How to choose the stone window?

    The window is an important part of the room, in addition to the role of ventilation, decorated window will let the room have a unique style. Can be used for many of the window decoration materials, including stone due to hard waterproof, beautiful and elegant decoration and become the choice of many people when the window decoration. So how to choose the stones for the window and how to install it?.

    Part1: the mainstream of the introduction of the knowledge of the window sill

    With the diversification of decoration materials, can be used for window decoration materials are natural stone and artificial stone, stone, metal materials, wood materials, etc.. The role of the main window is beautiful and decorative, of which the stone because of its outstanding waterproof, decorative features and become the main choice of window decoration materials. But there are a lot of stone classification, specific how to choose, or to take a detailed look at the following on the windowsill stone knowledge.

1, windowsill stone classification knowledge

    The sill stone material has two kinds of natural stone and artificial stone, natural stone marble and granite, artificial stone, there are a number of varieties of ordinary quartz stone, because stone sills are not large in area, so don't expect seamless, with more general natural stone.

Comparison of common sill stone

Advantages and disadvantages

    The marble color, be the most changeful shades, multiple luster, with unique natural beauty to infiltration dirty, need regular maintenance, not too bad to do, the price is more expensive

Granite is very hard, natural decorative effect, easy to maintenance than marble granite color and texture than marble, radiation is relatively large, the price is more expensive

    Artificial stone of light weight, high strength, thin thickness, corrosion resistance, anti pollution, good machinability, can produce arc, curved surface, construction is convenient; the price is relatively cheap color and texture than natural marble, granite and so beautiful, natural and soft light; especially the white sun after the artificial stone is easy to yellowing

    Although the size of the window area of a very small part of the housing decoration, but everyone's attention to it is not light. What kind of stone should be chosen for the windowsill, a lot of people do not understand, swing between several materials. This does not, look at the table on the contrast, believe everybody can do the bottom of my heart.

2, window sill stone price

    Natural stone is settled in square meters, its processing costs can account for more than the general cost of materials, cutting down the part will be considered in the area of stone. Artificial stone is a meter of settlement, which is one meter a meter, generally do not receive processing fees.

3, according to the design of the window to determine the area of stone

    There are a variety of window style, with a single window, even the door window, balcony window, window, the shape of a shape, L shape or U shape. To determine the use of the window area of the stone on the need to accurately measure the area of the windowsill. The length and width of the window sill is determined by measuring the length of the window sill and the thickness of the window wall. The actual size is larger than the size of the window sill, mainly for the convenience of wear and edge.

    To determine the actual size of the window: such as a single window size, generally in the length of two more 3~5 cm, commonly known as "ears"; even the sill of the window beside the wall has ears, on the door directly over the package; L window on both sides "ears"; in addition, the window surface light ends wide out front to probe out a few centimeters, which is the actual window width than the thickness of the wall under the window width, at least 3 cm wide.

    The window width can do generally try to better, a little wide will be more beautiful, also facilitate the pots, but should pay attention to, if the width of the narrow ledge below the inside window, can not come out too much, if vacant more places, the window will not strong.

Part2: smart choice of window stone purchase need to know

    If you find the home window decoration to choose some kind of stone, but also know the size of the area determined by measuring the windowsill area, then choose the right stone for the purchase of the basic preparation. Here we take a look at the purchase of windowsill stone, but also need to pay attention to what issues.

1, the choice of the way to buy

    There are two ways to buy window sill stone, one is to choose to let the merchant door-to-door service, one is to go to the stone market selection and processing, and then shipped back to their own or ask people to install, there are advantages and disadvantages of the two ways.

    Comparison of the way to buy stone window sill

    Advantages and disadvantages of the method

    Business owners save door-to-door service, measurement, processing, transportation and installation of stone work by the businesses responsible for the cost is higher, and the product quality problems

    Owners choose to purchase cost-effective installation, the quality of the owners need to ensure their own measurement, purchase, processing, installation, more tired

2, ask price ask clear

    Must take the following about purchase window: stone plate prices; grinding costs; installation costs; whether the loss, increase the number of holes, grinding, bonding; cost; incision protection fee; cost; transportation cost; come to measure whether to pay a deposit. Note that some businesses in the area before the window sill is, Taiwan by Yanmi calculation, this needs to ask, check.

3, cut samples to ensure accurate

    General window sill can be used with blocks of stone, L window sill, such as the use of natural stone will be 45 degrees angle angle stitching. It is best to use hard paper and draw the correct size, window cut, take the model to the market to stone processing, the angle to mosaic window if the sample is particularly important.

4, quality testing: look at the surface and measurement

    When selecting the sill stone, it needs to be tested. At this time, in addition to the surface effect of stone material, such as pattern is beautiful, is smooth, has no color, no sand hole, there is no make up traces of substandard, but also the side lines, invisible lines of stone general hardness can be, but there are exceptions. If there are lines, fine lines and sparse strength better.

5, quality inspection: water experiment

    The general is placed in the plate, the best take a bottle of water, pour water up, to see the true colors, and touch the water, feel smooth, especially the bathroom countertops best will be a bright, smooth. The big stone due to the location of the lighting installation of windows is better, can use some of the deep color, but the color is consistent with the best window in taiwan.

Part3: careful construction window sill stone installation points

    Window stone to buy a good, to enter the installation and construction of the link. The installation details of the deal is in place to install the final results, so the installation time, should pay attention to some buried points, to ensure that no danger of anything going wrong.

1, window stone installation should be in the wall before treatment

    When the house decoration, window board in the window to wall decoration before installing the gap, so both sides can make up Guanizi, but protection wall treatment must be on the windowsill. If only in the wall treatment after put window stone, to ensure that the wall on both sides of the gap and preferably not more than 2 mm.

    With cement pointing 2, sill installation joint bogey

    When installing the seams to use glass glue, with cement pointing not, if there is a small stone mosaic gap, and then cement filled, will be more obvious.

3, sill stone processing in winter

    It is best to avoid the winter because of stone processing, stone processing is basically in the open, cold sticky marble is no guarantee of quality, glue rickety easy to fall down, and it was cold sticking out of marble joints, not good-looking.

4, there is a back stone is not suitable for narrow windows

    Note that the back of the stone is not suitable for cutting narrow window, it is easy to break, although it can be treated by means of grinding and polishing, but the effect is difficult to guarantee.

5, after installation, pay attention to maintenance

    Windowsill stone installation, the need for proper maintenance. Be careful not to arbitrarily waxing, basically contains wax base material on the market, will plug the pores of the stone, but also vulnerable to dust formation and wax wax scale, mostly containing ammonia substances will cause adverse effects on the human body and the environment; the stone surface more polished, as far as possible to avoid hard things; in addition, the stone has a certain permeability, not long-term coverage.