Brick house - with what it is eaten.

Brick cottage: just a beautiful prestigious house or still a real fortress? If someone has doubts about the fact that this is really a real fortress, let's remember a fairy tale about three pigs. After all, it was a brick house, not wooden, and even less straw, saved the pigs from the evil wolf. Considering how much this tale of years, it becomes clear that the brick was valued long before our birth with you. Today, when the technology of making bricks allows you to make it more light, warm and durable, brick houses provide absolute reliability and comfort for many years.

The task of making brick houses warm is in front of all brick factories. In the conditions of tough competition, all enterprises are interested in the production of high-quality bricks with thermal properties. Such a brick is called "effective". Why is the "effective" brick warm? This is explained by emptiness, amounting to 45% of its volume. It is in these voids that air is retained, which is an excellent heat insulator. The voids are of different shapes: round, rectangular, but if the forms are ideal - spherical, the brick is referred to as super efficient. Such a brick is porous, it is even warmer than a porous and much lighter. Thermotechnical properties of ultra-efficient bricks exceed even wood ones, and convenience in laying, the ability to make walls thinner, a lower load on the foundation and make it irreplaceable in construction.

Although the "effective" brick is high quality, it requires facing to give the building an aesthetic appearance. It is the facing brick that gives the house a finished look and the very beauty that we mentioned earlier. Today, manufacturers offer a wide choice of facing bricks of a variety of colors and textures. Due to the decorative properties of such a brick used for finishing columns, cornices, fireplaces. There is another side to the coin. The facing brick is quite fragile. But, as they say, beauty requires sacrifice. And that these "victims" were insignificant, transportation of the facing brick requires conscientious packaging.

Despite the advantages of brick laying , there are also disadvantages that arise in the places where the brick is cemented with cement mortar. In construction slang they are called bridges of cold. These bridges of cold deprive the building of a third of the heat, which can lead to the formation of condensation, humidity, cracks and fungus. But the devil is not so terrible as he is painted. Cleverly selected design and thermal insulation of these "bridges" reduce the loss of heat.

Another salvation from this trouble is a sandwich, when a heat-insulating gap formed between two rows of masonry is filled with high-tech thermal insulation material. Today, the external insulation of load-bearing walls is very popular , which is covered with plaster to protect against the negative effects of weather conditions. Such a wall reduces heat loss, and also serves as an air and steam barrier.

Now let's try to sum up all the above, systematize the positive and negative sides of the brick in the construction of houses and cottages.

First of all, let us dwell on the positive aspects of brick houses and cottages:

1. The undeniable strength and durability of brick houses.
2. The brick house is resistant to fire.
3. Excellent microclimate, brick house "breathes".
4. Brick houses provide good noise and thermal insulation.
5. Brick houses are resistant to changes in weather conditions.
6. Due to the variety of bricks and its decorative properties, various forms of construction of brick houses are possible ..
7. Brick houses are not subject to the negative effects of mold, fungus, insects.
8. Brick houses are easily amenable to subsequent finishing: plastering, painting.
9. Beauty and aesthetics of brick houses.

The list of negative characteristics is not so impressive, but still it is. First of all, this is the envy of acquaintances, but seriously, the main drawbacks of building a brick cottage are:

1. High cost of the brick, transportation and work;
2. The need for additional insulation with thermal insulation material.

As you can see, a brick cottage is not a cheap pleasure. So, if you are tired of the same type of concrete-glass boxes, from faceless plates and frightening joints between them, you will have to fork out. Yes, investments in building a brick house are not small. But is not a quiet sleep, without frightening thoughts about fires, downpours, frosts, "wood-eating" insects worth more?

Imagine that you decided to join the lucky owners of brick houses. The question immediately arises: how to build it? If education allows you, you can start developing the project yourself, but it's better to turn to specialists, the benefit of construction companies is now plenty. There you will be offered to consider a huge number of conventional, so to speak, traditional brick houses, but they can also develop a unique project taking into account your wishes. Therefore, it is worth paying attention to the projects of suburban brick cottages, they have, of course, designs are easier, and the walls are thinner, but the design is more interesting. The price for the construction of a brick cottage varies depending on the method of construction and material, but the price increase remains constant.

It should be remembered that the construction of a brick house is a laborious and long-term process, so you will have to be patient. In general terms, and not particularly going into details, we can distinguish the following stages of the construction of a brick house:

1) geology and design;
2) foundation laying;
3) the choice of insulation and the erection of a brick house;
4) the creation of internal ceilings;
5) supply of electricity, water, sewage;
6) additional finishing, if necessary.

If you do not have enough time, you can limit yourself to a one-story building. Due to the wide demand for such houses, there are more options for their construction. This is due to significant savings in time and money. So dare, who knows, maybe your house will be put in the catalog "The best brick houses in Moscow".