WALL FINISHES - MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS

WALL FINISHING - DEFINITION,TYPES,PURPOSE

1. MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS WALL FINISHING SYSTEMS

2. What is Wall Finish & What do wall finishes do? Wall Finishing refers to ornamentation of an interior or exterior wall structure, on ceilings or walls. This is also sometimes called  Pargeting . Before that , the process of creating plasterwork, called plastering or rendering, has been used in building construction for centuries.  < Need for Wall Finish > 1>Wall finishes are decorative. They are part of the look of the interior of the home. 2>Most wall finishes also add rigidity to the structure. 3>Finishes also conceal and support insulation and air/vapor barriers. Electrical and mechanical systems are also concealed behind wall finishes.

3. TYPES OF WALL FINISHING AND SYSTEMS 1 > WAHOO WALLS THEY ARE THE WALL PANELS WITH EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE CORE. THEY COME AS A WHOLE FINISHING SYSTEM. WAHOO WALLS ARE MOSTLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BASEMENTS . AVAILABILITY IS IN SIZE – 4’ X 8’ WITH ¼” THICK LAYER OF MINERAL BOARD ON BOTH THE SIDES.

4. FINISHING SYSTEM WAHOO WALL

5. 2>WOOD WAINSCOT WOOD WAINSCOT IS WALL COVERING THAT EXTENDS FROM THE FLOOR TO ROUGHLY THE MIDDLE OF THE WALLS. IT IS A WOOD BEADBOARD , USUALLY WHITE. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF WOOD WAINSCOT : A> TONGUE- AND- GROOVE PLYWOOD AVAILABILITY -4’ X 8’ B> MDF PANELS AVAILABILITY – 32’ TO 48’

6. TONGUE-AND-GROOVE PLYWOOD WAINSCOT MDF PANELS

7. 3> OSB (ORIENTED STRAND BOARD) USE- OSB ARE USED AS EXTERIOR WALL SHEATHING OR AS FLOOR UNDERLAYMENT. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF OSB : A> PLAIN OSB ,ALSO KNOWN AS CLEARCOATED PLYWOOD. B> PLASTER AND LATH IN THIS WOODEN SLATS ARE USED WITH WET PLASTER.

8. PLASTER AND LATH PLAIN OSB

9. 4> TEXTURED PAINTS

10. 5> TEXTURES WALLPAPERS

11. 6> REAL WOOD WALL PANELLING DIFFERENT WOOD PANELS ARE DIRECTLY FIT TO THE EXTERIOR WALL MATERIALS. MOST COMMONLY USED ARE : WENGE EXOTIC MAHOGANY ZEBRAWOOD TEAK

12. WENGE EXOTIC MAHOGANY TEAK ZEBRAWOOD

13. 7> VENEER PLASTER IT IS A COMBINATION OF DRYWALL AND PLASTER.

14. 8> LEATHER OR FAUX LEATHER PANELS TUFTED FAUX LEATHER PANELS FOR A PORTION OF WALL ARE USED.

15. 9> TILES WAINSCOTING IT IS BASICALLY REFERS TO JOINING TILE TO TILE. THERE ARE THREE TYPES – A> FLOOR-TO-WALL WAINSCOT IN THIS WAINSCOT, TILE ONLY CONTINUES TILL HALF OF THE WALL. B> FLOOR-TO-CEILING WAINSCOT IN THIS WAINSCOT, TILE CONTINUES ALL THE WAY TO THE CEILING. C> METAL CEILING METAL OR FAUX METAL CEIING TILES GLUED TO THE WALL.

16. FLOOR-TO-CEILING WAINSCOT FLOOR-TO-WALL WAINSCOT MEATL CEILING TILES

17. 10> STONE VENEER CLADDING STONES ARE USED WITH PLASTER STONES CAN BE GRANITE,RED STONE ETC.

18. 11> MOSAIC TILING IN THIS SMALL BURSTS OF TILES ARE USED TO CREATE A DECORATIVE STYLE. HERE ARE TWO WAYS TO CRATE MOSAIC TILING : A> BAMBOO MOSAIC TILING B> CORK MOSAIC TILING

19. 12> STAINLESS STEEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IT IS A STAINLESS STEEL WALL TO FLOOR SYSTEM. MAINLY USED IN DRUGS FACTORY. IT PROVIDES FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATIONS,RAPID DELIVERY AND CLEAN OPERATION DUE TO SMOOTH SURFACE.

20. 13> LAMINATE SHEETS THEY CAN BE OF FIBRE, METALS ETC.

21. SOME OTHER FINISHES ARE : 14> GYPSUM BOARD 15> SAND TEXTURED FINISH