Instructions for assembling the siding with your own hands

The last time in the plating of both brick and wooden houses use siding, so many will be interested in how to collect siding with their own hands.

Siding is a modern material that allows you to quickly and inexpensively peel outside any building and give it a beautiful and neat appearance.

The use of siding began at the beginning of the last century in Canada and America.

Made siding of wood and faced them with the most popular frame houses there.

Today siding is produced from a wide variety of materials - steel, aluminum, vinyl.

The most popular and affordable option is vinyl siding, which can look like stone, brick, wood or log.

It is made of polyvinyl chloride and various plasticizers, due to which the material is very durable and durable.

How to properly install the siding, look at the video:

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Features of the vinyl siding

To properly coat the house with this material, you need to know its main characteristics. What are the pros and cons of vinyl siding?

Pros:

• this material does not rot, does not soak from moisture, does not rust;
• the weight of the siding is very small, so the finish of the building will not carry any load on the foundation and walls;
• installation is quite simple, so you can attach it yourself and for a short time;
• does not burn in the sun;
• service life is very large, manufacturers give a fifty-year warranty on this material;
• mount this coating can be on any surface - brick, wood, cinder block, sandstone and more.

Cons:

• this combustible material, and even despite the fact that manufacturers recently introduce fire protection components in the siding, it still remains flammable;
• becomes fragile at very low temperatures, begins to crumble, if you live in a region where in winter the temperature often drops to -20 degrees and below, it is not advisable to use siding there;
• is also not desirable to mount the material on the walls at temperatures below 10 degrees, as it becomes brittle.

Types of siding

Siding for logs. Panels for logs and boards have been very popular lately.

The log can have a variety of shades, everyone can choose the finishes to their taste.

The houses, finished with siding under the log, look very natural and natural.

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Panels for a log perfectly fit in the design of a dacha or a country house.

If you are building a country house or alpine house, the log will be an excellent design option.

Siding under the stone. Siding under the stone will make your house respectable and refined.

Panels that simulate a stone are used for facing both the whole house and only its lower part - the foundation.

Siding for stone can be combined with other panels - under a brick or under a log.

Some specialists combine two or three kinds of panels under the stone in the finishing of one house, obtaining very unusual solutions.

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Siding under the stone can be painted in different colors, as well as depict the texture of different stones - granite, marble, sandstone, tuff.

Siding for bricks. This version of the panels can be used for small cottages as well as for large country houses.

Such panels are also made in various color solutions. Beautifully look combinations of panels under the brick with panels under the stone.

Technology of wall covering with

siding. The material is produced by strips, the width of which is 20 - 25 cm, and the length is up to 4 m.

Before starting work on the lining of the house, it is necessary to calculate the amount of material to be purchased.

Preliminary calculation will help to save the amount of siding and accessories and not to get too much.

Manufacturers of this material also offer the necessary hardware and fasteners for the purchase, which will be useful for cladding.

Preparation of walls

The big plus of this cladding is that the walls of the house do not need to be prepared in any way for work.

If you mount the siding on a metal frame or crate, the surface of the wall can be anything.

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Before installing the coating, dirt, old lining, and also all protruding elements - platbands, plinths, drains, lamps, cornices - are removed from the surface of the walls.

If there are potholes, cracks or large irregularities on the wall, they must first be leveled with cement mortar.

If you do not do this, then in the cracks and holes will collect moisture, which in winter will freeze and lead to even more destruction of the walls of the house.

If the house is built of wood, then the walls need to be cleaned of fungus and mold, then treat the wood with a special protective antiseptic deep penetration that will protect wood from damage from rot and fungus.

Preparation of walls for installation by hands on video in the section.

Mounting the

battens When the walls of the house look visually smooth enough, many are wondering if a crate is needed in this case, or you can attach the siding directly not to the walls.

Specialists say that the crate must always be fastened.

The lining serves to fix the panels. The appearance of the cladding will depend directly on the quality of the lathing.

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Before you attach the frame, you need to check how much smooth walls you have.

The lining also becomes necessary if you want to not only coat the structure, but also to insulate it.

To fix the material to the wall, a crate is being erected, for which a metal profile or wooden slats are used.

The metal frame is made from an aluminum profile, and the wooden frame is from 20 to 40 mm.

Wood for the frame must necessarily be treated with a special antiseptic.

If you have chosen a wooden version of the frame, the length of the timber should be greater than the height of the walls.

So it will not be necessary to connect the beams together, which will make the design even more durable.

The bar for the frame must be well dried, so that after the construction of the frame and its cladding the beams are not deformed.

The moisture content of the tree can be no higher than 12 - 15%.The use of poor-quality wood can lead to the fact that the lining will bend and crack with time.

Therefore, it is better still, despite the high cost, to make a metal frame.

You should know that for a socle siding in any case, you need to use a metal frame, since this part of the frame is close to the ground and moisture.

You can see the assembly of the frame with your own hands on our video.

If the frame is metal, then you need to purchase a galvanized LED profile with stiffeners, on the sides it should be bends and dents, which increases its strength.

The thickness of the zinc coating is from 0.4 to 0.55.

The cladding is fixed to the walls in a vertical direction. With the help of a square and water level, it is necessary to check whether the crate is correctly fixed.

Begin installation with the angled vertical guide from the left corner of the house.

Further strengthen the bearing lower profile and the angled side of the crate, which must be strictly vertical.

Specialists recommend installing the crate in 30 - 40 cm increments, depending on the length of the finishing strips.

You should also mount a crate around windows and doors. In addition, additional racks are also attached for drains, various communications, lighting devices.

In the process of facing with their own hands, the walls, pediments and the base are also often insulated and waterproofed, for which the glass wool, stone wool or polystyrene is laid between the frame guides.

It is important to know that the insulated space between the lining and the wall should be well ventilated.

Ventilation is necessary to ensure that there is no rotting under the siding. Therefore, when laying the heater, it is also necessary to lay ventilated channels.

Fixing the siding to the lath

When installing the cover on the walls with your own hands, the base and the pediment, you should adhere to the basic rules.

First of all, one should take into account the property of the material to expand in heat and shrink at subzero temperatures.

If you fasten the material in the winter, then between the panels you need to leave a gap of 8 - 10 mm for expansion. In summer, the gap can be 6 mm.

To fix the siding to the frame, use special fastening hardware:

• angled strips for external and internal corners;
• carrier bar, which is installed below;
• profiles that cover the uneven edge of the panels serve as decor;
• profiles for finishing windows and doors, low tide;
• frontal cover fittings - flexible profiles for windows, bevels, soffits.

The panels and all associated accessories must be attached to galvanized self-tapping screws.

It is not necessary to tighten them into the panel, the distance between the hat and the siding surface should be 11 mm. This gap to expand the material when heated.

You need to start fixing the stripes from the bottom up, if you use horizontal siding, and from left to right for vertical facing.

When you mount vinyl siding with your own hands, you need to hear a characteristic click, which indicates that the panel is installed tightly and reliably.

Fixing the siding with your own hands on the video.

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