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In our country, natural stone cladding is part of the historical tradition of building construction.

Of course, until rather recently, the use of natural stone was linked more to cost than a purely aesthetic factor, since the cost of the stone, normally taken from fields or rivers, was much lower than that of clay bricks.

For this basic reason, we find an architectural heritage rich in stone construction, which building restoration tends to upgrade and maintain unaltered, while conforming to current structural standards. Cont-->

The problem of incompatibility between “structural” requirements and aesthetic appearance is particularly evident in rural buildings and, more generally, in the restoration of Italy's architectural heritage. The structural safety aspects (anti-seismic standards) and the preservation of aesthetic characteristics (landscape appearance and architectural constraints), in fact, are being protected and ensured by law. Clearly, for example, an old stone cottage, once restructured and provided with an anti-seismic girder under the roof, is totally disfigured from the aesthetic viewpoint. For this reason, structural elements like pillars, girders, and reinforced concrete walls must necessarily be covered so as to restore the building to its original appearance prior to restructuring. To avoid the problem of increasing thicknesses generated by the application of stone or brick over the structural elements, with the loss of usable floor space and volume, various types of "thin" coverings for these elements have been developed.

The first category consisted of “slabs” of natural stone, normally used for flooring, that are applied to vertical walls: this material replaces the traditional plaster but does not lend the aesthetic appearance of a "STONE" wall typical of the original construction, since it is flat and lacks depth.

To obviate this limitation, a category of product consisting of thin sheets of colored cement was created (and is enjoying good market success): their form is similar to that of real stone, and they can be applied with glue or mortar on top of elements such as reinforced concrete pillars, girders and walls. This category of products has been highly successful, since it restores (in part) the original external appearance of the constructions, even lending an "aged" look to entirely new buildings.

Covering with these thin sheets involves a modest loss of space, since they are generally 2-4 cm thick, add limited weight to the structures, and can be installed fairly rapidly (and thus less expensively), since the sheets are lightweight, easy to handle, and can cemented on like normal tiles. The only major limitation of this category of covering is that the component elements have an artificial look, since they are still cement sheets appropriately colored and shaped.

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	“ RIVESTIMENTI IN PIETRA ” In our country, natural stone cladding is part of the historical tradition of building construction. Of course, until rather recently, the use of natural stone was linked more to cost than a purely aesthetic factor, since the cost of the stone, normally taken from fields or rivers, was much lower than that of clay bricks. For this basic reason, we find an architectural heritage rich in stone construction, which building restoration tends to upgrade and maintain unaltered, while conforming to current structural standards. Cont--> The problem of incompatibility between “structural” requirements and aesthetic appearance is particularly evident in rural buildings and, more generally, in the restoration of Italy's architectural heritage. The structural safety aspects (anti-seismic standards) and the preservation of aesthetic characteristics (landscape appearance and architectural constraints), in fact, are being protected and ensured by law. Clearly, for example, an old stone cottage, once restructured and provided with an anti-seismic girder under the roof, is totally disfigured from the aesthetic viewpoint. For this reason, structural elements like pillars, girders, and reinforced concrete walls must necessarily be covered so as to restore the building to its original appearance prior to restructuring. To avoid the problem of increasing thicknesses generated by the application of stone or brick over the structural elements, with the loss of usable floor space and volume, various types of "thin" coverings for these elements have been developed. The first category consisted of “slabs” of natural stone, normally used for flooring, that are applied to vertical walls: this material replaces the traditional plaster but does not lend the aesthetic appearance of a "STONE" wall typical of the original construction, since it is flat and lacks depth. To obviate this limitation, a category of product consisting of thin sheets of colored cement was created (and is enjoying good market success): their form is similar to that of real stone, and they can be applied with glue or mortar on top of elements such as reinforced concrete pillars, girders and walls. This category of products has been highly successful, since it restores (in part) the original external appearance of the constructions, even lending an "aged" look to entirely new buildings. Covering with these thin sheets involves a modest loss of space, since they are generally 2-4 cm thick, add limited weight to the structures, and can be installed fairly rapidly (and thus less expensively), since the sheets are lightweight, easy to handle, and can cemented on like normal tiles. The only major limitation of this category of covering is that the component elements have an artificial look, since they are still cement sheets appropriately colored and shaped.
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