How to build a porch of a house yourself, what nuances you need to take into account and what technologies are important to follow

After finishing the construction of the box at the house, I started building the porch. Due to the fact that my project provided for the presence of a basement floor, the structure turned out to be monolithic and rather high.

The porch has a small room inside, which I use for storing garden and construction tools.

The process of building a porch has several stages:

• Initially, I made a markup, thanks to which I calculated the step of each step, calculated the size of the upper platform, etc.

• The next step was the excavation work, which I carried out on my own using a shovel.
• Since the porch is a powerful monolithic structure, I had to prepare a reinforced concrete base for it.

• In the dug pit, I covered the bottom with a layer of sand and gravel (medium fractions), thereby creating a pillow. I laid the reinforcement, tying it together and fixing it by welding.

• After pouring concrete for the porch foundation and hardening it, I proceeded to build the formwork, for which I used plywood and boards.

• In each cavity, I laid the reinforcement and filled it with cement mortar, with the addition of medium-fraction crushed stone.

• It took about a week for the concrete mixture to harden, after which I dismantled the formwork.

To prevent the porch from moving away from the foundation of the house during operation, I carried out its additional fixation even during the construction of the formwork, connecting the reinforcement with the plinth.

In the place where my technical room was formed, I reinforced the structure with a channel in order to prevent collapse in the future due to heavy physical exertion.