Do-it-yourself garden house: how to build inexpensively?
Each of us dreams of a quiet and cozy country house, where you can escape from the bustle of the city and just relax. Modern building technologies make it possible to purchase a garden house ready-made or build it yourself. In this article, we will tell you how much it costs to build a garden house, what documents are needed to put it into operation, and whether it is possible to do without them.
Budget option for a country house made of plywood
Plywood garden house projects take less time to build than timber houses. Due to the use of large sheets of plywood for sheathing the structure, they are fastened much faster than wood. With knowledge of all the processes and the availability of the necessary materials, plywood garden houses are built in a week. In general, plywood is the simplest and most inexpensive material. In order to facilitate the construction process, experts offer the following stages of construction. So, how to build a plywood garden house:
- foundation support devices;
- the construction of the frame;
- erection of vertical rafters;
- top and bottom trim;
- creation of a subfloor using boards with a thickness of 20 cm or more;
- exterior sheathing of the house with plywood, ordinary self-tapping screws are used as fasteners;
- the interior cladding of the house involves the use of plywood, drywall, chipboard or fiberboard;
- for a comfortable stay inside the room, it should be insulated: a layer of mineral insulation is laid between the layers of the skin;
- installation of a finishing floor using a laminate board or linoleum;
- sheathing of rafters with plywood;
- sheathing of plywood with roofing material.
Important! It is possible to move along the frame only after the concrete has completely hardened.
To give an attractive appearance, you can use the outer skin of siding or wooden lining. Windows in the house can be installed from wood or from any other material. The video shows how you can build a garden house with your own hands
Building a house from a bar
The project of a garden house from a bar involves the use of a simple or profiled bar. Country houses from this material can be built both with the help of specialists and independently. The plan of the house from a bar allows you to build various structures. For example, you can make a log house with a veranda or terrace. Before building a house, you need to decide on the type of foundation. As a rule, for houses made of timber, a columnar or tape type of base is used. When designing a small cottage, the best option would be a columnar foundation; for large houses with an attic, it is better to use a strip foundation. The construction of the foundation begins with the laying of concrete slabs on a compacted layer of sand, and lowering it into the ground by 15 cm. When the foundation is ready, a roofing material waterproofing layer is laid on it. Next, the frame is constructed and laid on the base supports. Then install the vertical supports. The photo shows the frame of a garden house made of timber
If you like houses with a veranda, the lower logs are extended to the desired length and installed on additional supports. For flooring, you can use a thick board. When the floor is ready, the walls are laid from the timber. To fix the joints, dowels are used, a new crown is laid after a layer of insulation. Insulation is needed for each layer; jute or tow can be used as a material. Next, we equip the roof. To do this, we install rafters and braces. After everything is sheathed with roofing material, finishing work on the flooring is carried out. As a coating, as a rule, linoleum or board is used. The next stage of construction will be the installation of windows and doors. Outside, the house can be made more attractive with the help of siding or lining. Quite cheap and warm.
The layout of the garden house and its cost
The construction of a summer house involves the presence of a small and simple building on a garden plot. As a rule, such houses are built in a small area, with one or two rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, a stove (if any are provided for by the building project). The photo shows standard projects of suburban structures:
If you decide to build a garden house with your own hands, we advise you to choose a small house with dimensions of 4x6 or 6x6. The photo shows a 6x6 cottage
If you like space, you can take a 6x8 house project. The photo shows a project of a two-story garden house measuring 6x8
Such projects can rightfully be considered quite comfortable, cozy and roomy for temporary residence by the whole family. But how much it costs to build a garden house will depend on the materials chosen and the attraction of additional strength. The average cost of an ordinary country house will cost:
- building a foundation on your own will cost $ 150, and with the involvement of specialists - $ 250;
- interior decoration will cost $ 700;
- a house with a frame, ready-made partitions, windows and doors can cost from 3,000 to 4,000 thousand dollars;
Paperwork
When the construction is over, you need to think about the documents. Any building must legally stand on the land, regardless of who built it, the garden partnership or you yourself. To obtain the right to property, the following documents are required:
- obtain a construction passport for the development of a land plot. Such a document is issued by the local architecture;
- submit an application to the architectural and construction inspection with a notification of the start of construction;
- conduct a technical inventory of the building, such work is performed by professional appraisers who have a special permit to perform such work;
- submit a declaration of commissioning of the property;
- assign the building its own postal address (addresses are assigned to residential and summer cottages);
- pay a contribution for the development of infrastructure, as a rule, such contributions are made either by the partnership or by the owner of the house individually;
- obtain a certificate of ownership of the building from the state registration service.
Of course, for a horticultural partnership, such documents are drawn up faster, here the number of participants in the horticultural society plays a role. In addition to the documents described above, there are also requirements for the building itself. The most expensive and difficult is to obtain a building passport, because. There are a fairly large number of norms and building regulations governing the conditions of development. Common building requirements include:
- the distance from your house to the next one should be 0.8 m;
- the distance to the border of your site should be 1 m;
- distance to the street - 3 m;
- the distance of the house to utilities and networks is 3 m.
Expert advice! Do not settle for “fake documents”, this will only complicate the situation and lead to unnecessary waste.
As you can see, the construction of country houses is considered simple and accessible to everyone. To fulfill your dream, you need to draw up documents and choose a building project.