 SIDING
Thinking of redoing the outside of your home? You need something that will stand up to the
elements. The best siding materials vary depending on your climate. Here's a rundown of
the different types of siding and their benefits and drawbacks.
Wood
There are eight different types of wood siding available, so it's easy to get a custom
look for your home. Wood siding is made in a variety of patterns and thicknesses. Siding
is nailed onto the house or made to interlock.
Benefits:
• With proper maintenance, wooden siding lasts for years. Cracks and holes need to be
repaired quickly to prevent moisture and pests from getting in.
Drawbacks:
• Mold growth, wood rot, or pest infestation—particularly in areas where
termites are a problem.
• Wood siding should also be avoided in fire-prone areas.
Vinyl
Most of siding installed today (90%) is vinyl instead of wood. Vinyl comes in many
different patterns and colors, so you can also achieve a unique look for your home. Unlike
wood, vinyl requires very little maintenance and can be installed directly over your old
siding.
Benefits:
• Lasts for 40 years or more.
• Offers excellent insulation with proper backing material.
• Resists termites and weather conditions.
• Doesn't conduct electricity like metal siding.
• Never needs painting—the color goes all the way through the material.
Heavy Metal
These systems also look like wood siding and can be installed over the old stuff. Metal
siding lasts longest in areas of snow. It's more expensive than vinyl but offers some
advantages.
Benefits:
• Withstands more heat than vinyl in case of fire.
• More energy efficient than vinyl.
Drawbacks:
• Requires paint—vehicle paint lasts longest.
• Conducts electricity. Not so good in a thunderstorm.
Stucco
Popular in warmer climates, stucco is a rough-appearing finish made out of sand, lime,
water, and Portland cement. It requires three coats applied over mesh or Styrofoam, and is
usually finished with an acrylic-polymer.
Benefits:
• Resists fire.
• Finish expands and contracts with weather, meaning it doesn't crack much.
• Lasts up to 50 years.
Consult Sharma Construction Companay LLC to help you
The best way to choose siding is to consult Sharma Construction Company LLC, go over your
options and budget, and decide which will work for your home.  BRICKWORK
Brickwork masonry is produced when a bricklayer uses bricks and mortar to build up
structures such as walls, bridges and chimneys. (Brickwork is also used to finish openings
such as doors or windows in buildings made of other materials.)
Bricks are laid to expose their ends (Header bricks), or sides (Stretcher bricks). As the
work progresses, the bricks are laid in rows called courses. The manner in which the
bricks overlap as they are laid up is called the bond. Types of bond include English,
Flemish, and Herringbone, but the most common type of brickwork seen these days is the
simple stretcher bond, showing only the long side-surface of the brick.
Because only the outside of finished brickwork is visible, cheaper grades of brick are
commonly used for the hidden parts of a wall. In an old red-brick house, behind the front
of red, the rest of the walls are often made of softer yellow bricks. The colour situation
may be reversed if the house was built when red bricks were out of fashion. So with
certain types of bond (e.g. garden wall bond) it is possible to use a higher ratio of
cheaper bricks to more expensive bricks, making for a cheaper wall of the same dimensions.
On the same house, sometimes a more economical "garden wall" bond has been used
at the side and rear compared to the front.
The thickness of brickwork is measured in units of brick. If bricks are put down
end-to-end with the long side facing you (stretchers) and then another row on top, the
wall thickness is half a brick.
There are rules of bonding, which have some exceptions. These specify the overlap between
courses that is visible outside the wall, and also the overlap which must be made within
the wall, for walls which are more than half a brick thick.
Brickwork, like unreinforced concrete, has little tensile strength, and works by
everything being kept in compression.
Brickwork arches can span great distances, and carry considerable loads.
 STONE WORK
The Masonry Division of Sharma Construction has completed several stone projects recently.
projects for stone work that we undertake
Fireplace is an engineered design that with custom materials, specifications, and
componets allows more heat to remain in the house.
Stone entrance pillars The entrance pillars are constructed of Rock and are
complete.
Stone veneer to custom homes . These stone accents help enhance the stunning curb-appeal
of the fine homes .
Some Other areas for Stonework includes Retaining Walls ,Walkways Patios
,Stone Floors, Rock Gardens, Water Features
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