Escape from the city: Reinvent the cottage for permanent residence
Many urban residents, tired of the daily hustle and bustle, are thinking about moving out of the noisy city into the countryside. but to buy the land under Private housing close to the city and to build her great house can afford not everyone. In this case, the solution may be to use starodachnom "hidden assets."
Many once thought about moving "to the country" for permanent residence. But makea crucial step many never solved - discourages such dilapidation of buildings with more than a dozen years. As well as the complete absence of the necessary conditions for a comfortable stay all year round.
However, if you do not give up, you can increase the country and its prevartit in "candy" (pictured below). Indicative FORUMHOUSE user experience Michael Yakushkina, forum name Dr. Bormental.
Dr. Bormental (User FORUMHOUSE):
My wife and I were tired of living in a concrete box, where due to noisy neighbors can not be normal to sleep and relax. I would like to have your house on the nature. purchase earth and the construction of the cottage, we do not pull on the finance, even if you sell one-bedroom apartment. I have a cottage 6x4 in the city, in the CHT, on a plot of 5 hectare. Cottage built in 1982. The structure is very close to the ground. My wife and I spend the whole summer in the country, due to poor insulation at the cottage in winter cold. I planned to remake the dacha outside living, but do not know how to do it. I hope to help members of the forum.
This situation is familiar to many. Algorithm for solving this problem in the following - any construction should begin with clearly developed plan. Therefore, first we determine what we want to obtain from the construction in the end and then think that we uvelichvat, attach, change, and that it needs to do.
Step One - evaluate your "resource"
For a comfortable stay in the country needs three main components:
- The heat source;
- Electricity;
- water supply source.
Before proceeding to the alterations, it is necessary to look at his dacha outsider gaze. Only such an approach will soberly assess the degree of deterioration of the design, the ability to repair of certain components or the need for their complete transformation.
Inspection of the building is best to start with an assessment of the foundation. It is necessary to see whether there is a crack on it, their depth, the degree of openness. In addition, we determine the type of foundation on which stands the villa, the depth of its inception, overlooking the ground, the ground water level. In case of doubt in their abilities necessary to resort to the help of a specialist who can provide expert evaluation.
Construction begins with the foundation. And any, even the most well thought-out reworking is doomed to failure in the event of an emergency condition of the base of the house.
Usually the old villas were built during the time of construction deficit materials. This adversely affected their form factor and performance characteristics. And the foundation of such cottages is the easiest - columnar. Such a foundation is subject to the negative impact forces of frost heaving (pictured above). Dance bars, house each season the falls, then it rises. The result - the door warps, windows do not close. One side of the building can be higher than the other. Out - the new device / repair of the old foundation and the adoption of measures to minimize the forces of frost heaving.
After evaluation foundation state inspect the floor. We look into the underground. Look, the condition of the logs. In old buildings, low standing above the ground, the tree is severely damaged by decay processes. Such floor "walks" or underfoot generally places fails.
Similarly, we inspect the walls, floors, roofs. You need to understand what built a houseThat it was used as a roofing material, a heater (if any). We assess the state of the roof system, looking for places to roof leaks. Next, go to communications, because 100% of the complete replacement of electrical wiring needs.
Only such an approach can provide an overall picture garden state. For clarity, you should write down all the pros and cons of the structure on a piece of paper into two columns. Then figure out what could lead alteration. In the event of an emergency condition of villas sometimes economically feasible to completely demolish the old structure and in its place erect a small area one-storey house, using a carcass construction technology. If the cottage is in a satisfactory condition, take for her trouble.
Step two - design layout
We made a firm decision - to transform the cottage into a complete home. It is necessary to start the process with the development plan of the future building. The standard size of the old country houses - about 6x4 meters. Such area is clearly not enough for the full, and most importantly - comfortable family living of 2-3 people. Therefore, not demolishing the old building,think how to increase a country house with their hands, and that the best way to attach it to a minimum modification to expand the usable area, having entered the building in the area is not more than 6 acres.
Dr. Bormental:
I think that the best solution in my case - it is instead of the existing semi-closed veranda size 1.5h4 meters make an addition to the house in the form of letter D size 3x7 meters.
The theme of the doctor found a wide response in the forum. Many gave their comments, suggest options of redevelopment and expansion houses. It was announced this decision - instead of an extension to put the shed in front of the building, with an entrance in the middle. Entrance is through the shed. One way - the kitchen, the other - a bathroom, shower, etc. Also do not forget about the additional insulation of the floor and ceiling with rock wool, etc.
It has also been proposed and other options restructuring of houses - to, with minimal alterations and means to maximize the usable area.
Settler (User FORUMHOUSE):
I think that the most budget option - is to make an addition from the veranda measuring 3x6 meters (reconstruction plan is shown in the photo below). This will increase the size of the building to 6x7, as well as enable to win extra square footage. Rather than deal with global alterations, it is better to invest in additional insulation, especially bedrooms: warm the house 20-30 cm foam. It will bring a noticeable effect.
When planning the necessary living space, you should immediately consider alternative arrival of guests, relatives and children. Therefore, we expect to mess with a small margin on the area.
Carefully think through options for placement bathrooms and kitchens. It is better if they would be on one side of the house. So it will be easier to mount the communication, not to lead them through the house, if these rooms are located in different parts of the structure.
If you change the country house owner should advance calculate the distance of the planned "remake" to the next site. Otherwise it may happen that the size of the new building will exceed the allowable distance from the boundary fence of a neighbor, and other objects, or remodeled cottage garden is obscure.
Despite the fact that the option proposed forumchanin settler,Dr. liked, he was not able to realize.
Dr. Bormental:
I had to abandon this plan because on the other side, where Settler offered to do an addition, I have held the road. And the house is located a few feet from the property line. On the south side, and a foot, it is a neighbor station. Therefore, the cottage can be extended just to the north, and no more than 3 meters. I decided - will lead the side extension and increase the height of the structure. I will make gentle slope on the veranda to use the maximum area of the second floor.
Make an extension to the house forumchanin decided on frame technology, with using the half-timbered technique. Frame method of construction allows you to quickly and with minimal investment to reconstruct the house and make it really warm.
In planning the restructuring of the house, you need to pre-calculate the forces and financial capabilities. To decide who will lead the remake - hired a team or you yourself. It makes sense to simple work (carpenter's shop, etc.) to make their own, and the difficult work (installation of utilities) to invite specialists. Moreover, should be wary of "experts" who are taken to alter the construction of the cottage from the foundation to the installation of heating equipment. Practice shows that the quality of the work of such masters of the "generalist" in a bad way.
Step Three - Getting alteration
Once the concept has been worked out at home adjustment forumchanin took up the mess of the foundation. We decided to lift home jacks 40 cm and put it on the pier foundation, consisting of 16 control points.
During the construction of the foundation weakly deepened, especially in heaving soils, do not forget how to insulate it, to make insulated blind area and pave the drainage system. This set of measures is described in detail in the article "Correct pie warm blind area". For alteration of the foundation followed by warming of the floor - brand foam PSB-C-15 10 cm thick.
The next step is to transform the garden into a permanent home became a question of uninterrupted water supply. The solution was digging a well on 8.5 rings. To winter froze the water is not in the flow pipe in the sleeve paved the heating cable is connected to the power supply in the house, and the pipe itself is well insulated. The water in the house forumchanin fed by means of the pumping station.
Also, the question arose of how to recycle wastes. Toilet, located on the street - this is not an option when permanent residence. Validating chose not to do a standard septic tank of concrete rings (as a small patch), and put the station of deep biological treatment. It saved him from a headache on the device filtering fields required for purification of waste water from conventional septic tank.
For warming the house was laid 150 mm foam in the walls and 200 mm - on the roof. This measure, combined with the replacement of glass, forumchanin allowed to live in the house in the winter, temporarily otaplivayas electrical convectors.
Dr. Bormental:
The walls in my house from the inside decorated with imitation beams, ceiling chipped clapboard. It is also well insulated floor slabs. Carefully zapeneny all the cracks. All New Year holidays my wife and I spent in the house and, as they say, have experienced it. Sometimes the outdoor temperature drops to -24 degrees. In the house were comfortable 24 degrees.
Despite the efficiency of electricity sufficient heating, forumchanin decided it - economically unprofitable. So he bought a solid fuel boiler capacity of 12 kW, operating pellet. Practice has proved the effectiveness of this solution. In winter, on the same tab of pellets in the hopper, the boiler, maintaining a comfortable temperature in the house, with an average working day 4. In the offseason, longer - about 7 days. The boiler is attached indirect heating boiler, equipped with a built-in electric resistance at 2 kW. With this boiler is switched off in the summer, because hot water heated by electricity. In the event of an accident in the winter boiler boiler will for some time to support above-zero temperature coolant and prevent the defrost heating system.
In the event of a power outage in the CHT, forumchanin found in the house of an uninterruptible power supply system, by adding to it a gasoline generator.
The final touch to the house for permanent residence was the installation of a video surveillance system.
How to expand a country house with their hands cheaply
According to estimates forumchanin just rework old cottage in a comfortable house 75 m², in the city, he has spent about 1.5 million rubles. Inzhenerku of them took more than 500 thousand. rub., including the cost of installation of water supply, heating, sanitation and electrics.
Alteration in the garden full house - responsible action. The main thing - to believe in themselves and do not hesitate to ask advice from the experts on our website.
After reading the topic How do I convert a carcass bungalow 6x4 in permanentYou will see all the stages of its reconstruction. You can also learn about how to raise the house and repair the foundation under it and read the topic with a detailed description transform cottage in a house for permanent residence. Check out the video, which describes in detail, how to implement a cottage with all necessary communications. And in another video displays the main stages of the reconstruction of a village house.
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