Projects of combined houses from brick and lumber and other

As the name implies, in the article we will cover not only the projects of combined houses made of brick and timber. Its subject matter is wider - a combination of different materials in private housing construction. So go ...

Combined materials

Let's start with the cases when two different materials are combined in one structural element.

Beam from OSB

The shape of an I-beam is designed to provide maximum rigidity with respect to a bending load directed in a certain direction. With a much smaller material consumption, it is practically no different in strength from the solid bar of the corresponding cross section.

However, if any form can be molded from metal, then the economic feasibility of producing an I-beam from a solid bar is doubtful: yes, we will ease the design, but most of the quality wood will go to waste.

One of the solutions is a glued construction from a strip of oriented strand board and two bars of small section. OSB provides bending stiffness, and the bar - easy installation.

Note: in addition, the bars do not allow the GSP band to curl under load.

SIP panels

Another example of an extremely successful combination of dissimilar materials is a vulture panel. If in the frame house the plating is devoid of load-bearing functions and the rigidity is ensured by the frame of the beam, then the two layers of OSB and the layer of extruded polystyrene foam glued together are a rigid structure. Notice - a design with excellent bearing capacity.

The advantages of building material are quite numerous:

• Low price. The panel is more expensive than a set of two boards of OSB and insulation; but we significantly save on the frame.
• Easy do-it-yourself installation. The instructions for assembling the wall are ridiculously simple: just insert a timber into the grooves of the ends of the adjacent panels and pull the OSB to it with self-tapping screws. Additional reliability and tightness of the connection are provided by pre-foaming.
• Structural strength. The practice of using houses in regions with frequent hurricane winds has shown that they endure a riot of elements without fatal destruction.
• Unlike frame structures.
• Excellent thermal insulation quality. Of course, the statement that a house made of vulture panels can be heated with a pair of candles is a fiction. However, the consumption of thermal energy to maintain a constant temperature in the structure actually decreases from 100 to 35-40 watts per square meter considered as standard.

Combined beam

This material is in some way a development of the idea of ​​a vulture panel, adapted to the aesthetics of wooden architecture. The combined glued laminated timber is two lamellas of high-quality wood of low humidity with an interlayer of extruded polystyrene foam glued between them.

The usual glued laminated timber and combined timber are markedly different in properties in favor of the latter:

• Combined much cheaper. The difference in price reaches a third: after all, the foamed polymer is much cheaper than high-grade wood, especially considering the cost of drying and processing it.
• He is easier. The density of expanded polystyrene is much lower than the density of any wood, not excluding light spruce, pine and cedar. On the practical side, the lower weight of each crown means not only simpler installation, but also less load on the foundation. So, you can save on it too.
• Finally, the main thing: and here we get much better thermal insulation, which allows us to do without additional wall insulation and significantly save on heating.

Combined buildings

Brick or wood? This question does not give rest to far from the first generation of independent builders. There are many convincing arguments in favor of both decisions.

Brick virtues

• The masonry is extremely durable. In a brick house you can not be afraid of unauthorized penetration from the outside (at least through the walls); he is not afraid of hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. Even a flood in a brick house will force only to dry the walls, but a timber or log will most likely lead.
• Brick wall is a solid base for massive upper floors. In this case, the builder does not need to worry if the mass of the floors will not become exorbitant for load-bearing walls.

Advantages of timber

In favor of the construction beam, you can bring not less arguments:

• He has much better thermal insulation qualities. With the same thermal resistance of the wall, you can make it 2.5 - 3 times thicker.

• Construction will be much faster: after all, the structural element has a much larger linear dimensions.

It should be clarified: we are talking about the construction of a dry timber. The material of the so-called natural moisture requires at least half a year of preservation for shrinkage.

• The walls have excellent vapor and air permeability. In a wooden house there is no stuffy or damp.
• Finally, wood is simply a very beautiful material. Glued or profiled timber due to high-quality surface treatment may well become an independent design element.

Decision

Decision проблемы выбора может быть довольно простым: комбинированные дома из кирпича и бруса представляют собой строения, в которых стены от фундамента до межэтажного перекрытия возведены из кирпича, а над перекрытием - деревянным или железобетонным - возвышается выполненный из бруса второй этаж.

As a rule, there is a functional division of the floors:

• In the brick part of the building there are a garage, a dining room, a kitchen, a boiler room, a sauna and other premises of a purely functional and technical purpose.
• Bedrooms and recreation area - living room, children, etc. - migrate inside the wooden part of the house.

What is the result?

• The combined house of timber and bricks is not afraid of flooding. In any case, the damage from them will be incomparable with the scale of damage in an all-wood house.
• Brick walls can be a reliable basis for monolithic or slab reinforced concrete floors, which in a number of parameters is more convenient than any flooring on wooden beams.
• At the same time, the inhabitants of the house are provided with maximum comfort: they have all the advantages of a wooden structure.

Conclusion

Of course, timber can be combined not only with bricks. Combinations of wood with aerated concrete, ceramic blocks or concrete walls in fixed formwork are no less viable (find out also what is better - timber or aerated concrete).

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