When it comes to repairing or decorating building facades, many people prefer modern building materials such as siding. The colors of this finishing material for every taste allow you to realize even the most unusual design idea, but choose it for other important characteristics.
Siding can be made of a variety of components, have unusually strong fibers in the structure, therefore, for each type of finish there is a different type of material.
How to choose the right siding and its color?
Quality siding. Colors and views for every taste and budget
To clearly understand which store to go to and what to look for there, you need to know that there are several types of siding in terms of manufacturing technology, structure and composition.
Vinyl is the most popular and affordable option. The structure of the material has high-quality polyvinyl chloride. This type of siding performs two main functions: it protects the facade from adverse climatic influences, and creates an aesthetic appearance. Most often, vinyl siding is used to decorate garden or low-rise cottages. Due to its strong structure, the material is not subject to physical deformation. Such a siding can have a wide palette of colors. The colors are very different: both muffled and bright. That is why it is much easier to implement some kind of design idea using vinyl siding.
Metal - a much more durable type of finishing material from the siding category. In terms of quality, it is much stronger, and even when decorating the facades of a building, any irregularities or errors can be easily hidden and made invisible. Due to the special structure and compliance with fire safety requirements, this material is most often used for decoration of commercial real estate. This type of material is also popular due to the large palette of colors that metal siding has. Colors can also be bright and restrained.
These are the most popular and most durable types of siding, which in the market are really in great demand. But the list does not end there.
Basement and fiber cement siding
To make the facade of the building more original, it is worth using basement siding. The colors of this type of material allow you to choose the suitable option for both strict commercial buildings, and for bright and eccentric design projects. In addition, the design of the basement siding almost always has a texture of stone, wood, tile and so on. Due to its high technological qualities, this material withstands temperature differences from –50 to +60 degrees.
Fiber cement siding is also a very popular option, and in its design it imitates the texture of cedar wood. Such a siding under a log will make the facade of any building presentable and modern.
Lifetime
When the right material is selected in the store, then any buyer must specify the quality guarantee and the maximum possible service life. All types presented above have excellent technical characteristics, and therefore they will last from 25 to 50 years. It is important to take into account that the quality and structure of the material will not change if they are not regularly subjected to physical impacts, since siding can easily withstand normal climatic influences. Also, the life of the siding itself will affect the life of the installation.
Entrusting this work to professionals, you can be sure that they will not make extra holes in the material and attach without cracks and voids.
Wide range of colors for any project
To update the facade of the building, as well as protect the structure from external adverse effects, it is enough to use siding. Colors are very different for this material, they are selected depending on preferences and requirements. But to make the building look presentable, you should choose a material for wall cladding lighter than the roof.
Siding Price
It is also worth considering that even before the start of the purchase, you need to determine the color and prices, since not all types of material have a large palette of shades. For example, stone siding. The price of each type of material has the following range:
Metal siding involves over 1 square. m from 190 to 215 rubles.
Vinyl - from 180 to 600 rubles.
Basement - from 400 to 1000 rubles.
Fiber cement - from 50 to 500 rubles.
Popular colors
When it comes to popular options by technical parameters, you can give an exact answer, but when the most popular colors are determined, it’s already certain to say which is the most popular one, it’s difficult. The only thing that manufacturers say is that pink siding on the production line takes a leading position. This color is easily combined with different shades of the roof, has any saturation. And therefore it is more often offered by manufacturers. If you want the material to retain its color longer, then it is better to take the darkest shade. It will last longer, and it will look much more presentable.
Experts recommend that when choosing a color, rely on contrast. It is buildings in which the roof is darker than the walls that look solid and aesthetically pleasing.
Pink siding can be either vinyl or metal, very rarely there is a basement type of material of this color.
As for country houses, the owners of such plots and real estate choose white siding. At the same time, white also happens with a different shade: with a low concentrate of gray, brown, and blue.
Due to the wide variety of shades, it is possible to choose just such a finishing material that perfectly suits the intended design project.