Houses built on a
rectangular plan, dominating in our architectural landscape, may seem a bit
banal and monotonous. To give
them a more individual character, it is worth enriching their façades with
decorative elements. These
include vouchers. Their
implementation will not cause much trouble, especially if we use light
elements, for example styrofoam.
Bone in plaster
Bonie is a decorative
parallel gouging in the facade, which is usually made on the corners of the
building, on plinths, and sometimes around windows and doors. They usually run horizontally. Until recently, the bonnet was modeled
in thick plaster. In modern
homes, their execution is much simpler than in the past. This is possible due to ready
profiles, which are usually made of expanded polystyrene. Their advantage is lightness, as well
as a simple assembly method. All
you need to do is get the right tools and materials to make the bonnie look
beautiful over the years.
Stylish voucher
The bonnie protruding
beyond the face of the wall will make the house look original and has its own
individual character.Decorating the façade of the house with bonami has a long
tradition. For centuries they
formed a significant decoration of the elevation of mansions, palaces or
middle-class tenement houses. Also
today, such a finish of façade walls is most often used on houses referring to
historical styles. They are
eagerly used to decorate houses built on a rectangular plan, covered with a
two- or hipped roof with a symmetrical arrangement of windows on the façade. They are also suitable for finishing
cube houses built in the spirit of modernism. Regardless
of the style in which the house was erected, the vouchers enrich and break up
the monotonous wall surface, and also give the building a sense of solidity.
Lightweight and easy to
handle
In the past, bonnie was
made of cement and lime plaster, about 3
cm thick, on a single- and
three-layer wall. The styrofoam,
which is the most commonly used, is about 2
cm thick and can be made on any
type of wall. Because they weigh
only a little, they are also suitable for sticking on walls insulated with the
method of light wet. They do not
constitute too much burden for such a delicate façade. Styrofoam bonnets are mainly made of
hard, self-extinguishing styrofoam. To
be used outside the building, they must be reinforced with fiberglass
reinforcing mesh and finished with mineral putty. Some companies, instead of
polystyrene, use polyurethane foam covered with PVC foil and paint or plastic,
the basic component of which is silicate granulate. You can buy slabs with pre-cut grooves
or use ordinary styrofoam boards in which, after gluing to the wall, a bonnet
is made with a filament-cutting machine. Bonnie
can also be made in mineral wool boards. An
oscillating cutter with an appropriately selected blade is used for this. The same adhesive is used to assemble
foamed polystyrene as it is used to adhere polystyrene boards to the masonry. They are pre-primed. After installation, they are secured
with a glass fiber reinforcing mesh and plastered. You can also use a special plaster
that does not require reinforcement.
