If you are the owner of a suburban land, then you probably thought about how to equip it in accordance with your own preferences. In order for the family or team of workers to live in comfort during the construction, you can build a change house. It is a special kind of temporary housing that looks like a small house with comfortable conditions.
Design
The construction of a change house can take a certain amount of time, which is limited to several days, and sometimes lasts up to several months. Everything will depend on the material used and the complexity of the project, as well as on the availability of skills. If this house will be operated in a short period of time, then there is the opportunity to save on internal arrangement. At the same time, you can refuse the presence of partitions by setting the minimum number of outlets.
At the same time, it is possible to use cheap materials for lining. If the change house is built for long-term operation, then the project may include a bathroom.
The need for a foundation
The foundation is needed in any case, most often in its role is the base of the pillars, which are located on the corners and long sides. The distance between these elements should not seem more than 2.5 meters. Before laying the pillars, a gravel pillow is covered, which prevents the penetration of plants and trees. The construction site should be located on a hill, which eliminates flooding by rain and melt water. If this condition cannot be fulfilled, then storm drains should be arranged.
Materials for the manufacture of change houses
Construction of a change house can be made using different materials. For example, piles or poles can be used to build the foundation. The farther away the support elements are from each other, the more reliable the grillage should be.
It does not make sense to carry out work on arranging an expensive foundation. At the heart of the change house will be a frame that can be made of wood or metal. The use of metal corners and channel allows you to create a change house, ready for use. Sheathing can be done with the help of lining, profile sheets, block house or siding.
Thermal insulation must be given special attention. To do this, you can purchase polystyrene, glass wool, and seal the joints with construction foam. Floors are laid with hydro and thermal insulation materials. Inside the walls are sheathed with lining, hardboard or special panels. If temporary operation is envisaged, edged boards can be used for this purpose.
Foundation construction
Construction of the change house begins with the creation of the foundation. If the building is planned to be demolished in the future, then dismantling the columnar foundation will be quite simple. Quite often cinder blocks are used, which can be purchased at a low cost or made independently. From the surface of the earth you need to remove construction debris, remove the fertile layer. The soil is compacted, covered with geotextiles, covered with sand and compacted again.
On a prepared basis, you can install the blocks by arranging them in the corners. Among other things, these elements should be removed from each other around the perimeter by 1.5 meters. Blocks must be waterproofed with bituminous mastic or roofing felt. Then the wooden frame is anchored.
If you want to carry out the construction of a change house of a stationary type, then the foundation needs to be paid more attention. To do this, remove the fertile layer over the entire surface, lay the geotextile and sand five centimeters thick, after which everything is carefully compacted. To install the poles, 50-cm pits are prepared, which should be located at the corners and around the perimeter after 1.5 meters. The pits are covered with geotextiles, after which they are covered with sand by 40 centimeters.
Recommendations for work
It is best to carry out the construction of the change house with your own hands step by step, in seven days you can carry out such work with outside help. On the first day, it is best to do the arrangement of the foundation of brick, the height of the base should be 30 centimeters. In this case, 10 cm will hide under the ground, and the remaining 20 - rise above the soil. Armature is driven into the central part of the foundation, the height of which should be 1 meter. It is necessary to strengthen the lag. This indicates the need for an empty area in the center, which, after placing the rods, is poured with concrete.
Bottom harness
If you have certain skills, you can build a change house with your own hands (step by step). For seven days, such work is quite feasible.
An important stage is the formation of the lower harness. You can use a channel for this, the fastening of which is carried out by anchor bolts. For fasteners, holes in supports and metal are drilled in advance. If it is supposed to lay wooden blocks on piles, then the heads are covered with two layers of roofing material, it can be replaced with bitumen mastic. The aforementioned wooden bars must have a certain section, which is 100 x 50 millimeters.
Wireframing
Home masters quite often carry out the construction of a change house with their own hands. At the next stage, the formation of the frame can be made. The base of the building is formed of beams that are located around the perimeter and are well strengthened. After the transverse and longitudinal logs are laid. To create the frame, you should prepare the bars, the cross section of which is 150 x 100 millimeters. This material is used to equip the floor and support stands. The latter should be located in the corners. A reliable connection is guaranteed by cuts in the logs, in which the bars are installed one in the other and are strengthened with self-tapping screws. The lags are to be worn on reinforcing contours. To fix the vertically located and attached to them lag, self-tapping screws and corners should be used.
Roof frame formation
Do-it-yourself construction of a change house should be carried out in several stages. The next master will have to form the roof frame. If we are talking about a single-pitch design, then bars with a cross section of 50 x 100 millimeters should be used. In the supporting bars there are cuts where the rafters are installed. Mounting is carried out with the same screws. Over the perimeter of the rafters should go 30 centimeters. In the role of coating, you can choose ondulin, which does not provide for the installation of the master special construction skills.
The roof structure must contain hydro- and vapor barrier layers, as well as insulation. When the construction of the change house is done with your own hands, it is recommended to consider the photo in advance. They will let you know which design is best for your site.
At the next stage, on the rafters, it is possible to lay a crate of wooden bars or boards, since ondulin is a fairly light material. Its sheets are overlapped, and it is necessary to advance from the bottom up. For this, special mounts are used, which are included in the kit.
Finishing work
The construction of the change house on the site provides for the next stage of the implementation of finishing work. First, the master has to cover the rough floor, treating the boards with an antiseptic. Between layers of waterproofing it is necessary to lay mineral wool. Then you should cover the final floor. When it is planned to use a change house long enough, it is best to use a lining for interior decoration. If you need to save, you can purchase OSB. To fix these materials, do not use nails, but self-tapping screws. We should not forget about the presence of insulation, as well as vapor barrier.
If you carry out the construction of a 6x3 home change house with your own hands, then, as with the construction of a large building, you need to calculate the amount of material for decoration. On the external walls can be strengthened, for example, a block house. And in order not to run to the store during the work, as well as not to overpay, you should calculate the amount of material. To do this, the area of all walls is determined, the numbers are added up, and the final result should be divided by the area of one board for decoration.