Siding by yourself: step-by-step instruction, photo

Siding is a panel for the cladding of exterior parts of buildings and fences. Modern manufacturers offer a wide range of products for facing the facade, which is not easy to understand. In addition, the installation of panels is increasingly produced without the involvement of specialists. In order not to admit mistakes in this case, let's look at the existing types of products and figure out how to mount the siding yourself - a step-by-step instruction to help future developers.

General information

Each siding panel has a key connection for easy assembly of the elements. Fastening is carried out with the help of self-tapping screws, for which a special edge with perforation is provided. The sizing board has a curved profile, evenly distributed over the entire length and width of the sheet. The length of the product can reach 6 meters, width - up to 30 cm, profile height - up to 10 mm.

Material

Siding panels are designed to simulate the pattern and texture of a tree. They are made of different materials using modern technologies, which ensure high quality of products and their reliable service. It is quite easy to mount the siding with your own hands, the step-by-step instruction of actions remains identical for all types of panels.

1. Wood chipboards are made of wood fibers with resin composite compositions. Siding is coated with varnish and protective compounds to give resistance to aggressive influences of the environment.
2. Polymer siding is made of PVC, acrylic or vinyl. The product has a high resistance to weathering, does not rot and corrosion. Excellent protection of the wall and insulation from wetting. The most common type of decoration of facades and socles due to low cost, good performance and color and texture scale.
3. Metal (steel) galvanized siding is characterized by high strength and durability. Its color range is diverse, the coating is given different types of profile and texture. The exterior finish with a steel sheet does not visually differ from vinyl siding.
4. The cement profile for outer skin is rarely used due to its heavy weight and labor-intensive installation. In addition, this coating must be painted on its own. The advantages of the material include its strength, durability and the absence of seasonal changes in size.

Finishing the house

Now let's look at how the siding looks with its own hands. A step-by-step instruction for each structural part of the house is presented below.

The use of a profiled sheet for external cladding is used for the facade, plinth, balconies, windows. This allows you to protect the structure from external aggressive environmental factors. Finishing of the facade with siding with insulation allows to achieve multilayered external wall, which contributes to the preservation of heat in the premises without the use of massive traditional facing with plasters and bricks.

Tool

Before installation, you need to stock up on tools. You will need:

• Shears for metal and hacksaw.
• Self-tapping screws.
• Screwdriver and screwdriver.
• Measuring device: measuring tape or laser.
• Ladder.
  

Manufacturers and sellers meet their customers and offer sets of tools and necessary items for facing. To purchase this, it is enough to provide the dimensions of the surface to be coated, experts will calculate the amount of material necessary to install the siding with your own hands. The step-by-step instruction assumes carrying out of several stages:

1. Surface preparation.
2. Installation of the battens.
3. Laying of siding.

Each step has its own peculiarities when working with different materials.

Step 1: Preparation

Finishing the facade with siding with insulation or a simple wall is a time consuming process, the assembly is carried from the bottom up. Similarly work with all surfaces. Since the work surfaces have a large area, work with the ladders is extremely impractical and inconvenient. The way out is the installation of forests. They are collected from a bar section 150x150 or more for racks, for the floor boards or plywood flooring will fit.

The next preparatory step - the device of waterproofing of walls in the absence of a heater on the facade. In this case, the film is attached directly to the wall.

Stage 2: crate

Wooden slats with a section of 50x80 are installed over the entire area of the prepared surface in steps equal to the width of the slats. Particular attention should be paid to the angular profiles - these can be the same slats or special guides. They must be firmly fixed at the ends and additionally fixed along the entire length.

What is the crate for?

• Siding is attached without damage.
• Between the facing and the facade there is a ventilated gap.
• Reiki clogged in such a way that on the uneven surface formed an even working plane.
• The load from the profiles is distributed evenly.

On new buildings with a lining of wooden materials, a lath will not be needed in the case when the evenness of the walls is checked instrumentally. On the old houses there are significant deflections of the surfaces, making the installation of the profile difficult, sometimes impossible.

Stage 3: Sheathing

Next begins laying the siding with your own hands. The step-by-step instruction for all constructions is approximately the same:

1. Install the first bar. It is important to measure its level correctly, as further collection of the lining is carried out on the lower profile. Preliminarily with the help of a level, a flat horizontal is measured and mounting is performed on it. The siding panel is fastened to self-tapping screws, surpluses and inconsistencies with the bottom edge are cut with metal scissors.

2. According to the installed bar, the facing is laid from the bottom upwards, fixing each element in special grooves or factory holes.

This simple algorithm is common for the cladding of all structures. Now let's look at each one separately with all the nuances.

Facade

For walls and socle the algorithm of action remains the same: preparation, lathing, facing. Finishing of the facade with siding with self-insulating includes an additional stage: laying of mineral wool or styrofoam mats. A feature of this design is the need for constant ventilation of the heater to avoid its wetting and loss of original functions.

So, we lay the siding with our own hands. Step-by-step instruction for the insulation of external walls:

1. We clean the facade from foreign objects, we plug gaps on the wall of the pack or plaster, depending on the material of the walls. Priming the surface with a protective compound. When the layer dries, close the wall with a waterproofing film.
2. Mount the crate. The bars should have a height of at least the width of the insulation.
3. We lay the mats of mineral wool or polystyrene foam, fix them to special dowels in steps of 20-30 cm in width and height.
4. We lining the windproof membrane and fix it across the entire plane of the wall.
5. Next, the siding is laid with your own hands. The step-by-step instruction is already given earlier, the technology remains the same.

According to this algorithm, all elements of the facade are lined: walls without apertures, socle, a pediment of a pitched roof.

Window

Sheathing of walls with openings requires careful preparation and approach. For protruding constructions, a special algorithm of work is needed. Often the problem is the decoration of windows and doors, or rather, of their slopes. To work you need additional elements:

• J - the profile on which the siding is anchored inside the slope.
• H-profile fixes adjacent panels of the skin.
• Internal and external angles for installation on transitions between planes.
• Adherent to the window frame.
• Nozzle - drain.

All components must be made of the same material as siding. In this way, the integrity of the composition and the unity of the work of all the components can be achieved.

Additional parts are better to be purchased simultaneously with the main profiles from one batch in order to obtain products of the same color without tinted transitions.

The window siding in the details looks like this:

1. We clean the slopes from old materials.
2. Expand and fill the cracks to avoid their growth under the siding.
3. Priming the surface with a waterproof primer.
4. We install the rails of the crate. It is necessary to select their section so that the finished coating does not cover the window frame. In those cases where this is not possible due to the narrow design of the unit, they are guided by the material of the walls: on wood, the profiles are fastened to the screws using a screwdriver. If the surface is made of stone (concrete, brick), if it is impossible to install the shed, the siding is fixed to liquid nails.
5. First of all, the tide is fixed. Its width should exceed the window size by 7-10 cm. The product is folded from the side of the opening and laid with the outer end to the facade. Attach to the screws to the frame, which was previously applied sealant.
6. On the perimeter of the box fix the J-profile, which leads to the siding sheets, the edges of which are cut to the angle of the slope.
7. At wide openings add the panel of the skin of the necessary size and fasten the adjacent parts with the help of the H-profile.
8. Install the corners-platbands.

This concludes the finishing of the window with the siding. The step-by-step instruction is similar for wide and narrow slopes, the same actions are taken for facing doorways.

Balconies and loggias

The finishing of the house with the siding continues. Step-by-step instruction for the design of walls and apertures is mastered, the facades can be sheathed. But what if there is an opening in the wall with a balcony or a loggia?

Siding is often used for balconies. It is necessary to choose polymeric or metal products: they are lightweight, both practical and durable, convenient for self-assembly.

For the works you will need the same components and tools that were used for the lining of window and dredge openings:

• Sheets of siding.
• J - profile.
• Corners.

How is the balcony finished with the siding? A step-by-step instruction for proper installation is provided below:

1. We prepare the construction: we remove the old fence. It remains only a balcony plate with a fence, which we inspect for integrity. We beat off the crumbled concrete, we ground the joints with the metal, fill the cracks with a new solution. If possible, the outer edge of the plate is aligned with the same mixture.
2. We prepare the crate. On the bottom edge we set the slats with cross section 30x30 or more. The wood should be treated with protective compounds and linseed oil. We mount the vertical guides from the beam to the working height of the fence, take between them a step up to 80 cm. The upper belt of the crate is fixed at the level of the old railings, leaving a margin for the casing on the vertical racks.
3. On the bottom edge of the clad corner, which will serve as a nest for the siding profile.
4. We mount the first row, which will be followed by subsequent laying. Next, we carry the plating from the bottom up, fixing the slats with screws.

The top row of the siding should be strictly under the corner-platband.

It is important to know

Work with metal products can be carried out all year round, PVC and other materials can be cut and mounted only in the warm season due to the risk of cracking of products.

Choose the components for skin from the general material from one seller in order to avoid inaccuracies in colors, sizes and textures.