The construction of a country house from scratch

At my family for about thirty years, there was a country of land on which stood a frame house, used only in summer. I have long overcome the idea to build a brick house, moved on a year-round residence.

The choice of materials for the house

My first task - to become the choice of materials, "box" will be built from that.

In front of me was the choice to build a house from the following materials:

Brick;

Concrete blocks;

concrete blocks;

Wood;

My main task was to build a durable house that a minimum of several generations of my family were able to live here. Therefore, the embodiments of foam blocks and wood have disappeared at once, due to its fragility.

But still had to use wood for the construction of the second floor, it was too I liked the project.

Brick will last you for 100-150 years longer than concrete blocks, but its price is approximately equal to 15 rubles for the brick, which is 30 percent more than its competitor.

I'm doing all the work on the conscience, so I chose a brick. Raising the foundation, started laying bricks.

My advice to you, begin construction towards the middle of the spring, so as not snowed like this happened to me.
Ground floor

The construction of the first floor took 2 months

The choice of wood for the construction of the second floor

Since the second floor in our house for the project was provided for wood, I did not make adjustments to the plan.

The next problem that I encountered - Selection boards for the second floor.

Arriving at the hardware store, I have been offered the following options of wood:

• Pine. The most common type of wood for the construction of town houses, due to its affordable price. Due to its minimal vysushlivosti, your house will not be much to shrink. But the strength of a given species is a little behind its competitors, such as cedar and oak;
• Cedar. One of the most expensive types of wood, enjoys low demand due to its price. Cedar is one of the most durable materials, which ensures a long life on par with brick;
• Spruce. Is on par with pine, good for health, there is good ventilation property. Also as pine has a low strength;
• Oak. Universal timber, can be used in any environment, has a large margin, the price is higher than the average;

After analyzing the above presented grade, I stopped at the oak.

The entire second floor I put together in just a month and a half, the performance just struck me.

roof Construction

Do not forget that the stage of construction of the roof is one of the most important, it took us about a month.

The material for the overlapping I also chose the oak.

The choice of insulation is also not an easy task, I chose it on the advice of my friends from Kyrgyzstan. My friends just engaged in the manufacture of insulation.

And then came the moment when I was asked to choose the material for the roof. Since my wife has had a summer residence where there is a house with a roof of natural tile, which perfectly proved itself - I decided not to experiment and chose it too.

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