The appearance of the house is extremely important. It will depend on him the impression of the owner and the general atmosphere on the site. The decor of the facade of the house can significantly improve its perception, give the building a presentability and attractiveness. For the manufacture of decorative elements on the wall, various materials and technologies can be used, but the purpose of finishing the country house or structure intended for permanent residence does not change.
Styrofoam Decoration
Such elements for decorating the facade of a country house or city house with your own hands will be the most economical. In modern construction, decoration is most often performed using polystyrene parts. The advantages of their use include the following points:
- a small mass allows you not to overload the wall and does not worry about the reliability of fastening the finish;
- decorating the facade of the house with foam elements can significantly save;
- the material allows us to produce finished products of any shape and complexity without serious labor costs;
- elements are resistant to external negative factors, such as temperature changes, precipitation, ultraviolet radiation.
The following architectural elements are used to decorate the country house and city house with their own hands:
- arches - products that have an arc shape, allowing you to design window and doorways;
- archivolts allow you to highlight the beginning of the arch arc from the wall, most often found in interior decoration, but it can also be used for facades, for example, if the arch is made over the porch or entrance group;
- balustrades - elements that are a series of columns (balusters), usually having additional architectural refinements in the form of fillets, changes in width, bends;
- capitals - the upper parts of columns, giving them a special architectural expressiveness;
- cornices - elements that are used to divide the plane of the walls, most often used on the protruding parts of the building, are a horizontal strip made using various parts for decoration;
- columns - horizontal elements of the facade cladding of a country house or city house, such decorative products are usually the main elements of architectural design, around which all the others are drawn;
- Pilasters - vertical protrusions, similar to columns, but have a rectangular section (without broadening and rounding);
- sandriks - elements resembling a cornice are used to decorate the upper part of the windows of a city or country house.
The above elements are far from all the options that can be made of polystyrene foam. To fix it with your own hands, this method of making decor is the most simple and inexpensive.
Fixing elements on the facade of the building is performed in the following order:
- surface cleaning from dirt, dust, grease, elements of the old lining;
- primer walls;
- preparation of materials for fastening, which can be foam adhesive, building studs of small diameter, dowels;
- for surface treatment, after fixing the elements, mounting foam will be required to fill the seams between the parts, a primer and paint to cover and protect polystyrene foam from external influences and give it an attractive appearance;
- marking the location and sequence of installation of facade parts, fasteners;
- fixing dowels in the wall surface;
- checking the cleanliness of foam products;
- drilling holes for dowels (not made through, access to the outer surface is not allowed);
- preparation of the adhesive solution and applying it to the decor details;
- fastening to the wall with a slight pressure, sealing the joints with foam, removing residues with a spatula;
- priming and painting stucco molding with special compositions in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
Fiber concrete decoration
Fiber concrete is one of the varieties of artificial stone. Elements for the facade of such a material are reinforced with glass or propylene fibers to increase mechanical strength. For do-it-yourself work on decorating a country or city building, this option of products is more preferable than the previous one because of its greater strength.
Fiber concrete products are a shell that has a thickness of 5 to 25 mm and is attached to the wall by brackets or steel rods pre-laid in the wall. Decorating with such elements has the following advantages:
- strength;
- crack resistance;
- ability to small deformations without destruction (fragility is reduced);
- resistance to moisture;
- resistance to temperature extremes and their lower values;
- comparatively light weight 9 compared to brick and traditional concrete);
- reduced complexity of masonry, due to the separate manufacture of all decorative elements.
The disadvantages of this type of product for decorating the facade of a country house with your own hands include the following points:
- weight is greater than that of expanded polystyrene;
- increased cost;
- more complex fastening system;
- the need to develop accurate drawings.
With regard to the last paragraph, clarification is needed. At the factory, facade details are made according to the developed project. This project can be carried out directly by the owner of the house (which is possible only with the necessary knowledge and qualifications) or the manufacturer.
When building a house with your own hands, it is strongly recommended not to save, and he will turn to specialists for measurements and drawings.
All design work is carried out only after the completion of the construction of the walls, since the manufacture of facade elements will require accurate actual dimensions.
Decorating with polyurethane foam
The benefits include:
- a light weight;
- strong fastening;
- lack of deformations;
- a large assortment of typical elements, which allows to reduce costs (there is no need for an individual order).
Work execution order:
- surface cleaning;
- marking the location of relief details and fasteners;
- installation of dowels at marked points;
- backside treatment was done with sandpaper;
- drilling holes for dowels in the part (in accordance with the initial marking);
- priming the product from the front and the wrong side, drying the layer, keeping all the elements in the open air for 24 hours;
- applying glue to the back of the part, attaching to the surface;
- driving nails into holes, sealing joints, grouting fasteners hats with putty, painting, followed by complete drying.
Elements of wooden house building
The solution to the problem of how to decorate the facade of a house made of wood will be carving. In this case, it will be necessary to make a wooden decoration, which may be the following elements:
- cornice;
- platbands;
- shutters;
- window and door openings around the perimeter.