements of the stone cladding.

Only after the proper time has passed will it be possible to fill the tile joints with cement mortar or grout. At the same time, try not to allow drops of the solution to fall on the outer surface of the stone. It is better to avoid unnecessary contaminants right away than to make efforts to eliminate them later. Remove excess solution with a wet sponge or cloth.

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The decorative finishing stone certainly has its fans. After all, it is practical beautiful material, laying of which even a non-professional can do.

The variety of textures and a wide range of colors of the stone will help you decorate the interior in various styles, create coziness and comfort in your apartment or private house. The most widely used cladding material is used in the decoration of walls, columns, kitchen "aprons", niches and doorways, including arches.

For internal works most often used artificial stone based on gypsum. It is lightweight (much lighter than concrete analogues), breathable, environmentally friendly material with high performance characteristics.

Today we will dwell in more detail on the decoration of arches and doorways with decorative stone.

Types of decorative stone

  • decorative brick

Brick natural shade — popular material in the interior in the style of "loft". Brick-like tile imitates brickwork. A brick arch looks good in combination with dark-colored ceiling beams in a country-style interior.

White brick will make the room more romantic and light. Suitable for interiors in Scandinavian, Mediterranean and vintage style and of course in the style of "Provence".

  • shell rock, sandstone

Facing tiles made of shell rock will fill the interior with light and warmth. The warm colors and porous surface go well with columns in antique-style interiors.

  • limestone

Limestone tile or its imitation is distinguished by texture and a variety of shades: from white to brown.

  • river stone

This cladding looks very brutal, reminiscent of a medieval castle or the entrance to a cave. Large stone fit for the interior in the style of "chalet" and in the Gothic style.

Looking for suitable options, it is useful to study the catalogs of the finishing material. Finished products made of natural stone include dozens of different items, skillfully combining which, you will get a harmonious interior designed in your own style.

Making an opening with a stone has a number of advantages. Firstly, it is the protection of the side surfaces and outer corners from abrasion and dirt. Secondly, this finish is more durable.

Thirdly, the opening or arch acquire interesting view, can become an accent in the interior or emphasize its general style.

Finishing the doorway with artificial stone will help to visually unite the hallway with the living space, it looks great in combination with decorative plaster or smoothly painted walls.

Decorating openings, arches and walls with natural or artificial stone gives wide opportunities for the flight of design ideas in interior design. Light pastel shades stones are in harmony with various frescoes.

A long corridor can be visually “divided” into sectors with the help of arches lined with stone, and “expanded” by decorating the walls with mirrors.

Performing decorative stone work

Artificial analogues of decorative stone attract the buyer with their affordable price, and appearance almost indistinguishable from natural material. You can also save money if you perform cladding work without involving specialists.

For you need to select lightweight material, and narrow tiles are easier to lay on the arched (vaulted) surface of the opening.

The composition of the adhesive solution directly depends on the material chosen for the finish. It is necessary to knead the glue, following the instructions on the package. Use a special mixer for kneading so that the structure of the solution is uniform and plastic.

The surface of the walls must be clean and treated with a primer. For better adhesion with glue, some experts recommend making notches on the wall.

The glue is evenly applied with a spatula both on the wall at the place of gluing and on the back side of the tile. The layer thickness should not exceed 5-10 mm.

After attaching the tile to the wall, press it and seal it with a rubber mallet, tapping on the surface. Carefully remove excess glue around the edges with a spatula. The drying time of the glue is about a day or two.

Decorative facing stone can be laid in two ways: with and without jointing. When laying grouted tiles, use plastic crosses or wooden wedges of the desired thickness.

Grouting is usually done with a solution using a special syringe. After some time (20-30 minutes), after setting the solution, the seams are smoothed with a spatula for jointing.

At the end of the masonry, after the grout has dried, it is recommended to clean the artificial stone from dust, cover it with a transparent acrylic varnish on water based, for less abrasion of the surface during operation.

Subject to the sequence of work, the decoration of arches and openings, however, as well as the decoration of walls, is within the power of any person who has the desire and at least some skills in repair. Without hiring builders, you can transform your home into short time, decorating it with a stone.