Frame houses are prefabricated, reliable and inexpensive buildings, the facade of which must be faced. This must be done for several reasons: to improve the appearance and improve the technological characteristics of the building. Further, the article will describe how to sheathe the facade of a frame house in order not only to decorate it, but also to protect it from environmental influences.
Facing building materials
A lot of building parameters will depend on their quality. The strength of the walls, microclimate, sound and heat insulation, as well as the level of protection against moisture - a small list of technical characteristics of the frame house, which depend on the characteristics of the cladding.
In the construction market, there are many materials for carrying out these works. It should list the known types of decoration of the facade of the frame house. It can be sheathed with such facing materials:
- a board;
- brick;
- siding (vinyl, steel or wood);
- natural or artificial stone;
- clinker tiles (facade);
- composite materials;
- stucco;
- marble chips;
- waterproof plywood;
- OSB-stove.
A good option is painting the facade, but this method is rarely used in modern construction. But, for example, it is sometimes used as an additional layer.
Insulation of the facade of the frame house
These measures must be performed before starting the facing work. For such purposes, you can use the following materials:
- Polyurethane foam.
- Mineral wool.
- Styrofoam.
Polyurethane foam is a heat-insulating material that must be applied to the surface with the help of special devices. When a jet hits the wall, a foam layer forms. However, there is one caveat: if you do not protect this insulation from sunlight (UV rays), then it will quickly lose its technical properties. For this, a layer of polyurethane foam must be treated with mastic or acrylic paint. But if the facade cladding is planned, then the thermal insulation in any case will be protected from the effects of ultraviolet rays.
If mineral wool is chosen for the insulation of a frame house, then you should know: this material has a high vapor permeability and low water absorption. Its advantages include such characteristics: incombustibility, good sound insulation, durability and quick installation.
Insulation of the facade of the frame house with polystyrene is the cheapest option. This heat-insulating material can withstand heavy loads and is easy to install. However, houses in which there is an increased level of humidity cannot be sheathed with polystyrene.
Wood cladding
Often frame houses are sheathed using this method. As a facing material, you can use:
- edged board;
- lining;
- block house.
There are several features that must be considered when facing the building with boards:
- one side must be sanded and primed immediately;
- the whole board needs to be painted over;
- fasten the material to the crate with 50 mm galvanized nails;
- between the boards you need to make a small gap (about 2 mm);
- at the end, the finished design needs to be painted 2 times.
A similar facade of a frame house will retain its original appearance for 12 years.
Brick: advantages and disadvantages
This classic building material is a good option for cladding the facade of a frame house. For these purposes, experts recommend purchasing silicate hollow bricks. Manufacturers make it in a different color palette. Thanks to the decorative and high technical qualities, the walls of the building are often lined with bricks. It is attached using metal grids, which must first be tied to the frame.
Its advantages include the following characteristics:
- Low water absorption, which is not more than 6%. Therefore, the facade of the building does not require protection from the negative effects of moisture with the help of waterproofing materials.
- Environmental friendliness.
- High resistance to adverse external factors - the brick will protect the walls of the house from strong wind and rain.
- Natural materials are used to create the material.
- Simple installation, but some construction experience will still be needed, because it will have to conduct masonry work. In addition, the facade of the attic floor of the frame house and the remaining external walls must first be sheathed with heat-insulating material (for example, foam or mineral wool).
- High hardness and toughness.
However, before lining the facade with brick, it is necessary to make sure that the foundation and walls of the building will withstand its load. In addition, builders recommend first waterproofing the concrete base of the house, since moisture can destroy the lower brick row.
Vinyl siding
To install it, you must first perform the crate. These decorative panels on the facade of the frame house need to be fixed with screws. The vinyl type of siding retains its high technical qualities both at low temperature (-50 ° C) and at high (+50 ° C). In addition, these cladding panels are resistant to mechanical damage. Their thickness is 0.95-1.2 mm, and their length is 2-6 m. Manufacturers usually make sheets with a width of 10-30 cm.
Vinyl panels are made in the form of brick, wood, natural stone, logs, etc. Before facing the facade with this material, it is necessary to prepare the walls of the building.
There is a ventilated structure, which consists of such layers:
- Interior decoration.
- A layer of steam and heat insulation.
- Wooden frame.
- OSB plate.
- Hydro-wind protection.
- The crate, the step of which is 0.5 x 0.25 m.
As a result, siding needs to be sewn up the resulting design. You should know: together with the panels you need to buy additional elements with which you can beautifully design the window and door slopes, corners and pediments.
Steel panels
Some homeowners clad the walls with this metallic material, which is coated with powder paint or polymers. To give the building an original look, you can use colored panels. The advantages of this facing material are:
- simple installation;
- high strength;
- low flammability;
- harmlessness;
- does not deteriorate at temperatures from -60 ° C to +90 ° C.
However, there are disadvantages:
- strong heating in the summer;
- condensation formation;
- impracticality (steel panels are easy to scratch);
- loud noise during rain.
- if the panels are not treated with an anti-corrosion compound, then rust will form on their surface.
A rock
If you use natural material for cladding frame houses, you must first take into account its high price. But then it is a durable stone, thanks to which the facade of the building will look solid and respectable. In the construction industry, these breeds are used for these purposes:
- marble;
- granite;
- quartzite;
- shell rock.
Natural stone retains its original appearance for more than one decade. However, mounting and handling it is difficult.
There is no less high-quality artificial material, with which you can perform the facade cladding of the frame house is much easier and faster. Such a stone looks similar to natural breeds, so the difference between them is practically not visible. Sheathing walls with artificial material is easier because it is made in the form of whole panels and plates, and the stone must be fastened to the prepared surface using an adhesive.
Brick tile
This facing material is an imitation of brick. The tile is made of plastic clay, which is subjected to heat treatment in the process, and then to pressing. The result is lightweight material - it will not heavily load the walls and foundation of the building.
To clad the facade with clinker tiles, first you need to fix the crate on the walls, treat it with an antiseptic composition and install the so-called screen of cement blocks. Putting material is necessary on cement mortar with the addition of plasticizers.
Advantages of facade tiles are as follows:
- It is environmentally friendly and safe material;
- many color shades;
- convenient installation;
- uniformly stained surface;
- high adhesion;
- little weight;
- long operational period;
- resistance to temperature transfers.
However, clinker tiles must be attached to the surface carefully, since they can be accidentally damaged.
Composite cladding material
These are aluminum two-layer panels equipped with a special lock connection. Mineral or plastic components may be inside the material. Such panels are not so popular, but every year they are increasingly used for cladding facades. The frame house faced with this multilayer material will be reliably protected.
During production, the panels are processed with special mixtures, thanks to which aluminum sheets receive such high-tech parameters:
- low weight, so they can be used for cladding wooden buildings;
- low price;
- durability;
- high strength;
- the material can be used for cladding houses built in cold climatic zones.
Another advantage of composite panels is that they are easy to install. To do this, locks are provided on the ends, with which the parts can be fastened together, and they can be mounted directly on the walls. But sometimes a wooden or metal crate is arranged for these operations.
Final part
The article described popular materials with which you can veneer the facade of a frame house. For these purposes, you can still use plaster, plywood, marble chips or OSB boards.
It is possible to carry out work on cladding the external walls of the building yourself. For this, the main thing is to purchase the recommended building materials that were given in the article.