What country house or country house can do without a veranda? Any owner of a suburban home thinks about the construction of 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 place 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. The firm needs to entrust the construction of the veranda. The best solution would be to contact the real estate developer, who performed the construction of your home. 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 likely to take up the construction of large country houses with all the necessary extensions than to build a veranda in the country. Therefore, it is possible that you may encounter a refusal to build a small extension for your country house.
If the company refuses to add a small room to the existing summer cottage, it is worth thinking about erecting the building on its own. Do-it-
yourself construction of a
veranda in a summer house is practically no different from the construction of a country house. For you need to possess some building knowledge and skills. The main stages of the construction of this structure:
- The construction of the veranda begins with the development of soil. It is better to cut off the upper fertile layer and use it for planting plants. The remaining soil surface must be leveled.
- The foundation device is being manufactured. Basically, the type of foundation chosen is the same as that of a country house. Although for the easy construction of the veranda it makes no sense to arrange a strip or other monolithic foundation. According to the load, the columnar foundation is quite sufficient . The final choice of the type of foundation depends on the weight of the building, the materials used and the properties of the soil.
- The construction of the frame of the bars. Before its construction, it is worth laying the logs cut from all sides on the foundation. The components of the frame are racks and rafters of the veranda and the house, supported by racks.
- The construction of the rafter system and the roof device. The roof can be a continuation of the existing roof of the house or be considered as a separate element. Make it shed from the same material.
- The construction of the floor and walls. If it is necessary to use the building not only in the summer season, but also in autumn, it is worth thinking about floor insulation.
- Facing the veranda and glazing. To use the building in the cold season, sheathing is done 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 own shrinkage, but there is no new structure, so various deformations and distortions may occur.
Money spent on the construction of the veranda depends on the materials used, the area of the building, the size of the room. The most economical option is the construction of a structure from wooden beams. Brick porches are much more expensive. Also, the cost depends on the presence of glazing and on the use of burglary protection in a glazed veranda, the type of front door and other factors.