A fence made of fiber cement boards

All we are closely watching the project "HOUSE OF THE YEAR" with FORUMHOUSE. Building a house is being accelerated pace, and soon it will settle one of the families of our craftsmen. Facade fiber cement siding is already framed, and how to work with this material can be found in detail in our ACADEMY.

In this master class specialists company KEDRAL told how to use the fiber cement boards can make a fence around the house.

• Criteria for the choice of material for the fence.
• Preparation of the base.
• mount technology fiber cement boards.

The main function of the fence is still protecting your home from unwanted guests and strangers sight, but more and more people in the construction are starting to pay attention to the aesthetic side of the design. After all, over the fence people make a first impression of the house as a whole, and therefore of his hosts. Thus, our task is to build a beautiful fence made of durable material, killing two birds with one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, a truly reliable finishing materials (block house, brick, metal) rarely beautiful. Especially insulting when expensive material, fence cost a lot of money, but compared to home, it looks uncomplicated and cheap. In such a case comes to the rescue and fiber cement siding.

What is fiber cement siding?

Fiber cement siding - it is durable and reliable material that does not require self care, but it has a great appearance. There are two types of textures: wood and sleek.

The fiber cement siding is different from other materials?

Fiber cement siding is impact resistant and does not rust, unlike the profiled sheet - 5 times thicker (10 mm vs. 2). It is resistant to frost and temperature extremes without cracking, unlike materials from plastics and polikarbanata. The material is resistant to fire and moisture, does not crack, does not require regular maintenance, unlike wood.

Fully repeating appearance texture of wood or plaster, fiber cement siding is completely devoid of their technical shortcomings. Also, this material has a wide range of colors - 30 colors, from pastel and sand hues to bright, saturated colors.

How to visually unify all buildings on the site

In addition to all the other perelestey, fiber cement siding makes it possible to create a unified ensemble of the whole complex of buildings on the plot, starting from the fence and reaching the front of the house and hemming the eaves of the roof, that is sure to emphasize your individuality on your background neighbors.

Hem the eaves of the roof and entrance groups:

Protections:

inserts:

Fascia board and the hem of the roof overhang:

preparation of the foundation

The starting point in the construction and fences, and ogoroditelnyh designs is to determine the type of soil and the groundwater level. From these characteristics, we will make a start with the burial of bearing pillars.

Ilya Beetle (CEDRAL company technician):

The foundation may be different: on screw piles, ribbon, support-Columnar. The main thing is to understand what the soil in the area - clay or sand. Depending on the type of soil it will be understood how deep you need to dig a trench or pit for the foundation.

Trench for continuous footing or columnar recesses for making 300 mm deeper than the point of freezing ground.

When erecting a fence on a tape foundation metal support is mounted on a cement-sand cushion of about 100 mm, and during the pouring of concrete preservation closely monitored their verticality.

To support the columnar foundation set into the prepared recess of the angle, the thickness of cushion sand as up to 10 cm. The well drilled to a predetermined depth, previously inserted sleeve folded from a piece of roofing material, and then set the column is filled with concrete. Since clay is not to cling to the concrete, and the support will be protected from the spring bulging. Proceed to the installation of fiber cement boards can be only after the foundation is completely dry.

step subsystem

Step main pillars can be anything. Step subsystems for fiber cement board installation, according to the manufacturer's instructions, shall not exceed 600 mm in the center, that is, those are the same requirements as the installation of ventilated facade.

Ilya Beetle

Between the pillars to make better metal guides step - 600mm centers. If the layout of fiber cement siding is vertical, then these metal rails and install the siding; If the layout is horizontal, it is necessary to additionally mount the vertical guides in increments of no more than 600 mm.

Cutting fiber cement boards

Fiber cement boards are cut, depending on the flight parameters of the fence. fiber cement Cutting is performed by using a circular saw or grinder with diamond disc for concrete.

When cutting fiber cement board is face up and securely fastened to prevent vibration.

To achieve perfect straight cut, it is treated with fine sandpaper, and all the dust, which is formed after cutting, compulsorily removed with a soft cloth made of microfiber.

Installation of fiber cement boards

Installation of fiber cement board can be performed at any time of the year. Fiber cement board of the future intake mounted from the bottom up. The assembly begins with the installation of the starting profile.

Setting the starting profile, be sure check the building level.

At the start profile is installed first board. Its upper edge is fixed to each guide, offset from the top edge should be 20 mm. Board mounted ershennymi or nails (in this case it is necessary to predrill holes in material) or proprietary samozenkuyuschimisya stainless steel screws (not predrilling required). Top herringbone board with overlap of 30 mm is attached next, thus overlapping conceals screws.

If we fasten fiber cement board on both sides of the fence, then top it better does not close.

Ilya Beetle

Fence on top of nothing better to close to save ventilated gap and the free passage of air currents. The gap should be at least 20 mm.

Scratches or other minor defects that may have occurred during installation, paint over the proprietary acrylic paint.

fiber cement siding has the aesthetics of natural wood, it will make the fence in this section decoration. And the use of fiber cement boards from the complex will create a single ensemble with the house of all the buildings, including the garage, bath, outdoor shower, utility room.

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