A-frame house: personal experience

Any person engaged in the construction, knows that sometimes you want to build something "for the soul." Though not entirely practical, but pleasing the eye. This desire is particularly strong if the land is situated in a picturesque location, in the forest or on a hill with a magnificent view of the surrounding area.

For such cases, when it seems that the standard house just does not fit into the landscape, the output may be a so-called A-frame house, or, which is more familiar to us, a house-tent.

In this article we will discuss:

• How to build their own house-tent.
• Is it possible to improve the constructive-shelter home.

House-tent with their hands

Design houses in the form of the letter "A" is known in many countries. In the vastness of the Soviet Union triangular cottages called huts or tents.

In North America, they are known as the A-frame (A-frame house). These houses were built in the form of a tent when it was necessary to quickly and inexpensively build a house from the fact that there is "underfoot".

A house undergoing a renaissance, and through the use of modern building materials, there are projects of the unusual design.

House, shown above, is complicated for self-repetition, therefore, talking about how to build house-tent, we will discuss a budget, but no less interesting options that you can build your hands. A good example of why the developer selects a house-tent - the history of the construction of the portal user with the nickname eglis.

eglis (Member FORUMHOUSE):

I have a plot of land 5 acres near the town. The plot is a view of the remarkable Taganrog bay. The place is very nice, easy to breathe, smell of the sea is felt. Along with the site sold the old brick house. The foundation he does not, therefore, within the walls of cracks. First I would like to bring to mind the house: to expand, insulate and so on, but everything is calculated, has come to the conclusion that would be cheaper to build a new. Because I'll build one, without assistants, needed a feasible and inexpensive technology. Therefore, the choice fell on a tent-frame house.

Before we talk about the stages of the construction, we list the main pros and cons of the A-homes.

Pros and Cons of A-homes

Pros And-A-domovMinusy domovEkonomiya money, time, effort, the original form. Shallow useful area for equal spot development. No need to build stnadratnuyu "box" when designing .Slozhnosti stairs. Light weight, low material consumption of the foundation. The reduced functionality of the second floor.

The main advantage of the shelter-home - saving building materials, time and effort. In fact, the "legs" of the lodge are both uprights walls and roof rafters.

Accordingly, there is no need for the construction of a classic "box", which is then mounted on the truss system.

Also note the lightweight frame of this beautiful cabin, which reduces the material consumption of the foundation and simplify its structure. There is no need to build a serious foundation, you can do "Popular" pier foundation, commonly used in the construction of huts.

Among the main disadvantages of the hut-house: the smaller effective area, at equal building spot, the house that was built on traditional technology. Therefore, the second floor of the "triangle" is most often used to host bedrooms or "loft", where you can store different things.

With the construction of in-house hut ladder, you have to smash his head, as it is located, and how to make comfortable. But all the flaws go by the wayside if we approach the matter with fiction and fantasy. If you do a house-tent not like talking, and adhering to clearly developed the project, it turns out to really unusual and beautiful building that blends into nature.

That is what eventually should be able to have eglis.

Work on the construction of the shelter-home began with the construction of the cellar.

eglis:

I live in an apartment, so acute issue, where to store pickles, jams. Decided to build a house right below the cellar.

For this, the user alone, shovel dug pit size 1800h3500 mm and a depth of 2800 mm.

Digging "pit" eglis leveled concrete base that has simplified masonry blocks.

Overlapping cellar made of asbestos cement pipes with a diameter of 11 cm.

On the hole went Corner "50-ka," which is based on the middle of the "beam" ceiling made from "12th" sill.

Also, the user has provided the cellar ventilation, his "gray" pipes.

Top overlap clay filled shed water and gave "screed" to dry thickness of 80 cm under the hot summer sun.

This article explains in detail, how to build a cellar at a high level of groundwater.

Now it is time to build the A-frame. The first thing the user erected a pier foundation. classical technology - dug pit, then it is filled with gravel and sand. All this is poured water and thoroughly compacted. Then, put the prepared substrate concrete block, etc. peskotsementny

To rubble and sand over time, not mixed with the soil, and did not go into it, the base of the soil must be separated by geotextile that advance is placed on the bottom of the pit.

pier foundation eglis It represents twelve concrete block size 30h30h30 cm. Blocks bed waterproofing, which laid the framework piping - bar section 15x10 cm.

Since, at the user's view, the height of the blocks was not enough to raise the piping higher above the ground, between the beam and the spacer blocks laid - trimming of larch.

eglis:

After finishing the foundation, I moved on to the construction of the frame. The dimensions of the triangles-hut homes following: base 5400 mm, side - 6130 mm. The distance between the triangles - 59 cm with the stacking vraspor heater whose width is 60 cm. On the "legs" went to see the board section 15H5. Triangle I raised myself, using his time stops - three boards. I have to say, do this one physically hard, but when you consider that on several occasions when lifting triangles frustrated with stubborn planks - it is dangerous. But nothing happened, and I picked up the frame.

For additional strength triangles carcass construction reinforced straps.

Further work was carried out on the classic frame construction. All work is divided into a series of sequential steps:

1. Mounting vlagovetrozaschitnoy membrane and a finishing lath roofing - wave slate.

2. Laying insulation - rock wool is 5 cm thick in two layers. Because "Foot" made of board 15H5 cm, and the total thickness of insulation layer is 10 cm, turned double ventilation gap. Those. the distance between the insulation and the membrane 5 cm, and was formed due to the bars of the second air passage between the slate and the film.

3. A similar scheme is satisfied floor insulation, with the only difference that between joists additionally fastened with galvanized wire mesh yacheoy 5x5 cm.

4. wave slate sheet was divided into 3 parts. At the user's words, so the roof looks original. It is easier to climb on the crate with a piece weighing 7 kg than trying to fix a sheet.

Sheets previously clipped to reduce docking "hump". The sheets were fastened with nails slate. The holes in the slate of slightly larger diameter than the "body" of the nail advance zasverlivalis screwdriver.

5. Installing the gable sheets of OSB. Installation of temporary stairs and doors.

6. Installation of windows.

To bend a sheet of "galvanizing" ridge member, the user of several boards and loops made listogib. Constructive adapt available for self-repetition, demonstrate the following photos.

In the future we plan improvement listogiba and installation of metal rails and clamps.

7. On flooring went decking thickness 2.8 cm.

Boards before laying processed ognebiozaschitoy. Boards were attached into a groove softwood length of 5 cm, which is screwed an angle.

Sex second floor - 18 mm thick OSB.

eglis:

In the future, I want to cover the floor with waterproof varnish. The pipe running from the cellar, will go up and sideways through an extension framework, which I built on the site of an old brick house, after his face it. In the annexe (I will not insulate it) is located a shower and a shed for storing garden tools.

House-tent user is still under construction, but already now it is clear that getting cozy "country house" structure, well blended into the site.

Later on the wall outside oboshyutsya siding, basement and closed Ground siding or floorings.

How to improve the constructiveA-frame house and build a beautifulhouse-tent

If the house eglis still being completed, the A-frame housesergiolakky already finished: a beautiful and comfortable home-hut "turnkey" waits for visitors on a virtual tour.

sergiolakky (User FORUMHOUSE):

My area of ​​18 acres, located on the banks of the Volga. With magnificent views of the river and countryside. Decided to build a "country house", but with all the amenities. Summed electricity, gas and water well drilled. The question arose, what to build. To put in a place an ordinary box or enclose something complicated I do not like: expensive, and does not fit into the landscape. I stopped at the A-House. Although the space on the second floor in this form factor a bit, but he told me not actually need. All that is necessary, placed on the ground floor.

Now we will show photos, inspire the user to build his "hut".

It is worth noting that the house shown above, as well as a summer residence sergiolakky, not classical A-frame houses. Pay attention to the right side of the figure. Part of the "legs" legs cut off, and the rafters are based on an extension.

Such asymmetry, on the one hand, gives home "flavor" and on the other - is significantly expanding its functionality due to gain additional space.

Due to a fracture of the roof, under it was possible to place the vestibule, toilet and dressing room to build. Also in the house has a bedroom, a bath with a relaxation room and a veranda.

Constructive house is as follows: strip foundations with bored piles, recessed to 3000 mm. The walls are made of silica brick. Wall thickness 380 mm. The walls are decorated by technology "wet front." Overlap the second floor - wood. Roofing - shingles. Heating: first floor - warm floor, second - radiators.

The following photos demonstrate what can be inside the house, a hut at the competent approach to its design and construction.

Restroom.

Decorating the walls.

First floor bedrooms.

Corridor.

Kitchen.

Sauna.

Shower in the dressing room.

winter view from the second floor.

View from the second floor in the summer.

Summarizing

To build a beautiful house, a hut, first of all, need to change their attitude to it. If you are thinking that are creating something small, inconvenient and time, so the house and out. So first we write all your "Wishlist", choose the design of the hut home, then do the project, and only on the basis of his build. And most importantly - a house-tent must be in place.

It is difficult to imagine that the massive square box lined with "red" brick will be in harmony with the edge of the forest or the river.

And house-tent must be entered in the site and in the surrounding landscape, as if dissolved in it, and do not look alien element, lost among the typical houses. It makes no sense to build a building in the ordinary cottage.

Only observing these principles, A-frame house will be for its owner a place where you can really relax.

Learn more about the stages of construction of houses, huts eglis and sergiolakky It can be in the topics: house-tent with their hands and A-frame house on the banks of the Volga. Also subject to FORUMHOUSE can be inspired by the ideas of construction beautiful tent-house. Useful articles about stages of building a custom stone house, The construction of which extended over 15 years. The video - unusual round building with a dome roof near Moscow.

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