As the popular saying goes: “Taste and color have no comrade!” Many people are proud of having built a huge multi-story mansion for themselves, and then complain about the hard work of maintaining it, about the need to climb stairs to the second or third floor. Of course, a two-story house looks larger and has a more practical design - with almost the same foundation and roof, you get 2 floors at once. Children are incredibly happy about several floors: the internal staircase is like in the movies, the specificity of the attic floors and much more attracts people when choosing the configuration of the building.
However, it is also worth thinking about real everyday things. The additional area of the house is not always used for practical purposes. At the same time, the cost of such a building increases significantly. Maintenance is difficult due to the number of floors in the building; more money is spent on heating and lighting all rooms. This is why many people choose one-story houses
for yourself and your family. They can be used both for permanent suburban and city living, and for country holidays with the whole family. Moreover, these one-story buildings have a number of significant advantages during construction and maintenance.
On this page we will tell you about all the advantages and disadvantages, features and specifics of one-story frame house projects.
A little history of one-story frame houses
This type of construction has a very rich history. Back in the 10th and 11th centuries, Europeans began to become acquainted with construction innovations such as the one-story frame house
. Its widespread use was due to the low cost of materials during construction, which led to a reduction in its cost in the end. At the same time, the speed of construction and available materials for insulation made them very popular among all segments of the population. After all, it could be insulated with the cheapest material: moss, sawdust, clay, straw, lime and manure, which did not change their attractive appearance.
In various countries, one-story frame houses could be recognized from afar by their distinctive external structure. For example, in the Czech Republic and Germany, crossed dark beams stand out perfectly against the light background of the wall - the so-called fachwerk. Different types of wood were used, making the finishing of the house with beams exquisite and unique, thanks to the natural color of the wood. Meeting art monuments on the streets of European cities. you can clearly verify the preserved strength and reliable construction, which once again confirms the strength of the frame structure.
Improvement of projects of one-story frame houses occurs in the USA and Canada in the post-war period of the last century. Companies sought high quality, savings, efficiency and comfortable living in such houses.
For Russia, the development of frame technology for the time being was not widely popularized due to the underdevelopment of the construction of individual housing and the banal shortage of high-quality building materials. The last century for our country was marked rather by the era of concrete panel housing; projects of one-story frame houses were simply not needed. Now, with the development of the market for modern building materials and the introduction of new technologies, the construction of frame houses in Russia has become widely popular.
Features of various technologies for building one-story houses
Due to the least risk of injury, one-story houses are excellent for people who, due to age or health reasons, find it difficult to move, and families with children, because they do not have dangerous areas in the form of stairs or places where you can fall over the railings and endanger the health of a small child .
Projects of one-story frame houses
and construction in general depends on the purpose: permanent residence or seasonal option. Depending on this, the approximate budget for the event will be determined. In terms of cost, turnkey one-story frame houses are cheaper than their brick or block counterparts. In particular, insulation of this type of building is cheaper than the purchase of bricks, its transportation and the masonry work itself. After all, the construction of a brick building requires not only brick, but also other materials. However, in Russian conditions, brick does not retain heat sufficiently, so such buildings are additionally insulated, which significantly increases their cost compared to frame structures.
At the same time, one-story houses using different frame technologies may have different technical characteristics and design solutions. It is these differences that are the keys between several subtypes of construction technologies, which will be discussed further.
Floor installation
For a frame house it is important to make the floor correctly
For a frame house, it is important to make the floor correctly. Especially if the house is supposed to be built on two floors.
So, we arrange the floors depending on the type of foundation. If the basis is tape, then we proceed like this:
- Inside the wooden frame we lay waterproofing material and lay logs on it from boards with a section of 200x50 mm or 150x100 mm. The logs can also be placed on special adjustable support legs. We make the lag step 50-60 cm. This will increase the load-bearing capacity of the house. Then we lay thermal insulation boards of polystyrene or mineral wool between the joists. You can pour expanded clay of different fractions.
- And finally, we finish the floor with a finishing board or plywood slabs for subsequent installation of the floor covering.
Important: a technical gap of 1 cm is made between the plywood slabs, allowing the tree to freely change its linear contours as a result of temperature changes.
If the foundation is pile/column, then proceed as follows:
- The logs are attached with the same step directly to the harness. The log boards with the foundation strapping are fastened using metal corners.
- Then lay the subfloor from the boards.
- After this, the subfloor is covered with wind and vapor barrier material.
- Now you can lay another row of joists, which will be located perpendicular to the ones already installed.
- Insulation is laid between the newly laid joists and covered on top with a tongue-and-groove board or plywood under the finishing floor covering.
- A photograph will allow you to take a closer look at how the floor of a frame house is constructed.
Canadian houses
Canadian technology is based on the fact that the construction of a one-story house is carried out using special moisture-resistant slabs. Mineral wool is placed between them for insulation.
This allows this design not to allow moisture to pass through and not to let air out. In other words - a thermos. This approach allows the house to stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
However, this leads to minor difficulties. A one-story frame house built using Canadian technology must be equipped with a powerful ventilation system to prevent moisture from accumulating between the walls and the insulation. Constant circulation of indoor air should be maintained to ventilate the premises.
Also, a disadvantage of Canadian technology in particular and the use of OSB boards in general is the need for ideal drying of structural wood, otherwise the insufficient vapor permeability of such boards and sandwich panels in general can lead to the appearance of fungus, wood rot and degradation of the insulation. So the construction of Canadian houses in our Russian reality is possible only with reservations, at your own peril and risk.
Installation of house walls
In order to assemble the frame of your cottage, use chamber-drying timber with a cross-section of 150x150 mm
In order to assemble the frame of your cottage, use chamber-drying timber with a cross-section of 150x150 mm. In this case, the length of the beam must clearly correspond to the design height of the first floor.
They begin to assemble the frame from the corners, installing the timber according to the tongue-and-groove principle and additionally fixing it with corners. The frame pieces can then be assembled on the ground by lifting them up and placing them in place.
The width of the frame beams can be 30, 40 or 60 cm, depending on the parameters of the OSB boards with which the frame will be sheathed. That is, the width of the slab should clearly lie on three or two longitudinal jumpers of the frame.
DIY frame houses and step-by-step instructions
Important: all racks must have jibs installed. They will prevent possible loosening of the frame posts.
All frame posts must be tied with timber using metal corners at the corners of the house and the technique of joining the timber “into the wood floor”.
Ceiling installation
Floor beams are laid on the top frame of the house, which can be fastened in several ways.
Floor beams are laid on the top frame of the house. They can be laid in several ways:
- Using the method of cutting grooves in the harness;
- Using metal corners;
- Fastening with brackets.
Then the floor beams are covered with a finishing tongue and groove board. If there is a desire to insulate and soundproof the ceiling of the second floor (the floor of the second floor), then it is arranged in a similar way to the floor of the first floor, laying polystyrene slabs between the joists.
The installation of the walls of the second floor is carried out according to the principle of installing the walls of the first level.
Roof of a frame house
To assemble the frame roof of a Canadian house, it is better to mount the gables directly on the ground and only then lift them and install them
To assemble the frame roof of a Canadian house, it is better to mount the gables directly on the ground and only then lift them and install them. The gables are secured with corners and supported with jibs.
Now you can connect both gables with a ridge, and after that install the rafters in increments of 60 cm. The sheathing is sewn onto the rafters so that its ends protrude beyond the contours of the house by 50 cm on both sides. The sheathing is sheathed with heat and waterproofing, and covered with roofing material on top.
Sheathing and insulation of a frame house
The finished frame now needs to be sheathed. OSB boards are used for these purposes.
The finished frame now needs to be sheathed. OSB boards are used for these purposes. They are laid with a small technical gap of 0.5 cm, which is later closed with foam from a gun.
Then a lathing made of timber with a cross-section of 90x40 mm is sewn on top of the panels in increments of 50-60 cm. And between the lathing beams, insulation made of mineral wool or polystyrene is laid.
Then the entire sandwich is covered with a vapor barrier material and sheathed with siding. All that remains is to install windows and doors and complete the interior decoration of the cottage.
Advantages and disadvantages of one-story frame house projects
At the moment, humanity has not come up with an even more advanced technology for building a residential building. But even with all the variety of advantages, the frame technology for constructing a one-story house also has its disadvantages. Even if we take the ratio of price and operating costs or price and quality, then frame technology is much better than its competitors. But still, to each their own.
Main advantages:
- Cheap construction. One-story frame houses are much more affordable than any other construction technology. This is why they are so common throughout the world;
- Short construction time;
- Relatively lower maintenance costs for such a house;
- The materials in the frame panels have low thermal conductivity, which will reduce heating costs in cold weather;
- Excellent sound insulation of rooms and the house as a whole;
- Communications can be laid inside the wall;
- This technology allows the use of a lightweight foundation due to its relatively low specific weight;
- High safety for nature and human health. The materials in the house materials do not emit harmful substances when exposed to high temperatures;
- An ideal microclimate is created in the premises thanks to wooden structures inside the frame base.
Flaws:
- The construction of the walls has a high “ringing” due to its small mass, which does not allow the house to reduce vibrations from sound;
- Competent construction of a frame house is associated with a carefully planned project. This technology is relatively complex in design and construction and requires specialists to have excellent knowledge and practical experience;
- In Russia, they are prejudiced against these designs. That is why very often on the Internet you can read shocking information about how a one-story frame house was blown away by the wind or the like.
Fabrik Haus is a company producing houses in factory conditions. Translated from German, Fabrik Haus means factory house, and loosely translated means house factory, house factory, house production. Some will be surprised, does this really happen - a house factory, is it possible to produce houses in a factory? We will answer that not only does it happen, but in all developed countries this is one of the most popular and advanced methods of building frame-panel houses. So in Russia, the production of frame houses at the factory over the past 10 years has not only been gaining momentum, but is also gradually replacing other methods of building houses. Let's look at why below.
The key differences from the classic construction of a frame house are as follows:
Quality of work. The entire construction process has been transferred from your site to our plant, which can significantly improve the quality of the work performed. All cutting of materials, cutting out holes, etc. occurs on machines with numerical control, which makes it possible to reduce construction errors resulting from human fault to almost zero. Installation of windows, doors, plastering of walls also takes place at the factory, each specialist and operator at the factory performs work that is 100% known to him, no initiative, no rush, only high-quality results.
Efficiency. The time frame for constructing a frame house at a factory or using the classical method is strikingly different. How long does it take to build a house the usual way? If we talk about frame houses, then it takes half a year, and sometimes even a year, to build a house from brick or cinder blocks, with plastering of the walls, etc. may last several years. And we produce a turnkey frame house in two weeks, with another week for delivery and installation. The difference between three weeks and a year or two is obvious.
Quality of materials and environmental friendliness. We value our reputation, so you are protected from the use of low-quality materials, or materials that are not used in frame-panel construction of houses, which is often detected when building a house using the classical method. In addition, during the production of a frame-panel house at the factory, during its assembly on the site, no construction waste is generated; all waste remains at the factory.
Price. The Fabrik Haus house factory always values its customers and fights for their loyalty, so we try to keep prices for house kits from the factory below competitive ones, despite the use of high-quality, imported, and therefore expensive materials, the cost of drying timber to the level required for the production of frame houses 8- 12% humidity, production and modernization costs.
The choice is yours. We always give the client a choice; you can buy a house kit without facade finishing, without installing windows at the factory, this will allow you to significantly save on the initial stage of construction.
Specificity of all projects of frame one-story houses
All one-story houses using frame technology have similar features. They have a fairly simple design. Often such buildings have a rectangular or square shape. It is very rare to find attached terraces and verandas in the designs of such houses. The presence of bay windows is almost completely eliminated. Due to this, such buildings have high reliability when subjected to heavy seismic loads or extreme weather conditions.
One-story frame houses for permanent residence
usually have the simplest layout. The entire common space is divided into rooms and an area for spending time together. The customer can choose the space for any needs, for example, the hostess can determine the dimensions for the kitchen herself. The bathroom is designed separately. In principle, all frame buildings are similar in design, their uniqueness lies in the methods of finishing and color design.
In conclusion, I would like to say about how to choose a project. On the websites of many construction companies you can find ready-made projects of one-story frame houses. Our company is no exception. On this page, everyone can choose a ready-made design and order the construction of a house they like on their site.
By calling our contact number you can order a consultation with our specialist and ask any questions about the provision of services. We are very happy for every client and look forward to feedback and suggestions to our email address.
