building finishes,architecture,building materials and construction

MATERIALS FOR

FINISHES

Finish given to 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

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

Wallpapers

Wallpapers have a paper face and a paper back.

It is not commonly used in commercial design as it

is subject to soiling, abrasion and fading.

Cloth/Paper backed vinyl wall covering

Designed for serviceability and

durability.

It is flame resistant.

Easily cleaned and resistant to

fading and abrasion.

Fabrics

Fabrics like wool, 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.

Cork

Cork from renewable 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.

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.

Plywood

Plywood is a 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.

Cement Textured Finish:

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

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.

Mosaic Tiles

Mosaic tiles 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.

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.