Annexe to the house terrace or veranda?

Every home owner wants to significantly expand and increase their ownership lifted annexe. Enclosed terrace or veranda often in our minds is associated with luxury, comfortable and quiet contemplation of the surrounding natural beauty.

Terrace, as is clear from the origin of the word, at first meant only the ledge on the side of a particular locality. However, very early like benches began to create completely artificial, and not only to increase the sown areas, but just as special elements of landscape art - we can recall the legendary Hanging Gardens Semiramis. The prototype of a terrace with decking, which is discussed in this article can be considered stylobates ancient temples. Well, the terrace of wood there, probably when there was a floor of wood. As a fully independent element in the construction of a wooden deck stood out thanks to the development of cottage construction. It gives an opportunity to significantly expand the territory of the house, as well as to include in it much of the surrounding land. Modern terrace - it is actually a further development of the concept of cozy summer cottage.

To terrace pleased his master and deliver only the pleasure of being in it, you need to consistently and strictly follow the following rules.

Determining the terrace or veranda

Terrace or veranda is considered a one-storey extension projecting beyond the general perimeter of the house. It can be performed:

• completely encircling the entire house;
• It was attached only along one of the outer wall of the selected house;
• It was attached to only one part of the outer wall of the selected house.

According to the building structure has a lot of different options: indoor and outdoor, with external and internal access, flat and with a pent roof, glazed and with solid walls. The execution veranda can be: an extension to the house of foam block/aerocreteWooden extension to the house, outbuilding of brick or frame-panel extension to the house.

Necessary documentation to the annexe

To avoid any misunderstandings in the future, before you begin construction of extensions, should take care of their full legitimacy. Write a special statement in the next administration of its intention to build, as well as to order the project in the local architectural office. After agreeing formalities, the approval of your project, as well as obtaining a permit, you can start to build an extension.

The construction of the walls and foundation of bricks

The foundation of a strong and sturdy building - a solid foundation. This was known in ancient times. Therefore, this part of the construction have always paid a lot of attention. Fundam extension to house recommended pour of concrete, in which to insert welded mesh reinforcement, whose thickness is 12-16 mm. To create concrete to be applied cement grade 400. The filler should take small granite rubble and sand quarry.

Trench for pouring concrete to dig a width of 30 cm and depth of 80 cm. Walls need to spread a white silicate brick, which sizes 25h12,5h8,8 cm thickness in a brick, that is, the wall thickness is fully equal to the length of the brick.

How to connect and bind to the annex house

To bind the walls and basement to the main building you need to use metal indent. Last - is prepared in advance is strongly tapered pins of the fixture with a diameter of 16 mm, which are hammered into the already existing foundation selected the house and into the seams of the walls of the house. Frequency - every four rows of bricks.

Thanks to indent metal extension wall very tightly adjoined to the walls of the house and in the future will not appear cracks. During brickwork set doors and windows overlapping webs of conventional concrete. For installation and mounting of the roof beams in the third row from the top of the walls is necessary to leave the niches that lay outside the three rows of bricks.

Cover the box with panels of reinforced concrete slabs, putting them on a special bed of cement mortar. Made of wooden beams make the frame of the roof was covered with his usual roofing material, then cover Stainless sheet metal. Fasten standard nails.

Extension of the foam block or aerocrete skeleton-shield

Laying gazoblokov foam blocks and similar masonry made of bricks. The difference here is only in the material dimensions. The size of each block 20h20h40 cm and it is placed on the same cement solution as a brick. To bookmark window and door openings blocks notch in half and a quarter of a pickaxe.

Enclosed skeleton-shield

Skeleton-shield extension is done from the outer surface. The basis is here shaped sheet with a thickness of 0.4 mm and an internal surface of a board, on which are then stacked special panels of drywall. Between all surfaces laid special insulation of the heat insulating film whose thickness should be at least 0.3 cm.

How to install windows and door frames do grinder in steel sheet desired cuts. Now fasten the entire structure ordinary self-tapping screws. The new extension to the house is completely ready, you can begin to celebrate the housewarming.