Country houses: facing by a siding with warming and without it
The combination of words a country house associates with a small structure, but the phrase facing the country house with siding makes it clear that the structure is not so small. Siding is chosen as a finishing material for a country house because of the affordable cost and a good set of operational characteristics.
It is appreciated for its unpretentiousness, long service life, for different shades and textures. The material is used for the restoration of long-lived wooden, block, and brick buildings, for the sheathing of newly built frame structures.
Facing the country house with siding allows, without investing significant funds, to quickly give the buildings an attractive and finished look. Samples of designer fantasies in the design of a country house siding, you can see the photo in the galleries of materials.
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Benefits of Using Siding
So:
- Long-term operation does not change the impeccable appearance of a house finished with siding, unlike lining.
- This finishing material does not undergo decay processes, it is not liked by pests.
- The material is resistant to mechanical stress and high temperatures during combustion.
- Facing the cottage with siding is able to protect its facade from external atmospheric influences, isolates from noise penetration into the house.
- Cladding with siding allows you to insulate the structure of the house due to the air gap or special heaters that do not interfere with the house "breathing".
- Different regions of the country, with temperature differences from -50 to + 50ᵒС, can allow the population to use this finishing material.
- Its paint does not fade even in direct sunlight, regardless of the location of this material in the south, under the scorching sun, or in the north, in severe frost, the siding is able to withstand all weather difficulties.
- The use of vinyl siding, instead of a similar lining, does not require painting.
- It is enough to wash it with water from a hose and the surface will again shine with novelty, cleanliness and freshness.
Attention: Despite the speed of installation work during siding, the execution of work has its own nuances in the decoration of openings, corners and transitions.
- Facing of cottages with siding should be made in compliance with the allowances for thermal expansion. If you neglect the advice of professionals in the video, you can get a casing that warps after warming or cracks from frost have formed in it.
Types of siding and its choice
Country houses are different. They are divided into large buildings and not very large, capital, in which it is possible to live all year round, or summer for the season, brick, wooden, panel.
It is better to sheathe any type of building with siding, which are also different, but serve as an excellent option for exterior decoration with the right choice.
| Type of siding | Advantages | disadvantages | Application |
| Wood | Prepared from wood fibers by pressing and adding resins | High price, not practical, burns well | For decoration of garden houses rarely used |
| Metal | Steel and aluminum material not lit | Heavy weight that light walls might not handle | Capital buildings year-round use |
| Fiber cement | Strong, beautiful, durable, practical | High cost, can exceed the price of the building itself and weight | Capital buildings year-round use |
| Vinyl | Low cost, various colors, resistance to temperature differences, ease of care | It is susceptible to accidental damage by garden tools. | Summer garden houses, on capital buildings, where the lower part is sheathed with vinyl basement siding |
So:
- Vinyl products are made from polyvinyl chloride, representing solid stripes called panels.
- Each individual panel is a monolithic sheet with the desired shape.
- When installing siding with their own hands, the owners of country houses carry out insulation of the building due to the convenient laying of insulation material in the crate space.
Ways of decorating siding
Of options house siding not so much as the materials themselves. There are two ways of development of events, facing a country house with siding is carried out vertically or horizontally.
Each type of work produces its own types of vinyl products:
- The horizontal decoration of the facade is carried out by the “shipboard” and “herringbone”.
- Vertical cladding resembles log masonry, because panels are used that are similar in shape to logs.
- The single-fracture “shipboard” finish is widespread in the United States.
- Facing with a siding of a country house "herringbone" with a double fracture is used in Europe.
Attention: For all types of siding, excluding wooden products, which can then be repainted in the color you like, an important and responsible moment is the right color.
- Siding color selection is not quite simple, since there are at least 25 colors.
- For simplicity, they are divided into 3 groups. One group is white, the other is pastel, the third is colored.
- Most often, pastel colors are found outside the city.
Calculation and installation rules for siding
So:
- The correct calculation of the material is determined by the surface area that needs to be sheathed.
- Why the surface is divided into geometric shapes.
- Window and doorways from the calculation of the area are not excluded.
- 10% is added to the results, which is quite enough for plating.
- The calculation includes siding fasteners used for external and internal corners for horizontal and vertical installation.
- Cladding with siding of cottages on a wooden crate is carried out with special nails, fastening to the profile by itself with cuts.
- Sheathing of buildings is carried out round the house, but the temperature should not be lower than 10 ° C, otherwise the vinyl material loses its plasticity and may crack.
- The panels are not fastened with nails tightly; the cap does not reach the end of 1-2 mm.
- Nails must go straight into the product, otherwise you can get a wavy surface.
- It is unacceptable to tighten the siding during installation.
- The next panel is connected to the previous one, and then pushed against the wall until the locking system is locked.
Attention: All materials used in the installation of the lining should not be corroded, otherwise the siding will begin to depart after a few seasons.
Installation and cost of work
So:
- Cladding siding a country house begins with preparatory work.
- The protruding elements of the platbands, grilles, doors are dismantled.
- Cement mortar or foam is used to seal gaps around openings.
- Walls are free of dirt and dust, bloated plaster, paint, rotten areas and mold.
- Houses made of wooden products are treated with antipyretics and antiseptics, foam concrete walls with a primer.
- The average cost of a square meter siding in rubles depends on the material: metal -190-215; wooden - 1000-2500; vinyl - 180-600; cement - 400-1000 for one panel.
- Holiday homes cladding siding are performed from the rear.
- To do this, the lower edge of the panel should be in the starting strip, and the upper is attached to the crate.
- Fasteners at least 10 cm do not reach the edge of the panel.
- The next row begins together with the beginning of the previous one.
- The joints should not be placed one above the other, for this the check order of installation is observed.
- If the panel is shorter than the wall, the instruction recommends using a connecting strip during installation.
- The last cladding panels are fastened according to the following rules. The finish bar is flush to the ledge. The last panel is installed by pressing it until the key system works.
After each installation there are extra pieces that should not be thrown away. Accidental mechanical damage to the panels can always be replaced. There will be no difference in panel colors because vinyl siding does not fade in the sun.
