The construction of a wooden house own hands

The house is a fortress for every man, and the wood is more eco-friendly, «breathable» the dwelling will be cozy and comfortable for all family members. For many centuries people have chosen wood as the building material for the settlement, and all because such structures are durable, heat-conducting, comfortable and attractive. The house will be warm and cosy in winter, cool and refreshing in the summer, so the owners of the wooden farmstead is guaranteed at any time of the year.

Features built wooden houses ↑

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1. Create a new project or study ready. Thanks to this documentation, you can pre-visualize the end result, to correctly pick the materials, distribute of construction, the nuances, get the important permits. At this stage are addressed and resolved all the organizational, financial, design moments.
2. The Foundation. It takes more than 30% of material expenses, a huge amount of time and effort. A well-designed base ensures long life of the building. When choosing a Foundation for a wooden house it is necessary to focus on the performance properties of the soil. Most often the construction of a wooden house with your own hands provides a mounting bar or screw foundations.
3. The first option is widely popular, it is reliable, economical, being built quickly enough. The design includes the following elements: reinforced concrete blocks, stone and brick. The Foundation deepens according to the kind of soils and groundwater level. In its construction not only saves building materials but also labour costs, because it is laying a Foundation can easily do yourself.
   
4. The second option, screw the Foundation, very expensive and requires professional intervention. It is built on mountain and forest terrain. The poles are marked on site and spun into the ground at a depth of 2.5 m. Further, the entire structure is poured concrete, then welded the intake and mounted the top of the Foundation.
   
5. House type. The most common wooden frame house budget, you can build them for $ 190 per square meter (excluding communications). Of logs – 270 $, and from laminated veneer lumber – 460 and more. Attention: an ideal material for construction a wooden house with his hands are the logs with a length of 7 m and a thickness of 25 cm For a small house suitable wood and 17 cm in diameter.
6. Wall. After shrinkage of the Foundation and completion of all preparatory works begin to build the walls. They can be made with a round log, glued or planed boards. This treated wood without bark, knots and various irregularities, which is good appearance and high production rates. Tree healthy, has a small thermal conductivity and allow you to decorate each portion of the finished home. Before laying the wall logs need to be impregnated with appropriate solutions to prevent damage.
   
7. The roof of a wooden house. For its construction have to do the laying of the rafters, thermal and hydro, the main roofing material. It is important to choose the correct form of the roof, so that it protected from rain and weather disasters, and harmoniously fit into the overall picture of the building. The modern market presents several types of roof covering is Onduline, corrugated, metal, slate. How to say people, «on taste and color» each host.
   
8. Windows and doors. Before you make the openings for these parts of the wooden house, you need to consider the mechanism of the operation (swinging, sliding), architectural drawing (classic, arched openings), and more that will allow you to use Windows and doors for the future of the house is most comfortably and efficiently.
9. Floor and ceiling. Select the kind of flooring, it needs to be strong, durable, attractive. You can lay linoleum, tile, laminate, carpet or wood covering. Ceiling for houses made of wood need to be an aesthetic look and to hide it all the carts service.
   
   Sure! To make the waterproofing of the floor prior to screed and finish.
10. Do I need a trim? House of timber or logs in cladding and decorative works is not needed, but the building of a simple log requires a long time for shrinkage and finishing using modern materials.
    
11. Sewerage and water supply system. If there is a utility pipe, you only need to connect to it, and when not, then you will have independent water supply that is considerable material costs. Be sure to hold the drain to make the drain pipe, so that the Foundation and flooring of the whole area is not damaged under the influence of groundwater.
12. Heating is made after the completion of the house. You can lay a heated floor, connect the electrical or gas boiler, to make the stove for heating. Also it is proper to make insulation of the house, both inside and outside, with the use of thermal insulation materials.
    

And the last step is electricity. Mounted wiring according to the architectural plan of the building, placed outlets and light fixtures. Of course, the construction of the house ends, but the main stages are made.

Tips craftsmen and professionals ↑

To build a wooden house with his hands – the task is simple, but very responsible. To finish the result served the owner for many years, you need to adhere to «unwritten» laws of construction of the home.

What you need to know the Builder, in order to facilitate themselves and their assistants to work?

First, you need to make calculations and cuts of the future design. Then installed strapping a crown that connect in the corners in a half-tree and fastened with pins.

Second, mount the timber and binds the crown to the floor. Beams are stacked in Torez 0.7 m, after – seal and again bars. Timber flooring should be about 40 mm, the wider the step, the greater will be the Board. A fine floor covering will serve as tongue and groove boards, thickness 35 mm. For thermal insulation perfect flax tow, felt, moss, tow.

Thirdly, it is necessary to lay drainage. For this purpose, the outer side of the upper edge of the beam cuts into 15 by 15 mm.

Fourth, if the planned construction of a multistory building, the second floor should be placed at a height of 2.5 – 3 m, then a loft or attic. Doors are most commonly used framed Windows can be placed wooden or metal. Both options are appropriate.

Fifth, for the roof you need to find a Board in the following sizes:

• 10 4 cm – for braces and supports;
• 15 4 cm through 1 m for the truss system;
• uncircumcised, 25 mm in 40 cm crates.

And for the final roofing you can use corrugated sheets, gofrolist, etc.

Types of ventilation systems ↑

It is widely known that the tree can «breathe», but because the living room will flow enough air for a comfortable stay in the house. But this is not enough for narrow rooms, kitchen, bathroom, basement. And therefore requires additional ventilation of the house.

Emit natural ventilation, roof mounted ducts which direct the air flow in the right direction. Forced circulation of the air rod to install special equipment, and lightweight valves on the inflow and exhaust air supply sound-proofing elements. Thus, the problem of excessive noise will be solved.

Ventilation mixed-type adjustable device for a powerful outflow of air, which is regulated by a fan.

The supply pipe is mounted close to the floor and the air outlet on the ceiling. The inlet openings are fitted with mesh to prevent the ingress of dust, dirt, rodents etc.
In winter keep the house warm, you need these openings to close. It is important to minimize the risks of condensation of the air, which directly affects the life of the wood.

The decoration of the building ↑

Painting a wooden house enhanced the building, making it more luxurious and modern. Before this stage we need to prepare well to take into account the humidity of the room where it will be painted floor or wall, to determine the type of wood and condition of the boards. Another factor which you should not forget is the degree of stress on the flooring. In the hallway a mechanical effect more, and that means you need to carefully and in multiple layers to apply paint in the bedroom you can do in paint or select enamel with a low level of resistance to wear (cheaper).

Board using oil paint, although it dries out for a long time, but is a long time, looks nice and does not emit harmful fumes. In addition to ink formulations, you can apply lacquer, acrylic, for wood impregnation. They are ideally suited for the cleaned surface which has a textured pattern and color.

If the floor has wide cracks they need to seal the putty with use of rivers-wedges. Exposed surfaces «upsweep» plane. Next, primed, dry them well and only after these procedures, go to paint.

As it turned out, to build a house with your own hands is very simple – a little imagination, effort, patience, financial investment and professional videos that will show you step by step to put all the nuances of the construction of the building accurately, efficiently and affordably.

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