Before private homeowners, sooner or later the task arises of restoring or warming the base of the house, which in turn entails the problem of choosing the appropriate finishing material. What to choose? Stone and brick are expensive, wood is not durable, plastic is primitive. Exit in the use of this kind of material for exterior decoration works, like socle siding.
Types of socle siding
First of all, a little explanation of what siding is. The very word in translation from English (from siding) means "outer skin". A visually - this material in the form of panels of a certain size, made of a particular material, intended for facing facades of buildings. In the place of attachment, the siding is divided into facade and socle. But this division is rather conditional - socle siding (panels have a large thickness in comparison with facade siding) can be used for decoration of facades (but not vice versa!). Another division of socle siding for species - the initial material of manufacture: metal, fibrocement, artificial stone, polypropylene, vinyl. The most popular at the moment is vinyl siding, which is due to its high quality and performance indicators: resistance to external adverse effects and temperature changes, chemically inert, non-combustible, not damaged by microorganisms, not subject to the rotting process. In addition, PVC siding (polyvinyl chloride, vinyl), because of special additives in the original composition, does not burn out in the sun and have a high mechanical strength. We should also say that the production technology of PVC siding allows them to be manufactured with a surface that imitates with a high degree of plausibility the various natural materials - wood of various breeds, different types of stone and bricks. As a basement, vinyl siding for brick and stone is in greatest demand.
Basement siding for bricks
In the market of building materials a wide range of socalled vinyl siding with a "brick" surface from various manufacturers is presented. Such siding differ from each other in price and color saturation of the surface. And outwardly all the socle siding siding made of PVC for brick very accurately simulates brickwork. And the reliability of imitation is very high - the surface has the same texture and characteristic external features (chips, scratches, unevennesses) as masonry made from natural bricks; Even the roughness of the expansion joints is simulated. By the way, about the color of the socle siding under the brick. It can be an imitation of traditional red brick, white, beige, burnt brick, "antique" brick, siding found under brick of black and burgundy colors.
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Basement siding under the stone
A plinth siding made of PVC for a stone can imitate a masonry made from untreated or processed stone of various breeds and sizes - slate, wild stone, rocky stone, butte, granite, small stone, large stone and so on. The surface of the siding can have a dark or light gray hue, as well as a sandy, white, combined combination of shades. It should be said that the basement siding panels under the stone are more practical for installation than for brick siding - the absence of clear pattern lines allows the siding panel to be placed under the stone in an arbitrary order; then, as the clarity of the siding lines under the brick does not allow you to turn the panel - there will be noticeable displacement of the pattern.
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