Many home owners have learned how to install siding with their own hands. Recently, this kind of facing work has become popular precisely in terms of independent implementation. However, for the device of a reliable facade coating, it is necessary to know the basic rules of installation, otherwise all the forces will be spent in vain. The wide distribution of the material is due to the rapid and effective restoration of the appearance of the structure. With all this, the cost of siding is also taken into account. Its price can actually be considered quite reasonable, since other types of finishes at a low cost do not have such quality characteristics.
Before fixing the siding with your own hands, you need to take care of at least a minimum set of tools, which will include a hammer with a nail puller, metal shears, a square, a hacksaw, a tape measure, a pencil, a level and a cord. Finishing a residential building with this material also provides for certain measures to protect the walls. However, before that, you will have to remove all unnecessary elements from the surface of the building (platbands, visors, etc.). If it is not possible to mount the panels directlyto the facade, then it is necessary to make a metal or wooden crate. It is advisable to perform it even with perfectly flat walls so that a ventilated gap is formed.
When the supporting structure is ready, you can fix the siding to it with your own hands. However, making crates is not as easy as it might seem at first. First of all, all the corners are leveled, after which, with the help of a stretched rope, the remaining rails are installed between them. In the case of a wooden structure, small blocks can be used for leveling. In other situations, the crate is displayed using hangers fixed to the wall surface.
Do-it-yourself siding is being laid on the finished supporting structure. First, additional elements are installed: external and internal corners, starting strips and J-rails. Only then can you begin to fix the facing panels. They are screwed with screws or nailed. Before assembly, all elements of the vinyl coating are recommended to be kept for several hours in a warm place. When working in winter, the expansion gaps between the components should be increased to a centimeter.
To install siding with your own hands, you need to take into account some of the nuances that this type of cladding provides. When performing installation work, strong tension of individual elements should be avoided. If you neglect this, then after some time it may happendeformation of the coating: the appearance of blisters, cracks and other defects. Eliminating such consequences will be very difficult. The last row of siding panels is installed only after the installation of the finishing rails, which are fixed close to the eaves. Cut plates are filled with special locks in them.
