The facade is the face of the house, which is paid attention not only by neighbors, guests, but also passers-by. Lining the walls with high-quality material helps to improve performance, create an attractive and unique design, comfort in the yard. There are many different ways to modern home decoration. All of them are beautiful and unique in their own way. When choosing a design option, one should take into account the material of the basic design, as well as the bearing loads of the main walls. In the construction market, a wide assortment of facing materials for the facade of the house is presented .
In order for the house to have an attractive beautiful appearance and keep heat well, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the finishing products intended for these purposes. This will help you choose the best materials for the decoration of facades, as well as understand the technology of their installation.
What properties should a material have?
All facing materials for facades, modern technologies of their production contribute to the improvement of protective and decorative functions. In addition to creating a beautiful appearance and protecting the building from moisture, solar radiation, frost and pollution, products must have strength, durability, environmental safety, ease of installation and maintenance. Decorating the house with such modern materials will increase its noise and heat insulation, reliably protect the walls from atmospheric precipitation, and the foundation - from freezing.
Options for cladding the exterior walls of the house
The construction market offers a wide variety of materials for cladding facades of houses, the instructions for use of which do not provide for different methods of surface preparation and work.
Fastening of the finishing material to the wall is carried out by the “dry” or “wet” method. The “wet” method is the use of various adhesives or mixtures that form an unventilated facade, for example, decorative plaster or tile. The “dry” method provides for fastening the finishing product with dowels, screws or nails to the crate and has an air gap between the surface or insulation and decor, creating a ventilated facade. This can be such a facing material for the facade of the house, such as vinyl siding or other panel products.
Decorative plaster
To decorate the facade of the house, various types of this decorative material are used:
- Acrylic plaster is a water-dispersion mixture. It is made from polymers, has resistance to wall deformation, and is durable. Unfortunately, this material also has disadvantages. It burns (because of which it is used only with polystyrene foam), and also fades over time.
- Polycement or mineral plaster - a dry mix based on cement. It has resistance, breathability, durability, absolutely does not burn. During mechanical influences, the plaster cracks.
- Silicate plaster - a ready mix based on potash glass. It is waterproof, does not form cracks, is easy to clean, service life is about 25 years. It also has disadvantages: color limitation and application only to a surface treated with a special silicate primer.
- Silicone plaster - it is based on silicone resins. This type of product can be applied to any surface coated with a special silicone primer, has elasticity, water resistance, easy to clean, service life of 20-25 years.
Brick cladding
Such a facing material for the facade of a house as brick is widely used. It has a variety of shapes, colors, matte or shiny surface. For decoration, glazed material is used, clinker, ceramic or silicate. Its main advantages are high thermal insulation and durability.
Facing the facade with decorative stone
Such a facing material for the facade of the house can be natural or artificial. Natural stone has a lot of weight. It is expensive, but fireproof, frost-resistant, durable.
The basis of the artificial material is Portland cement with a filler. It has almost all the properties of natural stone and is much cheaper. The disadvantages are: the complexity of the cladding, which requires skills, and the high cost of adhesive mixtures.
Varieties of ventilated facades
To create a ventilated facade, decorative panels of various types are used:
- wood fiber;
- siding;
- panels made of foamed polyurethane;
- sandwich panels;
- porcelain stoneware;
- glass;
- metal;
- fiber cement.
Facing the surface with these materials is carried out by attaching them to the crate. They create additional heat and noise insulation.