Metallosiding - what is it?
To date, each of us at least once heard about metal scoring. But what is it, do not everyone know. Metallosiding is a material made of galvanized steel, which, in turn, is covered with a polymer coating. It is ideal for facing anything, because it is easy to give it any shape, and it has a huge number of pluses and, oddly enough, has no disadvantages.
Let's go through all these pluses in more detail. The first one is related to the appearance, because there are more than a hundred variants of what metal siding can be, and, accordingly, your siding will fit into any interior. The second plus concerns durability, because this material is able to serve you for at least 50 years, without losing its color.
The third plus is the ease of installation. This process is quite easy and comparable to the installation of the lining. Also to the pluses is the incredible convenience of transportation, different sizes of sheets and relatively low weight.
Whatever they say about the merits of synthetic materials, metal siding still surpasses them. For example, it's hard to find a material that can withstand large temperature jumps from -60 to +80 degrees Celsius. He really does not react to such changes in the environment, will not burst and rust. The whole secret is a low coefficient of thermal expansion, which is characteristic for almost all metals.
Given the stability of the metal siding to any impact, it is not difficult to guess that caring for it will be a pleasure. You can wash it at any time of the year and under convenient weather conditions, using even chemical cleaning agents.
Metallosiding - material characteristics
After the pluses, it is worth considering the main characteristics of this finishing material, what can it boast of in our competitive construction age? Let's try to determine what metal-siding has, because that's how you can evaluate its applicability to those or other finishing works.
The answer is not so simple, because each company delivers different-sized sheets. Everything starts with a size of 0.5 x 0.26 m and ends with a fairly decent size of 6x6 m. Depending on the type of siding, the thickness varies from 4 to 20 mm. Everyone will find what he needs, and if you pay, you will be given a special order with specific, unusual sizes.
The profile of the metal siding is not limited to one form, from the most popular one there are at least three that can create different effects on the sheathing surface. The first type is called "ship board" and consists of a lock and two independent waves, it is convenient for facing large areas, since it has a large width, which reduces the number of mounted parts.
Also simpler, but not less practical types of panels "M" and "W" are also popular: they are flat cloths with a lock on one side, and on the other hand, a spacing, only the direction of the ends is given by the form of the letter M or W.
Preparatory work forinstallation of metal siding
The minimum amount of knowledge about what characteristics has metal siding, we got, now you can talk about the installation. Before installing it, prepares and assembles the necessary tool: will have enough drill, screwdriver, level, hammer, you may need a screwdriver.
You will need a block of consumables from the consumables, or rather a rather large amount of 40x40 mm bar, screws, dowel-nails and self-tapping screws with a sealing head. Also, do not forget about the leveling bracket.
As for some physical actions, it is quite expected that all the grounds for fasteners need to be freed from interior items. It will need to be cleaned of dirt and dust and, if required by operating conditions, covered with some protective impregnation, so that the walls under the siding do not overgrow with fungus and mold.
This is especially important to consider when sewing the facade of the building with metal siding, because humidity, temperature instability can trigger unpleasant processes under the surface of the metal.
Mounting the metal siding - the features of the
operation Since you probably already chose metal siding, the colors and sizes meet the expectations, we can easily proceed directly to the installation. After calculating the mounting mesh, draw the surface of the bracket fixing surface on the surface and fix it with the dowel-nails or self-tapping screws. The latter is better to use in wooden structures.
If the wall is uneven, then fix it with brackets. This is done quite easily, with the help of bars( they are fixed to the brackets themselves) and the level. Just attach the bar so that the level produces an even surface. Ideally, these bars should be stacked at a distance of 50 cm from each other, but with more or less even walls enough and 80 cm
Having leveled the entire surface in this way, we begin the installation of the siding itself. Do it better together or together. Two lift the sheet, and one begins to fix it with a screwdriver and sealing self-tapping screws. The main thing is to work smoothly and slowly.
In this way, we attach the second sheet, however, before this it is necessary to install it exactly and ideally to fit into the grooves of the already installed sheet. In general, just like in the case of lining, only siding metal dimensions is much larger. That's the whole process of editing, we wish you success!