Siding Mitten: pros and cons

Nowadays, many people choose siding to decorate their homes. This type of cladding is quite common in the building materials market. Today we will talk about Mitten products.

Today, siding produced by the Canadian firm Mitten is very popular among consumers. In hardware stores, you can find a huge selection of this material. According to some experts and designers, this type of finish has many important qualities.

Products are produced already in a complete, ready-made kit with all the additional parts required for installation.

It is important to note that siding cladding should be carried out using a special supporting structure - lathing. It can be single or double layer. The second option is used if the living space needs thermal insulation. In other cases, the simplest design is sufficient.

According to many renovators, Mitten siding has many benefits:

• durability;
• elastic surface of the material to avoid mechanical damage;
• easy care;
• siding does not rot, corrosion;
• ease of installation and dismantling works;
• ease of construction;
• high resistance to moisture;
• beautiful appearance and a large selection of color palette.

Despite the impressive list of positive qualities, such construction products also have some disadvantages:

• low resistance to frost or extreme heat;
• a large amount of dust and other debris easily falls on the product;
• high level of thermal expansion.

The overwhelming majority of experts claim that all the positive properties of this design fully compensate for its shortcomings. Also, many note that the manifestations of the negative properties of the product can be easily avoided by covering the material with special solutions during installation or dismantling. Then the finish made from such siding will serve you as long as possible.

As a rule, all sizes of siding structures are standard sizes, which may vary slightly. The length of a separate panel is 3-3.6 m. The width of the part is 18-24 cm. The thickness of each part can be 1-1.4 mm. In addition to these characteristics, such structures also have a certain indicator of wind load. For such material, it is 250-300 km / h.

When decorating a living space with such a material, it is worth remembering the temperature range of possible use. For siding of the Mitten trademark, it ranges from -60? up to +60? If you plan to use siding in other climatic conditions, then you should cover the material with special compounds. Such solutions will be able to protect the structure from harmful external influences.

Currently, in building materials stores you can find various types of Mitten siding. Each individual species differs in appearance, color, characteristics.

• One of the most popular among consumers is the product line Board & Batten... This is vertical siding. The products of this series are presented in 14 interesting colors.

• Another popular line is Southern beaded... These are horizontal siding panels of an unusual profile (the embossed pattern looks like a herringbone). The complete absence of kinks makes this material visually wider, although in fact its working part is only 15-20 cm.

• The next series of Mitten siding is Sentry Mitten... Panels of this type are horizontal structures with a ship profile. The products of this line differ from the others in their rich dark color palette and the application of textured patterns on the surface of the product.

• The most popular type among consumers is Oregon pride... The line has 14 types of beautiful, pleasant colors. Siding panels have a ship's profile. Planks are produced with all the necessary set of additional elements that are needed for installation work.

Today, on the Internet, you can find a huge number of customer reviews about Mitten's construction products. They are both positive and negative. At the same time, some consumers confidently note the high quality and excellent appearance of this siding, and some, on the contrary, believe that it does not meet all the basic requirements.

Many buyers in their reviews note that these panels are completely unstable to high temperatures. Some owners of country houses, who have sheathed their dwellings with such material, have irregularities on the outer part of the room. The product, unable to withstand significant temperature jumps, swells strongly and sharply.

But at the same time, most people still talk about the benefits of Mitten brand products. Many people separately note the high strength and hardness of the product. After all, this material is able to withstand quite large loads and at the same time maintain its original appearance.

Some consumers leave positive comments on the siding color scheme. According to buyers, this material does not fade at all even after several years of use.

Today, more and more people are choosing to use vinyl siding from the Mitten brand. Often, gray, sand or coffee-colored panels are used to decorate the room. Such tones will look most beneficial in projects of houses with a dark roof and white door and window openings.

Often, for exterior decoration, light yellow, lemon-colored siding is used. But it should be noted that this option may not be suitable for all exteriors. It will look most advantageous on residential premises with a dark, rich-colored roof. In this case, windows and doors should be made in tones similar to the roof.

White is no less popular. Such panels will be able to fit into almost any home project. In this case, you can choose any color of the roof, but window and door frames are best made also white or beige.

A house decorated with brick-colored siding looks very unusual and stylish. This design goes well with the roof and dark colored trims.

See the following video for the installation of MITTEN siding.