Most often, future home owners pay special attention to the external and internal appearance of the house. Particularly successful for private construction will be covering the house with a block house. This material allows you to give the facade an aesthetic appearance for natural materials without unnecessary costs. Before choosing a material for external wall decoration it will be correct to get to know him.
What is a block house and its advantages
Block house is a modern material that is used both for exterior and interior decoration of houses. There are only two varieties of this material:
- imitation of logs;
- imitation of a bar (like lining).
The block house with imitation of timber and wooden lining are very similar, but it is important to understand that these are different materials. Lining is mainly used for interior decoration, while the material considered here is used both inside and outside the walls. Wooden lining - a material less resistant to adverse environmental influences.
Decorating a house with a block house has the following advantages:
- resistance of wall decoration to mechanical stress;
- to update the appearance of the house or restore it in case of damage, it is enough to process the damaged area (grinding, painting);
- aesthetics and presentability of the facade, lined with a blockhouse, gives the impression of a wooden house;
- reduction of the load from the walls to the foundations;
- do-it-yourself material fastening is quite simple and easy;
- to sheathe a house with a block of houses as soon as possible;
- good thermal insulation characteristics;
- breathability, covering the house with a block house allows him to “breathe”;
- can be fixed both from the side of the street and indoors (for interior decoration of walls, a blockhouse that looks like a lining is more often used).
Compared with a blockhouse, a lining is cheaper, but does not have so many advantages for DIY wall decoration.
Material selection
There are not so many options for shapes and colors when decorating walls with a block house, but even choosing the right one is a difficult task. When choosing this wooden material, you must pay attention to:
- the width of the boards;
- wood for manufacturing;
- time of felling trees for material;
- place of growth of the tree.
It is recommended to purchase boards with a width of at least 150 mm for do-it-yourself cladding from the street. The wall sheathing in the room can be as small as the lining.
When choosing any wooden product, it is important to remember that conifers have a higher resistance to decay, which is especially important for outdoor work. The effect is achieved due to the resins that are contained in the wood.
The time and place of cutting is chosen from such considerations: the worse the climatic conditions, the slower the growth. Slowing growth leads to a more frequent arrangement of tree rings, which provides increased strength. It is best to choose a tree felled in early spring or late winter, and remember, in order not to make a mistake in choosing the most durable wooden material, choose a supplier from the northern regions.
Finishing the block with a house inside the house does not have such a strong dependence on the breed of raw materials, the time and place of its cutting.
Wall Mount Technology
Do it yourself with a house to house a block with a house from the side of the street by arranging the structural elements in the following order:
- When decorating with a blockhouse, you must first fasten the vapor barrier layer. This material is necessary to protect the insulation from vapors penetrating from the premises through the wall structure. When used as a heat-insulating layer of extruded polystyrene foam, vapor barrier can be neglected. For mineral wool, such a layer is required, otherwise the material will get wet and cease to fulfill its functions.
- Next, you should fix the frame with your own hands for the installation of insulation and cladding with a blockhouse. The thickness of the boards used depends on the thickness of the heat insulator layer. Usually boards take a thickness of 40-50 mm.
- After installing the frame, you can fix the insulation. When decorating a house with a blockhouse, its thickness decreases due to the good thermal insulation characteristics of the cladding. fixing options depend on the material of the wall and the type of insulation. As the main installation methods, one can distinguish glue fastening and mounting on dowels.
- The insulation must be protected from the effects of the external environment. Its main enemies are moisture and wind. A moisture-proof vapor-diffusion membrane should be mounted on the heat-insulating layer. Due to its unique properties, it does not pass water towards the heat insulator, but allows the steam to go outside.
- A counter-lattice is mounted on the frame, which will provide the necessary ventilated space for the insulation layer. Ventilation clearance is necessary when using mineral wool boards. For foam or extruded polystyrene foam, a ventilation gap is not required since these materials do not “breathe”. You need to fix the rails on the frame, nails or self-tapping screws act as fasteners.
- After that, you can fix the finishing material. The block house for interior decoration is attached as well as for the exterior. Installation begins from the bottom. for fastening, simply screw the board to the wall surface through the holes drilled in the groove of the finishing element. Next, proceed with the installation of overlying boards.
- Upon completion of the work must be processed.
The surface must be processed with the following actions:
- impregnation with antiseptic compounds;
- treat the wood with a primer;
- sand the surface;
- apply several coats of varnish or paint.
Proper installation of home decoration will save its attractive appearance for a long time. The blockhouse does not belong to cheap materials, but its price is fully consistent with the quality.