If you undertake to build a house or cottage yourself, then prepare for the fact that this case will last for a long time and will be very difficult.
A lot depends not only on your experience, the number of those who will help you, but also on the material that you will use in the construction.
Of course, it is unlikely that someone chooses the building materials for their home, based only on the speed of erecting housing from it.
It is guided here by its properties, resistance to moisture, strength, thermal conductivity, and, of course, price.
The construction of cottages from aerated concrete attracts by the fact that it is quite easy to build it yourself, and this material combines all the properties necessary for this.
Aerated concrete blocks are quite an advantageous acquisition, because for their low price they combine the best properties of building materials, so the houses are made of them warm, strong, not exposed to atmospheric influences, the walls do not let in extra sounds, and plus, thanks to everythingits porous structure, it perfectly passes air, "breathes", as it is called, that puts it on one level with eco-friendly wooden houses.
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Professional builders give some advice to those who decide on the independent construction of gas-concrete houses, debunking some of the established myths.
For example, very often, referring to the ease of this material, on the foundation save. In fact, this can not be done, this approach is fraught with the appearance of cracks in the walls of a newly built house.
The best foundation for a house made from aerated concrete is a reinforced concrete slab, or a tape monolithic foundation that will be resistant to both climatic loads and ground fluctuations that occur in any terrain.
Walls from aerocrete blocks are erected quite quickly, which is considered one of the advantages of building cottages made of aerated concrete.
Also, the advantages include the ease of exterior and interior decoration, as the blocks have a completely flat, smooth surface, which does not require too careful processing before finishing.
In general, specialists give the construction of a gas-concrete house on a turn-key basis for about six to seven months, therefore, by starting construction in the spring or summer, it will be possible to celebrate a new home by the New Year.
Moreover, the main thing is to erect walls and roof, well, external and internal decoration does not require urgency.
