Country house with own hands

Why are small and why are we building ourselves?

Immediately explain that the term "cottage" we understand exactly what prompted your imagination when reading this child phrase: a small, suitable for seasonal living a light structure on a suburban site, which you built with your own hands.

The popularity of such buildings can be explained by several reasons:

• minimalism becomes a trend of suburban housing construction: "I lived in a summer bungalow" - in the youth environment it sounds creative;
• relative cheapness and simplicity of construction( assembly in the shield version) of a small summer house in the country house make it accessible to the majority of citizens;
• the process of erecting a capital cottage( homestead, terema) takes a long time;you have to follow the work and live somewhere;in this case, the mini house plays the role of a timepiece, and then gradually becomes a guest.

In every man since childhood the program is laid: a tree, a son, a house. The tree and the son are growing, but I do not really want to wave at a large construction site. A self-equipped small family nest in nature is not just powerful enough, but also a source of pride and inspiration.

A small cottage made by own hands is the large contribution to the self-affirmation piggy bank. It is solved, we proceed!

Choice of construction of a cottage

1. Panel assembled structure
   The variant at first glance is the most preferable. It is quite easy to mount such a summer cottage in a holiday village with your own hands, though with two dozen assistants. Tape or reinforced foundation under this structure is not required. Ready-made sandwich panels are assembled as a children's designer. The only downside - the layout of the house was initially set by the designers. Any attempts to change the given layout of rooms, create your own unique image of a summer chalet increase the cost of equipment in 1,5 - 2 times. An approximate idea of ​​the dacha panel houses you can make up from the proposed photos.
   
2. Frame light buildings
   In these houses you can realize all fantasies and creative dissatisfaction, saving money at the same time. The plan for the future cottage, verandas, terraces, mansards and balconies you can design yourself. The main thing is that there is enough enthusiasm for the entire construction cycle. With certain skills after the foundation it is only 2-4 weeks. In detail, we will consider all the stages of the construction of the frame structure below, since it seems to us to be the most variable and interesting. Here we simply note that frame wooden house construction is extremely popular in European( primarily Scandinavian) countries. Many years of experience in operation of low-rise buildings of this type confirmed their absolute reliability and comfort in natural natural conditions.
3. Houses made of beams and foam blocks
   Such buildings are not entirely correct to classify improvised ones, although you will find many offers on the network to arrange your summer residence in houses of this type. Add some kind of residential complex from planed "pencils" or standard blocks, maybe not so difficult. True, under one condition: you already did it once, professionally calculated the foundation and called for hand-made comrades. Usually it is necessary to invite specialists for such work, which immediately doubles the expenses, lowers the level of self-esteem and satisfaction from the result.
   

We build a summer house frame with our own hands video

Do not look for any know-how in our article, it's enough that the thrice repeated class is much better remembered. So, you have a land plot outside the city, it needs to be arranged, and it would be nice to live somewhere and hide from the weather. We begin construction.

The very course of building a frame house in the summer cottage you can track on the video in the next tab before the beginning of the article.

Some steps we just comment:

1. Preparing the foundation. The most laborious and unpleasant stage of earthwork and concrete work. Depending on the type of soil, you are free to choose between a pile, block or belt version. Detailed recommendations for their implementation can be found on the of our site
2. Preparing the lower strapping. A bunch of timber( 150x150 mm) along the perimeter of the building.
3. The layout of the sex lag, the arrangement of the black floor and its thermal insulation( board 100x500 mm).Flooring of floor covering( 50 mm thick tongue).
4. Setting for the level of angular and intermediate( under window and doorways) vertical racks, the upper frame of the frame.
5. Installation of rafters, roofing, roofing( plywood, plasterboard, etc.).Laying the roof for your taste( ondulin, rhinoplast, soft tile, metal).
6. Installation of door and window units in accordance with the project.
7. Wall insulation. Outer( OSB under siding, lining) and the inner lining of the cottage: the most pleasant moment of construction, which must be done with their own hands.

In the draft version, your summer shelter is ready, and interior decoration and design can be entrusted to a woman.