Cladding facade decoration: installation features
Decorating the house exterior with façade panels began to be popular. There are many advantages that are difficult to overestimate.
But a person should know what he gains and how this type of facing is established. Decorating the facade with panels is not such a difficult task, but like in every work, this one has its own principles and nuances of the installation.
Finishing the facades of houses with brick panels can be done completely with your own hands, this article will be devoted to this article.
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Why choose thermal panels
Before buying, you need to figure out how such an installation will be beneficial to us. What do we win?
In retail, there are many materials that can be used to decorate a facade (seeMaterial for decorating the facade of the house: we make the right choice) Therefore, before buying, you should understand.
As an example, we will take clinker panels.
So:
- Among the many options for manufacturing panels, clinker stands out for its strength. Parts are simply pressed into polystyrene foam at a certain temperature.
A special lock is also provided there, which makes a reliable and high-quality connection. There is no glue in this design.
Adhesive is a compound that breaks down in the course of time, therefore it is not used for facing the house in this embodiment. On each part there is a special ledge, which is located on the back side and makes a connection with the base.
This makes the mount quite high quality and reliable; - Can be done and decoration of the facade of a wooden house thermal panels, This will not affect the wood, but rather protect it.
The design provides for ventilation, which does not spoil the base plane. This is especially true for temperature changes during the off-season.
In such a finish, the dew point is shifted and this reflects well on the base material, it is not exposed to moisture and will last much longer. - Panels for finishing facades are made with high precision. For the connection, special grooves are used, which ensure the reliability and quality of the connection.
After installing and processing the seams, you get a completely integral and tight design; - Clinker panels for finishing the facade of the house do not have voltage inside the product. For mounting, guides are provided here, which are made of plastic and recessed with respect to the surface.
Therefore, during installation, the internal stress is removed and the lining will last much longer; - The price of the material is not so high and the installation will be much cheaper if the clinker is used for cladding. Moreover, the weight of the structure is not large and you do not need to do foundation strengthening;
- It is possible to carry out additional insulation.
House cladding
Finishing the facade with thermal panels is done completely with your own hands and without resorting to outside help. But this has its own nuances and features that should be followed.
Surface preparation
All paneling options for the facade of the house begin with the preparation of the base surface. This should be done efficiently and slowly.
The safety of the material and the service life of the structure will depend on this:
- We make an inspection of the outer surface of the house and remove everything that stands for the plane. It can be both shutters and air conditioning units. Nothing should interfere with the conduct of work;
- We remove the old coating. This is done with a brush for metal.
We remove the paint and other coating. If necessary, use a chisel; - After this, the surface should be treated with antiseptics. It will not be superfluous.
If there is not even a fungus on the wall, this will not hurt as a preventative measure. Prefer deep penetration liquid and apply a couple of times; - After that, apply a primer to the plane.
Make the frame
Some are advised to mount directly to the wall. In my opinion this is just stupid.
The panels have grooves that, with uneven surfaces, will not provide high-quality fastening. I think it’s difficult to find a house with completely flat walls and no differences in plane.
For high-quality preparation of the installation base, a crate is installed.
Attention: Installation of panels can be done on a metal profile, or on a wooden beam. If you have chosen the second option, then before starting work, it should be treated with antiseptics, which are available on the market.
This will protect the tree from decay and extend the life of the entire structure.
So:
- First of all, we need to determine the level of location of the plane of the panels. To do this, we need to determine the roughness of the wall.
A simple thread is best suited for this job. It should be pulled between the diagonals of the plane and then we will clearly see how much we need to raise the rails for mounting.
We put beacons so that we can see for real;
Attention: You can do home insulation at the same time. For this, it is necessary to determine the thickness of the insulation.
Moreover, it should not be pressed by panels, otherwise it loses its properties. Its placement should be done though tightly, but not warped.
Provide a clearance between it and the panel plane of at least one cm.
- First of all, we beat off the lower level of fastening. This line should be parallel to the ground.
And not by eye, but really parallel. To do this, put a mark at the desired height.
Now it must be transferred to other walls. This is done using the hydraulic level.
With the help of which it can be done in the most qualitative and accurate way. Transferable;
Attention: Please note that the level of coverage should overlap the floor line by 20 cm. Maintain this parameter. If this is not done, then the dew point will rise and this will contribute to the accumulation of dampness in the room.
- After that, we need to beat off a flat line around the perimeter of the room. To do this, use kapron thread and simply beat off the fastener line;
- We fix the metal profile or bar along the line. We do height adjustment with the help of gaskets.
If the surface is made of wood, then it will be enough to make the connection using self-tapping screws. If the wall is concrete or brick, then you need to make a hole with a punch and make a connection with dowels;
Attention. The entire weight of the structure will be supported on the crate, so the connection must be made with high quality. Do not use to fasten the dowel from the sets; buy separately plastic and self-tapping screws to it, which in diameter should be a couple of mm larger from the cross section of the plastic hole.
- Now we make exactly such a fastening on the upper part of the house. The same line is executed.
You can see the installation process in the photo and video. Do the fastening the most important thing in one plane; - After that, we make a frame around the perimeter of windows and doors. Just do not mount the slats on the bevel.
Make a gap of the order of two cm. After all, we will still need to make slopes and here, for the correct finish, we will smooth this gap with a solution, this will also give additional slope stiffness. - Now we need to fix the straps perpendicular to the ground level. They must be on the same line.
You can’t move it, otherwise the panels will repeat the irregularities in the installation of the rails and we will not get an even plane.We pull the line between the extreme rails and fasten it.
For adjustment we use gaskets; - Installation is done according to the size of the panels. Remember, the connection is never done by a canopy, it is done on a solid surface.
In our version, this is a crate. Reiki we fasten no more than 50 cm from each other;
Panel Installation
After high-quality preparation of the surface and the attached crate, we proceed to install the panels.
This is done according to certain principles:
- Paneling of facades starts from the corner of the first row. If you do not use corner elements, then do a gash of the edges under 45 *.
This will ensure a tight junction. But it is better to use a docking angle.
It will seal the joint more tightly and will reliably protect it from external influences. A grinder with a cutting wheel is used for fitting; - We put the panel on the lower bar and do the fastening using screws. If you do the casing directly on the wall, then we make holes with the help of a puncher and fasten it by dowels;
- Next, install the next panel. So continue in a circle. We never start the installation of the next row without completing the fastening of the previous one;
- After fastening, the joints of the panels should be treated with polyurethane foam. This will ensure the tightness of the connection;
- Fastening is done according to already prepared holes, but sometimes it is necessary to make a hole yourself. Do not fasten directly to the screws. First make a hole with a drill and only then make the connection;
- Each panel must immediately be checked for the level of placement. If necessary, then you need to adjust.
Remember, when the panel becomes inaccurate, then the curvature goes further, but only in increasing order;
- The panels will have to be cut in the process. Never mark a cut line only on the basis of measurement. First, attach the element to the installation surface and then make the necessary marks;
- After installation, the joints should be clogged with a solution. Just don't make it too thin;
Attention: If you are doing home insulation, then do not forget to put a waterproofing layer before attaching the insulation, which is fastened to the rails.
In this case, we bend the edges, but do not do it in the joint and we perform the connection with the help of a construction stapler. After installing the insulation, it must be covered with glassine.
- The last stage of the facing we will finish the slopes and boxes.
For slopes, you can use a plastic corner. Or just make them plaster.
As you can see, plastic panels under the stone for facade decoration can be fully installed with your own hands.
There is an instruction and the price allows. The most important thing is not to rush and to qualitatively adjust the panels and do the processing of joints.
