Why did my grandfather put ropes and chains instead of reinforcement in the basement of the house? And for window openings I used rails

When we inherited a house in the suburbs, in the first year I made the decision to move into it on a permanent basis. Monolithic walls, a tall basement, the thickness of the walls of the basement wall is 90 cm, the walls of the house itself are 60 cm, my grandfather poured the house from waste steam locomotive slag, next to the railway, but he did not spare cement...

In the formwork, as the main reinforcement, the bundles laid everything that came to hand: reinforcement of different diameters, chains, cables, narrow-gauge rails were used to strengthen door and window openings...

When we gave out wooden windows and decided to expand the window openings for new glazing, we almost went crazy, they sent a burst of cut-off wheels to the scrap when all the metal wealth inside the walls was cut to size windows.

And all because the high and thick basement creates an excellent microclimate in the basement, where spins and potatoes are stored, and in the house itself, in the hellish heat of 2010 and this year, it is cool and comfortable. For the day I close the blinds and the curtains are as thick as the sun sets, I open the windows and the house breathes. \

Outside, the house is plastered, from the inside under 50 mm mineral wool gypsum board, the house keeps the warmth in winter perfectly. Two stoves were removed, now we are conducting gas, in the screed of the floor of bathrooms and rooms where there will be tiles on the floor, we are making a warm floor, water from the heating system.

A neighbor has a panel house with backfill, there is no basement, outside sheathing is made of polystyrene, if she wrote correctly. There are problems with thermoregulation, if in winter they get out with heating, then in summer it is very uncomfortable. I'm not an expert, I'm just stating a fact.

Author: Anna Zhikhareva."Send your articles to [email protected]and we will publish them! "

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