How to sew a house with a siding? Calculation. Nuances of work with facing material

If you live in the house for many years, and the outer shell of the facade has decayed, you will first have to choose the material for its plating, and then perform the works 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 spectrum 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 for the siding to finish with its own hands 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, you need to perform a number of actions: remove the platbands, shutters, window sills, drainpipes, decorative elements decorating the house, and carefully inspect the old lining and, if there are rotten places or climbing plants, remove them. Cracks are filled in with foam.

Curb and insulation

For the frame we use a profile (galvanized), which we mount 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 a plumb bob and level, we put a profile, we strengthen a few cords and on them we establish all crates. 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 from above (on the profile). For 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 fix 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;
• To ensure that the accessories can move, the screws can not be twisted to the limit (gap up to 2 mm), they are also installed in the middle of the fasteners (otherwise in the heat on the facade will appear waves, and in winter - cracks).

How to finish the house with a siding?

• We install vertical elements, angles and profiles. 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 fix the starting bars, and the correctness of their installation is checked by level and rope. Installation is also made with gaps.
• We fix the near-window bars with the finishing rod.
• We proceed to install the panels from the bottom of the starting strip, 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.
• It is possible to build up and overlap, then each subsequent panel overlaps by 2-3 cm previous, and the place of joints is located in a checkerboard pattern.
• In the narrow openings 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 the lapped part of the installed panel (it 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 answer the 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.