Finishing of the house siding today - one of very popular directions in external registration of buildings. The siding in itself represents the material made of aluminum, vinyl, tree, etc. matters. It is often used also for finishing of new buildings, and for reconstruction of old. Its main plus that the siding can easily be mounted independently.
The siding history (this word, by the way, is translated from English as external covering) is dated 50-we for years of the XX century. For today distinguish different types of siding among which the most popular is vinyl. It has deserved the popularity thanks to high utilization properties. Experts note that today it is presented at the markets in rather wide assortment. Represents vinyl siding of the panel which are made of polivinlkhlorid (PVC). Length of such plates usually 2-6 m, width - 10-30 cm, thickness - 0.96-1.2 mm. The vinyl siding is divided into two views - fir-tree or ship board.
Preparatory work
First of all it is necessary to make calculation of necessary amount of materials. For a start consider how many panels of siding are required to you. For this purpose you need to measure the sizes and other parameters of the building: construction height, length, sizes of windows and doors and also door openings, various deepenings, etc. Also you need such size as total area of the house. Take away from the general indicator the sum of the areas of all which are not participating in facing of parts - windows, doors, etc. To the turned-out digit add 7% of it. It will help you to put stock just in case. Further measure the area one panel - usually it about 1 sq.m. Then it will be necessary only to separate the received and corrected area of the house into the area of the panel, and you receive final digit - how many panels are required to you.
Also rails of 4Х6 in size will be necessary for you for production of necessary furring. Naturally, it is impossible to ignore both consumables - screws and dowel. Experts recommend to use them at the rate of 1 screw on 40 cm of rail. Also nails - galvanized or aluminum - at the rate of 1 piece on 300 mm of the panel will be necessary for you. Well and, of course, it is important to count correctly amount of heater which usually goes in sheets. It is also easy to calculate necessary amount of heater. For this purpose you need the same corrected area of the house and the area of sheet of heater. Separate total area into the area of leaf and receive required number.
Surface preparation
That the siding has well risen into place and served long, it is necessary to prepare surface of walls for mounting. For this purpose surely remove all removable parts - sun blind, rain water pipes, fixtures of lamps, grids, etc.
If the house was trimmed by any other material earlier, old panels need to be removed. Otherwise they will serve as the factor destroying new panels.
Then it is necessary to establish furring on all surface of walls. It is necessary to eliminate all roughnesses of wall. If to ignore this procedure, then the siding can sag and be pressed through. If walls absolutely uneven, it is necessary to issue in addition laying from tree or to increase the frequency of placement of rails.
Remember that if you use wooden rail, its humidity has to be no more than 15-18%. Still, rails have to be equal. For their bigger stability, it is desirable to process rails antiseptic solution.
Rails have to be established vertically at distance of 40 cm from each other. They also have to be established near windows, doors, various apertures and openings and also on corners and from above-from below installation zones. Remember that at the same time to connect vertical rails to horizontal as it will have an adverse effect on ventilation under siding.
Mounting instruction of siding
To make finishing of the house with own hands not and it is difficult. If you are not sure that at once all have understood, watch video which is in network visually to evaluate both the amount of works, and the sequence of procedures. Mounting of siding usually begins with installation of starting strip. Usually it is established in the lowermost point of facing of the house. In case you lack one strip for finishing, it is necessary to take the second, but to connect them at distance from 6 to 10 mm from each other. Further start mounting of all corners - both internal, and external. At the same time you remember that them it is necessary to lower bottom edge slightly lower than the level of the starting panel - approximately by 6 mm. That these corners have not moved down, they need to be fixed on nail through the top opening (the level has to hang kind of on it). All other nails need to be beaten already on the center.
When you hammer nails, do not try to drive in them to the basis - the gap surely has to remain not to break ventilation.
After you process all house on perimeter, you can start installation of panels. Particular problems with it at you will not arise as vinyl material is very well and easily cut. It is possible to separate the general sheet of material into necessary rails by means of the electrofret saw, scissors on metal, hacksaws. Too densely to each other do not adjust the panel, as well as do not insert them into angle sections too densely. It is connected with the fact that the siding is subject to thermal expansion and if to establish it too densely, it or will take off from grooves, or will be curved. Remember that the upper part of the panel has to be nailed to furring, and lower to cling to starting profile. Respectively the following panels will cling from below to previous. During mounting it should be taken into account number of nuances which promote the correct installation of finishing material. So, for example, the panel during mounting cannot be extended on height - it just has to stand in dense hitch from previous. It is previously desirable to put marking that panels did not move down (and it will be inevitable during the work without marking). Before installing the top panel, it is desirable to fasten finishing level. The upper edge of the last rail has to be got under this final level. If from wall to wall of panels is not enough, they can be joined. And ways of such fastening can be at once a little - end-to-end and with an overlap. Near windows it is necessary to establish special profiles which will be placed at an angle 45 degrees. Trim with the same way also door openings.