The best options for covering a house with siding analogues

Most owners of individual houses and cottages strive to create an original appearance for their home.

Modern manufacturers present a huge range of different finishing materials that are designed specifically for such purposes.

You can finish the facade of the house yourself, or you can turn to master finishers for help.

Types of finishing materials for facade cladding

Nowadays, choosing the appropriate option for facing building materials is not difficult.

To decorate the facade of the house you can use:

• Plaster.
• Facing brick.
• Siding.
• Natural or artificial stone.
• Thermal panels.

Having chosen the material, all that remains is to study in detail how to make a high-quality and beautiful façade of a house with your own hands.

Home finishing options

There are a lot of materials for exterior home decoration. Even more façade designs. But there are only two ways to attach the cladding. And there are only two types of facades. They differ in the installation principle.

Mounting options:

1. Wet facade. This option involves the use of a sticky mixture, due to which the cladding is held on the walls.
2. Dry. Tiles, panels or other building materials are secured with metal fasteners - self-tapping screws, nails or screws.

Decorative

There are finishing materials that have only one function - decorative. They do not protect, do not insulate or smooth out noise; their task is to decorate the walls.

Decorative plaster was once the most expensive finishing material. Today, ingredients are added to mixtures to increase their strength.

Types of decorative plaster:

• fur coat – contains marble chips;
• Venetian - imitation marble;
• pebble – contains large grains of marble;
• flock - due to the dye particles, the surface looks velvety.

Combined finishing

Several types of finishing are used to decorate the facades of country houses. Combine no more than two materials. The number of colors is not limited. Not all materials can be combined. The proximity of metal and wood is unlikely to be successful.

Plastering

This method of cladding the facade of a house allows you to perfectly disguise all the shortcomings and shortcomings that appear on the surface during the operation of the building.

To do this, it is enough to apply the required number of layers of certain solutions. Using special plaster you can make any surface perfectly smooth.

In the process of facing work, you must strictly follow all the recommendations of experienced specialists and accurately follow the technology for laying the material.

When selecting suitable materials, you should give preference to ready-made compositions intended for plastering various surfaces.

In the production process of such compositions, manufacturers use special additives that significantly increase the service life of the coating.

Varieties of mixtures for plastering facades

Mineral mixtures. The main component of such compositions is cement. To achieve elasticity and resistance of the coating to aggressive environmental conditions, manufacturers use various additional components.

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Acrylic compositions. The main component of such mixtures is acrylic or polyvinyl. This coating is highly resistant to moisture. However, under the bright rays of the sun, the coating quickly loses its original color.

Silicate mixtures. To produce such compositions, manufacturers use liquid glass, and paint and other mineral components as additional components.

Silicone compounds. This coating has increased resistance to temperature changes, exposure to various precipitation and ultraviolet rays.

Despite the presence of a large number of advantages, such a coating also has one significant drawback - high cost.

Review of materials for exterior cladding of a cottage

It is necessary to select external materials for cladding and cladding of a building depending on the original material of the walls. Let's consider all the options one by one.

Various materials

For a stone house

To sheathe a brick house or cinder block cottage, you can use different materials. As a rule, such buildings have a strong foundation and do not require reinforcement for cladding.

Siding - an economical option

You can cheaply cover the outside of your house with siding. Moreover, you can take models from fiber cement, metal and plastic. Thin long panels are easily installed according to the principle of conventional laminate (groove to groove). As a result, the finished walls have the appearance of a continuous decorative canvas. The master has the opportunity to choose any shade of finishing for his home. Fortunately, there are a lot of siding color options.

Siding must be installed on the sheathing. For a stone house, it is better to assemble it from a galvanized steel profile.

Facade clinker brick

These are original brick panels made from various refractory clays, glaze and water. Clinker brick is especially suitable for buildings made of aerated concrete or cinder block. They can also decoratively decorate window openings filled with blocks. The weight of the tiles is moderate, so the foundation of a stone house can withstand it.

Clinker tiles can also imitate the look of natural stone, etc. The material is not afraid of fire, water, or temperature changes.

Facade plaster

One of the inexpensive ways to sheathe a stone building. They are classified as wet. Insulated plaster enhances the heat and sound insulation of the house and protects the walls from the effects of precipitation.

In your work you can use the following types of facade plaster:

• Mineral. Made from a mixture of cement and sand. Withstands temperature changes and various mechanical loads. Resistant to fading.
• Silicone. One of the most expensive types of facade plaster. Silicone resins have been added to the composition. Due to this, the dried plaster becomes very strong and at the same time elastic. Walls finished with it do not absorb or allow water to pass through. The color lasts forever and has not been exposed to sunlight.
• Acrylic. The name speaks for itself. Acrylic has been added to the composition. As a result, the dried finished walls have an upper protective film. That is, the finished building reacts completely calmly to dirt, moisture, and dust. The walls can be washed. Acrylic facade plaster has only one drawback - low vapor permeability due to the acrylic film.

Facade paint

This finishing option is suitable if the house as a whole is strong and the level of thermal insulation suits the craftsmen, but the brick itself has lost its beautiful initial luster. The peculiarity of facade paint is that a special structuring filler is added to its composition. That is, when applying the material to the walls, it evens out errors. The paint is applied in a layer of 10 mm. Thus, we obtain both decorative and protective wall finishing at the same time. The master can choose any shade of facade paint.

Brick

Brick walls are very strong and reliable. Do-it-yourself facades of private houses, lined with bricks, look very original and respectable.

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During the work process, you can use bricks of different colors and shades. In addition, the masonry method can also be any. This opens up wide opportunities for the implementation of any design ideas.

In the process of finishing work, it is very important to strictly follow the technology.

Siding

Currently, this type of cladding is quite popular and in demand. There are many advantages of this coating:

• Light weight;
• Rich color palette;
• Affordable price. This option of cladding the facade with your own hands will cost its owner much less.
• Simple and quick installation;
• Excellent technical characteristics.

A natural stone

This coating looks luxurious and reliable. However, before purchasing such finishing materials, you must take into account that they are quite heavy.

Therefore, you first need to assess whether the foundation will withstand such heavy loads. If necessary, walls and foundations should be strengthened.

Finishing a facade using such material requires certain skills and experience. It is much simpler and easier to cladding the facade using an artificial analogue.

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This coating has excellent technical characteristics and is practically no different in appearance from natural stone.

In addition, the weight of such material is much less and the cost is much lower.

Influence of architectural style

It is believed that the facade is the face of the house. The choice of finishing material for facades is made taking into account the style in which the cottage or country house is built.

Country

This direction combines several styles at once - cowboy, Provence, English and rustic.

Natural shades are used to decorate country-style facades. Houses are finished with plaster or decorative stones. Sand, brown and terracotta colored siding is used.

Provence

The Provence style originated in France, its main color is white. The bright buildings look extremely fresh. This style is especially popular in coastal and resort areas where there is a lot of sun.

Facing for Provence style:

• brick;
• tile;
• stone;
• tree.

On a note!

For cladding cottages in the Provence style, only light shades are used. Iridescent surfaces are especially appreciated.

Chalet

This option is rarely used in urban areas. Chalet is a style for country houses built in a beautiful area. The chalet is especially in harmony with green grass, shrubs and trees. Preference is given to warm tones.

Two-story cottages are often built in the chalet style. Usually the first floor is built of stone or brick, the second floor is made of wood. The main object of work is the second floor, which has wooden beams and attics. Wood is usually plastered and then painted.

English

Buildings in this style are strict and aristocratic. Their facades are discreet and reliable. It is recommended to decorate the façade with red brick. Combinations with decorative stones and white bricks are possible. No additional decor is used.

Thermal panels

Currently, owners are increasingly using thermal panels to decorate the facades of various buildings.

Such a coating simultaneously performs two functions: insulating the house and improving the appearance of the structure. This is due to the characteristics of this material and the structure of the panels.

The advantage of such a coating is durability, practicality, and resistance to temperature changes. In addition, finishing the facade with your own hands using this material is quite simple.

Making a beautiful house facade with your own hands is very simple. To do this, you just need to choose the appropriate option and study the technology of its installation.

In addition, before purchasing a finishing material, you need to carefully study its characteristics and properties. This will help to perform the work more efficiently and create a durable and beautiful coating.

Ventilated facades

This is a complex multilayer system. A small gap is left between the walls and the finish. Ventilation prevents the growth of fungi. All variants of wet facades are unventilated.

For ventilated versions use:

1. Metal panels with polymer coating. Disadvantage: high thermal conductivity. Insulation helps eliminate it.
2. Wood. It is coated with a fire retardant, antiseptic and water repellent.
3. Porcelain tiles, natural and artificial stone.
4. All types of siding.

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