Siding – quite popular material for facing. It is connected with optimum ratio of its properties and the prices. Besides, it is possible to sheathe the house metal siding independently. It is necessary to calculate only correctly the sizes and total amount of the required panels and also to precisely follow the instruction.
It is required to you
- - tape measure;
- - level;
- - knife or scissors for cutting on metal;
- - nails or self-tapping screws;
- - hammer;
- - perforator;
- - combination pliers;
- - ladder or bricklayer's scaffold.
Instruction
1. Facing by siding allows to give to the house esthetic and well-groomed look. Nevertheless, material does not demand thorough leaving. In it one of its numerous advantages. Metal siding has the long term of operation, protects facade from mechanical damages and adverse weather conditions and also sharp temperature drops. Also the fact that thanks to installation of panels it is possible to warm the building is important and to raise sound insulation without loss of interior area.
2. Levels of metal siding have special fastenings for connection with each other. Thanks to it hats of nails and screws are hidden from the external observer, giving accuracy to facade. To sheathe the house metal siding independently, follow the instruction enclosed by the producer. So you will save yourself from mistakes, besides on pages of this brochure methods of laying of panels are often given in difficult constructional knots.
3. Examine facade of the house and remove all elements which can interfere with work. It plants with the curling stalk, branches of the trees growing too close to walls, etc. Besides, it is necessary to remove pipes, lamps, external windowsills, water drainings and other special or decorative speakers objects. If facade wooden, pay attention whether there are no departing or leaky boards. If yes, that these shortcomings needs to be liquidated.
4. Check surface for facing regarding roughnesses. If they are, correct them, otherwise the same roughnesses will appear on ready facade. Establish furring from thin wooden rails. Fill space in cells with anti-septic tank to protect from rotting, mold and rust and also to avoid deformation of panels of siding. Instead of antiseptic structure it is possible to lay the warming material, it will raise house thermal insulation.
5. Begin to fix metal siding from bottom edge. Beat starting panels on all perimeter of the house. Fix them, twisting self-tapping screws or driving in the nails in the center of oblong hole intended for this purpose. If they are not enough, then make new by means of the perforator. Having finished all lower row, you pass to the second, etc.
6. At first insert each level into the panel of the previous row. The special key design is for this purpose intended. As soon as you hear click, panels are reliably connected, it is possible to beat. The principle of installation of panels of metal siding is developed so that on visible surface there are no fastenings. It is connected with the fact that nails are driven in not into the panel, and in lower (horizontal siding) or side (vertical siding) strip. Driving in nails, on pull the panel and do not drive it into the corner too strongly, otherwise it will get out of the natural shape. However and it should not dangle too. It is the most laborious part of work.
7. The oval form of openings allows panels to move to temperature drop time when material extends or narrowed. For the same purpose leave small distance between nail head and surface, about 1.5-2 mm. If in accordance with the circumstances you install in cold season, then make gap even more.
8. Cut the panel by means of knife on metal or saws with thin teeth. In the future at return on metal cladding of earlier removed objects, do openings in panels of large diameter on 3-5 mm, than it is required.
9. On building corners connect the ends of panels to the help of special external corners. Around window frames, door openings and for the upper edge use J-levels. They have received the name on this capital letter of the Latin alphabet thanks to the form which allows to make accurate fringing.