How to make a glass veranda
People go to the cottage, to relax from everyday life in the concrete jungle. When I get tired of the hustle and bustle, crazy traffic and the rhythm of life, which beats out the tubes in the ears — you need to go to the countryside and enjoy leisurely time with family and friends. But to rest was really good, you need a veranda made of glass.
The porch is a small extension to the house, in which summer and winter to relax while admiring the beauty outside the window. This is a great place to spend Breakfast and dinner. If necessary, you can open all the Windows of the veranda glass and enjoy the July evening cool.
If you already have a country house, but no verandas of glass, believe me, its construction will enable an entirely new way to look at the whole concept of camping. Besides, in summer you can have noisy parties, gathering of friends and acquaintances. The use of new technologies in the construction allows to achieve the incredible feeling of space and comfort.
To understand how the veranda of glass will change your life, look at the picture above. Despite the graceful appearance in the structural design of this extension is not particularly difficult. Moreover, an important role plays the structure and the internal arrangement.
Unfortunately, many people still think that if a glass veranda is bound to a dining room! But this is a huge misconception. It is possible to make a great REC room, workshop and even the office if you’re, say, a writer or an architect.
The glass veranda is a large bright room, which is nice. The window seat allows you to relax, watching as autumn follows summer and the coming winter and spring. Floors is best done from tiles, but other options are possible. The main advantage of this construction is that it allows with minimal cost to increase the living area of the house.
A veranda made of glass can act as additional insulation of the house. It is a vestibule between the front door and the street. As a result, the cold air cannot get inside the building. Besides all the dirt applied from the outside, stays here.
If you want to make the porch of the vestibule, the design of the room will be completely different. There will be hangers for clothes, shelf for shoes and so on. Simply put, the extension will play the role of the hall.
Do the veranda with their hands ↑
Selection of materials ↑
It all starts with choosing the right material. Of course, when you create a project with no Windows do not work. But they can be different. First you need to decide which window you want wood or plastic?
Definitely more practical option for veranda glass is plastic. It is not necessary to paint or otherwise to care for it. Just wipe with a cloth.
On the other hand, wooden Windows in the veranda of glass look really authentic, besides their natural smell adds a few points to comfort. But such designs need to insulate, to conceal linseed oil and varnish, and, in General, to monitor their condition.
Plastic Windows glass veranda just install. For them not to care and know something about the rules of their operation. However, one thing worth thinking in advance about the number of cameras. The more, the better sound and heat insulation. Usually three is enough to provide maximum comfort.
When choosing Windows for veranda made of glass take care of the selection of quality fittings and profiles. They should have anti-vandal protection and anti-burglary locks.
Porch-glass in 90% of cases does not consist only of this material. The fact that such constructions are not very practical. Usually the window just create the right atmosphere, occupying the greater part of the walls and allowing light to pass freely inside. The basis is made of the same material as the house. The extension should not stand out from the overall composition.
If the veranda is 100% made of glass, it will very much stand out from the overall design. Although it is recognized that in some cases, such design solution looks very stylish.
Nevertheless, this design still more on the Amateur. As you can see from the picture above, the basis of the veranda glass was the tree, the same from which made the house. In the result, the idea was more than successful.
Layout ↑
At this stage, not only creating a draft veranda of glass, but the process of legalization of buildings. Here you need to give one important clarification. Veranda is being built or together with the house or the main door. In the first case, the extension can be from any side of the building and out into the garden or the street. In the second option can’t be choosers.
Do you make up the dimensions of the verandas made of glass. But it is better to do the room more. Then it wouldn’t be just a hallway, but a true rest room where you can have a good time while drinking tea and taking leisurely conversations.
If your family consists of 5-6 people, enough space for three to four meters. But the number of family members is not the best method of selecting the useful area of the extension. Better focus on your house. If it is big, small porch will be on the background look extremely inappropriate.
Fortunately, in the opposite direction this usually does not work. Large veranda of glass it is possible to attach to the little house and it will look more than comfortable.
A very important role in the planning process is played by the legalization. Moreover, it should be done not after the end of construction and to. As the project is done, go to the nearest architectural Department, which is entrusted to work on this site and get permission.
Do the Foundation ↑
Remove the fertile layer of the soil. Flatten the area and start to breakdown according to the sizes specified in the project. In the corners of the future veranda of glass driven into the iron pegs. Between them stretched the twine.
Most of the verandas made of glass suitable tape or pier Foundation. The depth of the Foundation should match the parameters of the basic knowledge. It is not necessary to link them into a single monolith. The fact that two buildings are of different severity, and hence the shrinkage is different. You don’t want cracks?
To create a strip footing will need to carry out the following steps:
- dig a trench;
- make the formwork,
- knead the cement;
- pour the ready solution.
The formwork is made of planks and boards. They gather together, forming a single structure. Concrete solution should contain one part cement, three parts sand and six parts gravel. A perfect balance.
The first layer of concrete height should be about 10 cm It needs to be strengthened with stones. Also have to do with the subsequent layers, except the top.
Leveled concrete surface with a trowel. To the Foundation of the veranda glass hardened need at least three days, but it is better to wait a week.
Do the floors, frame, and window ↑
Complete the cellar expanded clay. The Foundation cover with roofing felt, two layers should be enough. Secure the joists. Don’t forget to apply an antiseptic, otherwise the tree will just disappear. Do a flooring of boards.
It is best to do the frame of the veranda glass wood. It is not only beautiful, but also practical. Modern timber is impregnated with a variety of tools which ensure its long service life and protect from fire, insects and rot.
The algorithm to generate the following frame:
- Put on the rough floor boards and connect them at the corners of the direct lock.
- Make a groove for the stands.
- On the racks, secure the timber for the upper trim.
- Install a beam and girder with rafters.
- Assemble truss system.
Once the frame glass verandas made with your own hands, you have to mount a roofing pie. At the end of the installed window. Construction sheathed with insulation.
The design of a large veranda ↑
Better large front porch can be just a very large veranda. Don’t limit the prejudice and fear that will not fit. Modern technologies allow to create a real masterpiece of design ideas in glass.
Above shows one of the most popular designs large veranda of glass. Please pay special attention to the selection of colors. Coffee carpet does not have to constantly clean. And it is inevitable, because most dirt from the street would be impacted in the veranda.
If you use the basic concept of the light tone, make sure the floor was brown or black. It will look more aesthetically pleasing than in the General concept and will not add you work with the cleaning.
The results ↑
Veranda made of glass is a huge plus for any country home. Such an extension will allow you to relax in your cottage. In addition, the presence of such interesting design element can significantly increase the cost of the building.