Choosing a material for veranda cladding

The veranda, like any other room in the house, needs finishing. But verandas have their own characteristics that limit the choice of materials. Our site of tips decided to figure out what exactly can be sheathed, to decorate the veranda, which was glazed, but remained unheated..

The veranda traditionally serves as a buffer between living quarters and the street. If it is open, it is a terrace where you just need to choose the right flooring. A real veranda is always closed, glazed, with walls and a door.

If the veranda is insulated and heated there is a full room. It can be used at any time of the year, and the choice of materials for finishing is significantly expanding. Plasterboard and wallpaper on top, for example, so that a warm veranda matches the finish of all other rooms. But with a cold, unheated veranda, there can be problems..

In winter, it is damp and cool here, the wallpaper will not last long, and an ordinary gypsum board can simply lead to high humidity. Therefore, you have to choose other finishing materials..

The first option is lining

A very popular choice. The pluses of lining the walls of the veranda with clapboard include:

• Durability. Serves without problems up to 20 years;
• Strength, impact resistance;
• Attractive appearance. The veranda will turn out to be rustic, cozy, beautiful;
• Ecological cleanliness;
• The ability to do everything with your own hands, because the installation of the lining on the crate is quite simple.

High-quality lining can cost a lot, but this is a long-term investment. If this option is chosen for the walls of the veranda, then it is advisable to sheathe the ceiling with clapboard, not forgetting about the insulation layer. Then the room will take on a finished look.

The lining can be partially replaced with a block house. Use it on the walls, and choose the lining for the ceiling. Imitation of a bar also looks very attractive and will last a block house for a long time.

Option two – plastic panels

The advantages of such cladding are obvious:

• The most budgetary, inexpensive material;
• Installation is simple, the portal has already written how to do everything with your own hands;
• You can choose plastic panels of different colors, including wood imitation;
• The finish will not be afraid of moisture and temperature changes;
• The plastic will reliably hide the insulation layer;
• One material can be selected for ceiling and walls.

However, PVC panels look exactly at their price – cheap. In addition, plastic is easily damaged, such as moving the dining table or opening champagne..

Important! MDF and chipboard panels should not be used in an unheated veranda. They do not tolerate high humidity and temperature changes.

Option three – leave brick walls

If the veranda was built of brick, the walls can be left as is. Beautiful masonry does not need additional finishing. Although the brick can be painted, there is nothing particularly complicated about it. And you can change the decor of the veranda at least every year by choosing a different paint color.

Option four – board, logs, timber

An extension-veranda made of logs and beams can also not be finished with anything else. The wood, of course, needs to be additionally protected from moisture, use antiseptics. Can be opened with varnish, also painted with special compositions for wood.

Option five – plywood

You can sheathe the veranda very quickly, the material is quite durable and outwardly attractive. At the same time, you can get a Scandinavian-style interior, simple, homely, somewhat suburban, but cozy and timeless, not going out of style.

In general, the decoration of the veranda largely depends on what material it was originally built from. Because brick, timber, log can be left without cladding. In the case of a frame structure or the use of blocks – lining, plywood, block house, plastic panels will be the best choice.