Modern construction technologies allow us to choose in which house we will live. Someone prefers wooden houses, relying on their environmental friendliness. Someone likes brick houses, as they are reliable and durable. And someone decides to build a house from blocks, so it’s fast, durable and relatively inexpensive. And yet, the house of what materials will be better? And is there such a construction option that can satisfy all our requests for quality and price? Let’s try to find the answer to these questions.
Wooden houses have many great advantages. They are able to provide high living comfort to their owners and maintain an optimal microclimate. And also houses made of wood:
Reconstruction of a wooden house requires the utmost attention to the processing of beams. They must be impregnated with special flame retardants in order to ensure the fire safety of the building. Impregnations are also used to make the wood resistant to moisture, to protect it from blackening and rotting. Logs must have a strict shape and be selected depending on the area of the house being built. The construction process itself does not take much time. Usually wooden houses are assembled “under the roof” within a couple of weeks. An oak piping is laid on a pre-installed foundation (tape or column). Then a frame is mounted from ready-made bars. But a wooden house must be given time to shrink (when building in the summer – up to 12 months, when building in the winter – up to 6 months). Otherwise, the structure may sag or tilt. The roof of the building is covered with roofing material, and after that, windows and doors, partitions, flooring and finishing work are installed.
The advantages of brick houses have been verified over the centuries and by many generations of people who have lived and continue to live in these buildings. brick houses:
When building a brick house, it is important to pay extremely high attention to the foundation. Since the brickwork is characterized by high density, the walls are very heavy. Therefore, the foundation must be very powerful, lying below the level of soil freezing. The high density of the walls has a small heat resistance. In this regard, brick walls must be insulated. Do it from the outside. But if the insulation is done correctly, in such a house it will always be warm in winter and cool in summer.
Block houses are being built according to the most modern construction technology. For their construction, blocks of cellular concrete are used. Among the advantages of such houses:
When building a block house, it is necessary to carefully consider the choice of blocks for strength. If you plan to build a one-story house, you will need blocks with a minimum density of up to 600 kg / m3, for a two-story house you need blocks with a higher density. The thickness of the blocks must be at least 40 cm, otherwise they will not be able to provide the necessary heat and sound insulation. A block house cannot be built to a height of more than 3 floors without organizing a reinforced concrete belt around the perimeter. And the laying of blocks must be carried out on a special adhesive solution. The choice of technology and the main material for building a house, first of all, depends on your requirements for the structure and material capabilities. Fortunately, today you can use both affordable, budget construction technology, and more expensive ones.