“Outer sheathing” - this is how the concept of “siding” is translated: there is no more precise name for this facing material. Siding appeared recently - about 60 years ago. At first, the products for external cladding were made of wood of different species, but since this material can be damaged by moisture, insects, rodents, it was replaced with metal and vinyl.
Soon, vinyl products were supplanted by metal ones, and today many companies produce precisely vinyl siding. Among them is the Canadian company Tecos. She opened a subsidiary in Russia, which allowed to saturate the Russian building materials market with more affordable products than products delivered from abroad.
Material of the company "Tecos"
The company produces several types of plastic panels, but still the most popular is the Tecos Canadian Oak siding. First of all, because the canvases ideally imitate natural material, which is important in aesthetic terms. In addition, the Canadian Oak siding has design features. So, in addition to mounting locks that securely fasten both the panels and the general design, there are also connecting edges on the canvases for fixing the canvases with nails. Moreover, you can nail nails to the maximum stop, which ensures the most reliable connection of sheets with the surface to be coated.
But this is not all: for the manufacture of siding, the company uses polyvinyl chloride, applying a special co-extrusion technology to it. This is the name of the method in which homogeneous panels are made of several components with different characteristics.
Sheet differences
But the Canadian siding is only 80% polyvinyl chloride. In addition to it, products contain:
- Structurally stabilizing titanium dioxide.
- Coloring pigments.
- Butadiene, which serves as an inhibitor.
- The filler is calcium.
- Other substances that enhance the strength characteristics of the finished material and its fire resistance.
Moreover, all substances do not mix, but create a multilayer design of the final product, in which each layer fulfills its purpose.
Coating features
Special additives of the outer layer increase the resistance of the product to ultraviolet, precipitation, and various indicators of the temperature gradient.
Also, modern pigments are added to the material of the outer layer, allowing you to give the surface of the material different colors and shades. Therefore, the outer layer is also a business card, which represents not only the Canadian Oak siding, but also any other similar products. Moreover, the coloring pigments are so high quality that they do not fade under the influence of any weather conditions.
But the inner layer protects the panels from mechanical stress, giving the design the necessary rigidity. Accordingly, each layer carries a certain load, and all together provide the material with necessary and important properties and characteristics for operation.
One of the main features that distinguish the Canadian Oak siding is the thickness of the sheets - 1.2 mm. This indicator meets international standards and is the main indicator of quality.
Product Benefits and Cons
Since Tecos products are manufactured taking into account the needs of consumers and their requirements for products, the company's specialists are working to ensure that the Canadian siding has properties such as resistance to any winds, even hurricane, not afraid of even severe frosts and highly esthetic. What did they manage to bring to life?
Among the advantages that distinguish Tecos products from competitors are the following:
- Fire safety. Since non-combustible raw materials are used for production, the material does not burn.
- Biological and environmental cleanliness.
- The absence of condensation on the inner surface, which is due to internal ventilation.
- Resistance to aging - the shape and color of the lined surfaces retain a minimum of half a century.
- Sheathing from siding does not conduct electric current.
- High aesthetics, which distinguishes Canadian Oak siding from other analogues. The photo is the best proof of this.
This is not all the advantages of the material, the list is quite impressive, but neither the most picky consumers, nor experts have identified any shortcomings. Although many called the main and only drawback of the material is its high price. But if the cost of the material is divided by the years of its operation, then this figure will be lower than that of many other materials for cladding buildings.
Specifications
Siding "Canadian Oak" has the following dimensions and features:
- Thickness - 1.2 mm.
- Width - 23 cm.
- Length - 3.66 cm.
- The panels have the shape of a bar.
- Mounted horizontally.
- Packaging consists of 18 sheets.
Attention! In one pack can be canvas, the pattern and shade of which differ in tone. This is not a defect - uneven coloring of panels in the production is carried out purposefully in order to create the effect of using natural material. Therefore, during installation, it is necessary to select sheets so that the shade changes smoothly and the surface of the object to be lined is harmonious in color.
The opinion of experts
What else can confirm how high quality Tecos Canadian Oak siding is? The feedback of those who worked with this material is the best determinant of the indicator of quality, strength and reliability of the material.
Judging by the reviews, the panel docking mechanism provides for their quick and easy installation, which even inexperienced consumers can perform. Whereas, when facing the wall surfaces with siding of other companies, you have to maintain a gap for thermal expansion between the individual sheets “by eye”, when installing sheets from the Tekos company, you don’t need to think about this: the company’s specialists took care of the ease of installation, therefore, on each canvas there is designation of the required tolerance for expansion with changes in ambient temperature.