How to build houses in America

About the construction of the classical frame houses and cottages written many books, articles and filmed many documentaries, but we believe that FORUMHOUSE users want from the lips of our fellow citizens to learn about the American construction frame house.

What they build houses in America

Most of the houses in America is built with a basement and a garage for two or three cars. This is a classic. And the garage in 90% of cases is combined with the house and enter it can be inside the dwelling. Floors depends on the willingness of the customer, but do not open America if I say that the presence of a ground floor significantly increases the living space - now a boiler room, a workshop or a gym located in the basement.

In view of the basement storey house at equal area with single-deck will be much cheaper.

Read a detailed story about a member of our portal the construction of the ground floor.

Construction of homes in the US has a number of features: definitely elevated porch, on the ground floor kitchen necessarily combined with living room and the master bedroom is required to set a toilet.

Over the ocean, wardrobes, almost no one buys and uses a built-in closet for storing clothes, size more like a small-sized room.

But before we move on to the technical description of the construction process karkasnikov should understand the popularity of this technology in America. After all, for some reason, no one does not seek to build a home overseas from aerated or warm ceramics!

Member FORUMHOUSE Polgray how Americans build houses:

- The main argument is that Americans, unlike us, are very mobile people. They often change their place of residence. And every time they need a low-cost, practical and-fabricated house. Therefore, they choose karkasniki. But prejudices about the house-fortress, the heat capacity of the brick and stone they do not.

Expensive and prestigious housing in America also build on frame technologies. The price difference accumulates due to the area, the site location and the interior and exterior of the house.

Classic American frame house

As mentioned above, most of the houses being built over the ocean with a basement. In America, in contrast to the whole of Russia, hardly used weakly deepened strip foundations. The main types of foundations - is a classic plate and belt to a depth of freezing.

The average height of the plinth is 8 feet that peroschete to the metric system is about 2.4 meters.

The construction of frame houses with construction area 15h12 m takes an average of 5-6 days. This speed is achieved by well-functioning technology.

American Homes Construction Technology

Gorelkin (Member FORUMHOUSE):

- This rate is achieved by a calibrated material and the prefabricated trusses. To the site of assembly have brought in the factory, as well as the stairs that saves us from having to build directly on the construction site truss system.

Sami farm and big wall climb, not manually cock, which also significantly speeds up the process of building a frame house.

During the construction of frame houses technology is most often used platform - when the first floor joists sutured OSB sheets, and as early as this - a flat surface engaged in the erection of walls. Construction site preparing for the arrival of a brigade or framer frame builders in advance. The plot is supplied with electricity, communications and an asphalt road. All material already introduced by. A core team of three instruments framer following:

• Three hand-held circular saws;
• A miter saw;
• Reciprocating saws;
• Neylery cassette and the drum type;
• Compressor;
• Staplers: one manual and one pneumatic for sewing OSB walls and roof. With this easy and convenient tool casing is faster and more convenient than a gun.

The main tool is provided foreman of his - the only framer carpenter's belt and different small things.

Special mention should be on the material used in the construction of a frame house in America. Size racks for external and internal walls of the carrier 24 is 2x6 inches on center. The height of the floor 1 94 or 104 inches, the second floor 92 inches;

Domestic non-bearing pillar 2x4 16 inches on center;

Osb used 0.5 inches by walls and a roof, 3/4 inches to the floor;

floor joists made of 2x10 16 inches on center;

Racks are always brought in bundles cut to the desired length. For contact with the concrete tree - using a special lining tape;

Nails standard 3 inch.

1 inch is approximately equal to 2.5 cm. The whole timber has a strictly geometry and well dried. It also features the overseas technology include the fact that the wood impregnated with an antiseptic or as it is called here - Zelenka, is used only when installing it on the concrete, and he himself is going to frame out of the untreated protective equipment wood.

Construction of houses in America. Work organization.

An interesting approach to the construction brigade at home.

Gorelkin:

- Each team his order and its rules. Two people make the marks on the base. All sizes according to the plan. One person fills a special stapler Lining a sponge on the board of the waist. Sponge necessarily fit around the perimeter of the house. Strapping board is attached to the foundation bolts, pre-installed during concrete pouring. two men nailed t. H to this board. skirt - board 2x10 around the perimeter. Brigadier marks the location of the floorboard. Skirt stuffed with sprinkles lags. After that one employee is to collect the frame of the garage, and the other two plank floors.

In America, as insulation for walls is mainly used by rock wool, and the roof of the complex shapes and a large number of cavities insulated ecowool. All connections windshield glued shut.

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Gorelkin:

– The walls we align to trim their OSB. We check the diagonal and fix. That is, we have already raised an exact rectangle. Then of course it is important that the foundation has been smooth. Tolerances and variances in practice was 1/4 inches by 10 feet long wall, but it is not fatal, it is important to sustain the size of the kitchen and bathroom. Sometimes the walls had to break and remake too. Rule "does not break the build" does not work here, remodel always longer than build.

In most homes, all communications from the water pipes, and ending with the wiring harness, wires are hidden - inside the walls. Moreover, in contrast to our PUE American unified set of building regulations Uniform Building Code depending on the state, is capable of performing hidden wiring in wooden houses without the use of metal pipes. Quickly build a home as possible at the expense of detail assigned project house, which shows all the dimensions, location of rooms and communications.

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Gorelkin:

- The rate of construction of the house is greatly influenced by a smooth and dry timber. And the fact that the walls are assembled and sheathed on the floor. Also significantly speeds up the use of factory farms that we raise the crane. If the farm properly and evenly exposed, OSB has to be cut to a minimum.

Interesting timing works - one day is spent on it to prepare gables three hours to install all the crane, and one day to score a roof OSB. After that come Rufer and one day cover the whole roof shingles.

In America, almost no specialists so-called generalist. Each team is engaged in the work front. The foundation is poured one, carpentry others, and internal communications conducted by a third, which greatly accelerates construction time at home. Frame house from the Americans built within 2-3 months from commencement of work before putting the house under the key. Moreover, the concept of "turnkey means" that can only make furniture and we can live with.

The base, in all homes, and provides for the connection of all necessary communications, ranging from sewerage systems and ending with fiber-optic cable and satellite high-speed Internet TV.

Speed, multiplied by money

It must be some feature American frame housing, Some hidden factors that influence the exceptional popularity of this type of construction not only in America but also in Canada, Europe, and recently even for Moscow.

According to our user (forum name 777uran777uran), It is this:

- Between the frequent change of residence in the United States and the need for affordable housing, contrary to popular belief, communication is still not straight, because the price tag on a house they It does not depend on which of the walls, and on what the market value of the house at this point, as the market of private homes in the US is almost №1 industry in the economy, it is engine.

It is from here taken such a huge need for industrialization and unification of the building and so tough important dates and time - the money, because the construction of any object - it's a tough conveyor belt of the order prior to the issuance key. And industrial work with calibrated wood easier and faster than with a stone.

And do not forget that the construction speed greatly affects project planning and detailed specification of works up to the smallest detail and the minutes for each operation.

FORUMHOUSE users can learn more about the construction frame houses, Read the story of our member portal, which is itself, and without any experience I built a frame house. Join the discussion on the construction of houses of SIPpaneley and construction karkasnikov in America. Check out the video, which clearly shows how the right approach to the construction of a frame house a second light.

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