How to survive as long as the house is being built: a collection of building life hacking

Any novice developer be planning their own or with the help of "mercenaries" to build a house, overcome fears and doubts in their abilities. Succeed or fail? On any "pitfalls" can descend to avoid them? Will there be enough money in the plans, and whether the building will become a long-term construction with uncertain prospects?

The last question is more concerned with those developers who have decided to put everything on the construction of the house and to this apartment sold (or climbed on credit). In this case it is necessary to speed up all processes, and minimize costs through building life hacking.

Therefore, relying on the experience of our portal users will tell:

• Where should begin the construction.
• As the cabins or mini-house to minimize construction costs.
• What building life hacking accelerate and simplify the process of construction of the house.

Sober calculation - as the basis for the correct construction

Practice users FORUMHOUSE shows that before starting any construction, we must soberly assess their strength and everything as it should be calculated. Only in this way can ensure that construction will not turn into protracted and "vacuum cleaner" pumping out absolutely all the means of the family budget.

The biggest mistake novice builder - to think that the "box" at home - it is almost ready to house, and most importantly, to enough money for its construction, and then will only mount inzhenerku, do finish and can deliver the furniture and live.

This is - a profound error! "Box" - is only 30% (approximately) of the total cost of the house. Most of the funds spent on the installation of utilities (heating, water, electricity, sewage), as well as the interior and exterior.

What causes approach when obligatory stage design housespassed, many eloquent unfinished greige and cottages (often a large area).

Do not calculate the forces (especially in light of changing economic conditions), people are forced to freeze construction in the hope of ever finish it. The result - the so-called "Eternal" construction when to bring the house up to the level of "permanent" has neither the strength nor the desire nor the ability.

In connection with the above, interesting approach to construction consultant section "Ventilation" on FORUMHOUSE Dmitry Galayuda (forum name - Gaser).

Gaser:

When building a house should be guided by 4 main principles. This is - a clear compliance technologies prescribed by the manufacturer, as far as possible in compliance with the SNP. The second - the use of quality and, importantly, has proven in building materials. The third - the optimization of costs. Fourth - the calculation of what work is beneficial to do yourself, and what better and more cost-effective to redirect a hired worker.

Any construction project starts with the calculation and estimates. It will accurately tell if the family budget building will draw, or the dream of his house will have to be postponed until better times.

Also competent engineering solutions (e.g., calculation on the foundation strength) would avoid the standard rehypothecation concrete and reinforcement and construction of the base under the cottage, on which in the end can put a multistory House.

rules of GaserOptimizing building processes:

• It is necessary to consider everything, every little thing (often they run over large sums).
• Take pictures all the hidden and the intermediate steps, if possible with a measurement tool (measuring tape, etc.), guided by the principle: "the photo is never too much."
• Personally supervise the work performed, especially on the important - the key stages.
• Save all the signed documents.
• All agreements with the workers / foreman made in writing, with a clear description of the terms of delivery of work, pay and responsibility of the parties. Any changes are stipulated in writing. Also in the contract is entered phrase 'remuneration specified by the contract, is not revised. "

It is insurance in case the work is conceived, or superintendent take credit for the mythical and the alleged work performed.

And one more recommendation from the user.

Gaser:

To minimize construction costs, I do not cooperate with construction companies. Always trying to find direct executors (brigade), which itself zamotiviruyu and can monitor the quality of work. This approach allows me to save about 20% of the estimate.

Bungalow as the main building life hacking, minimizing the cost of construction of the house

All of the above - a theory that allows to understand the reasons should be accents in the construction of the house. We turn to the practice and explain how something as simple as a change house, helping to reduce the cost to build a house.

Asking initial conditions: there is a site on which will build a house (leave outside the this article nuances of choice land and connection to available Communications). To purchase a sold flat portion, i.e., nowhere to live, or take a loan, the interest for the use of which does not allow you to pay for removable housing. What to do?

To solve this problem it is necessary (and in advance of the conclusion of the transaction) answer the question, if you can reduce your requirements for comfort and temporarily settle in cabins, rustic old wooden house (which, for example, sold together with land) or a mini-house, made with his own hands?

Indicative examples of our portal users who were able to benefit from a seemingly difficult situation.

Zorus (Member FORUMHOUSE):

We have been with his wife dreamed of his own house, and life on earth, but every time a dream come across the reality of scarce resources. In the end, we liked to buy land near the city, we sold the apartment. After the transaction of money just on the left to put a temporary house in the open field, and live there.

At the user's words, the realization that all bridges are burned, and return to the past "city" life No, it came only after he and his wife gave the keys to her new apartment sold owners.

To change clothes (Zorus wife soaked with rain), newly made suburban residents had change in the underground parking lot, and then go to the site to lodge assembled from two block containers.

But as shown by further three-year practice in the life of this "cabins" was pretty comfortable.

The main thing - a clear adherence to the plan.

Assembly house it took 2 days.

advice from Zorus: On the market there are models of prefabricated houses made of sandwich panels, but he stopped on the classic block-container on a metal base, with the walls of a wooden frame.

Zorus:

Models of sandwich panels are expensive and it is not clear how to hang on steel wardrobes, boiler and other home appliances.

The next stage after the assembly of the house - the installation of all necessary utilities: water, electricity and heating. In Zorus heating initially implemented on electric infrared heaters in the future, because of faults in electric power, the gas convector.

Despite the extreme conditions of use, the user believes that this is the right choice, and that's why.

Zorus:

At the beginning of the epic with the move we thought of a rented apartment, but for various reasons refused this option.

We list what guided Zorus:

• The cost of renting an apartment for a year is roughly equal investments in the house.
• After the end of the use of a house can be sold and to recapture invested in the purchase of its funds, while money for the rent lost forever.
• You already live in their own land, and gained construction experience will be useful in the construction of the main house.
• Building a house and at the same time living in the area, you can control the actions of the workers.

Total for the construction (at 2013 prices), mini-homes spent about 600 thousand. rub. This is including shipping, assembly, interior finishing, assembling all the necessary appliances and utilities.

Recommend FORUMHOUSE: to minimize the risk to remain without electricity in the winter, mini-house or shed in mandatory equip a backup power supply system, for example, on the basis of petrol generator.

This article explains in detail, both with their own hands to make a backup power supply of a country house.

Also interested in the experience of Alexander Fedortsova (nick portal Skeptic).

Alexander Fedortsov (Member FORUMHOUSE):

I, until self-built house, 4 year-round living in the cabins. Heated by electricity - two 600 cotton infrared ceiling heater installed in 2 rooms. That was enough to maintain a comfortable temperature indoors in the 23-24 degrees in the most severe frosts. Total to pay for care (due to insufficient insulation) around 2-3 thousand. rubles per month. Approximately the same number I have now spent on heating with electricity is well insulated home.

An important caveat - shed Skeptic I decided not to buy, and do it yourself on frame technology, as cabins are standard sizes, they are given the dimensions of cargo that can be transported without special permission.

The width of the standard cabins Alexander were not satisfied, he wanted at least 3 meters. Makeshift shed Skeptic put on best budget option foundation - peskotsementnye blocks of 200h200h400 mm. The bottom frame rail - board 200x50 mm. Warming of the floor - 20 cm of glass wool. As the insulation walls - thickness 50 mm glass wool, inserted into the frame rack - bar 50x50 mm, sheathed inside plasterboard, 12.5 mm thick and the outside - SIR "nine".

Also shed equipped with all necessary inzhenerki, including sewers, running water (at the base of the well), hot water system and appliances.

Despite the simple and constructive budget, cabins failed. The essence of the construction life hacking - mini house gave the user the ability to live in the area in comfort and at the same time build a frame house, to minimize all costs.

Alexander Fedortsov:

I built a shed on their own, in the summer, on weekends. For everything it took two months.

An interesting point, which will be useful to all novice developers - life hacking on vodostochki device.

For the removal of precipitation from the roof by using conventional gray sewer pipe (diameter 110 mm) which are laid under the ground and brought into a ditch along the road.

The result - no need to deal with surface drainage, all the rainwater goes right through the pipes and not sprayed around the house.

Alexander Fedortsov:

I think that the construction of cabins to start the construction of a large house - the right decision. In a small house can comfortably live and it is very convenient to build a cottage.

5 construction of life hacking samostroyschikov FORUMHOUSE

At the end of the material we present a collection of building life hacking on our portal users, which will be useful for all beginner developers.

1.Where the street store a gas cylinder, which is used for cooking or heating of a country house? User portal Dmitry Novikov (nick DmitryOREXOVO), Furnished old country house, which he bought and decided to turn into a comfortable cottage, found a way out.

DmitryOREXOVO (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Gas bottle I keep in case of thrown away a refrigerator. Thus I have saved - did not spend money on the purchase of a special cabinet for the gas cylinder, and the refrigerator is already insulated.

2.Spending a small country house a lot of money vodostochki for the device from the "company" not always rational. You can reduce costs by using advice from a portal user with the nickname WAAD.

Waad (Member FORUMHOUSE):

In order to make the drainage, I took the usual plastic sewer pipe and cut it in half lengthwise, and the two halves joined together. Because pipe has sufficient rigidity and strength, for its mounting, unlike standard gutter does not require a powerful fastener. Vodostochku I hooked on the screws at the corners, which are sold everywhere and are just 45 rubles.

3.To use the attic space in the building for the storage of long materials, e.g., boards, Skeptic still in the design phase of a country house offers the stairs to the attic and roof window (or hatch to exit to the roof) set opposite to each other.

Skeptic:

This arrangement allows without too much trouble to throw in the attic 6-meter board. This is done so - one end of the board is fed up through the open hatch and brought to the roof, then the other end of the board is stored in the attic. Next timber is placed on the floor under further storage.

4. Also note the original hoist from skeptic,which will be useful to developers alone are filed ceiling sheet materials such as plasterboard.

Mechanism, something resembling a medieval ballista, assembled from scrap materials. How it works demonstrate the following photos.

Skeptic:

Attach the drywall on the ceiling alone is difficult. It affects the weight (about 30 kg), and the inconvenience of working with large-format pictures.

Construction of the machine consists of two parts - a lower, being on standing builder which fastens the ceiling sheet screwdrivers, and the upper, by means of which the sheet rises to the ceiling.

The machine operates as follows: plasterboard sheet is placed on top of the machine and via the frame rises. The legs move across the floor, and thus, the rise can be stopped at any time, and the list will not fall. At the finish of the legs are fixed by means of special grooves.

By making such a machine, it is important to calculate the optimum height of the vertical supports so that the sheet is in the top position there was pinned to the ceiling.

If filing the ceiling is made of two sheets laid with an overlap joints, the counting machine height by two layers of material. The first sheet is pressed against the ceiling does not close, the builder need only a little to lift his hand to slip under the sheet a pair of thin plates to select and play prishurupit sheet to the battening.

The second sheet is already tightly pressed against the first.

5.To store all melochovki in the studio perfect plastic shelves with baskets on wheels, which are usually sold in the economic section in many stores.

Skeptic:

Shelves on wheels is convenient to move. For example, it is possible to take out from under the table, out of the box to get the right thing and just simply push the bookcase back.

Summarizing

Construction experience of our portal users said that in any case the main thing - to make the first step and experience will follow. The key point - a good theoretical training and following the recommendations of the participants experienced FORUMHOUSE. They are always happy to share their secrets and life hacking, optimizes and accelerates the process of construction of the house.

On our website there is a topic, which describes in detail, how to approach the process of building a houseAnd to minimize all costs. The topic is collected survival experience on a blank portion mini-cabin. To draw inspiration construction, alteration and construction of the house and grounds can be of positive themes DmitryOREXOVO "My diary" Life from the ground. ' "

Also we advise to read about how to survive in the areaWhile not at home, how to organize the life of the workers at the construction siteand how to build the cheapest fence.

In our video scripts tells how to build a mini-houseThat the level of comfort is different from the cottage, and what tricks have helped our user build a comfortable country house with their hands.

Discuss the article and read other materials devoted to country life you can on the websiteFORUMHOUSE.

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