Brick houses have long become classics of frequent and industrial construction. For many hundreds of years, this material has been appreciated for its high technical characteristics. In our country, the construction of a house of brick in recent years is a sign of the solvency of the owner of the construction site. If you decide to save, you can buy a silicate version, only its quality will be slightly lower than that of a clay product.
Start to count
Here are some examples of how you can at least approximately “calculate” the construction of a brick house. We’ll immediately warn you that saving on the foundation will not work, since even under a modest one-story cottage, you need to fill in a quality foundation. The colder in your area, the wider the masonry. The wider the latter - the wider the trench under the foundation and the deeper its occurrence. In some cases, it will be necessary to provide for laying a concrete pillow. If the house is two-three-story, then the concrete in it should be reinforced. In many ways, the characteristics of the foundation you choose will depend on the soil on your site. It is very important in advance (!) To find out about the depth of groundwater.
Thus, the construction of a brick house will immediately require the purchase of roofing material for waterproofing the basement, cement, formwork materials, fittings and a large number of ASGs. These are the main expense items at this stage.
Talk about the walls
Despite all the scientific and technological progress, wall masonry is done only by hand. Bricks are mounted on cement, cement-lime, lime mortars. Do not try to save a penny on suppliers, since any savings are now fraught with huge problems in a couple of years. If you want to spend less money without sacrificing quality, then calculate the bricks for building a house with the help of wholesalers.
Overlap
Most often, concrete or reinforced concrete slabs play their role . Multi-hollow varieties can be a good substitute for them. Please note that theoretically, when building a small cottage, you can use wood or SIP panels, but you can’t even dream of high-quality sound insulation between floors. In a word, even the construction of brick houses in any case will be a costly undertaking.
Roofing and communications
If the savings didn’t work out with the previous points, you can “recoup” on the roof. Today there is corrugated board, the cost of which allows you to greatly reduce the cost of construction. But with communications, the issue should be resolved even before the construction of the building begins. As you yourself can understand, building a house of brick without a full-fledged source of water is almost unrealistic.
If there is no central water supply system, drill a well in advance or dig a well. Subsequently, it will be much more difficult to do, and you can go broke on the supply of water in tanks. If there is no gas supply to the site, it is better to think about including a room for the boiler room in the project in advance, since in especially difficult cases the cost of connecting it will come out almost at the cost of the work of the construction team.