Do-it-yourself exterior home decoration

Kicking out the "box" and putting it under the roof is only half the battle, or even a smaller part of it. Ahead is the interior and exterior of the house. A process that takes no less time and money.

In general, not only the "freshly built" house is finished outside. Various situations may arise that are corrected with the help of finishing materials:

  • if the building is constructed of materials that require cladding;
  • if during operation the appearance has deteriorated greatly;
  • cracks (after correcting the situation).

Exterior decoration does not always imply a complete wall cladding. Often lining only the base, since it is poured from concrete, assembled from concrete blocks, less often - from brick and stone. Without finishing, it does not have the most attractive appearance, which is corrected with the help of cladding.

Materials for exterior decoration of the house do not differ in particular variety. Often the house is tiled with bricks, sheathe sidingtreated with wood and fiber cement materials (boards and siding). A beautiful facing or clinker brick is used, in extreme cases - well-fired ceramic or silicate. Siding can be inexpensive vinyl, more expensive - metal or fiber cement.

matched color when painting the house

Wood as a material for construction is experiencing another surge in popularity. The craving for naturalness and natural materials is understandable. But it is not enough to build a wooden house or a summer cottage, you need to provide them with proper care, and in order for the wood to serve for a long time and not lose its attractiveness, you need ...

May look like painted lining or imitation timber

Choosing a material for decorating the facade of a house is far from easy. It must be beautiful, durable, durable, and require minimal maintenance. And I really want it to be inexpensive. It is unrealistic to meet all the requirements at the same time. Well, no, yet, such material. If you omit the "cheap", ...

Basement siding is made from polymers. The cheapest - made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polypropylene

Facade decoration is one of the most important activities. It determines not only the appearance, but also the operational characteristics of the building. One of the ways to quickly and efficiently cope with the task is to use facade panels for exterior decoration of the house. They are different, from ...

Stacked foam seams

To reduce heating costs, many home and apartment owners think about insulation. One of the possible options is to insulate the facade with foam plastic (EPS or EPS). The work is not the easiest, but you can do it yourself. It is important to know the technology. About her in detail, in ...

This house is finished with log siding (acrylic or vinyl - unknown)

If you want to finish the facade of your house quickly, beautifully and inexpensively, you will most likely come to the decision to use siding. These are far from those frankly plastic thin boards with an unpleasant shine. Modern siding imitates different textures of traditional finishing materials: stone, brick, wood. All surfaces are sufficient ...

The best wall cladding made of aerated concrete and aerated concrete - brick with a ventilation gap

Building a house out of one brick in our climate is not the best idea: its thermal conductivity is too high, which makes the walls thick. But using it as a finishing material is already more economically justified: facing a house with bricks, ...

When deciding what is better to sheathe the house from the outside, do not forget to take into account the vapor permeability of materials

Some building materials from which walls are erected immediately imply the need for exterior decoration of the house: the picture is very unsightly. Others may lose their attractiveness over time. And the third case is extensive cracking, which is "treated" but the results remain visible. In all these cases ...

You need to start lining the basement after the blind area has been made around the house

The basement of the house performs not so much a decorative function as a practical one. In many cases, it serves to reduce heat loss (it is specially insulated), and also prevents the spread of atmospheric and underground moisture to the walls of the house. It also transfers the load from the walls to the foundation - if the foundation is strip ...

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