From the article you will learn about the technology of interior and exterior decoration of the walls of the veranda, get acquainted with the list of materials used and the requirements that apply to them. Decorating a veranda is a set of measures aimed at improving it. The veranda is called an extension adjacent to the wall of the house. It refers to the type of summer unheated premises and can be in a closed or open version. Depending on the type of extension, interior decoration of its walls is carried out. In addition, the configuration of the veranda and its exterior design should fit well into the exterior of the entire building. Having simple skills in performing construction work, you can decorate the walls of the veranda with your own hands.
The choice of material for finishing the walls of the veranda
The materials chosen for the veranda walls must meet practical and aesthetic requirements. A feature of their choice is the lack of heating in the enclosed extension and the serious impact of climatic conditions on the structure of the open veranda. Therefore, the material used for decoration should not only be visually attractive and match the design, but also withstand the sun exposure, high humidity and temperature fluctuations. Veranda wall cladding can be done with many finishing materials that are used for indoor and outdoor work:
- Wooden lining … It belongs to the classics of the genre, as it is the most popular material for wall cladding due to its environmental friendliness, excellent appearance and pleasant aroma exuded by natural wood.
- Plasterboard sheets (gypsum plasterboard) … For verandas, their moisture-resistant version is suitable. Such products differ from ordinary gypsum boards in their green color. The material is environmentally friendly, easy to install and easily processed in numerous ways. It can take almost any shape, and this is important when decorating walls. This cladding is used in closed verandas.
- MDF panels … This material imitates natural wood. It is quite durable, but a humid environment is not for it. Therefore, MDF can be used for wall cladding of a closed veranda.
- PVC panels … It is durable and inexpensive moisture resistant material. It is represented by a rich assortment of all kinds of shades and colors, it can have a different texture, it is very simple to work with and is not particularly whimsical to care for. Suitable for wall cladding of any type of extension.
- Siding panels … They are practical to use and affordable. They often imitate wood and come in a variety of colors. The material does not give in to decay, is resistant to temperature extremes and fire, easy to clean and durable. Most often used for exterior wall decoration on the veranda.
Preparatory work before finishing the walls on the veranda
If the veranda has glazing, it is better to finish its walls after installing thermal insulation under the windows. In this case, the room can be used almost until the onset of frost.
To insulate a closed veranda, you can use mineral wool or foam. To begin with, waterproofing should be fixed on the walls, as it can be taken with a moisture-proof plastic wrap. It is overlapped by 150-200 mm, the joints of the canvases must be glued with metallized tape.
After that, it is necessary to install the crate on the walls. The material for it can be a wooden bar, pretreated with an antiseptic. The cross-section of the timber should be selected according to the thickness of the insulation, and the size of the lathing cell should correspond to the width of the insulation.
Then the insulation, in particular mineral wool, should be packed in waterproof material and placed in the crate cells. Wrapping the insulation will keep it dry and keep it functional for many years.
After that, over the insulation, a foil membrane should be fixed on the crate and its joints should be glued with tape. In the process of insulation, it plays the role of a heat-reflecting screen. On this, the thermal insulation of the walls can be completed.
Veranda wall decoration technology
Having chosen how to sheathe the walls on the veranda, you can start decorating them. Below we will consider several of its options.
Decorating the walls of the veranda with PVC panels
This method of decoration is inexpensive, but it can make an ordinary room cozy and interesting. The panels are not afraid of high air humidity and sudden changes in its temperature - they are not capable of causing deformations of this material. Installation of panels is easy and straightforward.
The disadvantage of the material is its fragility, although at present it is possible to purchase "armored" panels, the cost of which will be twice as much as usual. Therefore, after installing such a cladding, you should carefully move chairs to it or lean on the wall. To minimize the risks, there is such a construction trick: the first plank of the sheathing of the panels is mounted at the knee level, the second at the pelvis, and the third at the shoulder.
The frame for plastic panels is made of wooden slats or a profile that is used when installing the gypsum board. The slats can have a section of 30x10 or 30x20 mm, before use they should be treated with an antiseptic.
The fastening of the battens should be carried out perpendicular to the installation of the panels. For example, if the plastic on the wall needs to be placed vertically, then the slats for fixing it should be stuffed horizontally on the wall, the step between them should not exceed 50 cm.
After making the lathing in the corner of the room, you need to fix the mounting corner or starting profile with screws or nails. The corner will allow you to dock the panels with each other. The starting profile is installed if the adjacent wall will be sheathed with another material. A plinth fixing strip must be installed on the ceiling.
The first panel is inserted into the guide profile with a tenon in the direction of installation. Then it must be fixed on the crate using a self-tapping screw with a press washer. Then the spike of the next PVC panel must be firmly inserted into the groove of the previous one and secured. All other cladding panels are mounted in the same way.
Due to the fact that plastic has a thermal expansion, a gap of 20-30 mm should be left at the bottom and top of the wall to compensate for it, masking it with a plinth.
Important! Panels with a pattern for wall cladding are installed from left to right. Plain color panels can be installed from either side.
Decorating the walls of the veranda with MDF panels
This material is quite popular among adherents of self-decoration. MDF panels are stronger than plastic, but not resistant to moisture. Therefore, they should only be used on closed verandas.
The process of installing MDF panels is similar to the previous one. Only in this case, their fasteners are made using metal special devices - clamps, which are fixed to the material with small nails or a construction stapler. This must be done through a guide, it will prevent damage to the edge of the panel.
Decorating the walls of the veranda with clapboard
Clapboard is called a wooden board up to 22 mm thick, which has special grooves, with the help of which the installation and joining of the cladding elements is carried out. If the material is treated with an antiseptic, its service life can be extended up to 20 years.
According to the production method, the sheathing board can be solid or spliced. In the latter case, pieces of quality wood are joined together in a special way. Such products do not have flaws in the form of knots or cracks, but are not suitable for covering the walls of an open veranda.
The reason for this is the formation of cracks at high humidity in the joints of the board, which spoil the appearance of the finished cladding. The most expensive lining is almost always spliced. It has a class "extra", and products of classes A, B and C are made from solid wood.
Before finishing the walls on the veranda with a cladding board, the material must be left for adaptation in a closed room for several days, and then the lining must be treated with a protective compound. Installation of the board on the walls of the veranda is similar to the installation of PVC and MDF panels.
There are several ways to attach it:
- The simplest of these is fasteners using galvanized nails. In this case, they are driven in along the center of the planks, and the caps are sunk into the wood using a punch.
- Fixing the sheathing board with self-tapping screws is more laborious, but the attachment points are not visible. A hole is drilled in the board from the side of its thorn, having a depth of about 10 mm. The diameters of the drill and fastener heads must match. Then the bar is screwed to the batten rail, and the screw is sunk into the hole and closed with a dowel from above. The fastener is then sanded.
- The board can be fixed to the battens with mounting brackets. For this, a pneumatic or mechanical construction stapler is used.
- Another way is to fasten the wooden sheathing with clamps. In this case, it is first attached to the rear wall of the mounting groove of the first strip. Then it is fastened with nails to the wall and only then the kleimer is fixed. The same kleimer is installed on the second board, its spike is inserted into the groove of the previous plank and the kleimer is fixed on the batten rail. With the help of such fasteners, only the inner wall cladding is performed.
After completing the installation of the wooden wall cladding, you need to close all the corners and joints near the doors and windows with a corner and proceed to the finishing of the coating. To give its surface a certain shade, you can use colored varnishes and wood stains.
Before painting the walls on the veranda, it is recommended to apply the selected varnish to the sample of the material and let it dry. It so happens that after drying, the shade of the coating changes, and it is quite difficult to remove a layer of varnish that does not correspond to the plan. Therefore, it will be better to buy a small container with a paint composition for the sample, and if it fits, purchase the rest.
If there is a need to leave the cladding wood in its original form, a colorless glaze containing an ultraviolet filter can be applied to it. It will help prevent the sun from fading your veranda walls.
Exterior wall decoration of the veranda
It can be done with lining or siding. Wooden cladding in this regard is somewhat capricious. Despite the treatment of its elements with various antiseptics, when exposed to atmospheric precipitation, sunlight and seasonal temperature changes, the sheathing can lose its original appearance if not looked after. Therefore, every year you will have to carry out various measures for its safety: impregnation, staining, etc. But if the choice in the direction of using wood has already been made, it is important to remember that the horizontal fastening of the outer sheathing boards should be done upward with a thorn, fixing them in 2 rows on each side of the lock connection.
Exterior decoration of the veranda walls with siding is a better option. This cladding got its name in the 19th century. Sliced and painted boards were fastened at an angle to the plane of the wall in such a way that each subsequent horizontal element slightly hung over the previous one. This position of the boards allowed the water to roll down without delay along the facing. Nowadays, siding performs two functions - protective and aesthetic.
Vinyl siding is the most commonly used exterior wall cladding. Its popularity is due to the ease of installation, practicality and affordable price. Externally, the material looks like an ordinary board, which is used for cladding the facade. However, vinyl will not lose its appearance in a couple of decades, despite seasonal temperature fluctuations, bitter frosts and heavy rainfalls. In addition, dirt does not stick to this material and its maintenance is minimal - only wash off the dust from the cladding with a garden hose. Due to the huge number of shades, siding can be matched to any exterior of the house, it will perfectly fit into the overall ensemble everywhere. Installation of vinyl siding panels is carried out in the following order:
- First, it is necessary to make and install the lathing for the veranda wall cladding. To do this, you will need an unedged board 30 mm thick or a wooden beam with a cross-sectional size of 40x50 mm. It must be fixed in an upright position with a pitch of 400-500 mm over the entire surface of the walls. Additional wooden blocks should be installed around the windows, in the corners of the veranda, along the upper and lower edges of the future cladding.
- From the bottom along the perimeter of the walls in a strictly horizontal position, it is necessary to fix the starting profile to the crate using self-tapping screws.
- After that, you need to install corner profiles around the openings, as well as in all corners of the building. The lower edge of the corner profile should be 5-6 mm below the level of the starting strip.
- Then you should cut the panels. Vinyl is easy to cut with scissors, a hacksaw, or an electric jigsaw. Due to the fact that vinyl panels have thermal expansion, each of them must be made 5-7 mm shorter than the wall.
- After that, the prepared panel must be slightly bent in the center, and its edges must be inserted into the grooves of the profiles located at the corners of the wall. Then the panel should be aligned and its bottom edge inserted into the starting profile. The upper edge must be fixed with self-tapping screws to the crate through special holes.
- Firm pressing of the screw heads to the panel material is unacceptable. The oval shape of the fastening holes is specially designed for free movement of material relative to the screw part of the fastener when the air temperature changes. There should be a distance of 1.5 mm between the screw head and the lathing.
- The next panel must also be inserted into the corner profiles, snapped into the groove of the previous element and fixed to the wall lathing.
- Before installing the last panel, it is necessary to level the finishing profile on the crate. Then you need to cut the panel to the required width and snap it into the previous sheathing element, simply by inserting the free edge of the product into the finishing profile. This ends the siding of the veranda walls.
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