Siding block house: variations and selection criteria

Everyone wants to live in a beautiful house or apartment, and in pursuit of this desire, people resort to different ways of finishing. But the overwhelming majority uses siding, often the choice falls on its kind as a block house. We will try to understand what is so special about him, what are his strengths and weaknesses, how to choose and install the material.

This is a material used for cladding walls, a feature that is similar to a log cabin. Sometimes a block house is called a siding under a log. It can be used for both outdoor and indoor use.

A flea house is classified into species depending on the material from which it is made.

Consider the most popular.

• Vinyl. More precisely, this type of siding is made of PVC or, if abbreviated, PVC.
• Aluminum. This species has excellent strength and lightness.
• Metal. Very similar in properties to aluminum.
• Ceramic. This siding has not yet received due attention in the face of the public, as this is the latest development. However, it gradually begins to seize the market due to its good quality indicators and attractive prices.

• Cement. This type is an average variant. It has good quality and low price.
• Wooden. This is the most common type of siding.
• Under the stone. It is quite popular in the market. By its characteristics it is almost not inferior to cement, and in some cases even surpasses.
• Acrylic. According to experts, acrylic siding is not much different from vinyl, except for durability and price.
• Under the brick. Used to a greater extent for the foundation.

Let us consider in detail all the strengths and weaknesses of each type of block house.

Each type of siding has its advantages and disadvantages, which will be discussed.

This blockhouse option has many features, such as:

• high flexibility;
• does not corrode;
• has resistance to fading and cracking;
• little weight.

Another undoubtedly important plus is ecological cleanliness.

Of course, its weight is not lighter than vinyl, but compared to all the others, it dominates in this category. Most often it is used for covering high-rise buildings precisely because of its main feature, because there is a large load on the material, both weight and wind.

Of the significant drawbacks can be considered the high cost of the product itself.

Due to the properties of aluminum itself, this material does not corrode, does not burn or melt., and therefore does not pose a threat to a person in difficult situations. If the material is affected by sudden changes in temperature, then it easily transfers them.The dirt on it does not linger for a long time, because it is very easy to wash it with a rag or with a good stream from under the hose.

Mostly made of galvanized. To improve and protect the surface, it is coated with a polymer composition. The edge of each sheet is able to cling to the edge of another, it is called the lock structure, and this is what will help you save on fixing materials.

It should be clarified that if you follow the recommendations provided by the seller, the siding is able to serve you for up to 50 years.

It is based on clay, which makes it, like vinyl, environmentally friendly.

Speaking about it, you can immediately highlight its negative qualities, namely: it is fragility. For this reason, it comes in all sorts of additives. And also high cost, but all this can be compensated by heat resistance and service life.

At the moment, this species is positioning itself as the most expensive because of the cost of the tree itself. It is wood that is both an advantage and a major disadvantage. You should always provide proper care, and this includes woodwork, various kinds of coverage, and other things that will not have the best effect on your budget.

If you want your facade to look more attractive, you can use material from natural rock, if you want to save, but are not ready to sacrifice the appearance, all sorts of mixtures and compounds will come to the rescue.

The material serves 2 times longer, and its cost is 50% higher for one plate than that of vinyl.

Unlike all other types, this one is most often used for basement siding.

But it is precisely with his weight that his disadvantage is connected, and it lies in building additional supports that will restrain everything. From this follows the second minus - the price.

All of these siding types can mimic the color of wood. Few experts can distinguish a qualitatively made product from artificial raw materials in visual terms from real wood.

You should immediately decide on the type of material with which you want to work, because it will largely depend on this, what color you can choose.

Many manufacturers guarantee complete isolation from UV rays, but this is not the case. Over time, the color will still disappear, which is why, at the time of production, various kinds of impurities are added to the material that prolong the life of the coating.

If you talk about the color palette, it is limited only by the tastes and fantasies of the customer. Examples include such colors as stained or golden oak, dark or light walnut, peach, light ash, plum and others.

Speaking of the roof itself, you should consider combining with siding for visual harmony on your site.

Speaking about the size, it will be better to sort through the species and reduce everything to a common table.

You should make your own choice, because each person has different tastes and financial capabilities.

However, experts give one important advice: do not try to save too much, because your house will stand for decades, and every time you have to replace panels because you decided to save, and they quickly became useless.

Do not save on high-quality material so that your house could delight you with its appearance every day.

Choose a material from a trusted manufacturer, after reading the reviews of its products.

It should be clarified that installation can be done on its own or by hiring a special team.

If you hire a special team, then you save most of the time, but at the same time expose your wallet to some kind of threat. If you want everything to be qualitatively made from quality material, then this alignment will only increase costs.

Therefore, we turn to manual installation.In fact, a nice feature of siding is that it does not require working with liquid mixtures, mortars and the like, and also does not require special skills.

Consider a more accurate installation instructions.

• We install the starting profile, the whole structure will be mounted on it.

• Next, angular, arched and other types of profiles are installed, and only after all this can the siding panels be installed.
• To speed up the work requires different tools, but it is the choice of each.
• If you want to make your design more adapted to heavy weight, as well as if you have an uneven wall, but you sincerely want the same siding that you like on it, then the crate will help you. It will be especially important for ground siding. But do not forget to calculate the weight of the material so that your design does not collapse in a fairly quick time.

Installation of blockhouse siding with their own hands, see the following video.

In the world there are a huge number of types of exterior finishes at home and below are such that you may be able to awaken in you the desire to do the same.

In these examples, not real wood is used, but real vinyl siding. Here you can clearly see how, due to the high-quality selection of material, the house is transformed before our eyes.

And when you look at such houses, there is a desire to live in it, and all thanks to a very good siding.