Tips on How to Maintain Terracotta Panels Terracotta tiles always gives a home warm and inviting looking, so many houses owners like to decorative their floors, roofs or walls because this material with this kind of materials. And terracotta tiles, known as ‘burnt earth’, have been a popular building material for more than a thousand years. A terracotta panel is extremely attractive and versatile besides being fairly cost effective. This…

The Increasing Demand of Terracotta Rainscreen in the Architectural System As you may know, one of the latest technologies used by the real estate and architecture industry to meet the new standards in housing decoration is rainscreen system. This wall cladding system is the resistance to rain damages that can be a result of a gradual erosion of the walls of a property. The rain-screen principle requires the control of…

LOPO Terracotta Facade Panels makes the beauty of terracotta façade panels available at an attractive cost. Terracotta panel owns excellent durability, reduced weight per unit area, and a secure “clip and hold” affixing system, which makes terracotta panel ideal for new construction as well as retrofit and re-clad applications. Terracotta panel is produced from environmentally responsible clay-based construction materials and designed as a ventilated curtain wall and rainscreen solution. LOPO…

Terracotta is a clay-type material that is baked and used in a variety of applications. The term terracotta can relate to either its orange-red coloring or mean baked earth in Italian. The actual source can have an impact on its color. European sourced terracotta is an orange-brown color and in Mexico it comes with more of a pinkish hue. This baked earth is fired in a kiln to give strength…

LOPO Terracotta Brick Tile Textures Terracotta Tile has been used as a primary building material all over the world. It is one of the leading cladding materials used in residential and commercial structures. LOPO terracotta tile take excellent clay as the raw materials, and is formed by vacuum extrusion and fired by tunnel kiln. It is featured in good color and various textures which never fade and quite attractive.In order to…

Q&A: Structural Engineering of LOPO Ventilated Facade System 1. Whether terracotta ventilated facade system can adopt sealed system (namely use sealant for sealed treatment)? In many of China’s Terracotta Panel curtain wall projects, in order to avoid misalignment of the curtain wall’s horizontal seams and vertical seams, many construction parties use sealant treatment. But looking from the terracotta panel’s hanging system, an open system is recommended, which can effectively take…

Common Damaging Factors About Terra cotta Products Surfaces Human beings has been deriving the benefits of using terracotta for various applications in a long time, and now many architects and designers have successfully exploited the helpful characteristics of terracotta, like a smooth surface and the richness of earthy shades, to their benefit. Besides the inbuilt tonal variations provided by the items made using fire clay, the present producers have been…

High Quality Terracotta Cladding Products from LOPO Terracotta A panel in this relation is a building system for construction. Just like other panels, Terracotta panels are not naturally occurring substances. But they are processed and made into the final product in companies. Terracotta Panels are made from 100% eco-friendly natural clay. That’s not all they can also be made in various shades. These panels are long lasting and effective if…

China, 27th April 2015 This year’s exhibition Mosbuild 2015 has ended, we would like to have a big thank you to all who visited us for their discussions and interest in our company. It was a pleasure to meet you and introduce our products better. LOPO shows our best selling products include Terracotta Panels & Terracotta Louvers, Clinker Tiles etc during the fair, which attracted many new customers and are…

If you want to leave the windows open to facilitate the entry of fresh air from outside that is free of dirt, dust or any other debris, first you should have exterior louvers. An exterior louver comprises of from containing a number of blades, which may remain fixed or be movable. When it comes to deciding the installation of louvers, what factors should you take into account? Whether louvers are…

Are Terracotta Panels Suit for Public Buildings? Terracotta panels are made from 100% unpolluted neat and clean terracotta clay, which is extruded to get the desired shape and dried in especially made kilns, working at very high temperatures. The end product is very hard, strong with a soft surface. Terracotta Panels made from clay may be utilized for the purpose of decorating exteriors of different buildings, including venues, theaters and…

When building designers have to select material for the exterior wall, they have plenty of options to choose from. Since the exteriors give the building personality whilst determining whether it is comfortable to be in or not, this is a very important decision they make since actually. An interesting new trend is the growing use of terracotta stick panels on building exteriors. Since time immemorial, terracotta cladding has been in…