Do-it-yourself house facade repair

High-quality facade work, when the facade of a private house is being repaired, is one of the most important construction processes.

The reason is quite logical, since it is the facade as a whole that forms the exterior of the immovable object, giving it a certain aesthetic perception.

Repair of the facades of houses is carried out only when the roof arrangement has already been fully completed. The variety of finishing materials present in the list of offers available on the market makes it possible for everyone to choose an option, based on both their own design preferences and real financial capabilities.

Among the list of the most popular materials, it is worth highlighting plaster, siding, stone, tiles and porcelain stoneware, decorative bricks.

Renovation of the facade of a private house also provides for the active use of ventilated panel technology. Its main advantage is ease of installation, the possibility of arranging thermal insulation, ease of work, airing the walls and, of course, an attractive appearance.

The described structure of facades looks like a metal or wooden base, to which composite panels, porcelain stoneware, natural stone and other decorative elements are attached.

In turn, the repair of facades of residential buildings or other types of buildings using plaster finishing is a kind of unshakable classic, the popularity of which has not diminished over the years. Most often, plasters are used, consisting of a base material of cement with various kinds of impurities.

The rapidly developing technologies used by modern manufacturers of materials have presented us with such types of plaster as acrylic, silicone, with insulation, decorative options.

Facade plaster repair, its technology, in particular, provides for the use of a particular material only after you are clearly convinced that it is suitable specifically for your case.

The main advantage of plaster is that it allows you to level any surface flaws, giving it perfect evenness. Before applying the material, the surface of the wall is cleaned from dust and dirt deposits, and also undergoes processing with a special primer. To increase the service life of the material, one of its layers is reinforced with a mesh.

Repairing the facade of a private house, involving cladding with siding, is good because it is a very easy process, which is quite possible to implement even for those who do not have specific knowledge in the required area. Its essence lies in the installation of metal or vinyl strips, placed one on top of the other.

The siding can be equipped with a vapor-permeable film, if desired, also adding insulation. This is perhaps the undisputed leader among all methods when you need to repair the facade of a house with your own hands.

Options with stone, tiles and porcelain stoneware involve much higher financial costs than the other methods mentioned above. Most often they are used in tandem with one of the classic methods. So widespread are stone-plaster or tile-plaster combinations.

It is better to trust the work of such a plan to professionals, since even the smallest inaccuracy in their implementation can cause a new major repair of external walls in the future.

Many people prefer facing bricks for their beautiful appearance, which is additionally facilitated by a large number of original shapes and colors. The method of its laying is practically similar to that for ordinary bricks, with the only difference that a more subtle approach is provided here.

A characteristic advantage of this material is the possibility of laying thermal insulation between the wall and itself, for which, as a rule, expanded clay is used. If the facade of houses already built, used is being repaired, it is recommended to begin with increasing the size of the basement, providing a high-quality emphasis for laying decorative bricks.

Before starting the repair of the facade, it is necessary to determine the degree of its (facade) damage, depending on which the work can be of a complex or cosmetic nature. Of course, the second option looks preferable, and this is logical, since it does not provide for large-scale labor and financial costs.

However, even if you patch holes with a certain frequency, after a certain period of time, due to environmental and other factors, the building frame is damaged so much that major repairs will still be a prerequisite for its restoration.

Redecorating the facade of a private house, or another type of building, provides for the restoration of the original appearance of the surface, without changing the texture and color. The workflow includes a number of the following stages:

1. determination of the list of works that will be required for a full repair;
2. preparation of the facade surface for repairs;
3. restoration of finishing in places of its damage;
4. Finishing work.

Let's consider in stages. So, you have decided to repair the facade of the house with your own hands. In order to initially figure out how much work we have to do, it is necessary to carefully examine the facade as a whole, finding places with damaged finishes, cracks, voids.

Here you can turn to both purely visual perception, and use the method of tapping the surface with a hammer, which allows you to determine the presence of defects.

Having found damage, it will be necessary to remove the finishing layer in their places, using a hammer and a chisel, it is done until you come to the places that fit tightly to the wall. After that, using a cutter, you increase the volume of the cracks found, removing all unnecessary deposits from them.

The next stage, included in the list of processes, united in the general concept of "repair of the facade of a private house", provides for restoration and finishing work.

The basis for their successful implementation is high-quality sealing of surfaces in areas where it is planned to carry out finishing, as well as leveling or "finishing" treatment with plaster followed by putty.

Also important processes are: sanding, priming and elimination of detected cracks.

The finishing work itself is, first of all, painting the walls, which is done after the damage sites have been thoroughly impregnated with a primer. Or laying the facing material, based on which of the finishing methods indicated at the beginning of this article was chosen.

Decorative plastering is widely used. Facade plaster repair, the technology of which is described above, in addition to purely aesthetic appeal, also provides additional surface protection.

Overhaul of the facade of the building is incl. and the processes inherent in cosmetic finishing. However, in addition to them, it also provides for a number of other operations, including: partial restoration of the façade sections most affected by destruction, bringing the elements of brickwork and stucco molding into proper form, sealing joints, insulating against moisture, replacing drainage cornices, installing insulation.

Overhaul of house facades is relevant in situations when:

• the amount of damage is more than a third of the total area of ​​the facade;
• it is required to make significant changes to the layout of the building,
• the reason for which may be conversion (for example, a residential building into a commercial institution);
• a large-scale restoration of a part of the facade is needed;
• it is necessary to install a ventilated facade.

If the repair of the facades of houses is necessary due to damage to more than 30% of its surface, the finish is removed completely, after which its restoration begins. Removal is carried out with a special tool, then the surface of the walls is cleaned, hydro and thermal insulation is carried out, plastering or laying a preparatory layer under the facing material. This is followed by finishing work.

Changes in the profile of a building, as a rule, are characterized by its general redevelopment, which, of course, includes a change in the facade. Here, similarly to the previous case, a complete dismantling of the previous finish and its replacement with an updated one is carried out. The same processes, and in the same order, are carried out during a partial restoration.

As with any other construction and repair work, considering such a process as repairing the facade of a private house or an industrial building, it is worth clarifying that for its successful implementation, first of all, high-quality materials will be required, otherwise new repairs will need to be done very soon.

In addition, if you do not possess the theory and experience of applying modern building canons, plus you do not have the appropriate tools, it will be irrational to repair the facade of a house with your own hands. Therefore, the most reasonable decision would be to seek help from the pros.

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Buying a house or receiving it as an inheritance, very often you have to face the question of repairing the walls of the facade. At the same time, every owner wants the facade to look beautiful, to be reliable and durable. Protected the house from weather conditions, and the cost of repairing it was minimal. As you know, about half of the money goes to pay workers. It follows from this that repairing the facade on your own is much cheaper, and sometimes even more reliable.

The house is about 50 years old, made of red bricks for jointing.Someone, when the idea came to whitewash the walls with lime, and the corners and decorative elements with oil paint, and painted for more than a dozen years. Naturally, with age, the number of layers increased and all this crumbled and exfoliated. This article will tell you how to repair such a facade with your own hands. The renovation was combined with the replacement of wooden windows with metal-plastic ones.

The renovation work was carried out in three stages. The first stage is the preparation of the surface of the walls for further finishing. It is quite laborious and dirty, but there is nothing complicated about it. He removed the paint with a hatchet, periodically sharpening it. The work is not so difficult as tedious, it is necessary very often and rarely to strike with an ax.

He removed the whitewash with a spatula and glanders, having previously well moistened the wall. The layer is large, so it was perfectly cleaned.

Step by step, remove the entire old layer down to the brick base. Above, under the horizontal ledge, bricks are alternately protruding, we knock them down with an ax and a massive hammer. Putting the ax to the protruding part, level with the wall, a strong blow of the hammer breaks off the desired part. We knock down minor defects with a hatchet. Thus, we get a flat wall and an angle for further finishing. Then we wash off all the walls with water from a hose under pressure, washing away the remnants of dust and dirt.

After completely cleaning the walls, the final work at this stage is a thorough priming of the walls. It is not worth saving on a primer, the quality of adhesion of the finishing solution and its further service life depend on its application. When purchasing it, carefully read the instructions; it should be intended for outdoor use with good adhesive properties and resistance to temperature and humidity extremes. I applied the primer with a wide paint brush, with which the primer penetrated all the small crevices and corners.

The second stage is finishing the walls with mortar. On the outer protruding corners we put perforated aluminum corners with glass mesh. You can also use metal corners, but in this case, the consumption of the solution will at least double.

In the variant of fastening the corners to the brickwork, galvanized screw nails for concrete were used. They were hammered into the mortar seam as the corner was exposed, the step between the nails was chosen arbitrarily.

For the first finishing layer of all corners, window slopes and walls, I used mortar adhesive for gluing and reinforcing the foam.

The solution must be made as thin as possible, but so that it does not flow over the spatulas, otherwise it will be difficult to work with this. First of all, fill the corner tightly, then stretch and level the solution over the entire plane.

We completely cover the ledges under the ebb with a reinforcing solution. We slightly embroider small cracks with a spatula, apply a glass mesh and apply a solution.

We bring the upper ledge to one level with protruding corners. We compare the unevenness from the knocked out bricks with the mortar to the wall.

We try to smooth out irregularities near windows and other wall defects in one plane.

Having processed all corners and irregularities with a solution, it is necessary to let it dry completely. This will make it easier to apply the solution to the abutment of the main walls to the corners and it will not undermine each other.

The perimeter of the outer corners must be cleaned of excess mortar. Then, from the bottom up or vice versa, as it is more convenient, we apply the solution to the walls. I used painting trowels to apply the mortar to both corners and walls. I note that it is very convenient and practical.

In this photo you can see the quality of the coating of the first layer of mortar. Although I am not an "ace" in this matter, I will note that no matter how hard you try to evenly stretch the first layer of mortar with a spatula, it will still be with waves and transitions. When applying the first layer, the main thing is that all cracks and voids are completely and evenly filled.

For the second layer, I used ceramic tile adhesive, intended for outdoor use and resistant to high temperature extremes. The consumption is minimal.

It is easier to pull it with a spatula and evenly and evenly covers the first layer of reinforcing mortar.

These photos show the finish quality of the mortar coating. On such a surface, you can apply various decorative plasters such as "Bark beetle", etc.

In this case, it was decided to paint the walls with facade water-based paint. This will also save money in comparison with applying decorative plaster.

The third final stage is painting the facade. The entire surface must be primed before painting. At the same time, paint consumption will be significantly reduced and hiding power will improve. Do not forget the primer is a must for outdoor use.

First, paint over the main areas of the walls in two layers, they are sandy in color. Kohler mixed on his own at will and preference. Then the corners of the upper ledge and under the eaves.

Note that before painting the entire facade, the wooden attic box around the entire perimeter of the house was first painted. No matter how I tried to do the job neatly, I still splattered the walls in places. Try to think over the steps in stages during the repair so as not to redo one or another work performed.

Periodic renewal of the facades of suburban buildings (at least once every 25 years) aims to replace worn out and worn out finishing elements with new ones. When repairing the facade with your own hands, at the same time, you can make some changes in the appearance of the building by partially changing the design of individual elements of the facade design.

Facade repair is a rather responsible event that requires a significant investment of time and effort from the contractor, as well as the presence of certain skills in the production of repair work. In addition, at the preparatory stage, a schedule of upcoming repair activities should be thought out and a phased plan for the upcoming work should be drawn up, taking into account all possible nuances.

Insulation of the facade

When planning the main activities, one should not lose sight of the fact that when renovating the facade, the building's protection from external climatic factors should be taken into account, namely:

• heat and sound insulation protection;
• protection from precipitation and wind;
• fire resistance.

In addition, the outer cladding of the building must be unpretentious in maintenance, and it is also desirable that it be self-cleaning. The domestic industry produces various types of finishing materials that meet the above requirements, but only a few of them will be considered in this article.

Facade finishing materials

Let's make a reservation right away that a major overhaul of the facade of a house can be accompanied by a complete renovation of its appearance through the use of new (most modern) types of finishing materials.

Among the well-known types of facing coatings, the following are especially popular:

• finishing plaster mixes, distinguished by a very reasonable price and simplicity of the finishing (application) process;
• siding decorative panels, which give the facade of the building a rather strict and attractive look;
• traditional tile materials;
• porcelain stoneware.

Let's consider each of these materials in more detail.

The use of plaster mixes (most often - as a preparatory layer) will allow you to hide all existing flaws and irregularities in the facade surface and get a completely attractive and uniform coating. Such mixtures are produced in two different versions, differing in their base, which can be ordinary cement or more expensive gypsum.

This finishing material allows you to obtain a homogeneous surface, the quality of which does not depend on the type of existing base (wood, brick or concrete).

The disadvantage of this choice is the increased labor intensity of finishing work and, as a result, an increase in the time for repairing the building (this is due to the fact that all plastering work is carried out, as a rule, by hand).

Siding facade

Siding can be used for finishing all types of substrates (wood, brick, stone or plaster); it is easy to install and has the following remarkable features:

• durability;
• external attractiveness;
• resistance to external destructive influences;
• environmental friendliness.

When finishing brick or wood surfaces, siding panels can be mounted directly to the walls of the building. In the case of facing uneven surfaces, as well as for additional insulation of the facade of the building, you will have to use a crate made of well-dried bars with a cross section of 50 × 50 mm.

Siding installation

According to the manufacturer's instructions, the installation of siding panels begins from the bottom up.

The individual panels of the kit should not adhere very tightly to other elements of the kit, that is, they should be mounted with a small thermal gap. The working plate fasteners, equipped with large-sized caps, should be located strictly in the center of a specially prepared groove.

Clinker cladding

Before renovating the facade of a building, you should remember about such common types of finishes as tiles and porcelain stoneware, which are traditionally used as facade finishing materials. A wide range of colors and sizes of elements of such coatings allows you to choose the most suitable finish option for your conditions. Taking into account all of the above, their choice for finishing the facades of the building can be considered quite justified.

We also note that neither the tile nor the porcelain stoneware needs additional care, while being distinguished by a good price-quality ratio. Thus, the choice of this classic finishing material, in principle, can be afforded to any owner of a private home.

Block house

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