Veranda to the house with your own hands. Projects, photos and tips
Do-it-yourself veranda to the house increases the comfort of living with a simultaneous increase in the working area of the cottage, the projects, the photo of which, presented in this article, will help you choose a classic or exclusive option for any construction budget.
Veranda attached to the house
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Types of verandas, features of an extension to different houses
Professional builders with specialized education are able to distinguish a veranda from terraces, loggias, bay windows, and other structural solutions of a building without problems. For an individual developer who does not have such an education, the classification and design of these buildings are more relevant.
It is introduced into the project of the dwelling at the initial stage, or later the veranda is attached to the house with its own hands. Projects, photos of the best implementations of architectural, structural solutions are given below. This building differs from the terrace by the presence of a foundation, from gazebos - a common wall with the main building. In principle, any loggia of the first floor can be called a veranda.
The difference between a veranda from a terrace, gazebo and loggia
Helpful information! Unlike other outbuildings, the veranda must be legalized in the appropriate authorities, included in the project. Otherwise, the owner will not be able to donate / sell the property, the layout of which has undergone changes.
Verandah classification
The owner of suburban real estate is interested in the veranda to the house with his own hands from the project to the photo of the finished extension of the completed project. Therefore, you should familiarize yourself with the classification of extensions according to the main characteristics. There are verandas of the following types:
- connection with the main dwelling - on a single or detached foundation, under a common or own roof;
Separate foundation and roof of the extension
- enclosing structures - pillars (racks), walls, panoramic glazing;
Pillars instead of walls for the veranda
- purpose - recreation room, summer living room or kitchen, gym or a billiard room.
Summer kitchen in the veranda annex
Helpful information! According to SP 54.13330 standards, a veranda is an unheated room on any floor of a cottage or townhouse with glazed walls. Therefore, when using warm floor, the heating registers the room becomes bedroom, living room, children's default.
Underfloor heating on the veranda
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The veranda is cheaper when building a cottage, the budget increases if the extension was required during operation. There are implemented projects on the front, side, rear facades of buildings that improve their exterior and architecture of the dwelling.
Design features
Most often, a veranda is attached to the lower level, so the main nuances are:
- Foundation type:
Depending on the geological conditions, the slab is more convenient at high groundwater level, the tape at low groundwater. Piles are a universal foundation, they can be mounted on swamps, subsidence soils. Poles for verandas are not recommended, since without insulation of underground structures, the probability of overturning on heaving soils is too high.
Types of foundations
- Connection between the foundation of the extension and the main dwelling:
Common plate, tape MZLF or rigid link reinforcement cages these structures are allowed only on non-porous soils (gravelly, coarse sandy, coarse-grained soil). In all other cases (loam, silty sand, sandy loam), it is better to separate the foundations with a technological seam.
Groove-toothed foundations
Prefabricated loads are too different, as are the forces from swelling soils, so the vertical movements are not the same. The foundation can break or cracks form inside it, reducing the service life. If the veranda was originally incorporated into the project, the shrinkage of the soil under different rooms is approximately the same, you can use a common tape or slab.
For the same reasons, you should make your own rafter system so that the common roof does not collapse from subsidence / swelling of the soil.
Veranda rafter system
- Ventilation:
Usually used natural ventilation by airing the room with vents or supply valves inside the window blocks. IN summer kitchens fans are often used, recuperators.
Natural ventilation of the veranda
- Lighting:
Panoramic or window blocks combined with artificial light. In verandas, translucent door panels are often used, which increase the aesthetics of the perception of facades.
- Sealing of wall junction nodes:
Similar to the foundations, the walls of the extension are not attached to the cottage, the technological seam is filled insulation, processed with a sealant, decorated with front, internal cladding.
Nodes of adjoining the roof of the veranda to the house
Review of interesting outbuildings, schemes, plans, pros, cons
If you plan a veranda to the house with your own hands, projects of implemented solutions will help you decide on the choice of layout, interior design, exteriors of facades. The most popular extensions are of the following types:
- classic - maximum natural light, furniture zoning, color, texture finishing materials;
- an open veranda is a budget option for evening gatherings, the wall adjacent to the cottage is involved;
- two-level - a glazed room on the lower level, an open area with a separate stairs to the second floor a large mansion;
Elite project with verandas on several levels
- encircling - an extension as an interroom communication with the ability to enter the internal premises from the street.
Wrap-around veranda
The choice of a specific solution is not limited, even by the imagination of the owner of suburban real estate.In many typical projects, there are several outbuildings that can be used for any functional premises (gym, living room, summer kitchen).
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Practical tips and tricks
Do-it-yourself veranda to the house, attached during operation, must satisfy several conditions:
- distance from the red lines of the village, significant objects (3 - 5 m from neighboring sites, streets);
- installation of doors in compliance with fire safety (opening outward);
- it is better not to load light structures with heavy cladding, roofing materials;
- the configuration of the extension should ideally fit into the architectural style of the cottage, integrate into the preserved facades.
An extension successfully integrated into the architecture of the house
Walls made of structural materials or panoramic glazed provide greater comfort in winter. Open verandas are more difficult to operate at this time of year.
Conclusion
Thus, it is much easier to attach a veranda on your own than to build a main dwelling. The developer can implement a project of any complexity with a fairly low budget.
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