It is the fine finish that creates the appropriate style and design for every new home. But in order to get to the finish, the masters have to go through another major stage - preparing the walls of the building for their finishing, that is, roughing. The preparation of the building’s rough finishing includes preparation of the floor for fair flooring, rough plaster, and processes of insulation and sound insulation.
Attic style
As soon as a thought arises in one’s head about one’s separate country house, dozens of new related thoughts arise behind this idea, among which the first question is the style of one’s home. What should it be? One or one and a half floors with an attic. Of course, you can’t immediately come up with the style of your own future home. It is necessary to revise the construction catalogs in order to choose the style according to the original design and, of course, in your own pocket. There are many attic finishes. The more modern the house, the more expensive and comfortable the house becomes.
DIY Attic Cladding Ideas
Here, for example, are several ideas for arranging and finishing the attic. Most middle-class developers adhere to several traditional trends, among which the styles of the Canadian and Scandinavian houses are notable for their popularity.
The style of a Canadian house has the most common principle of frame construction, in which first a full frame is erected from the foundation to the frame base of the roof with any attic finish. For the construction of such frame, Canadian houses with an attic, a wooden beam is used. There are several types of timber for the construction of a Canadian house. This is a Canadian-made glued beam, which is made from special types of wood. Our domestic building wooden materials for building in the style of a Canadian house also have good quality indicators.
Finishing is an important design element
The first thing that catches your eye when entering the room is its walls and ceiling. Flatness of angles, color cast, pattern. All these elements can be a good addition to the overall style of the room.
Room decoration in one design style begins with the first steps of decoration. Already at the first stage, in the process of wall plastering, you need to adhere to the general style of the entire room. The idea, for example, of the Egyptian style is noteworthy in that the walls should be designed for this design, with all kinds of relief sculptures on the ceiling and with patterns on the walls.
You can create patterns on the walls using a variety of stencils. Screen printing on the wall should not stand out as a separate element, but should emphasize the uniform style of the wall and the whole room. The photo will tell about another idea in the arrangement and decoration of the attic with the example of the design style of feng shui.
Each style has its own subtleties of oriental design. Each room in the room can have its own design and its own individual color schemes. You can not finish the whole room in one color or in the same style. Such monotony in the house always acts annoyingly on the nervous system. Separate design for each room is the best solution for the style of the whole house or apartment.
Wall, floor and ceiling preparation
Depending on the technology used, there are different ways to decorate the attic. These are different types of plaster for internal and external walls, and laying with clinker bricks, tiles, siding and wallpaper sticker. Each type of attic decoration has its own characteristics and materials. But the beginning of all these processes in all cases will be the preparation of the walls, floor and ceiling.
And if this is a new house, then the preparation of the walls begins with putty and plastering works, which also depend on the material with which the walls were laid. This is a brick, aerated concrete or wood. For all these materials, the preparation of the walls and the facing processes will be different. After all, preparatory work also includes insulation and waterproofing and sound insulation.
Imitation under a bar - progressive decoration of a building
You most likely guessed that the imitation of timber is a modern progressive material, a type of polymer building materials, which are mainly used for decorating walls and ceilings of suburban buildings, mansions and for attic finishing at home. Finishing the building with this material solves not only the interior design, but also the issue of thermal insulation of the premises. Imitation under the bar is superimposed on the heat-insulating layer and allows you to create a satisfactory saving of heat savings, which plays an important role for modern life.
The density of the casing on the walls simulating under the beam creates an original fastening with the help of tongue grooves. Thanks to the original technology of the blanks, consisting of two lobes, which are connected in a special way at the manufacturing plants, imitation under the beam has a high resistance to deformation. The main thing in laying simulations under the beam is that the styling should be done in accordance with the direction of the light. Finishing the attic on the outer walls of the imitation under the beam is made both horizontally and vertically, but so that it is a comb up.
Progressive heat-insulating materials in combination with imitation under timber create not only an elegant look of apartments, but also comfort, cleanliness and warmth. Imitation is set under a bar on a crate of bars mounted on the wall at a distance of 400-800 mm perpendicular to the planks, which are attached to the bars with screws through holes pre-drilled at an angle of 45 degrees. For the gables of houses and for the design of ceilings, a delicate imitation of a bar made of larch, which has an unusual strength, reliability and durability, is taken.
Attic finish inside
According to the same principle, the decoration of the external and internal walls of the room is carried out. The only difference is that there is no insulation layer on the inner walls, so the first draft layer of plaster serves instead of the insulation layer. The first layer of rough plaster on the inner walls should be up to 10 mm thick. Regarding the finishing work on the floor, of course, the floor is first leveled with roughing using waterproofing technologies. Then comes the process of warming the floor and laying the final coating.
When arranging a mansard room, an important element is the dry sheathing of the room with the use of gypsum board or chipboard, with which you can create not only a stable microclimate in the attic room, but also equip the room with all kinds of partitions and niches that can be used as a dressing room.
Exterior Wall Cladding
Very popular for the decoration of external walls and the facade of the house are modern PVC products or wall paneling. There are different types of plastic cladding material. For example, vinyl siding made under the latch and the edge for nails, successfully fits the finish of the attic. It can be used for all types of cottage-type houses in especially rainy areas. The high density of the walls siding completely preserves their second attic floor from rain and moisture.
In addition to plastic materials for cladding the exterior walls of the house, other natural materials are also used. To finish the attic, you can also use wooden cladding, but their disadvantage is that they age very quickly under the influence of rain. They must often be repainted, cleaned of old paint.