How to decorate the house from the outside: we choose an option for ourselves
“Every house is kept by the owner”, judging by the saying, this landlord did not have a question how to finish the house from the outside and people appreciated his efforts. Of course, a typical project drives a developer into certain bounds of mandatory requirements, but any standard box can have a completely non-standard look.
In photo galleries and on video materials you can see fantasies, craftsmanship and options for exterior decoration of the house and some of the presented compositions will match your tastes and desires.
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Similarity and difference of materials
How to finish the exterior walls of the house, in order to understand this, you need to compare the materials at a cost, find out what effect is obtained in combining various materials used for exterior decoration. If you dilute applied finishing materials for groups with similar qualities, a poor choice of three main classes is obtained.
So:
- The first includes stone materials that belong to natural ones - marble, tuff, granite, gabbro and others.
Artificial stone products, in turn, are divided into three subspecies:
- Ceramic products, the basis of which is clay.
- Silicate materials and concrete based on lime compounds, cement binders. Silicate base is used for brick and glass.
In fact, ceramics also belongs to aluminosilicates, but according to their physical and operational characteristics it can be distinguished as a separate variety or as a separate subtype. - A subgroup is also given to materials based on gypsum.
Natural and artificial stone products are united by the same quality indicators - their reliability in operation, a wide selection of colors and textures, the availability of use and the ability to choose the style of decoration.
- The second class of materials is inferior in strength and durability to ceramic and stone. Various types of plastic, metal products and composites attract with their magnificent design and colors, unique performance characteristics.
Some composites have one-sided transparency and are able to polarize the streams of light passing through them. - The latter type includes various types of plaster and gypsum mixtures with and without dyes, smooth and textured.
Finishing as a continuation of masonry
From ancient times, a brick house was decorated with all kinds of ornaments reminiscent of folk embroidery. Patterns are laid out as two-tone - red (ordinary), white (silicate), and multicolor compositions are created using yellow (front) brick.
So:
- The ribbon ornament is laid out on top of the walls, launched along the ledges or placed in the piers between the windows and the door.
- Small patterns are located in small areas.
- Large ornaments fill the dull sections of the walls, not forgetting to control the ligation of vertical joints, which is performed with a frequency of five rows of masonry.
- The “sockets” in the center of the pediment above the windows and doors look spectacular, and can only be between the windows or occupy the middle of the wall.
- The corners of the house or cornices are decorated with an ornament.
Attention: A quarter-extended brick from the wall plane not only makes the corner of the house bright and noticeable, but also serves as an additional insulation.
- Stone walls are finished immediately or pre-plastered.
- The surface of the walls, the front verst of which is laid with selected bricks with smooth geometric faces, is better not to be plastered. Neat masonry itself looks quite decorative.
Just the seams, completely filled with a solution, you need to carefully smooth with a spatula with a lath and give them the desired shape.
Manufacturing Finish
Concrete blocks can be improved even before the walls are laid, laying on the bottom of the mold small gravel, marble or granite chips, which is poured with a liquid cement mortar. The preparation of the decorative layer requires a lot of time, therefore, finishing is done after the construction is completed, although this technology should not be excluded, because there is a demand for blocks with decoration.
At facade decoration of foam blocks, there is a main rule - ensuring the diffusion of water vapor from the walls to the outside. If steam accumulates in the blocks, they will dampen in one heating season.
Options for the exterior decoration of a country house include decoration not only with one material, but also a composite picture of different elements harmoniously complementing each other is compiled.
Finishing facades with concrete blocks is divided into several types:
- The ventilated facade is decorated with decorative panels, colored corrugated board, siding, lining.
- Stone or facing brick is used to decorate the facade.
- The foam block having decorative finish stucco.
- Outside the house can be painted with special paints for exterior work.
- Only in new buildings for decoration can you immediately apply waterproof foam blocks with ready-made decor facades.
The cheaper it is to finish the house outside, if it is possible to make the facade of the house foam blocks with silicone-based paint.
This option is one of the most economical, but a certain sequence of work is needed:
- Wall treatment with a protective, deep penetration primer.
- A plaster layer is applied to the layer of metal reinforcing mesh.
- Secondary application of protective primer on the foam concrete block under silicone paint.
- Painting the walls.
Basement clothing
How to finish the foundation of the house from the outside and extend its durability? Extra troubles and worries during operation can be avoided if you immediately take care of protecting the soles of the foundation.
New technologies in the construction market offer a means of protecting the base of the house from the aggressive effects of the external environment such as moisture, temperature changes, constantly blowing winds. Finishing the foundation is the solution to the problem.
Negative influence from the outside can lead to a violation of the geometry of the structure, which in principle is unacceptable.
The manual suggests doing this using rough protection in several stages under the cladding layer:
- Blocks are created to divert water and dirt from the foundation.
- The surface is plastered on a pre-attached metal mesh.
- Waterproofing is in progress.
The finished foundation can be finished at the discretion of the developer.
Facade decoration with foam blocks in combination with several cladding elements looks impressive, presentable, stylish and luxurious and the price is affordable:
- The basement is ennobled with decorative stone and paint.
- Brickwork and plaster are placed on the basement of the building and around the windows.
- Textured plaster with tiles and corners and plinth.
Decorating the house outside
What is better to finish the house outside, and what are the features of work with wooden buildings?
It turns out that it is divided into transparent and opaque and can be done with your own hands:
- Transparent is suitable for freshly processed wood with a clearly visible texture and smooth surface. It is smeared with hot linseed oil, it takes 1-2 days to dry and is again covered with it.
- Take a break for 2-3 days and complete the finish with one or two layers of varnish with intermediate drying.
Attention: In case of uneven coloring of boards, a pigment, for example, ocher, having a color close to wood, is added to the last finishing agent.
- Opaque finish is required for low-quality boards or used from other buildings, but well-dried.
- Boards are smoothed out, putty and primed to seal pores and cracks in the wood, which will reduce paint consumption.
- The primer is prepared very simply and is a paint diluted with varnish.
Of course any home decoration should be performed in a single compositional scheme, taking into account the decorative elements of doors, windows, linings, false columns.
