The house is close to the neighbors. How to build and legitimize

House on the site should be placed in compliance with the rules, stand aside from any of the buildings. But what if a narrow portion, and the neighbor's house stands practically on the border? What about the houses of the old buildings? There is a solution.

In an old building in our region many narrow and long sections. When building houses, few rules are followed, and the requirements used to be the other. 20 years ago the Soviet centrally legalized samostroy. Issued documents. But attach them something almost impossible.

When a friend bought a plot with a dilapidated house, called for the express advice of an architect friend. He described a number of ways to legalize new construction in cramped conditions.

make reconstruction

Location of the house on the site must comply with SP 30-102-99 (Section 5.3). An important condition - the observance of fire safety - SNIP 21-01-97 *. But in the old building is often the case that these rules are violated. This is not a reason to abandon the purchase of land.

If the size of an existing home you are satisfied, allowed reconstruction: impose a brick wall, replace the cold porch for warming or tear down the walls and build new ones. We need appropriate clearance, but to revise older documents to the new rules at the same time will not.

To build a "fire wall"

When the dimensions of the house needs to be increased, often become a stumbling block firebreaks. They can be reduced to erect buildings between fire wall.

Consider fire-foot wall brick fence on the border area - a common myth. The firewall must be above one of the buildings that you share.

Fire wall can serve as a brick wall of the house. In this case, it must be solid (no windows and doors) and rise above the ridge of the house, which is higher. It turns out the house with a shed roof and parapet.

Merge areas in fire compartments

Solutions are found, even when the neighboring buildings are located close to you is critical. It allowed their union in the fire compartment. Then the gaps must be maintained from the compartment to the nearest buildings. It could take advantage of this option in this case.

Of course, it is necessary to consider each case individually. Just know that these options out of the situation there. More educated architect to help.

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