Mounting battens for siding with their hands

When the stage of building a house near the end there is always a desire beautiful exterior decoration of house facade and walls.There are many ways to exterior trim painting of banal walls of the house, to the now popular finishing siding.Let us dwell on the second version.

Ready home siding trim

question about mounting battens is not the first year.It all depends on your desire.If you have a wooden or frame house consisting of whole logs or steering timber, then you can not set the crate and fasten siding to ordinary screws, with correct installation exterior of the house does not deteriorate and will not differ from the siding during installation whichused crate.

But professional builders, however advised to use obreshёtochnuyu design when installing siding, because the installation batten between saydingovymi panels and construction set additional moisture repellent and thermally insulating layers through which will be able to give additional energy efficiency of your home, which will be reflected in a decrease in heat costs and savesiding in the original condition and not give him to bend under the influence of the external environment.

How to crate a siding - installation batten

Step 1.Prepare the surface

Install furring made on a flat surface, so first of all get rid of extra items that can stop us - this is a variety of wooden beams, terracotta tiles, etc.What set the framework for the crates to you, but it is worth noting that the metal obreshetochnaya design is more expensive than wood analogue and has higher qualities of strength and durability.Well, if you choose a wooden crate, then note that the batten frame must not exfoliate and succumb to various deffekt characteristic wood so wooden crate primarily lubricates antifungal and protivoplesnevoy fluid to not bred fungal microorganisms under the influence of time and did not causedamage to our design.The fact that microorganisms can have a negative impact on our design resulting in a crate may sag after a few years.

If the walls of the house are made of wood, then they, too, it is desirable to process safety and protivoplesnevymi antifungal drugs.

Step 2.Installation guide.

crate should be fixed with a focus on your saydingovye panel - if they have a horizontal view, then the crate should be done vertically.

vertical battens on the concrete wall - installation

Accordingly, if the siding panels have a vertical projection, then set the crate horizontally.

horizontal installation Example crate

As for fixing to the wall crates, it can be done with screws or nails it to the wooden base of the wall.Well, if the house is made of bricks or concrete blocks, then fasten lath using dyupiley.The distance between the wall and the crate should be about 10-15 cm, but it is strictly individual !.

distance between the wall and crate depends on whether you will lay a further layer of hydro and noise insulation !.

Metal sheathing under siding

Metal sheathing under siding - is characterized by a wear-resistant qualities compared to the wooden counterpart.The fact that the metal sheathing is less amenable to deformation under the pressure of insulation, sound insulation and other material, one way or another affecting the skeleton.In addition, metal lathing not corrode and does not change its geometrical properties under the influence of this factor.You should pay attention that the metal lath easier to mount on uneven surfaces !.

• profiles are installed vertically in steps of about 50 cm using hangers to the wall.
• Using this technique allows to easily fix with the help of the guide walls and uneven siding will be on the wall directly in the level.

Photo metal crate under the siding

Fixing insulation to the metal crate

wooden crate under the siding

wooden crate under the siding - it is the most common form of crates to the private home, of course, this frame type of carein the past, because to replace them come new materials, but nevertheless, this material will be a long time to serve in the service of the builders.Attach a wooden crate is in dry weather, then when the timber is dry and humidity is less than 12% -14%.This is done, in order to frame is not led, and with it the siding.

wooden crate photo

Video - installation batten siding and