Protection and insulation of the socle as one of the most vulnerable parts of the building is an urgent issue for many private homeowners.
In addition, the aesthetic side of the issue plays an important role. After all, a beautiful base only emphasizes the completeness and harmony of finishing the whole house. There are many options for solving such problems. One of them is the finishing of this part of the building with plinth panels.
Types of plinth panels
On the market of building and finishing materials there is a rather diverse assortment of plinth panels that differ from each other with the material of manufacture, the texture of the outer layer, the performance characteristics and, accordingly, these parameters, the price category. The most popular, due to its affordable price and ease of installation, plinth panels from PVC. A few words about their performance characteristics. Such panels are resistant to temperature changes and mechanical effects, are easy to care for (can be washed with household detergents if necessary). The most popular plinth panels are made of PVC with an imitation of a "brick" surface. And the panels for bricks are produced in the widest color version, which allows you to choose their shade, harmoniously combined with the overall style of the house. The only thing to consider - in order to ensure that PVC panels have served as long as possible, you should give preference to those of them that have a special coating that protects them from ultraviolet solar radiation. Under direct sunlight, ordinary PVC (plastic) becomes brittle.
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Next on the popularity can be considered vinyl socle panels. Especially in great demand are vinyl basement panels under the stone. Have all the same performance characteristics as PVC panels, but are resistant to direct sunlight. In addition, a variant of the insulated basement panels is possible, with the help of which it is possible to solve the problem of the thermal insulation of the cap without much effort and excessive costs, which is especially important in terms of reducing the cost of heating. But, for the completeness and reliability of the characteristics of the vinyl panels, it is necessary to say, of course, that they have a low degree of fire resistance and easily melt when ignited.
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Alternatively, or the stage of development of vinyl panels, you can consider the facade panels or socle siding. Such panels (siding) are somewhat thicker than conventional vinyl panels and are more resistant to external factors. Of course, this affects the cost of socle siding - they are somewhat more expensive than vinyl ones.
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Adherents of traditional building materials can recommend concrete basement panels. They are made, as the name implies, from the traditional material - concrete, but with the use of modern technologies that allow creating panels with a surface for a classic brick or stone masonry. But! When choosing this type of trimming of the socle, a number of nuances should be taken into account, which will be discussed below.
Finishing the house with plinth panels
First of all, a small digression and advice to private developers. To build a reliable base of the house with relatively low material and physical costs, use solid base / plinth reinforced concrete panels. Their application will give you a guarantee of the reliability of the foundation of the building. Well, now about finishing the socle with different materials. The ease of mounting modern plinth panels of synthetic materials has already been mentioned. And here about concrete socle panels some additional information. First of all, the bearing capacity of the foundation should be taken into account - the panels are quite heavy. As well as finishing the plinth with these panels will require some preparatory work in the form of installing a waterproofing layer and installing a fastening lath.
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