Application of siding: features and installation technology.

Siding today - one of the most popular ways to the outer cladding of frame houses. The reason - the low price, aesthetic appearance, maintainability, excellent resistance to adverse environmental effects.

Types of Siding:

— Polymeric - made of acrylic plastic. It does not burn, does not rot, it has a low cost, easy to install.
— Metal - in residential construction is used infrequently.
— fiber cement - is produced by mixing cement mortar with cellulosic fibers. Excellent isolate sounds, not deforms, but more demanding on the quality of the installation.

Preparing for installation

Mount siding can even inexperienced in construction newcomers. Sheets of plastic siding, weigh little.

Before installing the need to stock a tool: a tape measure, level, jigsaw, electric drill and screwdriver, a knife for cutting. If you decide to use the grinder, it should be set at the lowest speed.

Installation must be carried out before the gutters are installed and other fasteners.

It is important to check each step of the installation for exposure horizon (vertically for vertical installation).

Some tips when installing siding

- At the time of fixing the siding should be remembered that this material will expand and contract depending on the temperature. Therefore it is necessary to leave a gap of at least 6 millimeters between panes.
- When the air temperature during installation below zero degrees, this clearance should be increased to 10 millimeters.
- In order to prevent deformation of the siding, it can not be firmly nailed to the wall. Between the screw or nail cap should leave a small (up to a half millimeter) gap.
- Self-tapping screw or nail is inserted into the prepared hole at right angles. The step between the fastener 30 to 40 cm.
- Once docked, check it, it should have a small clearance with respect to the fixing holes.
- Before proceeding to the fasteners, the upper bar must be connected to the lower, snapping the lock.
- Fixing should not be too loose or too tight.
- Holes for fasteners are drilled with a margin for thermal movement of the material.

Installation of soffits and eaves

Installation is carried out in the following sequence:

- At the eaves set lath batten, which will be mounted fixture.
- soffits must be set before the last sheet is nailed siding. All the elements are mounted in parallel. One profile is mounted on the cornice, the other - on the wall. Each fixture shall be verified using a level.
- Spotlights cut to 6-8 mm less than the measured distance.
- Then he is put in the receiving part on the wall, and then start up in the eaves.
- At the corners of the roof soffits connected at angles 45 and 90 degrees.
- For the final panel assembly, we recommend the use of fillets (moldings).
- can be installed on a piece of wood siding panels for alignment if necessary. The fillet is installed on top of the panel, it closes all of the mounting holes.

In the next article we will talk about finishing frame house facade panels.