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August 12, 2017 18:06

The simplicity and accessibility of the installation of siding on a wooden house

The simplicity and accessibility of the installation of siding on a wooden house

Installation of siding with his hands on the wooden houses is very popular today, because this way of finishing the house is simple, materials availability, and looks beautiful.

After a lot of old houses built of timber, which over time may begin to rot, to pass moisture and drafts, and loses its decorative advantages.

wooden house in the winter and fall terms rassyhaetsya or moldy, it constantly needs to handle different septic tanks.

bare walls and well enough to provide sufficient heat insulation property.

Therefore, more and more people are thinking about options insulation and finish siding house.

Plus that make such an operation even with your hands is quite simple, and this, in turn, will reduce the price of work.

Usually specialists take the margin of fifty percent of the performance of plating.

And in our case, we simply buy the materials and carry out all the work yourself.

also siding advantages include the fact that it is durable and rarely require additional repairs.Moreover, it need not even painted.

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Caring for such a heater is simple: it is enough from time to time to remove dust and dirt, even water can do it.It is believed that the average lifespan of the siding - fifty years.

On the market today there is a huge choice of material, ranging from colors and finishing dimensions.

Waste siding can be used for gazebos, garages and other buildings.

When calculating the time it takes the installation of siding, made their own hands or with the help of a professional master, it is necessary to understand that most of the time it will take training at home under work.

Contents:

  • How to prepare your house before installing the siding?
  • What is the easiest to install the frame?
  • How to install the siding panels?
  • How to choose a quality siding?

How to prepare your house before installing the siding?

siding to be installed in the first place with his own hands is good because if you want the old paint from the walls, and you can not shoot.

However, carrying out installation, it is necessary to understand that the life of such sheathing will be much shorter.Most often the walls of well prepared before the start of work.

Wooden house well, you must first impregnate refractory and antifungal solutions, give them soak.After that, the wooden walls make the crate.

Types of panels

In addition, you can always install insulation under the siding, if you want to better retain heat in the house during the cold season.

If the siding on a wooden house without the need to attach the insulation material, then proceed directly to the sheathing.

That is, we need to create a wooden frame of the boards of about 40 millimeters thick.

All wooden parts are also impregnated with a solution of rot and mildew.

Installation of the first layer wooden crates carry with their hands (if you want to save) in the same direction in which the installation of the siding will be held.

most of the material should be fixed horizontally, and therefore - and the installation of horizontal wooden beams hold.

With the help of a plumb line we define the most protruding point of the building.Focusing on it, set the sill close to the cap.In the same way we perform the installation of the upper timber.

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between the bottom board and top pull a cord or rope - they are necessary for the uniform installation even with his own hands the rest of the boards.

After fastening the frame with nails must be put on the wall windproof membrane that protects the well-house from drafts.

installation technology is such that the membrane should be put lapped and fix a stapler.

What is the easiest to install the frame?

As already mentioned above, is not enough to fix the first layer of boards, because the frame is composed of two layers.

This framework will serve as a support structure, plus it's easy to make your own hands.

Bars set vertically, first in the corners of the wooden house, adhering step of about 30 centimeters.

boards can be fastened to the sheathing screws.

Some people who are engaged in the installation of their own hands, thinking that the previous layer can be mounted vertically, and it simply mount frame.But such an approach is incorrect.

horizontal and vertical layers allow the coating of wooden houses to receive adequate ventilation.

special attention at this stage require window.Sometimes you have to take out of the window to change the windows.

Preparing to mount panels

Openings for windows further aligned - this procedure can be carried out easily by hand, using a plumb and level, as well as the wooden slats.Rama at the end apply a prime coating.

clear that obkladyvayutsya window frame in a separate order - the boards are cut to size.

For convenience when installing your own hands, you can use special strips for apertures.They have a comfortable groove, in which then will be installed around the window pane.

hardest thing here - to form corner joints around windows.If done correctly, the tabs will also further protected from stress.

How to install the siding panels?

Installation of siding, particularly when working in their own hands, start from the bottom up.At the first stage we we start the bottom edge of the panel for the special lock starter strip and nailed to the upper edge of the wall.

next number is only set after the end of the previous one.All siding panel must be free, with a gap of about 5 millimeters.

Do not forget to do the work very carefully where the windows.

And what about those who have less than the width of the panel of a wooden house?Technology is used herein for increasing length.Do this by using n-molding - Special fastener profile.

also allowed to put lapped siding.Each panel should overlap the previous couple of centimeters.

As mentioned above, there is, where are the windows and doors, siding panels are installed even with their own hands, even with the help of the wizard, in the special plate.

siding design is quite simple.On the one hand panel has a ready-made holes for screws or nails and lock for easy docking of the siding with each other.

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On the other side there is a longitudinal edge, which is the second component of the lock.

When the installation is carried out overlap with their hands, then you need to very closely monitor, so that part of the castle where you want included.That is, you need to have an edge in the hole until it clicks.

angles also have special clearance, in which the panel included.In addition to each other they can not fix.

If you are afraid that some of the siding is no longer a gust of strong wind, I can assure you right enshrined siding is quite scary.

Since the panel fixed with nails and locks are the safe design, siding will last a long time, if you choose to spend quality material and installation according to the rules.

How to choose a quality siding?

The structure of high-quality siding to a wooden house should include these components: Vinyl plenty of so-called plasticizers (substances which do not allow the material to crumble and break), the stabilizers of different chemical composition (make the material strong), fillers and pigments for coloring, increaserepellency and so on.

siding, which is used for mounting a wooden house, must have at least two layers.

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outer layer impregnated with substances that repel moisture, dust, resist the accumulation of condensate, do not fade in the sun.

The inner layer should be durable to withstand temperature changes and have a limit flexibility.

Thus, the manufacturer indicates the temperature range that withstands siding.

We are all accustomed to pay attention to the color of the siding, because the appearance of the house depends on it.However, do not forget that the brighter the color, the faster it will burn out or fade.

To ensure that this process does not occur prematurely, in store note, if the outer layer of the color coincides with the inner.If so, the material quality.

Especially not buy siding, which resembles the color is uneven and divorces.

White siding to a wooden house is not considered practical, because it is easily contaminated even during installation with their own hands, this despite the fact that for ourselves, we try to do everything as carefully as possible.

best to choose neutral colors: green, gray, sand.Recently, more and more manufacturers producing panels, painted wood.

They cost more but can give the house an unusual and respectable appearance.

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