Siding or PVC lining?

The first half of October stood out today is anomalously warm, and asks to continue construction work. Therefore, I decided to stretch the brain and povybirat material for exterior finish of his frame house.


Actually, a variant of a natural wood paneling (paneling, blockhouse, etc.) was rejected because of where the high cost (for me personally, of course), where the set of extra effort to care for coat. And I stopped in at the end of two materials - siding, PVC panels, referred to another PVC lining.

He went as usual to the store - feel, think and think. Dimensions of the house - 6x3 m with a height of walls in 3,15 m. In view of the gables total area of work - about 60-65 m2, from this and we will dance. The essence of all efforts to assess the material - to choose a combination of "reliability of + strength + price + appearance" that would suit my bad estetskih character.

Arriving in the shop, first went to watch the PVC panels, as originally thought to use that symbol. Well I'll tell them? Prices per square meter of such panels, on average up to 10% less cost per square meter of siding that my scope of work simply irrelevant. So there was no ambiguity in the future under the "average" I understand the average quality of the panel and the average the same quality siding.

Next to PVC bunk: is it still more for interior decoration, as I thought. The first major disadvantage, that is. Then - tonkovata it, ie, second serious negative (because I love all thick and robust). Angular elements not attached to the bottom - too negative. In general, I received three minuses, yet calculated how many I need money for such linings. It made about 8,000 rubles without angular elements that can throw a couple thousand. As a result, we get about 10 thousand rubles.

Then I went to the siding. Felt, looked, assessed the texture. Of course, as for me - no siding or PVC lining all the same did not impress natural materials, but the siding, all things being equal, it looks richer. There are, however, and there's a catch - the cost of additional elements. So, on the very panel, according to calculations, I need the same 8,000 rubles, but at any doborniki - angles, the initial profiles, etc. - about 7,000 rubles, and this despite the fact that not a fact that I found the correct . As a result, we get about 15,000 rubles to be spent on the siding.

So what to choose in the end? Many thoughts have led me to the conclusion that the siding, despite its more than the cost of PVC lining is better for the following reasons:
It was originally designed for exterior trim;
He has a richer looking textures;
It is thicker;
Corner units siding attached to the base and, hence, to tear them by the wind, for instance, is much more complicated;
It is easier to install (with some reservations, but still);
There are additional elements for all occasions - for dressing windows, filing eaves, wind boards, etc.

In general, everything indicates that it is necessary to bow to finish the siding. Of course, the blockhouse is better, but at the finish of the money necessary to 2-2,5 times - I just do not pull so much. Then there is another argument, which inclines me to just siding, and now I made a voiceover. It is no secret that buying some types of materials they need to be taken immediately in full as otherwise they may vary in hue (different parties, for example), or they simply may not be available in the future. With the siding as well cash expenditures are divided into two quite within the powers of phases: the first stage of the purchase itself siding and then dumping it, say, in the garage. In the second stage in one go buy the whole set of additional elements and actually begin the installation. Cash costs at the same time distributed through the steps about equally, which will agree, very convenient.

Good luck on the construction site!