DIY balcony

In order for the balcony to be clean, comfortable and warm, it must be sheathed with material that can provide such conditions as much as possible. As a rule, cladding with facing materials is carried out after its insulation, otherwise walking winds and dampness will forever settle on such a balcony.

1. Balcony sheathing with plastic panels
2. Balcony lining with siding

Balcony sheathing with plastic panels

The modern materials market is diverse. Plastic panels are ideal for lining the balcony after insulation.

Light and fairly strong, various colors and shades that are easy to install and do not require special care all this contributes to the general recognition of plastic among professional builders and home masters. In addition, plastic panels are quite persistently opposed by the aggressive effects of the sun, which allows them to not burn out for a long time and delight the eyes of the owners of the dwelling with bright colors on the walls.

The internal sheathing of the balcony begins with the consolidation of wooden rails or a galvanized profile to the walls and ceilings. Plastic will be attached to them. In order for the finished wall with plastic panels to be perfectly flat, it is necessary to check the correctness and accuracy of installation with a construction plumb and level, if necessary, exposing the gaps between the wall and the profile.

The step of the crate is recommended to be selected within 400 mm. With a significant increase in this size, the plastic wall can play when touching it.

Balcony sheathing, photos and videos of which are attached to the article, is carried out after preliminary insulation.

After installing a metal or wooden base for the installation of plastic, a heater is laid.

If a wooden beam is used, then before installation it is necessary to check its geometry so that it is direct and even (with a minimum number of knots). Otherwise, you will need to make a lot of effort to align the base for plastic.

Therefore, modern lining of the balcony with plastic with your own hands is performed using metal profiles: they are durable, easy to install and care. After installation of the crate and laying of the insulation of the balcony, inside is carried out quite simply, since plastic panels have special grooves that allow you to connect their canvas and without joints.

Types of profile

So, when the crate is ready, it is necessary to fix the first canvas. Usually the installation of plastic from the corner adjacent to the window begins. To do this, the starting angle (pos. 3, 5 or 7) is fixed with the narrow side to the front side and the PVC canvas is installed in the profile groove.

Next, the canvas is fixed with small screws (in the case of using a metal crate), cloves or brackets (in the case of a wooden crate). Each subsequent PVC panel is invested in the previous canvas to the stop. In order not to be cracks in the joints, you can very carefully, using a kiyanka and a wooden rail, tap the edge of the plastic, achieving maximum adjustment of the panels with each other.

After this procedure, the process is repeated again: the edge of the PVC canvas is fixed and a new canvas is installed in it. To connect external and internal corners, special moldings are used (pos. 1 and 2), if the length of the panels is insufficient, the plastic is connected by connecting molding (pos. 4). After laying and fixing the first two or three lanes of plastic, with your own hands will cease to be something difficult, and the process of refinement of this living space will go faster.

The process of lining the ceiling with plastic panels is completely similar to the described above, with only one difference, now to connect the PVC panels between the ceiling and the wall, the ceiling skirting board should be used (pos. 6).

Balcony lining with siding

After a successful internal casing of the balcony, many home masters have a natural desire to build something similar on their balcony from the outside. For external work, ordinary PVC panels are not suitable. If you use them for external work, then they will quickly become unusable. For casing of balconies from the outside, more durable material siding is used.

Siding, translated from English, means sheathing. There are two main varieties of siding wooden and vinyl. Wooden siding for external work is very rarely used, as it requires constant surface care, is influenced by moisture and microorganisms and plus it is fire hazardous. With a carelessly thrown cigarette butt, which fell on the wooden surface of the outer sheathing, can cause large losses not only to the owner of such a balcony, but also to the neighbors surrounding it.

Vinyl siding has the following advantages:

• does not require painting and special care;
• fireproof and non -toxic;
• does not burn out in the sun;
• there is no favorable environment for the development of microorganisms on the surface;
• has a high anti -corrosion coefficient;
• it is resistant to aggressive environment and mechanical stress.

The process of finishing the balcony with siding begins with the installation of the crate: in the same way as described above. So that the trim of the balcony with siding do not bring disappointment and extra spending from the home budget, you should be very thoroughly approached by this issue.

The most important thing in the outer decoration of the balcony is correct to install the horizontal starting strip at the bottom of the balcony. The final type of balcony will look from the accuracy of its consolidation. The auxiliary profile will be fixed to this strip. If the PVC panel is usually fixed vertically inside the PVC panel, then the lining of the balconies outside is most often carried out horizontally and overlap. Moreover, the panels are laid in a free position to avoid tension and possible deformation from various loads. The crate is made of metal profiles, and the gaps between it and the parapet should be thoroughly closed with thermal insulation material, for example, mineral wool or foam.

After all the preparatory procedures, they start installing with their own hands of siding. The canvas is tightly laid in the starting strip and fixed with screws to the crate. Without a mounting belt that can protect against falling and insurance with one or two assistants, and the screwdriver will be very inconvenient to tighten the screwdriver. Having checked the horizontal position of the first canvas in terms of level, you can continue to work, be sure to check the horizontal location of the siding strips.

In order not to miss some important details, it will be good to see how professionals are performed by the lining of the balcony, a video of master classes on the Internet is a large number and you can always find an interesting and understandable lesson.

When installing siding, it is necessary to know its physical properties this material in the summer heat can increase in size, and narrow in winter. Accordingly, if you fix the stripes rigidly to the crate over the entire length, then after the change of the winter-summer season, the appearance of the balcony can leave the best, since the siding strips will definitely lead. Therefore, siding is attached only in the center to the crate, and the edges are left free, they will be held in place of the guide corners. Moreover, there must be gaps between the strip and the corners - for the temperature expansion of the material.

In order to correctly calculate the total cost of lining of the balcony, you should accurately determine the number of materials necessary for the skin. If you buy plastic panels or siding by eye, there is a great risk of buying building materials much more than required. As a result, the lining of the balcony can be much more expensive than planned before repair. Yes, and it will be a shame to buy a little less than it takes to spend time going to the store and the selection of a shade of the outer surface, because it may happen that this batch of goods can be sold.

Of course, the full cost of repair work also depends on the quality of thermal insulation, the material of the crate (metal or wood), the size of the covered area, the thickness of the plastic and its width, the quality of the surface and even the colors. It is difficult to say how much the lining of the balcony will result in, because the prices of the same materials are significantly different in appearance. Therefore, before buying everything necessary for repair on the balcony, you should visit several construction supermarkets in order to decide on the price-quality ratio. It is better to spend a little time to choose high -quality plastic or siding than when installing it to regret a rash solution and buying cheap material. Then you need to pick up a roulette and measure everything carefully. The old proverb is seven times to measure here in handy.