If the plans include construction, first cabins are put on the summer cottage. Summer houses of them are an excellent option for creating a budget cottage.
You can buy a ready-made version of such a house or build such a structure on your own.
Calculation of materials and cost
A garden house from a change house is a reality. Thanks to the drawings and photos, you can assemble it yourself. In order to build a small change house 6x2.4 m high 2.4 m, you must purchase the following materials:
- moisture resistant plywood 1.22x2.44 m (5 sheets 12 mm thick);
- edged board (8 boards 6 m long and 3.5 cm thick);
- timber 50x50 cm (50 pieces with a length of three meters);
- unedged board 2.5 cm (0.8 m 3);
- cement blocks (6 pieces of size 40x20x20);
- window block (2 pieces 600x600 mm);
- 2 rolls of roofing material (15 m 2 each);
- OSB-plates (14 pieces with dimensions of 1.22x2.44 m);
- paneled door;
- edged board (6 pieces with parameters of 0.05x0.10x6 m);
- insulation (area of 5.4 m 2);
- plastic film (10 m with a thickness of 0.1 mm);
- hardboard (6 sheets with dimensions of 2.75x1.22 m);
- protective impregnation for wood (9 liters)
A small house from the change house will cost 41,000-45,000 rubles, taking into account independent construction. The calculations do not include small expenses, for example, the purchase of nails, screws, screws.
Build Features
To make a country house from a change house, the photo of which is presented above, you must first install the change house itself. First, a platform is created (insulated floor). Armed with a rope and pegs, a breakdown of the terrain is carried out, cement blocks are installed at the same distance along the perimeter of the future structure. Next, a six-meter edged board is strapped, logs are attached, their lower edge is encircled by a bar, a draft floor is created. Uneven bars are suitable for him, which will save material.
A cottage from a change house with your own hands can be done quickly enough if all the required materials are available. Their list is given above.
Change house: varieties
A country house from a change house is an excellent option for those owners of a suburban area who are just beginning to build a full-fledged house.
Currently, manufacturers offer an excellent range of change houses, which can be equipped for both temporary and permanent residence. Depending on the purpose, they are divided into the following groups:
- for household needs;
- temporary residence;
- to organize the workroom of the foreman.
Change houses can be country, construction, act as block containers. By the nature of the design, they are divided into panel, timber and frame houses.
Block container specifics
What are the hallmarks of such change houses? Summer houses of this kind are made of a metal frame, which is studded with a wooden lining. Manufacturers of block containers make sure that their products are as comfortable and comfortable as possible.
Metal structures are used mainly as construction change houses. Their height is 2.2 meters, length - 6 meters, width - 2.5 meters. Their frame is made of metal. Outside, the structure is finished with galvanized profiled sheeting, inside the walls are lined with wooden lining, hardboard, PVC panels. Doors are made of fiberboard, windows are equipped with double glazed windows. The buyer can additionally put partitions inside the change house, having received several rooms.
A house from a change house of this kind can be used in the summer.
Wooden block containers
If you make such a house from the cabins, you can get a very acceptable result. For example, by combining several wooden block containers and putting them on top of each other, you can get an original two-story summer cottage.
How to build a cottage from block containers
Country change houses create from a tree and metal. Metal houses are suitable for operation throughout the year, as they are more resistant to extreme weather conditions. Inside, such houses are decorated with wooden lining or fiberboard.
This kind of house from the change house provides for the organization of separate rooms, a utility unit, a shower, a toilet.
Country panel houses
This is the most budgetary type of wooden country change houses. Such designs do not imply long-term use, but since their cost is minimal, they are in great demand among many newly made summer residents. They are installed initially as a temporary structure for the period of construction of the main house. Some owners of summer cottages get used to them so much that they ennoble and turn the change house into a cozy guest house.
Exterior decoration is a non-integral lining, from the inside, the walls are sheathed by fiberboard. The insulation is glass wool or polystyrene. Among the main disadvantages that are inherent in such structures, there is a change in geometric dimensions, since the structure does not have stiffeners.
Country frame change house
What is such a small house made of? A change house of this type involves the use of a wooden beam of 50x50 mm as the basis. It gives the design strength, stability. The cost of such a change house depends on the material chosen for exterior and interior decoration. In the frame house, a double floor is allowed, consisting of draft and fair types of floorboards with a thickness of 32 mm. Mineral wool 50 mm thick acts as a heater for walls and ceiling. A similar design has a vapor barrier - a plastic film or glassine.
Lumber summer cottages
The country house, which is made of pine timber 100x150 mm in size, has the longest operational life. Unfortunately, the cost of its construction will be the highest. With this kind of country house, wall decoration is not provided. Manufacturers offer customers several roof options: single-pitched, double-pitched. When installing a timber cabins in an area where the air temperature in winter is not lower than minus 10 degrees, there is no need to additionally insulate such a structure.
For a comfortable life, the houses from the cabins are equipped with utilities, they allocate several rooms from the total area. To obtain a spacious country house, several change houses are combined among themselves, creating a bathroom, kitchen, utility unit, bedroom inside.
If desired, it is possible to make an additional comfortable room in the summer cottage under the ceiling. A house built from cabins is connected to certain communications:
- water supply;
- electricity
- sewers
To prevent emergencies, all communications must be handled by professionals.
An obligatory element of any country house created from a change house is the organization of heating in it. For example, you can install a classic wood-burning stove in a house.
By installing two cabins at a distance of three meters, you can achieve a significant increase in living space. When combined, there is no threat to the strength of the created structure. The space that appears between the cabins can be used for living or for creating a workshop (pantry).
Currently, there are a huge number of different projects that allow you to turn switchboards into comfortable and beautiful country houses.
From several cabins it is possible to create a modular strong structure, which is suitable for constant comfortable living in a summer cottage.
Currently, rooms created from panel cabins are popular. This is a convenient and inexpensive option for summer cuisine, temporary residence, the location of the team of builders. The combination of several houses allows you to create original buildings suitable for year-round use. For additional comfort inside the living room, you can equip areas for relaxation, reception, work. An interesting solution will be the additional construction of a porch or a spacious veranda decorated with a nursery of flowers and small bushes.
For any construction, it is assumed that there is a special utility room where you can store tools and materials.