Как с нуля построить дом своими руками: пошаговая инструкция с советами специалистов

правила, технологии и нормы. Как избежать ошибок и правильно построить дом?

Постройка частного дома — долгий и трудоемкий процесс, который требует больших затрат, причем как временных, так и материальных. Кроме того, чтобы возвести дом, нужна внушительная база знаний из разных областей, начиная от юридической и заканчивая геодезической. У профессиональных застройщиков с этим проблем нет: за годы работы они досконально изучили все тонкости и подводные камни технологии постройки дома. Однако новичок, который решил построить частный дом самостоятельно, может столкнуться с множеством неприятных сюрпризов. О том, как построить дом и избежать основных ошибок строительства, расскажем в данной статье.

Какими нормами регулируется частное домостроение?

Мы не зря упомянули юридическую область: прежде чем приступать к пошаговой постройке дома, следует внимательно изучить нормативную базу, которая регулирует строительство частных владений на участках. Она довольна объемная и написана канцелярским языком, но ни одного лишнего пункта там нет. Все законы и предписания созданы в первую очередь для безопасности и комфорта владельца дома и его соседей, поэтому пренебрегать «теоретической частью» точно не стоит. Итак, в нормативную базу входят:

• «Градостроительный кодекс Российской Федерации» от 29 декабря 2004 года №190-ФЗ.
• СП 30-102-99. Планировка и застройка территорий малоэтажного жилищного строительства.
• СНиП 30-02-97 и СНиП 31.02.2001 — в них описаны нормы и правила расположения и планировки при застройке частного сектора (ИЖС) и садоводческих объединений (ДНП, СНТ).
• Требования пожарной безопасности: в частности, к ним относятся правила использования материалов для отделки и укрепления постройки. Кроме того, между домами 1-й и 2-й степени огнестойкости, то есть построенными из бетона, кирпича или песчаника, должно быть расстояние не менее шести метров. В случае строительства деревянного дома или его наличия на участке соседа расстояние между зданиями должно быть не менее 15 метров.

Помимо этого, все приобретаемые строительные материалы — от бетонной смеси до малярных щеток — должны соответствовать ГОСТам. Необходимо помнить и о строительных нормах и правилах — они же упомянутые выше СНиПы.

В частности, СНиПы устанавливают требования к тепловой защите домов, обустройству электропроводки, сборке подвесных потолков различных конструкций, стяжке полов и к многому другому. Номера соответствующих стандартов и их подробное описание легко найти в интернете по определенным запросам.

Десять самых распространенных ошибок при строительстве

«Практическая» часть процесса постройки дома своими руками не менее сложная и объемная. Любой владелец участка хочет построить новый дом так, чтобы здание радовало его семью много лет и в будущем при эксплуатация оно не доставляло никаких хлопот. Конечно, от ошибок никто не застрахован и все оплошности, которые могут возникнуть при постройке больших домов, предугадать невозможно. Тем не менее существует топ-10 наиболее распространенных ошибок при строительстве дома. Если их избежать, шансы на правильное строительство существенно возрастут.

Ошибки при строительстве частного дома:

• Не проведена или неправильно проведена геологическая экспертиза участка, вследствие чего может быть неверно выбрано место для дома, тип постройки. Прочность и долговечность здания во многом зависят от земли, на которой оно стоит. Профессиональный геолог всегда берет на участке пробу грунта, чтобы определить возможные угрозы для будущей конструкции, а также подсказать наиболее подходящее место для правильного строительства дома. В частности, лучше не возводить постройку в болотистой низине или песчаной зоне. Помимо этого, кадастровая экспертиза поможет обезопасить владельца участка от возникновения проблем с законом, если его земля находится вблизи охраняемой государством территории или если участок имеет спорные границы с соседями. Неправильно выполненный отступ от подобных границ грозит серьезными штрафами, а то и предписанием о сносе готовой постройки, поэтому пренебрегать помощью специалиста не стоит.
• Неверно выбран тип фундамента и его закладка. Важно помнить, что фундамент и грунт представляют единую систему, поэтому нужно не только рассчитывать предполагаемую нагрузку от конструкции дома, но и учитывать воздействие грунтовых вод на фундамент в любое время года. Здесь, опять же, потребуются геологические исследования, которые помогут изучить свойства грунта на рабочей глубине (до трех метров). Экономить на этом и покупать фундамент «как у соседа» не стоит — грунт неоднороден, и даже на расстоянии в несколько метров его характеристики могут различаться.

От особенностей грунта напрямую зависит тип фундамента: например, на пучинистых и неоднородных грунтах нельзя проектировать мелкозаглубленные фундаменты. На торфяных грунтах нельзя возводить свайные фундаменты.

• Неправильный выбор материала для постройки, утепления, облицовки. Чтобы грамотно подобрать материал, также придется учесть немало нюансов. Например, если утеплить стену из газоблоков минеральной ватой и нанести паронепроницаемую штукатурку, то в самой стене начнет скапливаться влага. Неправильная толщина утеплителя и его размещение также может привести к образованию конденсата в конструкции стен или на внутренней поверхности.
• Плохое качество материалов. Все ГОСТ, о которых мы рассказывали выше, придуманы не просто так: требования к материалам формировались десятилетиями, в том числе методом проб и ошибок. К сожалению, на строительном рынке нередко встречаются недобросовестные предприниматели, которые хотят поживиться за счет чужой неопытности и продать некачественный товар по «суперцене». Но, как известно, скупой платит дважды, и постройка дома с нуля — это явно неподходящий случай, чтобы экспериментировать с непроверенными поставщиками.
• Желание сделать все самостоятельно, даже тогда, когда стоит привлечь специалистов. Пословица про скупого прекрасно подходит и к этому пункту. Привлечение строительной бригады означает дополнительные траты, однако при выборе добросовестных квалифицированных подрядчиков можно сэкономить немало времени и сил. Речь идет не только о моральных силах: для постройки частного дома потребуется приложить и немало физических усилий.
• Ошибки в соблюдении противопожарной безопасности. Большая часть всех пожаров приходится на долю частного сектора как раз потому, что многие владельцы игнорируют противопожарные нормы. К ним относится и упомянутое выше расстояние между постройками, и необходимость использования негорючих материалов, а также обязательное наличие пожарного подъезда к дому и специальных противопожарных водоемов. Помимо этого, электропроводка должна соответствовать нормам ПУЭ, а при ее монтаже внутри стен и перекрытий в деревянных зданиях не обойтись без специальных кабельных каналов.
• Ошибки при устройстве кровли. Материал для кровли следует выбирать с учетом его устойчивости к осадкам, механическим нагрузкам и перепадам температуры. Менять утвержденный в проекте здания тип кровли не рекомендуется.
• Ошибки при монтаже гидроизоляции, ветрозащиты, пароизоляции. Многие владельцы домов не понимают в полной мере значение пароизоляции в кровельном пироге. Нередко подкровельную пленку прикрепляют наизнанку, что приводит к накоплению влаги в утеплителе. Не менее важно обеспечить и правильную гидроизоляцию кровли для нормального стока воды. При организации водоотведения необходимо учитывать угол уклона кровли, площадь дома и его форму, тип кровли и обильность осадков в конкретной местности. Также важно грамотно запроектировать ветрозащиту.
• Ошибки в подводе и разведении коммуникаций. Коммуникации оптимально прокладывать на стадии возведения дома, иначе в построенном здании придется делать отверстия в фундаменте, перекрытиях и стенах. Трубопроводы стоит фиксировать с помощью крепежных элементов. На водопроводе также обязательно установить запасную арматуру, которая поможет перекрыть воду в аварийной ситуации.
• Экономия на заборе, воротах и так далее. К фатальным последствиям это, конечно, не приведет. Однако если не установить забор или ворота, то быстро найдутся желающие незаконно присвоить (попросту украсть) чужие строительные материалы или оставить на участке свой мусор, да и от визитов (без приглашения, разумеется) любопытных соседей в таком случае никто не застрахован.

Еще раз о стройматериалах и их важности

Одним словом, правильное строительство дома во многом зависит от качества используемых материалов. Можно назубок выучить всю нормативную базу для постройки частного дома, нанять трудолюбивых рабочих с хорошей репутацией, заказать геологическую экспертизу и… все равно испортить процесс, выбрав плохой кирпич или негодный утеплитель. Использование не соответствующего стандартам раствора для штукатурки может привести к появлению трещин на стенах и потолке и, как следствие, к необходимости переделывать ремонт всего помещения. А если облицовочный кирпич, к примеру, оказывается бракованным, это нередко оборачивается появлением трещин и сколов, что сильно портит привлекательность нового здания.

Еще раз подчеркнем, что в строительной сфере много недобросовестных дельцов, которые не гнушаются подделывать материалы от известных фирм и продавать их по низкой цене. Несколько лет назад по Подмосковью прокатилась волна судебных разбирательств с известным производителем утеплителей: спустя год после его укладки в домах покупателей начинала гнить крыша, но заказанная производителем экспертиза во всех случаях выявляла подделку товара, которая не имела ничего общего с настоящей фирменной продукцией. Потому важно приобретать строительные материалы у проверенных поставщиков или, если есть возможность, напрямую от производителя.

Несмотря на все трудности процесса постройки частного дома, отдельное жилье — это огромная радость. Далеко не лучшая экология и бешеный ритм жизни больших городов утомляют, поэтому все больше наших соотечественников приобретают недвижимость за городской чертой, где можно побыть наедине с природой и устроить пикник, не боясь быть оштрафованным. С глобальной точки зрения постройка собственного дома — это хорошая инвестиция в будущее, ведь еще Марк Твен советовал покупать землю, потому что ее больше не производят. А избежать ошибок при строительстве дома позволит знание основных правил застройки и выбор качественных материалов.

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Similarly we mount the remaining wall elements. 90032 90031 Align the walls at a right angle and connect the screws first with each other, and then with the floorboards, if possible in the places where the bottom is lagged.90032 90075 90002 WE ESTABLISH THE DOOR AND WINDOWS IN THE GARDEN HOUSE 90003 90056 90031 For facing the slopes of doors and windows, use the remaining planking boards, cutting off the tongue and comb from them. 90032 90031 Use a jig saw to process window openings in the front wall. Cut the edges carefully with a plane. 90032 90031 Window slopes are covered with wooden slats with a thickness of 19 mm. All vertical racks through pass should pass to the bottom corners. 90032 90031 Board for facing from the outside, nail to the slopes.The upper board on the side should go beyond the vertical bars on 1-2, see. 90032 90075 90002 WE CONSTRUCT THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE 90003 90004 The roof structure is different in its consistency and stability. However, it is very simple to manufacture. 90007 90056 90031 The basis of the roof — rafters 45 x 150 mm. To provide a roof slope for water drainage, cut logs from 15 cm at the front end to 9 cm at the rear, pre-marking using a cord. 90032 90031 With a circular saw we saw off the unnecessary part, narrowing the rafters.Cutting lines should be perfectly even, otherwise the roof will lie crooked when laying. 90032 90031 Pre-lay the rafters over the walls with an interval of 60 cm. The installation of additional rafters (Figure 1) will be useful in the future for the attachment of the storage cabinet. 90032 90031 We mark the step of installing the rafters on the top edge of the wall with a pencil and securely screw them from the bottom to the frame with screws at an angle of 90 °. 90032 90031 To ensure that the front ends of the rafters are exactly one line, mark the amount of the protrusion on the underside of the rafters and align the mark with the leading edge of the wall.90032 90031 Nail the roof trims to the rafters. You should start from the front wall, you need to place the boards as tightly as possible. For the coating we use ordinary sheet piling boards. 90032 90075 90004 Along the gable lines, the roof construction is veneered so that the ends of the rafters do not get wet. To do this, a square wooden envelope is nailed around the roof: rake (also up to the stand), which also serves as a stop for the rail. The decoration is the second, narrow strip, which is nailed to a wide one.As a result, there is no gap between the roof and the cabinet. After the roof is covered, from the back wall to the front wall we nail over a layer of roofing paperboard, and we put shingles on it. 90007 90002 We decorate our country house 90003 90004 With the help of a small reconstruction, we will give our house a new look. Add a side window, a pergola and paint up the individual parts of our house (frames, racks, the edge of the roof, the door) with bright solar paint. 90007 90004 Done! The third window will make the room lighter, and the canopy will cover the site for a family holiday from the scorching sun.90007 90004 Install an additional window easily thanks to the frame structure of the walls. You just need to mark out, cut out part of the wall, insert frames. 90007 90004 And to turn a grate for climbing plants into a canopy pergola, we installed two new racks and lengthened the trim of the roof. Then the trusses between the three bars from the fins at the ends were shortened, so that with the boards fixed across the front and back there was an almost square element, which was bolted to the roof.To install the supports you will need two pits with a depth of 80 cm and a concrete slurry. Racks saw off on length only after the top finishing plank will be screwed on height. 90007 90004 After all the changes you will have a nice resting corner. 90007 90004 Especially cozy 90005 garden house 90006 in the evenings, when it lights up and music plays. To make electrical wiring, you will need a waterproof power cable, which is best placed underground. To protect against damage, the cable should be laid at a depth of at least 60 cm and covered with a layer of sand thickness of 10 cm.A protective tape or overhead bricks will prevent damage to the cable by a shovel in garden work. 90007 90004 Zest 90005 country house 90006 — a cabinet with convenient sections, which can even accommodate bulky garden furniture, and there is also a place for all garden tools and materials / which usually clog the corners: shovels, rakes, garden scissors, bags with seeds and fertilizers and flower pots for seedlings. 90007 90056 90031 On the projecting floorboards, we fit the frame for the cabinet, screw it to the floor and to the rafters, and then panel 90032 90031 Door frames are made by precisely observing the rectangularity.The sheathing is carried out by analogy with the walls: first we nail the boards, then cut off the protrusions along the contour. 90032 90031 We install horizontal partitions. They will divide the cabinet into 3 multi-section sections. In the big place even garden chairs! 90032 90075 90004 Based on the materials of the special issue Favorite Cottage 90007 90138 90139 TOOLS FOR MASTERS AND MASTERS, AND HOME GOODS ARE VERY CHEAP. FREE SHIPPING. 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When I say none, they usually look very surprised and ask, «Why !? It’s far easier to use a library, and it saves a lot of development time «. They make me question myself again and again, but every time I confirm that I made the right decision. Each and every single line of code that makes my product alive is written by me, by my own way of thinking, and my own creative ideas.It may not be perfect, maybe even off the web guidelines, but this is how you learn! 90005 90004 I must admit that this did not only make my coding more efficient and manageable, but each piece of code is there because it is intended to be there. It has a meaning, its own objective. I hate to see unnecessary data in places that would only just take space. I want to be in control of each part of the process cycle. When I think about the web, I do not just think about being efficient, but also about the load time and the weight of each request from your machine, back and forth to the server.How can we improve this? How can we make it better for the user? 90005 90004 Today I will discuss the main advantages of creating a website from scratch. I will mostly look at the theoretical aspects and share my thoughts from my web development experience. 90005 90010 90011 You own the code, you control it! 90012 90013 90004 Right click — new file. Blank page — blinking cursor. The moment when your creative ideas await to be written and excitement kicks in for a new project. It is such a great feeling to start developing line-by-line, and turn your ideas and imaginations into a real working digital product.You are constantly concentrated on making your website as clean and efficient as possible. Even if it’s the beginning, and some of your code may not be perfect, you still feel great about the work you are doing. You become proud of it. You see the development files piling up, and realise how much you did before you even knew it. The product or website starts to take shape. You are beginning to be in control of your code. 90005 90004 On the contrary, imagine now, opening a new Bootstrap template, you look at the code, you start modifying it, and find hacks to make it work as you envisioned it.Files start to get messy, a lot of the code is actually being written to replace the frameworks ‘defaults. If you ask me, this is the worst web development technique one could undertake, but unfortunately many early developers end up following this path. By doing this you are not learning, this is just manipulating ready-made code. How can you expect to learn new skills and advance in this way? How will you learn about new web technologies, if all you do is upgrade to the latest framework version? 90005 90004 90011 Trust me, seeing the final product ready to be shipped, knowing that everything is your own doing is an irreplaceable feeling 90012.Only you know what it took to get there. It is definitely worth the effort. You learn from your mistakes, you continue improving your skills. You know everything about the structure of the website, you can easily maintain it. You are now in control. 90005 90010 90011 Be unique and creative with your design thinking process 90012 90013 90004 90011 You’re building the website based on your own inspirations and taste 90012. Every part of the design is there because 90029 you 90030 thought about it, and it meets your own level of expectations.Do not be afraid to think outside the box and experiment with different techniques. Feel free and go ahead with finding your own approach to achieve particular functions. Most of the time you will realise that this is how it’s actually done anyways. Brain storming is highly recommended before you give up and search online. After all, you can always double check your work with others if you have any doubts about compatibility or support. 90011 Starting the process from scratch makes you think at a higher level to reach a particular design with a minimal effort.This is what makes your code unique and what teaches you how to become a professional. 90012 You are now getting familiar with the web development environment. 90005 90010 Easily find bugs, performance hick-ups, and design issues 90013 90004 When you are writing all the code of your website or product, you imminently become familiar with the whole structure. This makes it far easier to find what is creating an error, causing a bug, or a design glitch. No time is being wasted to look for a needle in the haystack.There is no excess code that you have to go through, or include hacks to fix an error caused by the framework or library. 90005 90004 Something I found helpful is to leave line comments and write documentation throughout the development. 90011 Make this a habit! 90012 You’d be surprised at how easily it can get confusing when you come back to your code, to adjust or implement a new function. The comments will improve your productivity and significantly reduce the expected development time to maintain your product on future updates.90005 90010 Strongly improve your coding and design skills 90013 90004 As we already mentioned above, building your website from the very first line of code, forces you to seek and continue learning to achieve what you envision. You push yourself to research how the required functions could be implemented natively without the use of libraries (this is usually more common for JavaScript coding, for example, to create a custom modal-box that shows a welcome message to a new user). This is what keeps you going forward, that you continually search for new ways and techniques to write and improve your code.90005 90010 Optimize your website performance 90013 90004 My previous article was all about how to radically improve your website performance. The following are two main advantages of how building the website from scratch can effect your website performance: 90005 90050 90051 90011 There is no unnecessary code in your development files 90012. Extra code means extra time for the site to be downloaded. All the lines of code written for the website are only there because they are required. Libraries or frameworks adds all this clutter and unnecessary code for hundreds of tricks and features that 90% of your website will not use.90054 90051 90011 Optimized for your specific requirements. 90012 If you already know what you want to develop, you are building a structure that is optimized specifically for that site. This makes your website highly efficient! 90054 90059 90004 Do not let performance fall behind. Keep yourself motivated to optimize your website performance by aiming to get the best scores on google page speed insights. 90005 90010 Experimenting with new technologies 90013 90004 Owning the code of your personal website or product means that this can also be your playground.Keep practising how to apply new technologies and advancements on your own site. It is much easier to implement a new technology or function with your existing code, because now you know how it all works, you are already familiar with the website structure. This is crucial for keeping your site adoptable, future proof, and progressive. It keeps you motivated to learn, while improving and keeping your website up to date with the latest web technologies. 90005 90066 Closing thoughts 90067 90010 How would I keep my website up to date? 90013 90004 90011 Refactoring your code 90012.If you are afraid of refactoring or to continuously updating your code, then you should reconsider becoming a developer at all. This is something that you should know from the very beginning before diving into web development. Which ever language you’re using, you can easily keep yourself up to date by subscribing to weekly newsletters and updates, from authoritative blogs on your language of choice. This way, you would know if a feature is getting deprecated soon, and prepare your code for future releases.It also forces you not to become lazy and leave your website become outdated. A lot of websites out there are still using libraries or frameworks that are years old, and it becomes more frustrating to upgrade from one version to the other. Pure coding techniques (if used appropriately) can last for decades or more, since these are written as was proposed in the initial preparation for the website or product. Do not let this be the reason for migrating or starting with building a new website from scratch.90011 Refactoring your code will become the main ingredient that gets you to a higher level and stay ahead of your competitors! 90012 90005 90004 Do not be afraid of badly written code, all professional web developers today have written messy code before. 90011 If you do not start by learning the basics of web development, you will get used to the ease of finding ready made templates or pieces of code. This will reduce the amount of effort you otherwise would put into gaining new knowledge. 90012 The only way to keep improving and getting better is to start messing with code now.This will make you comfortable with the language, and help you not be afraid to take on new challenges! 90005 90004 Thank you for reading! 90005 90004 You can also have a look at my eBook here — Mastering Web Development 90005 90004 Until next time, 90005 90004 Owen Far 90005 90004 90029 P.S. 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