The fact that to put a personal car in an individual garage from any point of view is preferable to that on the street( in a common parking lot, under the windows of the apartment or even where), it's pointless to dispute. In addition, that the garage is a small workshop( plus a cellar, a place for storing unnecessary things and so on - everyone uses it in their own way), it also extends the life of the car considerably.
Many people question the feasibility of building a metal profile from their own hands, but even the most ardent skeptic will not deny that such a construction is one of the least expensive options. What to consider, how to plan and build a simple garage from a metal profile - these and other questions can be answered in this article.
To give any unambiguous recommendations for all stages of construction would not be entirely correct. Much depends on the location where the garage will be located( the size of the site, the distance from the apartment house), the desire to bring electricity / food, cold water, the owner's financial capabilities, experience in construction and many other factors. It is much more useful to make a review of the various options for building a box for your car, and what exactly to choose, the reader will decide on his own.
Garage scheme
You should start with this. Garage is the common name of a covered parking place, but what exactly do we need?
Dimensions
If the box is calculated for 1 car, the optimal parameters are 3 x 5( m).This is enough to additionally install the desktop( how to make a workbench, read here), mount shelves, cabinets and the like. That is, to equip your own mini-car-care center( home workshop).
Accordingly, the box for 2 units of equipment should be wider - about 4.5 m. It is necessary to focus on the brands of machines. After all, after staging in boxing, they should not stand so close that it was impossible to open the door without hitting the "neighbor".
box configuration The most popular form of the garage is the parallelepiped. This construction is much easier to build than a shell.
Roof garage
Options only 2 - single-( flat) or gable. In principle, when assembling a garage from a metal profile, the difference is small, since in the latter case it will not be necessary to build a powerful rafters system, as it is done in the construction of residential buildings. The fact that the consumption of materials will be large - minus, but the increase in useful space - plus.
Gates
What they will be - swivel, swinging( how to make such a gate - read), the number of doors, will there be a door in one of them? With all these nuances should be determined in advance.
Cellar, inspection hole
As a rule, these additional "objects" are found in almost every box. And if the pit is still in question, then the store of food reserves is an indispensable attribute of almost any garage. Therefore, when determining its size, one should take into account the convenience of placing the cellar and using it.
Garage frame
What should I build it from? In principle, profilists can sew anything. For example, cant.
It's easy to work with wood, but its drawback is known - the need for systematic treatment of the material with preparations from putrefaction( fire-fighting protection).Therefore, most often for such buildings of a light type, metal is chosen. To reduce the weight of the structure, the blanks are better to take profiled. Pipes are different - for the frame of the garage, it is more reasonable to purchase products with a rectangular cross-section.
Such blanks are much easier to connect, and then, during operation, if you have to drill the support( for example, to secure the shelves, hooks, etc.), this will make it much more convenient than making holes in samples of round shape.
Metal profile
The range of these products is quite extensive.
Version of
For a garage, it is more reasonable to purchase "galvanizing".First, sheets with a polymer coating are more expensive. Secondly, the process of their cutting( and this will certainly have to deal with) is much more difficult. In the private sector, the main tool / tool for working with iron is "Bulgarian".Thermal action in the area of cutting leads to a melting of the polymer, a spray of metal - to burn it. Therefore, such work requires experience. And is there any sense to spend on more expensive material, if the zinc coating looks good, and if necessary, the garage is easy to paint in any color?
Profile parameters
For the garage, there is enough metal profile of the category "C" or "HC", both for walls and roofs. Thickness - 0,5;wave height - not less than 20( mm).To buy cheaper products marked "8" or "10" does not make sense. Such sheets will not provide adequate strength of the structure. Constant vibration of thin rolled products will lead to the formation of cracks, deformation of the metal in places where it is fixed with fasteners. The consequences of unnecessary savings are frequent repairs of the plating.
Please note! When calculating the required number of sheets, it is necessary to take into account 2 points:
- They are stacked with a small( about 15 cm) "overlap".
- When cutting it is not always possible to ensure the accuracy of the cut along the line.
Garage construction technology
Foundation
A small construction weight makes it easier to erect. The method of arrangement( layout, excavation, preparation of mortar and so on) is described in detail on our website, it is enough to look for the word "foundation".What's more interesting is what type of substrate to choose?
Belt
Most often you can meet recommendations for this reason, with a reservation - shallow foundation. But is there any point in doing this? Digging a trench, assembling and installing a reinforcing cage( and it still needs to be able to knit), working with a mortar, loading it and sealing it, waterproofing - all this raises costs and increases the time for erection. And significantly, since the full hardening of the artificial stone throughout the depth will take at least 3 weeks.
Variants of the foundation
№1 - after digging a small trench around the perimeter, lay the reinforced concrete beams. Such a foundation will provide the required strength. Time for its erection and costs are minimal. But there is a problem - how to reinforce concrete metal profile racks?
# 2 - the same, but instead of beams use a bar. Waterproofing is easy. At the bottom of the trench, after filling a small "pillow", for example, stacks of p / e( thick).It is possible to argue about the durability of such a foundation for a long time( railway sleepers are evidence of reliability), but the fact that the carcass assembly will be much simpler is undoubted.
Pile foundation
For a garage - a great option. Screw piles( enough with section 108) can be screwed into the ground alone. It will only be necessary to weld the heads and mount the supporting frame from the channel or profile rails of the corresponding dimensions.
Column
You can use pipes - metal or asbestos cement. The only thing that has to be done is to install inside each 3 to 4 bars( for stiffening) and pour in the cavity a concrete solution with filler of fine fractions( gravel, pebbles).To fix on such a foundation of the supporting frame, the reinforcing bars must rise above the cut of the pipe.
Variant:
Dig holes, pour the ASG, install a metal profile of a large section, strengthen the brick fight and pour the solution.
Garage frame
After the installation of vertical racks, they are secured with horizontal slats( again, profile) - on top, bottom and center. Even at the design stage, you need to consider all the nuances of the arrangement of the garage - the location of suspended structures( shelves, cabinets).In accordance with the scheme, additional cross-pieces are installed on which the entire "filling" will be fixed.
If a gable roof is provided, it is necessary to assemble trusses( triangular shape).Two extreme + intermediate( to increase the strength of the roof).The number of the latter is determined depending on the length of the garage. This construction, as a rule, is mounted on the ground, and then rises and fastens on the frame of the box.
Fastening sheets
Nothing complicated in this. The only condition is that the fasteners must enter the profile supports strictly perpendicular to their plane. Depending on the type of sheets, self-tapping screws are selected. For products with a polymer coating - with special washers. The features of fixation are shown in the figures.
Insulation
Minvata is not the best option. It will be necessary to mount the lathing, high-quality steam and waterproofing, both on both sides, since such plates gradually accumulate moisture. A profiled sheet is metal, and by definition, the formation of condensate can not be avoided. In addition, the useful area of the garage after such warming will decrease somewhat.
Sprayable materials. PPU for the technique of "own hands" is not suitable, because you need special equipment. I'll have to invite specialists and pay them.
Probably, it is more expedient to stop the choice on penokplex. All sheathing is characterized by strict geometry, so there will be no problems with fixing the samples.
Than to strengthen? Judging by the reviews, the main methods are two - silicone adhesive or mounting foam. This interior decoration of the box will not take much time.
It turns out that no special difficulties in the process of building a box from the metal profile should arise. If you plan everything in advance, draw up a drawing and prepare tools and materials, then a couple of days are enough for a personal car to get a roof over the "head".Good luck, dear reader!
