Houses from a bar, advantages and features of a construction

If you have conceived to build a small house on your site, there will be a question - which material is better to choose. One of the most common and relevant to date analogs is planed, glued and profiled bar.

A small house of timber will be much cheaper than a structure made of brick, stone or special types of concrete. Yes, and it will look much neater and more presentable. As you know, timber is made from processed logs, which means from environmentally friendly material - wood. The material retains heat perfectly, there will always be a favorable comfortable atmosphere in the room.

Note! Of course, to prevent the reproduction of fungi and mold, the finished structure will have to be treated with special impregnation. At the moment, such compositions, harmless to health and beneficial to the tree, there are many names, from which it is easy to choose something suitable.

Advantages of houses from a bar

The main advantage of this kind of small buildings is that the log houses are not only durable and reliable, they practically do not shrink. For example, well-dried and well-laid material, with time, shrinks by only 1%. To prevent fire, you just have to treat the walls with fire retardant, it will reduce the risk to a minimum.

The main advantages of the material

1. Ecological purity of wood. It is harmless to people, animals and the environment.
2. Low thermal conductivity. Indoors it will always be warm and dry, since the material also passes air perfectly.
3. Good noise isolation. This is especially important near roads, highways or industrial sites.
4. The ability to save a significant amount on the arrangement of the foundation for the house of the bar. Usually, a log house is put on a low-budget screw, columnar or shallow-strip foundation.
5. The low price of the material itself, with high quality timber.
6. The fastest possible construction of the house, with a minimum of labor costs and tools.
7. Construction can be carried out at any time of the year, which is important for busy people.

1. You do not have to drive heavy equipment for construction, and the transportation itself will take place easily and without problems.
2. Significant savings in space on the site, because such a house can be built with an attic or second floor, and this is an additional usable area.
3. Very attractive appearance. If you wish, you can make even from the smallest structure an exclusive design object.

Most popular sizes

The size of the building depends on how much space you have on the building site, as well as how many people are in your family.

Let's talk in more detail which sizes of small buildings are the most popular today, and how you can rationally distribute the maximum useful volume to the minimum of space.

1. For a small family, with a limit of free space, it is customary to build a house from a 3x4 bar. Let it be very small, but a well-played space will give a lot of benefits. Both glued and profiled timber can be used as a material.

Note! Economy class has its advantages, because you will not spend a lot of money on materials, and the lack of space can be compensated either by a terrace or an attic. At the same time, the foundation will not bear a large load, especially if you choose the best option for soil properties.

1. If your family is bigger, and you are often visited by relatives, friends, you have to spend a little more money. But the house from a bar 5x4 is already a more serious structure. At 20 square meters you can live with dignity.

If you have the opportunity, it is better to select and order a ready-made project of a country house from a bar; construction companies offer them in large quantities. Moreover, you can order everything - from beginning to end. There is also the possibility to simply choose a ready-made version and purchase only a design development, that is, a sketch and a drawing. In this case, you will have to build it yourself, but in terms of finance it will be much cheaper.

1. Summer house, cottage, guest room, if desired, you can build even a small area. Not just an additional, but even the main dwelling for you can become a house from a 6x6 bar, to which you can attach a veranda and a terrace, or you can extend it upwards by making another floor.

Features of work

1. The beam is good not only because it has a neat geometry, and it is easy to fit it in length and cross section, which is not always the case with a log. The appearance of the finished building has an excellent appearance for the better from the log house.
2. Sheathing the walls outside does not make sense, since all the charm and appeal of the walls will be lost.
3. In a block house it is possible to make several rooms, or to divide the space inside with light partitions. If desired, you can successfully fit into the design of a small balcony, and the staircase to the top can be either straight or screw.
4. The owners of the plots, who started construction from the timber, can be told a pleasant fact - relatively small summer buildings are erected in just two or three weeks. This is due to the high quality of the material and ease of assembly.
5. As a rule, timber is made from coniferous wood, it is not only durable, but also good for health.
6. If you purchased a glued laminated timber, it will be relevant for large enough houses. Each element consists of several plates glued together with an environmentally friendly adhesive.

Its price is a bit more expensive, but you are not threatened with shrinkage and deformation of the walls. This is especially important if the house has more than one floor.

What to consider when building

There are several expert recommendations that you should listen to.

Useful tips

1. Pick up when buying a timber section corresponding to the size of the house. It is clear that the thicker the material, the more powerful the walls will be. At the same time, the insulation will cost much less money, since the wood will keep heat warm. Most often used timber section of 20x20 cm, but if the house is small, and the climate in your region is mild enough, a material that has dimensions 15x15 or even 10x10 cm will do.
2. When assembling, be sure to run between the rows of a jute or linen seal. It will fill in all the cracks and additionally heat the walls.
3. Before you start building a summer house from a bar, study the properties of the soil on the site. It is quite difficult to do on your own, so it is advisable to invite a specialist. It will accurately determine the type of soil, as well as the depth of groundwater. Usually economy class buildings are erected on columnar or screw foundations. A deeper tape counterpart will cost you a bit more expensively, you will have to spend even more money on a monolithic base, but reliability is guaranteed in this case.
4. Choose the length of the bar according to the size of the house. By standards, the maximum is considered to be a material length of 6 meters, but if you have dimensions larger than these sizes, you will have to look for a company that makes the timber to order. This is quite troublesome and costly, because not all firms are equipped with special woodworking equipment.

1. If you are building a house or doing it yourself, be sure to saturate the finished building with a water-repellent liquid. Otherwise, in the first rainy season, the tree will absorb moisture, and then it will gradually begin to rot and mold. The destruction of the material in this case will be inevitable.
2. Most often, additional low-budget houses are not warmed, but if necessary, it is better to do it from the inside. Mineral wool or rolled insulation is perfect, but do not forget about the gasket between it and the walls of waterproofing.
3. Outside the houses from a bar it is not advisable to sheathe, because then all the beauty and originality of the masonry will be hidden.

How to calculate the right amount of material

Naturally, you will face such a task, how much to buy, so that there is not too much left, and enough for construction.

So that you don’t have to buy more or sell too much, do the following:

1. Count the perimeter of the walls of the future house, and its height. Consider at the same time that the height of the ceilings is taken taking into account the thickness of the flooring and attic floors. In the end, the actual height will be less than the actual height of the wall. Next, the area of ​​the outer and inner walls is calculated, taking into account the thickness of the material section. Further its total amount is calculated.
2. Further instructions are as follows: the amount of material is computed in units. To do this, the height of the wall is divided by the height of one bar, with the result that you get the number of pieces for each wall. Calculate the length, based on the length of the walls. Having calculated the number of pieces for each wall, sum up everything and you will get the most accurate result.
3. Even if you accurately calculate how much material is required, purchase it with a margin of 5/10%, in case of rejection or unforeseen circumstances.

Note! Consider also the fact that due to the thickness of the insulation of the intervening space, the height of the wall will initially turn out to be slightly more than the planned project. After construction, the structure will shrink and the original height will be restored.

Conclusion

Very often, site owners build, in addition to the main residential building on it, houses made of laminated veneer lumber or profiled one-piece counterpart. This is both advantageous and very convenient, both for own use and for the temporary location of guests or relatives.

Such a low-budget option is good for rare visits to a summer house, when the owner, busy with his business, can go on vacation for a very short time. It is necessary to build such a cozy structure for recreation, and you will appreciate the charm of additional convenience. In the video presented in this article you will find additional information on this topic.