building finishes,architecture,building materials and construction

building finishes,architecture,building materials and construction

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  MATERIALS FOR FINISHES
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   Finish givento the wall,enhance the exterior look of the structure.  Wall finishes(interiors) - quite delicate and need maintenance.  Now various types of wall finishes for the aesthetic purpose.  Concrete, masonry wall may be left exposed or plastered.  Wood or metal stud walls can support a variety of finishes. INTRODUCTION
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  Flexible wall coverings Plastered walls and gypsum board walls can be finished with a variety of flexible wall covering.  Examples: ⁻ Wallpapers ⁻ Cloth/paper backed vinyl wall covering ⁻ Fabrics ⁻ Cork
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  Wallpapers  Wallpapers havea paper face and a paper back.  It is not commonly used in commercial design as it is subject to soiling, abrasion and fading.
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  Cloth/Paper backed vinylwall covering  Designed for serviceability and durability.  It is flame resistant.  Easily cleaned and resistant to fading and abrasion.
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  Fabrics  Fabrics likewool, linen, cotton, burlap and grass cloth are used.  they require back coating as a barrier to prevent adhesive from bleeding through fabrics face and to improve dimensional stability.
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  Cork  Cork fromrenewable bark of the cork oak tree is used.  It is durable and resilient.  Accepts either wax or polyurethane finishes  Posses excellent acoustical and thermal rating.
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  Wood wall panels Consists of a series of thin sheets of wood framed together by strips of wood.  The vertical strips are known as stiles and the horizontal one as rails.  Wood panels include solid lumber panelling, wood veneer panelling and plastic laminate faced wood panelling.  Solid wood offers durability and creates texture.
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  Plywood  Plywood isa wood panel product made by bonding veneers together under heat and pressure, usually with the grain of adjacent plies at right angles to each other.  Plywood core may be particleboard, medium density fibreboard (MDF), veneer core or lumber core.
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   Cement TexturedFinish: This is a decorative finish and its mortar is prepared in cement based material. It is applied faced plaster with a trowel and after that it is coloured with paint.  Cement plastered Finish: It is prepared in the form of mortar with cement, sand and water in proper proportions and masonry manually to achieve a smooth finish or sand faced finish. CEMENT
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  Marble Powder Finish This is a very smooth finish. The finish looks like Marble flooring. This finish is obtained by marble powder, white cement and water. It is applied manually.
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  Mosaic Tiles  Mosaictiles are one of the most attractive wall coverings.  The very small size of the tiles can create great compositions by pieces with different hues.  Can also be used as wall decorative element and be combined with ceramic tiles of more big size.  The size of the one glass tile is 10×10 mm and before application these tiles are mounted on berg lass sheet of 327 x 327 mm.  Mosaic tiles are more difficult to fix than usual ceramic wall tiles but these glass tiles can create an amazing energizing effect and give unlimited creative freedom.
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  Glass Mosaic Finish Glass mosaic tiles are small 1”x1” on a cloth to get a workable size 12”x12” and this tile with an adhesive on wall surfaces. It can also be pasted on curved surfaces.