Construction of a verandah in the suburban area

What country house or country house can do without a veranda? Any owner of a suburban home thinks about the construction of such a premise.

The veranda is an open or glazed room without heating, which serves as a resting place for summer evenings, summer kitchen, a hallway, a place to sleep in the warm season and so on.

If you decide to attach this premise to an existing house, you need to decide how you will perform construction work. You need to entrust the construction of the veranda to the firm. The best solution would be to contact the developer who built the house. The veranda, which serves as a continuation of the existing country house, looks very nice and harmonious. However, it should be noted that large companies are more willing to build large country houses with all the necessary outbuildings, rather than for the construction of a veranda in the country. Therefore, it is possible that you may encounter a refusal to build a small annex for your holiday home. If the firm refuses to add a small room to the existing dacha structure, it is worthwhile to think about building the structure on its own. The construction of the veranda in the dacha with their own hands practically does not differ from the construction of a country house. For it is necessary to have some building knowledge and skills. The main stages of erection of this structure:

• The construction of the veranda begins with the development of the ground. The top fertile layer is best cut off and used to plant the plants. The remaining surface of the soil must be leveled.
• The foundation is being built. Basically, the type of foundation is chosen to be the same as that of a holiday home. Although for easy construction of the veranda there is no sense in arranging a tape or other monolithic foundation. On the load of an ample device columnar foundation. The final choice of the type of foundation depends on the weight of the structure, the materials used and the properties of the soil.
• The construction of the frame from the beams. Before its construction it is necessary to lay the logs cut from all sides on the foundation. The components of the frame are the racks and rafters of the veranda and the house, resting on the racks.
• Erection of the roofing system and roofing. The roof can be a continuation of the existing roof of the house or considered as a separate element. Make it a slab of the same material.
• Erection of floor and walls. If it is necessary to use the building not only in the summer season, but also in the autumn, it is worth considering the insulation of the floor.
• Facing the veranda and glazing. To use the structure in the cold season, the skin is made from two sides using a layer of insulation.

The construction of the veranda has nuances. It is not necessary to attach it to the existing house, especially if it is old. The old house has its shrinkage, but the new structure is not there, so there may be various deformations and distortions.

Money spent on building a veranda depends on the materials used, the area of the building, and the size of the room. The most economical option - the construction of the building of wooden beams. Verandas made of bricks are much more expensive. Also, the cost depends on the availability of glazing and from the use of protection against breaking into the glass veranda, the type of the front door and other factors.