Terracotta Facade Corner Construction Methods

For terracotta facade projects, different elevation structures require different construction methods for corner part. There are 3 common methods as follow.

1.Miter cutting
Based on the exterior elevation structure, the edges of each of the two terracotta panels are beveled at different angle to be joined, to form a reasonable and beautiful corner. For conventional facade corners, the most popular construction method is to cut terracotta panels at 45 degree angle. Two beveled terracotta panels are joined to form a 90 degree corner. Afterwards, an rubber strip fixing parts for terracotta facade is inserted into the joint, for water diversion purpose. LOPO can provide customized cutting service for every project, to save time and labor cost for terracotta panel installation.

2.Using an aluminum-alloy or stainless-steel flashing
Based on the exterior elevation structure, a flashing is designed for the corner. A flashing is usually made of aluminum alloy or stainless steel, and sprayed with fluorocarbon according to the requirement of the design. For example, a contrast color to terracotta panel could be painted to achieve linear division effect for the facade, or the same color as terracotta panel could be applied to achieve harmony and uniformity.

3.Using special-shaped terracotta corner
Many large-scale projects have stricter requirement for the integrity and harmony(such as material, color) of the facade. For this purpose, a supplementary terracotta panel or terracotta baguette is specially needed for the facade corner. A terracotta panel or terracotta baguette with special shape(such as curve, triangle, L-shaped right angle) can exhibit a different facade effect. LOPO can custom design or produce supplementary special-shaped terracotta panels or terracotta baguettes that perfectly suit specific project’s facade corners.

By comparing the above-mentioned three conventional construction methods, we can find that aluminum-alloy or stainless-steel flashings are convenient to process and customize due to the availability of these material used; special-shaped terracotta panels or terracotta louvers can achieve perfect harmony for the facade, but are expensive due to less popularity; miter cutting is most widely used due to its high cost-effectiveness, which resulted from cuttingterracotta louver at different degree at the factory before delivery to the construction site for immediate installation.

Newest LOPO Terracotta Facade Panel And Baguette Project In Russia

Project Name: School Lokomotiv, Russia
Location: Yaroslavl
LOPO Product: Terracotta Facade Panel and Terracotta Baguette
Item No.: F401970
Qty.: 3000sqm
Item No.:T505070
Qty.: 600m
Year: 2015

Located in Yaroslavl Russia, School Lokomotiv Construction will be completed soon in the near future. LOPO participated in the finishing and decoration of the interior walls of the school building in this project. The walls of the school are made of red plain surface terracotta wall cladding panel and is customized design by the architect designer. The color and luster of the clay panel are gentle, simple.

As an environmental-friendly wall decoration material, LOPO Terracotta Facade Panel and terracotta baguette has more and more been used in big public project in recent year. And LOPO terracotta facade product including terracotta panel, terracotta baguette, terracotta louver has gain the competitive edge in countless public project through its outstanding design and excellent quality.

Newest LOPO Terracotta Facade Panel Project In Russia

Newest LOPO Terracotta Facade Panel Project In Russia

Project name: School Lokomotiv 

Site Address: Yaroslavl

Product Item: F401970/T505070

Chinese Clay Split Brick Exports to South Korea Will Be Decrease To Zero Tarrifs

According to CCTV news reports, China and South Korea, China and Australia Free Trade Agreement came into effect from December 20, the first tariff reduction started simultaneously.
① China imports from South Korea will be 44% of the products with zero tariffs, including electronics, chemicals, minerals, etc.
② China imports from Australia will be 85.4% of products with zero tariffs, including chemical products, mineral products, medical devices.

Thanks for China and South Korea Free Trade Agreement, Chinese clay split brick(Terracotta Wall Tile, Terracotta Brick Paver etc.) exports to South Korea will be decrease from 8% zero tarrifs. This is a great news for LOPO Company and our customers. And we believe more zero tarrifs news on other related products (Such as terracotta panel and louver, artificial culture stone etc.) will come out soon.

At present, China is promoting more of FTA negotiations, including the “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement” (RCEP), China – GCC FTA, China – Norway FTA, Japan and South Korea FTA, China – Sri Lanka FTA and China – Maldives FTA etc. In addition, China is also promoting China – Singapore FTA negotiations upgrade, China – Pakistan Free Trade Area of the second phase of the negotiations and the “cross-strait economic cooperation framework agreement,” the follow-up negotiations.

As China is promoting more of FTA negotiations with more and more countries and Region in the near future, LOPO China is sincerely hope to take this chance to establish a long term and win-win business relationship with our old customers and potential customers.

Best Exterior and Interior Wall Decoration Material – Faux Brick Veneer

Faux brick veneer also called artificial cultured brick, or manufactured stone cladding. It has many characteristics such as light weight, rich color & shapes and easy to imitate other building material’s finishes. Faux brick veneer was born in America at the end of last century fifty’s and now it has been a main stream of exterior building material in the world.

However, as interior wall decoration material, faux brick veneer is more welcome to use as exterior wall brick veneer. Architects are tent to use this kind of brick tile because it has wider ranging and flexible application. Faux can be applied on the wall, floor and backdrop wall. This kind of building material is not only can apply by large area & large proportion to create the overall atmosphere of interior design, but also can be used in specific area for a special embellishment or emphasis purpose. For example, backdrop wall, fireplace, balcony, stairs and wine cellar. What’s more, if fake brick wall is mutual collocation with the furniture, soft decoration, lighting etc., it can present you the post-modern, new classics, concise decorative styles or any others which pursued by the architects.

Take LOPO’s an artificial brick veneer project for example, the designers apply LOPO faux brick (Item: LPZ-W02) on both the interior and exterior wall of a cafeteria. The designers use the classical red wall brick, which filled with time charm, to be the fundamental key of the whole shop. Together with the interior other design, the red artificial brick facade not only shows the atmosphere of literature and art restoration, but also elegant and fresh.

As you may know, LOPO China is one of the most professional and pioneering manufacturers of terracotta products (including terracotta panel, terracotta baguette and louver, terracotta wall tile, terracotta brick paver, artificial cultured stone etc.) in China. LOPO China has its own R&D team, now LOPO has develops 10 series, exceed 1000 items of faux brick design. Except that, LOPO can produce the artificial brick products with special sizes, finishes and colors customized by designers. LOPO artificial stone is mainly produced by high quality haycite, white cement and imported pigment, which ensures faux brick’ characteristic favored by the architects around the world, such as corrosion resisting, non-deformation and fadeless.

For more LOPO cultured stone projects, please refer to www.lopoterracotta.com