Facade panels for exterior decoration of the house: an overview of the types

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In the systems of ventilation facades, facade panels are used for exterior decoration of a house from different materials with an unequal format and methods of fastening individual elements to each other. They are hung on frames made of bar or galvanized profile, imitate natural wood, natural stone or facing brick.

Facade panels for exterior decoration of the house

Exterior facade panels

The content of the article

1 Video: facade panels Termopan
2 Overview of species, characteristics, brands
3 Features of installation, advantages and disadvantages
4 Examples of facade design, tips, recommendations
5 Video: decorating a house with fiber cement board

Video: facade panels Termopan

Overview of species, characteristics, brands

Facade panels for exterior decoration of the house are classified according to several criteria:

format - rectangle, narrow long bar, medium-sized module;
front part - painted, imitation of the texture of stone, wood, brick;
thermal insulation - thermal panels and sandwiches with built-in insulation, cladding without thermal insulation;
fastening - locks, without fixing to each other;
material - glass, metal, polymer, stone or composite.

Variety of facade panels

If it is necessary to simultaneously insulate + decorate the facade, the subsystem (profile or bar) is attached to the wall with brackets after insulating its outer surface. This is necessary to eliminate cold bridges.

Insulation scheme on a wooden frame before cladding

Helpful information! Laying basalt wool or extruded polystyrene foam inside the crate cells is a violation of technology. If only the improvement of the building exterior is required, the battens can be fixed directly to the building envelope without brackets.

Metal

There are facade panels made of aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel. Unlike budget linear panels used for finishing industrial buildings, sports complexes, siding, cassettes have a more noble look, lamination, 3D texture.

Metal facade panels

Even with double-sided coating with polymer materials, steel panels are subject to deformation, accumulate static electricity, and require thermal insulation. Aluminum is devoid of the last two drawbacks, but it costs much more.

Building sheathed with aluminum panels

Polymer

Of all the existing polymers, PVC (vinyl) is commonly used for exterior cladding. There are two types of vinyl facade panels for exterior home decoration:

basement siding - rectangular modules measuring about 120 x 50 cm, imitating stone / brick;

Vinyl basement siding

facade siding - long lamellas 300 - 381 cm, 18 - 26 cm wide (soffit up to 30.5 cm).

Vinyl wall siding

Manufacturers provide a wide range of additional elements that allow you to qualitatively decorate abutment nodes, cornices, ebbs, slopes of cottage openings.

Additional elements for vinyl siding

Composite

The range of composite panels used for facade decoration is much wider:

fiber cement - the filler is cellulose (up to 90%), which allows decorative embossing on the front surface;

Fiber cement panel for ventilation facades

porcelain stoneware - slab sizes 1 x 1 m - 1.2 x 3.6 m, the material can be cut with a glass cutter, it is environmentally friendly, inert to solar ultraviolet light, household chemicals;

Porcelain stoneware thermal panel

aluminum composite - the price per square meter is from 1000 rubles, it is fastened with rivets, it can have a wave or a flat surface of the front side;

Aluminum composite panels

clinker - has a layer of insulation, has a maximum operational resource, but unnecessarily loads the supporting structures.

Facade clinker thermal panel

Composite material is always more expensive, however, it has a high resource, original design.

Glass panels

Original translucent panels are laminated, reinforced or hardened, thus obtaining high vandal resistance or diaper penetration. This material has light / visual effects (opacity, dullness), usually used for finishing the lower floor of half-timbered houses.

Glass panel for building exterior

Helpful information! Glass panes should not be confused with facade glazing systems. Finished enclosing structures are sheathed with these materials. They are not independent walls.

Sandwich

In private construction, prefabricated and monolithic sandwiches are rarely used. This material is structural, since when the polyurethane / expanded polystyrene foam is pressed between two profiled sheets of the plate, sufficient rigidity is obtained.

Sandwich panel

Sports complexes, hangars, warehouses are erected from them. Prefabricated sandwich buildings can be dismantled for transport to a new location.

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Features of installation, advantages and disadvantages

Facade fiber cement panels for exterior decoration of the house, the photo of which is presented above, are attached to the sub-system lathing with clamps, like most other claddings with a thickness of 16 - 25 mm.

Fiber cement panel clippers

For thin-walled decors, a riveter is used (only on a steel profile) or self-tapping screws, nails on bar battens.

Fastening metal siding panels

Helpful information! Rigid fixation is allowed only for materials with low linear expansion. In other cases, it is necessary to ensure one degree of freedom with horizontal movements.

Thermal panels have a layer of insulation, which must be placed in the immediate vicinity of the wall. Therefore, they must be glued to the enclosing structures without an air gap. In sandwiches, a heat insulator is located between metal sheets, so they are used as a wall material.

Bonding of facade thermal panels

Examples of facade design, tips, recommendations

A budget option for decorating the exterior of a cottage are plastic facade panels for the exterior of a house with an outer layer that imitates natural material.

Facade made of plastic panels under a stone

To increase the resource of the ventilation facade, composite materials and metals are used.

Facade design option with fiber cement panels

Glass panels are usually used to decorate individual sections of the outer walls.

The use of glass panels in certain sections of the facade

Japanese facade panels for the exterior of a house are called long decorative strips made of fiber cement (size 300 x 3.5 cm). They are produced in several versions:

with decorative coating - laminate, textured painting or embossing;
for coloring - the developer can choose the color, composition of paintwork materials, make patterns, zoning with different colors.

The main advantage of the panels is the correction of defects in the geometry of the building, the flatness of the walls, protection against destruction of the enclosing structures.

Japanese siding

Thus, the owner of the property can choose the facade panels, taking into account the finishing budget, architecture, and the style of the building. At the same time, it is possible to insulate the walls from the outside, which is guaranteed to shift the dew point outward, relieve the inner walls from fogging.