Building a house, planting a tree, raising a son is a task that is feasible and necessary for everyone. This is what folk wisdom says. It is not known exactly when this expression appeared and why. Scientists say that recently there are more girls among newborns almost every year. You can philosophize for a long time, reflect on the essence of these words. If there is land, you can begin construction, creating extensions, and landscaping the territory.
House, tree, land, private property, restoration of the food chain, financial freedom gives harmony. Strength appears for new achievements. The easiest way to build a house with your own hands is, perhaps, from SIP panels.
If you want a structure made of classic material, larch, cedar or pine, then you can also build the structure yourself or with the involvement of a third-party company. Houses in the style of a wild log house look great - truly fundamental, thorough. It is better to order them from large cutting masters.
Material advantages
Assembling a frame house and SIP panels is a modern and popular technology. It can compete with brick construction using the classical method both in terms of cost, strength of the structure, and ease of work.
SIP panels are incredibly light, the house can be assembled like a puzzle, without effort. They consist of two sheets of oriented strand boards, abbreviated as OSB, with a layer of expanded polystyrene between them. These elements are fixed together using polyurethane glue.
The shape is supported by a wooden beam between the top and bottom OSB sheets. SNIP panels are suitable for creating the base of walls, floors, roofs, and can withstand heavy loads.
Laying the strapping (crown) beam
Installation of strapping beams and floor joists
For installation, take a beam measuring 2.5 * 1.5 cm. Laying should begin from the middle of the foundation, while measuring its horizontal calibration. Next, the timber needs to be connected at the corners using a notch. After this, the parts are secured. For proper fastening, holes 1–1.5 cm long with a diameter of 2 cm are drilled in the timber and a dowel is driven in.
The timber is secured to the foundation using recessed anchor bolts. The fastening distance is about 1.5–2 m. The size of the bolts should be 35 cm in length with a diameter of 1–1.2 cm.
Environmental Safety
There is an opinion that polyurethane glue is not safe for health. However, the sanitary-epidemiological station and the Ministry of Health do not include SIP panels in the list of prohibited materials. Certificates confirm quality. They are produced in accordance with generally accepted standards.
The argument in favor of environmental safety is that this glue only in a liquid state can cause poisoning and deterioration of health.
An independent examination and complaints from consumers may refute this argument, but this has not happened yet. When buying them, it is better to study the accompanying documentation and inspect them. Defective SIP panels should be returned to the seller in a timely manner.
Expanded polystyrene is also considered a potentially hazardous material because it can emit styrene when heated. It can be used as a component when creating building materials. With its help, it will not be difficult to insulate walls, regardless of what materials they were made of.
But we must ensure that it does not ultimately come into contact with air, moisture, light - catalysts for reactions, provocateurs of radiation. If polyurethane foam was used to seal the joints, interior and exterior finishing was completed, there is no risk to health.
With the help of SIP panels and frame construction, a variety of buildings are erected - residential and non-residential, large and small, single-story, multi-story. There are no objective reasons to doubt the rationality of the method.
How to build a house from SIP panels with your own hands? First, a housing plan is created, a foundation, then a frame. The panels are cut according to the required parameters and installation begins.
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See the video for options for interior and exterior finishing:
External finishing of SIP houses with painted plywood is relevant in the European style, when the surface of the material is painted with light paint and decorated with wooden blocks of a contrasting dark color. To insulate the facade, you can use glass wool or stone wool.
Plywood of various thicknesses Source pinterest.com
See also: Catalog of companies that specialize in finishing and facade materials.
Foundation for a house made of SIP panels
When a house is built from brick, they don’t think much about the foundation - you need cement mortar and, as they say, it’s all in the bag. The cement mortar is poured into the furrow and covers the screed. It also fixes the brickwork.
What about SIP panels? The facade will weigh much less than a brick one. It is best to choose one of the following types of foundation:
- beautiful and practical, a little unusual, extravagant in something like a pile-screw;
- standard tape;
- reliable monolithic.
Pile-screw foundations are popular abroad. They are loved because they eliminate the possibility of floor rotting, guarantee reliable fixation of the facade, and the durability of the structure.
Specially designed steel pipes with blades are dug into the ground. They simply place and attach the house on them, or rather, first attach the beams taking into account the future layout, then the logs, and build the frame.
Photos of a house made of SIP panels on a pile-screw foundation attract attention. You can eventually build an interesting home. But a basement, for example, is not provided. To some this may seem like a minus.
Belt - these are dug trenches, a base made of a layer of sand and crushed stone, cinder block, screed and concrete. The technology for its creation is simple in essence, but it is easier to screw in piles than to dig trenches. A monolithic foundation seems to be a more expensive option compared to a strip foundation.
In order to make it, you need to dig a hole in accordance with the total area of the house, fill it with a layer of sand and crushed stone, install reinforcement and fill it with concrete. Obviously, this consumes more materials.
But in some cases, this particular option is optimal, because the stability of the structure is guaranteed, and fewer requirements are imposed on waterproofing and floor insulation. So there are advantages to such extravagance.
Pros and cons of self-assembly
The advantage of self-assembly is that you can save on the work of professional builders . This is probably where the positives end.
Do-it-yourself production of panels requires additional equipment and tools. And when the owner builds the walls himself, he needs to be very careful to cut the material correctly to size, observe the spacing of the slabs and make the required degree of angles at the junctions of the wall and roof slabs.
Even experienced professionals can make mistakes. Moreover, non-professionals need to be very careful at every stage of work.
Wooden frame
Once the foundation is built, the frame of the building is created. SIP panels are fixed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and SNiP rules. Sewer, water, gas pipes and electrical wires are supplied. The walls and roof are sheathed inside and out.
How much does a house made of SIP panels cost if you contact a company engaged in the construction of frame houses? It all depends on the complexity of the project. Of course, you will have to pay for the work, not only for building materials.
Having assessed your strengths and capabilities objectively, you will be able to make the right decision. Building a house with your own hands will most likely take longer. But you can get a lot of pleasure from work.
