Finishing materials for the facade of the house

The facade is an important component of any building. In other words, this is the face of your home. The appearance of the facade is able to change the impression of the whole house. Therefore, the choice of materials for decoration of the facade should be approached very seriously. It is necessary to take into account such qualities of materials as reliability, fire safety and environmental friendliness. The decoration of the facades of buildings by plaster has been very popular since ancient times. With its help, you can perform the walls of the facades even or embossed. The advantages of plaster are an affordable price, the possibility of painting the facade covered with plaster in any color and applying various patterns and patterns. It is also important that the facade of the building independently is capable of everyone. The plaster used to decorate the outer walls is divided into several types: cement-sand, silicone and acrylic. Also, these types of plaster are known as finishing materials for internal work. To give the facade of the original type, as well as ensuring its longevity and resistance to various adverse influences, it is worth paying attention to the natural or artificial stone. Granite, marble, diorite will give your house sophistication and monumentality. Artificial stone is characterized by a wider range of textures, shapes and colors. And at the cost it is more affordable than natural stone. To date, when decorating facades of various buildings, siding has become widely used. This finishing material is able to radically change the appearance of the house, hide all the shortcomings of the facade. Siding panels have the most diverse texture and color scheme. Ventilated facades, gaining popularity recently, are a hinged structure that is attached at a certain distance from the wall of the building. The space formed between them acts as a heater and protects the basic wall from the negative effects of atmospheric precipitation, allowing the walls to «breathe». The use of ventilated facades during decoration practically does not require special preparation of the walls of the building before work. The panels of the ventilated facade themselves hide the irregularities and defects of the walls well, and also provide proper heat — and noise insulation. To protect the facades of buildings, «wet facade» technology is also used. This technology implies a multilayer structure formed from reinforced, heat -shielding and decorative outer layers. The reinforced (aka basic) layer serves to align the outer layer and fix thermal insulation. The main task of ensuring proper thermal protection is performed by the thermal insulation layer. It is made of slabs. Vata or polystyrene foam. Decorative (outer) layer of the ventilated facade also performs a protective function. It prevents precipitation on thermal insulation, and also protects it from mechanical damage. How or how to finish the facade of his house, every homeowner decides for himself. Fortunately, there are enough options in our time. It is much more important that you yourself are satisfied with the work done.