Adjustable Porcelain Stoneware Terrace Supports
Porcelain stoneware is an artificial finishing material with high hardness and strength. Although its composition does not actually contain granite, their physical properties are quite similar. Now porcelain stoneware with a thickness of 20 mm and more is gaining great popularity when creating flooring for terraces, exploited roofs, internal raised floors, etc. To create external and internal decking, granite slabs are laid on special adjustable supports. In the complex, such a system allows you to quickly install, repair or dismantle both individual plates and the entire flooring as a whole, as well as to lay hidden communications with constant access to them at any time.
Porcelain stoneware on adjustable supports is now considered one of the most optimal options for outdoor flooring: it has excellent performance characteristics, boasts resistance to temperature changes, mechanical shocks, fire, abrasion, chemicals, wear, and also has an anti-slip coating.
Granite slabs do not contain toxic impurities and do not emit substances harmful to humans and the environment. At the same time, the ceramic granite coating is not afraid of dirt and is easily cleaned of any stains.
Features of the use of porcelain stoneware on adjustable supportsWhen laying porcelain stoneware on adjustable supports, there is no need for glue.
Laying is carried out by the "dry" method without additional fixation. Due to this, it becomes possible to get quick and easy access under the coating for the maintenance of drainage funnels, utilities, electrical wiring, etc.
The seams between the plates are uniform due to the standard separation plates of the supports and do not need filling. They allow you to create uniform drainage over the entire area of the flooring. The result of laying will always be a dry, flat surface, convenient for maintenance and operation.
The use of adjustable supports for laying porcelain stoneware is considered a good solution, since these modern devices solve several tasks at once:
- Ensure proper air circulation between the rough base and the finished coating
- Even significant differences in the rough base are leveled
- Prepare a smooth base for the finish coating
- Provide reliable fixation of flooring plates
Installation of plates on adjustable supportsThe supports are installed along the entire perimeter of the future flooring at the same distance from each other – based on the dimensions of the granite slabs.
Each support simultaneously holds four plates due to special clamps.
With the help of a laser or conventional construction level, the level is checked, if there is a slope on the surface, you can use tilt angle correctors up to 7 degrees.
When the level is set, it is possible to lay porcelain stoneware. The installation process is quite simple – it is only necessary to lay the plates evenly in special clamps with separators of the required diameter on the supports.
Any communications can be laid under the granite on adjustable supports, and special mounting holes are provided on the supports for this purpose. This method of laying allows you to repair communications without any problems, without damaging the flooring – you just need to remove the plate at the point of damage and put it back after repair.
Porcelain stoneware for internal and external decking can be used an unlimited number of times. Due to the fact that no adhesives are used during installation, it is easy to dismantle such flooring and move it to a new location. After that, they are laid in the same way on another site. Use modern solutions for flooring, because it's so simple!
