Building and finishing materials, modern building technologies

Construction and repairs are constant purchases of materials and a choice of technologies: starting from the construction of the foundation and ending with the final finishing of the premises, we always choose something, order, buy. Some building materials have not changed for years: crushed stone, sand, cement, wood, clay - all this is still familiar to our fathers and grandfathers. Ask them how to use them. But there are a lot of new materials that not all builders know about: they appear almost every day and often greatly facilitate and speed up the processes. For example, you know that today a house can be built using 20 technologies? There are only five old ones, the rest have all appeared in recent decades.

It is also very important to know how to properly use these building and finishing materials - both old and new. After all, their illiterate use can negate all their dignity, and sometimes bring harm. Some materials and technologies are so interconnected that they do not exist one without the other.

About what building materials there are - old and new, about their characteristics, qualities, characteristics of storage, use, technology of application - we will try to tell about all these things objectively. Our site does not sell anything, therefore we have no reason to hide or embellish anything. If we know any negative points, we will definitely tell you about them. If we know something good, we will also draw your attention. And if, suddenly, they did not say about something, please write your opinion in the comments. Perhaps we missed an important point ...

The façade of a two-storey red brick house with the characteristic features of a modern style, but a clear individual character

Brick houses are good because they can be in any style, and they are "forever" and this is not an exaggeration. Only a facade can be laid out of bricks, hiding behind it another material that is less resistant to weathering. And to decide exactly how to build ...

The thermal conductivity of building materials shows the amount of heat that it passes per unit of time.

In recent years, when building a house or renovating it, much attention has been paid to energy efficiency. With already existing fuel prices, this is very important. Moreover, it seems that further savings will become increasingly important. To correctly select the composition and thickness of the materials in the cake ...

This is the look of the OSB plate

Sheet building materials are used in frame housing construction, with dry leveling of planes. One of these materials is OSB board (OSB, OSB). She pressed plywood, chipboard, gypsum board. And all because, with good technical characteristics, it has a low price.

This is also a domed house

Spherical, domed dwellings have been known for a long time - yarangas, plums, wigwams, etc. - built on this principle. They are distinguished by their high stability and ease of construction, which earned the popularity of our ancestors. But domed houses in their pure form, as a phenomenon of modern construction, appeared ...

The length and width of the MDF board is standard, but the thickness can be different

With the development of technology, more and more building and finishing materials appear on the market. At the end of the last century, we got MDF. There are MDF boards that are used in construction work, there are finishing panels that can be used to decorate walls / ceilings or make furniture.

The dimensions of the foam block are selected depending on the type of building and wall

Private houses are increasingly being built from foam concrete. Since the material is relatively new, there are many questions. The first thing to figure out is how foam blocks differ from gas blocks. Next, you need to figure out what the dimensions of the foam block are, what density and mass they are. ...

Building bricks have certain dimensions defined by standards. The most commonly used single brick size - 250 * 120 * 65 mm

When ordering materials, you need to know their parameters. Even such a well-known material as brick has a large number of types and varieties. The good news is that its parameters are standardized. The standard size of the brick and its quality characteristics have been determined.

In addition to the type and size of the profile for drywall, you must also choose the thickness of the metal and the manufacturer

When installing any structure made of plasterboard, a base is needed - a frame on which the gypsum board sheets are attached. This frame is assembled using technology from special products - profiles. About what a drywall profile can be, its types and sizes, scope ...

Types and sizes of wall tiles

When developing a bathroom design or the design of a kitchen apron, it is important to decide not only on the color of finishing materials, but also on their dimensions. The size of the area to be covered plays a significant role in choosing the size of the tiles. This will determine not only the general appearance after the repair, but also the costs ...

It looks like a fiberglass spider web

Preparing surfaces for painting is a complex business that requires high qualifications. But even this does not always save from the appearance of small cracks - the house sits down, the plaster dries unevenly. As a result, we have small gaps that spoil the appearance. Painting fiberglass is a material that ...

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