If you live in the house for many years, and externalthe shell of the facade is dilapidated, at first it is necessary to choose the material for its plating, and after performing the work on its installation. For the facing of buildings there are many materials: lining, brick, clinker thermopanels, natural stone, siding and others. In this article I will tell you how to sew a house with a siding with your own hands, but first let's talk about why this particular facing material should be chosen.
Benefits
- Vinyl siding is cheap, its color range is diverse.
- Its installation is quite simple, it can be fastened to the old plating.
- The material is resistant to precipitation.
- The service life of up to 50 years, during this time does not require painting and repair.
- Withstands temperatures from -60 to +60 ° C.
- After installation it does not require special care, it is sufficient to rinse with a jet of water.
Calculation
In order to finish the siding with your own handspassed without loss of material, you need to make a calculation, calculating the area of one panel. To do this, its length is multiplied by the width. And in order to find out the necessary amount of siding for the entire cladding, we first learn the area of the walls of the house, and then divide the resulting value by the quadrature of one panel. From the result obtained, we subtract the area of the windows and doors.
Preparatory work
Before you sew the house with your own hands,it is necessary to carry out a number of actions: remove the platbands, shutters, external sills, drainpipes, decorative elements decorating the house, and also carefully inspect the old lining and, if there are rotten places or climbing plants, remove them. Cracks fill with mounting foam.
Curb and insulation
For the frame we use a profile (galvanized),which is fixed vertically with the help of hangers at a distance of 0.3-0.4 m from each other. And on the top and bottom of the wall it should be fixed horizontally. Using the plumb bob and level, we set the profile, strengthen a few cords and set the entire crate over them. If the house is wooden, and you want to insulate the walls, you should make a waterproofing, which must be fastened under the frame. For this we use vapor-proof moisture-proof membranes. The heater is fixed to the crate, and the film is top (on the profile). To do this, it is necessary to make a counter-lattice of bars, which we fix with screws on the profile.
Installation
Let's turn to the answer to the question "how to sew a house with a siding with your own hands." To do this, we'll install the hardware, but before that we'll consider the nuances of mounting the facing material:
- when heated, the siding expands, so that between the panels it is necessary to leave a gap of 5-6 mm;
- that in the winter there is no crevice, installation is made with an overlap (up to 2 cm);
- if the lining of the house is carried out in the cold season, the gaps should be left to 12 mm;
- so that the fittings can move,Self-tapping screws can not be twisted to the limit (clearance up to 2 mm), they are also installed in the middle of the fastening joints (otherwise in the heat on the facade, waves will appear, and in the winter - cracks).
How to finish a house with a siding?
We set vertical elements, angles andprofiles. To do this, fix the top point with a screw, then screw the rest. Fittings are mounted at a distance of 0.25 m from each other. When the corners are joined at the bottom element, we cut off the cheek (2.5 cm) and make a 2 cm overlap on the top piece, with a gap of 5-6 mm behind.- We fasten the starting bars, and check the correctness of their installation level and rope. Installation is also made with gaps.
- We fix the window poles with the finishing rod.
- We proceed to install the panels from the bottom with the startingstrip, then mount the second strip, do not forget to make gaps, and do not screw the screws (1-2 mm), since all panels must be installed freely.
- If the width of the panels is slightly smaller than the width of the wall, then it is necessary to increase them along the length, for this, the docking profile is attached to the wall parallel to one of the corners of the house.
- You can increase and overlap, then each subsequent panel overlaps by 2-3 cm previous, and the place of joints are in staggered order.
- In the narrow apertures of the panel do not nail (from above) in order to not complicate the installation of the next strip (with the previous siding bends), and then fixed.
- When installing a lap joint(with holes), insert the bottom (attached) strip into the longitudinal edge (it is bent) and then screw it with screws.
Conclusion
In this publication, we tried to answerthe question: "How to sew a house with a siding with your own hands?" If you follow the above tips and understand all the nuances, then the lining of the walls of the house will be easy.
