Extension to the house from a bar without any problems

It is not uncommon for a family to grow quite actively, especially when the children grow up, acquire their own families and now grandchildren are running around your house. There is an acute housing problem. And since not everyone is able to move children into their own housing today, or the family prefers to live inseparably for several generations, the only way out is to expand the existing housing.

The project is the basis of any construction

Owners of private housing, in the presence of, of course, sufficient space on the plot, it is easy to do. Even if you decided to do everything yourself, we see no obstacles, especially since the assistants are full of the house.

Let's start with the planning of the future premises, in order to understand how big our extension will be to the main house.

What is important to consider when designing additional space:

1. The purpose of the attached rooms (sometimes the expansion is thought out in order to set up a workshop, a bathroom, a warm garage with an exit directly from the house). Everything depends on it, starting with building materials and ending with the number of window openings.

1. The presence on the site allocated for construction, engineering communications (plumbing, sewage and much more). This object should be provided with unhindered access for maintenance and possible repair.
2. What materials will we build from? This question should be asked yourself long before you begin to master the basics of design, building material affects not only the price of the entire project, but also the durability of the structure.
3. Think over the format of the completed constructions.

• Frame walls.
• Solid stone or wood.

Wooden extensions to the wooden house

In this section we will touch the option of an extension from a bar to a wooden or stone house. To whatever building we are attached, should begin with the foundation.

Foundation

When an extension is constructed from a timber to a wooden house, the foundation for it should be laid the same as under the main building.

The easiest way in this regard is for those who built the house on their own and knows everything about its foundation:

• Sizes.
• Depth of depth.
• Construction and base material.

1. Monolithic.

• Concrete.
• Reinforced concrete.

1. Prefab.

• Reinforced concrete.
• Stone (cinder blocks, foam blocks, etc.).

It remains only to repeat such a foundation for an extension, tying it to the existing one and ready, you can build walls.

In the case when an extension to a wooden house from a bar is performed without knowledge of the existing foundation, it will be necessary to carry out research work:

• "Dig out" the old foundation of the future construction.
• Inspect it by the above parameters.

After installing a new base, let it settle, gain strength for at least a month. Particular attention in the design of the new foundation, give the places of its docking with the old.

Note! The easiest way to use the installation of the pile foundation, as it does not depend on the already existing foundation. It is enough to drill a few grooves and drive (screw in) the supports into them.

Walls

Now the instructions for the further process - on the ready foundation we begin the construction of walls.

Surely you have planned the device:

• Three additional walls, and the fourth wall will serve the existing house.
• Two with a suitable configuration of the old dwelling.

Since this is an extension from a bar to a log house or from similar lumber, joining new walls with old ones will not be particularly difficult.

How fastener material will fit:

• Staples metal.
• Metal plates.
• Brackets.
• Screws.
• Nails and the like

Note! Attachments from a bar for permanent residence of people in it are usually made of lumber with a cross section of at least 200x200 mm. It should be remembered that this is a rather heavy construction material, which will necessarily shrink.

Therefore, the fastening at the junction of the old and new walls (where the extension to the house is from the timber) is carried out with a bracket and left alone until the final shrinkage.

The shrinkage period for specialized sources can last about one year. But it can be delayed for a longer period.

Everything is not straightforward and depends on several conditions:

• The size of the extension.
• The degree of moisture of the feedstock.
• The shrinkage of the old house.

In any case, you should be patient and not hurry. Upon expiration of the shrinkage between the existing building and the new annex, a shift is possible, as a rule, vertically.

You should pull out the skewed staples and nail them again without shifting. Usually, one such procedure is enough.

To prevent the wind from shrinking during the shrinkage period, fill the vertical slots with any insulation available to you:

• Mineral wool.
• Izoverom.
• Tow or felt.

Note! For aesthetic look and enhance the effect of the seal, close the joint with a wooden slat. If it "pulls", dismantle and nail again.

On top of finished new and old walls, for the construction of structures of the attic and roof, you should arrange a harness from a bar of smaller section (for example, 150x150 mm). Belt - the crown is laid around the perimeter.

Ideally, the bar for the strapping will be without joints, but it all depends on the size of the resulting structure. Although custom-made you can make a bar length of 12 m, it will only cost several times more expensive.

In the construction market, more practical sizes 2.3 and 6-meter are more common.

Roof

Now we arrange the roof of our extended home. This work is performed in the usual way by the construction technology of construction of wooden structures roofs known in construction.

Schematically, the process looks like this:

• Install the truss system (racks, mows, beams), observing the maximum load on the structure.
• On rafters we make a crate of timber or solid flooring from the board.
• We gable gables.
• Hem eaves.
• Install wind elements.
• We mount a roof covering from materials of your choice.

It remains the device floor, filing ceilings and finishing work. Windows and doors in the extension are mounted in the usual way.

It is worth noting that it is desirable to give preference to wooden structures. The extension from a bar to the house from a bar is ready.

Workflow features

• Work with wood is best done in the winter, so shrinkage time can be reduced, because the timber will survive the cold, changing temperatures and heat.
• It is better to warm rooms from a bar from the inside, so as not to spoil the appearance of a wooden house. Moreover, if the seal gasket is of high quality, then it will take very little heat-insulating material, 50 mm of foam layer is enough.
• All wooden elements must be treated with special antiseptics that protect the material from moisture, mold and insect parasites. It is also important to process the wood with fire-resistant means.
• Try to use as little metal fasteners as possible, and choose a galvanized type of hardware to prevent corrosion.

Wooden extension to the brick house

If you wanted to install an extension to a brick house from a bar, you should consider some peculiarities of the behavior of joints made of such various materials:

• The wooden extension from the timber to the brick house will be non-static in relation to the brick neighbor. It is necessary to carefully consider the junction devices.

• The wood is highly hygroscopic. It is possible to reduce this property at the ends and other problem areas of the timber using special impregnation treatments.
• It is necessary to arrange high-quality waterproofing in the places where the wood is adjoined to the brick.
• Also at the junction of wooden and brick walls need to arrange a movable seal, in order to avoid drafts.

The rest of the extension of the timber to the brick house is built on the above technology. Of course, a brick extension to the house of brick would be more harmonious, but the price of wood is much less. Therefore, many are inclined to this option.

Note! You can easily decorate the facade of a cheap bar with facing brick or decorative stone that imitates brick. This process does not take much time and effort; you can do all the work with a screwdriver and without assistants.

Sawn timber harvesting

In conclusion, I would like to say a few words about the purchase of timber for construction.

In the process of purchasing lumber, attention should be paid to the latter’s compliance with the stated requirements:

• Section and length parameters.
• Degree of wood moisture.
• The correctness of the geometry of the timber along the entire length.
• Breeds of a tree of which the bar is made.

All this is directly reflected in the cost of lumber and therefore deserves close attention.

Conclusion

Now you know that extensions from a bar are built easily, no matter from what material the residential house is built. In this process, it is important to comply with all safety requirements associated with the tree, and not to rush to the start of operation of the new building. We wish you good luck in any endeavors!

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