How to choose siding and why is it worth buying?
Elements of this finishes are usually used to decorate the building's facade, as well as walls or ceilings indoors. Naturally, different material is chosen for different purposes. Its important advantages are resistance to temperature drop, strength, color diversity, absence of buckling and corrosion, resistance to the influence of corrosive substances. Thanks to this finish it is possible to equip additional insulation of the building. The life of the siding is long enough( more than 10 years).
Naturally, before choosing a siding, you need to familiarize yourself with its varieties. The most common option( more than 50%) is vinyl material, as it is cheap, durable, beautiful and easy to install. There is no need for preliminary surface preparation.
Steel finishing is most often used in the design of industrial facilities. Also popular are aluminum, wooden and even cement siding( it was recently launched).
Which siding is best to choose - we define with the kind of material
The choice of siding depends on the conditions of its operation and the purposes of its use. For example, aluminum material is used where good decorative properties and high strength are required. Most often it is used for facade decoration of a building.
Rarely for the living room, metal finishing elements are used. They are better suited for finishing industrial buildings, because they are durable, resistant to fire, wear, aggressive influences, temperature drop, moisture. However, the material has a lot of weight, so it is used very rarely.
More common is vinyl siding, which is often used for both external and internal decoration of the room. This is due to the fact that it has all the advantages of the previous species, and also differs in a small weight.
The most expensive is wooden siding. This cost is dictated by the naturalness of the material and the high quality of its processing.
Siding selection - a sequence of arguments
In order to choose a quality siding, it is necessary to take into account some nuances. First of all, it is necessary to pay attention to the external and internal side of the material, as this largely determines the behavior of the siding during operation.
Next you need to see how evenly the surface of the slats is painted, both from the outside and from the inside. The tone from the outside and from the inside may vary slightly, but this is not essential: the main thing is that it is even.
Be sure to pay attention to how homogeneous is the thickness of all panels. If it is the same everywhere, then the load on the finish will be distributed evenly. On the slats there should be holes for nails or screws, and their dimensions, as well as the distance between them, should be the same.
If selected, also look at the figure of the front panel. This factor is not the main thing, and here everything depends on your taste. On quality panels, there must be an anti-wrangled lock, which will allow the siding to stay on the surface even with strong gusts of wind.
Packing material must be of high quality( from rigid solid board).As for the price, do not rely on the low cost of finishing. When deciding on which siding to choose, first of all, take into account the parameters of the house, the purpose and conditions of use, and sometimes climatic loads.