What country house or country house can do without a veranda? Any owner of a country dwelling is thinking about building such a room.
The veranda is an open or glazed room without heating, which serves as a resting place on summer evenings, a summer kitchen, an entrance hall, an overnight stay in the warm season, and so on.
If you decide to attach this room to an existing house, you need to decide how you will carry out construction work. Entrust the construction of the veranda to the company. The best solution would be to contact the developer company that carried out the construction of your house. The veranda, which serves as a continuation of the existing country house, looks very beautiful and harmonious. However, it is worth noting that large companies are more willing to take on the construction of large country houses with all the necessary outbuildings, rather than building a veranda in the country. Therefore, it is possible that you may encounter a refusal to build a smallextensions for your country house.
If the company refuses to add a small room to an existing summer cottage, you should think about building the structure on your own. Building a veranda in a country house with your own hands is practically no different from building a country house. For you need to have some building knowledge and skills. The main stages of the construction of this structure:
- The construction of the veranda begins with the development of the soil. It is better to cut off the top fertile layer and use it for planting. The remaining surface of the soil must be leveled.
- The foundation is being made. Basically, the type of foundation is chosen the same as that of a country house. Although for a light structure of the veranda it makes no sense to arrange a tape or other monolithic foundation. According to the load, a completely sufficient device of a columnar foundation. The final choice of the type of foundation depends on the weight of the structure, the materials used and the properties of the soil.
- Construction of a frame from bars. Before its construction, it is worth laying logs hewn from all sides on the foundation. The components of the frame are the racks and rafters of the veranda and houses based on the racks.
- Construction of the truss system and roofing. The roof can be an extension of the existing roof of the house, or it can be treated as a separate element. They make it single-sided from the same material.
- Building floors and walls. If necessary, use the building not onlyin the summer, but also in autumn, it is worth thinking about floor insulation.
- Veranda cladding and glazing. To use the building in the cold season, sheathing is made on both sides using a layer of insulation.
The construction of the veranda has nuances. No need to tightly attach it to an existing house, especially if it is old. The old house has its shrinkage, but the new building does not, so various deformations and distortions may occur.
Money waste for the construction of a veranda depends on the materials used, the area of \u200b\u200bthe building, the size of the room. The most economical option is the construction of a structure of wooden beams. Brick verandas are much more expensive. Also, the cost depends on the presence of glazing and on the use of burglary protection in the glazed veranda, the type of front door and other factors.
