Interior decoration with clapboard cottage: characteristics and installation

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Lining trim features

Today, lining in the interior is used quite often. It is used both for exterior and interior decoration.
In most cases, there is a lining of a summer house or any country house. The photo shows a variety of examples of this design of the room.

Types of lining for home decoration inside

Diversity finishing materials At the moment, it allows you to choose the best option for finishing any room.
In most cases, lining is preferred, which can be made of:

• Plastic.
• Tree.

These types of lining differ not only in their appearance, but also in technical characteristics.

Plastic lining

What is a plastic lining? These are strips of very strong plastic, which have a smooth surface and special locks on the sides for securing the panels of the finishing material.
The interior lining of the country house has been used for many years.

The use of plastic lining in the interior of a country house

Advantages of plastic lining:

• Plastic lining has excellent properties. It has high sound and heat insulation.
  All this is ensured by the structure of such a finishing material. Inside the plastic panel there are separate honeycombs that run along the entire strip of plastic lining.
• This material is durable and does not undergo rotting processes. A variety of bugs that can disrupt the structure of plastic will never start in it.
  The life of a plastic lining is quite large. As a rule, it is at least 15 years.
• Do not forget that plastic is moisture resistant material and is not able to be exposed to climatic and weather phenomena.
• Also, it does not burn and does not lose its original appearance under the influence of direct sunlight. True, this largely depends on the manufacturer of the finishing material and its cost.
• The plastic lining is frost-resistant and very easy to install. There is a very large selection of colors and sizes.
  You can use a plastic lining not only inside the country house, but also outside. Apply it on the surfaces of walls or the ceiling.

Installation of plastic lining

Cottage decoration clapboard made of plastic is a fairly simple process. You can do it yourself and not resort to the help of specialists in this field.
For this you need:

• Plastic lining.
• Screwdriver or screwdriver.
• Drill.
• Hacksaw or jigsaw.
• Construction stapler.
• Level.
• Hammer.
• Wooden boards and whetstones.
• Wood screws.
• Dowels.
• Starting strip for mounting plastic.

Preparatory work on the surface for the installation of plastic lining:

• Previously, the surface must be cleaned using improvised means or a household vacuum cleaner.
• After that, it is checked for any irregularities or stuck plaster.
• If there is one, then it is tapped with a hammer and removed from the surface.

Tip. If there is wallpaper on the surface, then they must be removed from the surface without fail. All this is necessary for the reason that the wallpaper can well absorb moisture (condensate), which can accumulate under the plastic lining due to poorly performed insulation work.

It will not be necessary to level the surface for mounting plastic, since this material is attached to the crate.
The process of finishing with plastic lining:

• Preliminarily, a crate is made from wooden strips of small diameter, which is mounted on the surface using dowels.
• All elements of this design are fastened with screws using a screwdriver.
• The size of each cell of the crate must be at least 50 cm.

Installation of an American plastic lining

Tip. To increase the service life of a wooden crate, all its elements must be treated with varnish or painted with paint or varnish.

• Interior decoration of a country house clapboard made of plastic begins with the installation of the starting strip. The direction of all the strips in the finishing work will depend on it.
• It is mounted using self-tapping screws or a construction stapler. After that, the first strip of plastic lining is inserted into it, it must be fixed in it.
• You can immediately use plastic strips in the installation and on the sides of the finish (at the beginning of the work itself). They will help keep the finishing material in place.
• Then the second strip of plastic lining is taken and inserted into the grooves of the previous one.

Tip. To ensure the proper quality of the finish, it will be possible to process each joint of such a finishing material with sealant.

• The whole process of work must begin to be carried out from the front door.
• To adjust the material to the desired size, a hacksaw or jigsaw is used. It is more rational to use a jigsaw, which will help to save power and significantly reduce the time for finishing.

The video shows the entire process of installing a plastic lining.

Wooden lining for finishing a country house

Interior decoration with clapboard cottages is a fairly popular option. Wooden lining has excellent technical characteristics and has several types of finishing material.
The interior decoration of the cottage lining, which can be several options:

• Eurolining.
• Lining panel.
• Lining American.
• Block house.

Distinctive characteristics of euro lining:

• Eurolining is a modern finishing material.
• It has a large number of channels that allow you to connect all the trim elements quite simply and easily.
• There are also numerous ventilation openings that help eliminate excess moisture.
• All connections of such a finishing material are inconspicuous and the appearance of the finish is very neat and uniform.

Lining panel:

• Interior decoration of a country house with a clapboard panel is a very practical option.
• In its appearance, it resembles a bar. But, in terms of its technical characteristics, it significantly surpasses the glued beam itself.
• This finishing material is made of hardwood, which has the ability to perform not only the walls of the room, but also the ceiling.
• The surface after that will be very smooth and neat.

Lining American:

• The principle of using American lining in finishing works is very simple.
• All finishing elements on the surface are overlapped, which largely ensures the safety of the finishing material from moisture, which could seep into the joints of the material or from exposure to weather conditions, if this type of lining is used for outdoor work.

What is a block house:

• In appearance, it is very similar to wooden logs, which are neatly located on the surface of the wall.
• On the one hand, it has a smooth surface, and on the other, a convex one.
• This type of wooden lining today by its quality indicators is several times superior to all of the above types.

Installation of a block house

There are also differences in the class of wooden lining, it can be:

• A-class.
• B-class.
• C class.
• Extra.

Tip.In finishing works, it will be better to use a lining made of wood, which has a class A or extra. These finishing materials are extremely durable.

The advantages of wooden lining and its disadvantages

Wooden lining in any embodiment is considered to be strong and durable material.
Let us consider in more detail the advantages of finishing material:

• All its types are quite simply mounted on the surface.
• This material is not able to deform under the influence of sunlight, but can very easily absorb moisture. For this reason, the surface of the lining should be varnished or any other paint and varnish.
• Wooden lining has not only several types, but also a variety of sizes.
• The interior decoration of country houses with a wooden lining looks very original and aesthetically beautiful. It gives any interior an atmosphere of comfort.
• The material is environmentally friendly and for this reason, its price is quite high.

But, this fact practically does not stop anyone and the lining has become even more popular because of its practicality.

Installation of wooden lining

Installation instructions for wooden lining

Finishing a summer house inside with a wooden clapboard is a very simple process.
To do this, apply:

• Wooden blocks and small boards.
• Wood screws.
• Screwdriver.
• Drill.
• Jigsaw or saw.
• Sealant.
• Level.

There is a certain installation instruction for each type of wooden lining, but there are similar requirements for the installation of this finishing material:

• The surface for such work will not need to be leveled. All this is due to the fact that a wooden frame is made on the surface, which is attached to it with dowels.
  The size of the cells of the lathing will largely depend on the size of the finishing material.
• As soon as the crate on the surface is already assembled, it is necessary to proceed to the installation of a wooden lining. These works are carried out with the help of a level that helps to install the material on the crate extremely smoothly and is fixed with screws using a screwdriver.

Tip. To finish lasted a long period of time it is necessary to cover the wooden lining with varnish. Only such work is best done after the installation of the finishing material.

Cladding inside the cottage is not particularly difficult. In the installation of plastic or wooden lining, you can use all the tools at hand.
It is recommended to consult with specialists in this field who may know some of the nuances in the work before finishing. The choice of material depends not only on the functionality of the room, but also on the amount of free cash, as some modern types of wooden lining can be quite expensive.