A place to live (continuing construction, looking for water)

What is the most important building in the area that you have just started to master? Do you think the house? No, of course, the toilet! Without it, neither of which the normal construction process, however. On our site like structure was observed. So we have attended in the first place about a comfortable stay at a construction site.

To start to define the place for the future of a secluded corner. According to all standards of accommodation, it was necessary to withdraw from neighboring fences not less than five meters. Lot Size allowed to do this without compromising the future of landscape design. From his house we retreated to 30 m.

Material for manufacturing served disassembled boxes of tobacco factory. Raw materials to come from Europe and America, so the material was quality. For us it was pure luck that we rented a house in an area called the Krasnodar "snuff".

Thus, at a selected site of construction was dug pit size 0.8 * 0.8 * 2.0 m. Otsypali bottom gravel. Waste tank served two dvuhsotlitrovye barrel welded together. Barrel found the remaining space is filled with clay, the benefit was it here in abundance.

Digging a hole, the husband found interesting discoveries, for which he received the honorary title of "Archeology of the year."

Husband decided to put together a shield, and then put them on the finished frame. No sooner said than done. Size shields -. 1.2 * 2.2 m After assembling each dostochka I was polished and processed ognebiozaschitnym composition for wood. I advise you not to neglect this operation. Time has shown that we did the right thing. Our neighbors in the same time house rotted and collapsed. Too high humidity in the former marshes.

The frame was collected from the bar 50 * 50 mm. For stability on the side walls were made jib. The grounds for setting the frame served as a concrete "pens", that lay on our site.

After assembly design left her to paint and cover the roof. Green paint has been selected. Most of the time, in the Krasnodar region - summer. Green allowed the structure is not distracting from the overall landscape. We have covered a square of toilet metal profile, which we gave a neighbor. Served as ventilation pipes is installed in the rear of the toilet.

That's how "with the world on a string," we collected our "place of solitude." It has served faithfully for two years, even before the start-up toilet in the house.

Will appear on our site a corner for privacy saved us from having to run to the neighbors in need and has created a certain comfort. However, there is not a lot of amenities, and we wanted to also Vodicka came to commit further labor exploits. Until a certain time, it provided us with water hearted neighbor. But you can not use someone else's kindness forever. They began to find out how water supplied hamlet home. It was found that in the settlement its water tower that provides farm water from artesian wells.

About how we figured out which organization owns the well, and how to achieve the connection, you can write a separate book. In short, by paying a little money, we got permission to connect to the pipe. Our responsibility: to find a pipe (no drawings communications laying in the local "Vodokanal" was not found), by making the audit well, connect to the water on their own. After we carried out works, we need to call a specialist, and he will bring our connection in operation.

Pipe searched for a long time, we had three of the excavation done previously conducting a survey of old residents of the village. Finally we dug up our rusty bearer of life-giving water. It felt the same as that of hunters, who dug a peck of gold! Here's a she appeared before us from the earth.

Box husband did himself. Given the degree of deterioration of the pipe, it took a long time. Mounted faucet leaking all the time in the welds. But we are the people to overcome difficulties. In the end, we waited for the moment when the seam under the tap in the morning was absolutely dry. Box shot on the first day.

With the caisson long head did not break. Just bought in the nearby town of concrete ring and cover to hatch. Brought and installed his crane. Everything turned out very nice. green cover was hardly visible in the grass.

After entering the facilities in operation in our house there was water. Because the house was more like a temporary shelter, then tap water was done on a temporary basis. But the opportunity to prepare meals, boil a kettle and dishes.

The presence of water in the house is the next step towards achieving our comfort. However, the water had nowhere to go and that was the impetus for the construction of sewage wells on our territory. A place for it, we have identified 20 meters from the house. Calculated trajectory laying sewer pipes. She's been laid without kinks. Slope was approximately half centimeter per meter pipe.

About the material for the device manhole long argued. The village is located in the marshes, which were dried in the fifties. Our water is very close to the earth's surface. Should prevent access of groundwater into the well. Therefore brick shelf immediately. For the purchase of costly sewer systems, money is not enough. The best solution was the purchase of three concrete rings with a diameter of 1.5 * 1.0 m. Under the lower ring was covered with concrete pad. Once installed, the joints between the rings have been hermetically sealed with cement mortar, and the space from the well wall to the edge of the pit we filled with clay and stamped.

With the advent of sewerage, running water in the house it acquired the features of civilization in the form of a shell. We began to think that we live in an almost urban setting. Immediately after installing the sink I was proud of soap in her dishes after dinner.

From my own experience I can say this: if you start construction, will spare no effort and resources to ensure your site with water. No imported water will not replace the one that you can type at the tap or pump from the column. And our work on the arrangement of places for life goes on.

Porch in our opinion, is the calling card of any home. We do not want banal square porch. In dreams I pictured something unusual. In the end, we have decided to make a semi-circular porch. This solves one of the main problems - to climb onto the porch could be from anywhere without bumping into corners.

The radius of the porch was repulsed with the help of ropes, nailed on a nail in the center of the doorway. Pegs hammered where was the end of the rope. The width of the lower stage made comfortable for people with any foot size - 30 cm. The height also was very successful - 10 cm.

Radius was ready, the height and width of steps is calculated. The question arose formwork. porch did not work half-round of any material. Finally, the field of painful search, we have caught the eye of laminated plywood. She was very thin and well bent. One sheet we have enough for the rest of the formwork. We sawed it right in the store. This allowed to bring plywood by car. House husband for an hour set formwork proarmiroval its fittings, which remained after the pouring of the foundation. Knead concrete and poured by hand. The filler added to the solution screenings.

Formwork was removed after a week. The result is very pleased. Climb comfortably, porch looked very unusual. Our neighbors came to us to learn from experience to make at something like that.

About six months this appearance porch satisfy us. But, when we painted the walls of the house in a peach color, the porch on this background, it seemed alien excrescence. Once again, walking through the DIY stores, we bought a color for concrete orange-red color. House husband started a mortar, in which dye is added. He applied the solution to the porch layer of about 2 cm. Thus, the husband hid all traces of formwork and painted porch. After painting the porch has become exactly the shade that allowed him to harmoniously look at the background wall.

Eyes are afraid, but the hands are doing - this is our case. The main thing to know what you want to see the result of your efforts, and there is always a solution.

It's time to talk about how we were doing interior decoration of our small home. I would like to dwell on material that we trimmed ceilings.

In the old house, we have removed all the plaster from the ceiling. Beneath it were quite sturdy planks that were there from the 53rd of the year. They no trace of rot was observed. The roof over the rough ceiling was backfilled with clay. This seemed to us not enough, and we poured on the clay expanded clay layer 20 cm. The optimal solution for finishing the ceiling became drywall. On board staple gun fastened insulation film.

Crate made of bar 50 * 50 mm. Between the bars of crates paved rolled insulation. About him want to say more. Working with this material is very difficult. It breaks, when it begins to unfold. As a result, after installation, hanging from the ceiling is not very aesthetically pleasing rags. Its reliability as a heater causes me serious doubts. We had ample roof insulation. But those who are going to use it as the base material for thermal insulation, I would not advise to do it. All further warming we've done with the help of stone wool with resilient margins. ceiling picture of a roll insulation clearly show its flaws.

And as parogidroizolyatsii we first used the membrane "Yutafol". On it, too, I can not say anything good. This material looks as synthetic burlap gray. Their negative qualities she showed already in the installation phase. Because of the network structure diverges steplerovke material. First, there are small holes. When "Yutafol" begins to stretch - holes increase in size. We have about a year in the attic of this waterproofing was stretched under the rafters. Tests have shown that in a year the material crumbled into dust at the slightest touch. Do not skimp on the insulation. Better to buy "Izospan" or "Ondutis". They price-quality ratio is quite acceptable. Our ceilings we sewed up sheetrock, the seams between the sheets I lined filler "Volma".

As a finishing putty I used VETONIT LR +. It does not apply to low-cost materials. Its advantages: ease of application, a white color, sanding. Ceiling after application "vetonita" looks rovnenko and white as an egg. It remains only to paint in the desired color.

The ceiling in the annexe was made as plasterboard, but as the crates have been used metal profiles for the drywall. Easier to work with them than with wooden bars. Bars "play" in thickness, they are not perfectly aligned. Much time is spent on the "fit" level. Profile rovnenky as an arrow. In addition, suspensions for height adjustment, and connection crabs greatly facilitate the installation of the profile. If the choice between the bar and the metal profile, my opinion is clearly in favor of the latter.

As insulation, we used stone wool. The thickness of one plate - 5 cm. We stacked them on top of each other in a staggered manner. Overall insulation layer was 15 cm. Practice has shown that such a layer sufficient to heat retention in winter cold. The annexe was dry and warm, even when we were abnormal for the Krasnodar Territory in the 27-degree frosts.

For the putty seams between sheets of drywall, I used VETONIT KR. Working with him I liked it more than a "Volma". Applied and leveled "Vetonit" easily, almost effortlessly. With a little skill, to cope with the application of the putty can anyone. The result of the work we were satisfied. The ceiling has turned smooth and beautiful.

Should move on. The house had to do the floors, walls, bathroom, kitchen. Work is not diminished. But the dream is made to move forward.

His story to share with us our reader Svetlana Putintseva.

To be continued...

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