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Sometimes, when looking to decorate your home with unusual materials, you can stumble upon very interesting and atypical solutions. These include finishing the facade of the house with slabs. The design method is very non-standard and will not appeal to everyone, but if you are interested in it, you can learn a lot more about it by reading this material.
Fence
The most obvious use for raw boards is fencing and fencing.
Often, budget structures or slabs mounted on horizontal supports are installed to delimit adjacent areas. The slab fence has a distinctive “rustic” chic. A front garden or fenced area immediately seems more lived-in and cozy. The board can be placed both vertically and horizontally. Wooden or metal posts, a frame made of thin bars, or the same slab of greater width are used as supports. The upper edge of the fence is leveled to the same height or left “torn” for more naturalness.
Cutting technology
In each lumber, three areas can be distinguished: edge, edge, face. The degree of processing of materials also divides lumber into two large groups: edged and unedged. For the former, each face and each edge are sawn through, for the latter, only both faces are sawed. Edged lumber has the same width of the inner and outer faces, this is visible to the naked eye. As for the width of unedged lumber, it needs to be calculated: it is equal to half the sum of two widths (inner and outer layers). Measure the width in the middle of the workpiece.
When considering edged lumber, it is necessary to define such a concept as “wane”. This is the name of a defect that occurs during processing. The wane can be sharp or blunt. The first is in the edge area. The presence of acute wane means that the use of such lumber is unacceptable. As for blunt wane, it reduces the quality of edged lumber, but it can be used. The difference between boards and beams and beams is in width.
The percentage of sawlog yield is calculated in several ways.
- If all the sawlogs have an equal diameter of trunks, then the yield percentage is calculated as follows: first you need to calculate how much volume one trunk has, after which the cubic capacity of the sawn material is multiplied by this resulting volume. The error of this method is small.
- If the cubic capacity of the cut timber is large, then the amount of transport can be considered, roughly speaking, as “cars”. The error of the method is large, but the method significantly saves calculation time.
- In cases where high accuracy and low calculation error are required, a measuring frame method will be required. Then you can measure both the curvature and thickening of the trunks, but this cannot be done with manual calculations. When using measuring frames, you can immediately sort the lumber.
Fencing for garden beds
With the onset of planting season, every gardener strives to organize the garden space as rationally as possible. You can outline smooth, neat beds using a slab. Such fencing not only makes planting more orderly, but also helps combat excessive water consumption and weed infestation. It is easier to attach covering material to a wooden support during frosts and arcs to support climbing crops during the period of active growth.
The board can be placed horizontally along the perimeter of the entire ridge, or it can be cut into small posts of the same height, which are used to cover the finished frame. The result is an imitation of a log fence.
Due to constant contact with water, croakers of moisture-resistant species are used to arrange the beds. You can use oak, larch, ash. Pine boards have a shorter service life, but are also suitable for temporary fencing.
Regulatory Requirements
The production of lumber is a strictly standardized process.
Each enterprise has quality controllers who check product batches for compliance with all requirements. Standardization of sizes and quality is necessary in order to subsequently facilitate the process of using wood materials in construction. Each level of timber processing has its own standards. For example, the production of lumber meets the following standards: GOST 8486-86, GOST 6564-84, GOST 24454-80. There are the same national standards that define the technical conditions for the transportation and storage of lumber and blanks. Most of them comply with global quality standards - DIN, EN, ANSI, ASME. This allows states to trade lumber internationally. Wood is an organic material. It is always a potential carrier of viruses, bacteria, parasites and various insects that pose a danger not only to other vegetation, but also to humans themselves. Therefore, the export and import of forest products requires compliance with sanitary standards. Quarantine control of wood materials is carried out by the State Inspectorate for Seed Production and Plant Protection. The service's responsibilities include checking the safety and certification of forest products. If during inspection and analysis at least one product does not meet sanitary standards, the entire batch is disposed of.
Other parameters that are indicated in the quality passport:
- name of the supplier company, trademark, production address;
- variety;
- dimensions;
- wood type;
- number of units in the batch;
- designation of standards.
Bench
A bench made of slab is a quick, cheap and fairly simple way to arrange a small recreation area. You will need bars or metal supports for the legs, and a thick slab for the seat and back. It is advisable to find a board no thinner than 15 cm.
There are many design options. You can make comfortable armrests, add a table, or settle on the simplest option with two supports and a seat. The finished product must be sanded, coated with a protective compound and varnish.
General principles for constructing a budget gazebo
Building a gazebo with your own hands is a completely doable task for anyone who knows how to work with basic carpentry and construction tools.
Diagram of the internal structure of the gazebo.
Having gone through the most important and somewhat painstaking stage of constructing the foundation, you need to think through the design of the frame and prepare the material for construction. If you want the gazebo to be closed, build walls, and if you like more airy and open structures, make low fences.
The final stage of building a gazebo is the formation of a roof, for which you can use a huge variety of different materials - from polycarbonate and tiles to wooden shingles and reeds. The interior decoration of a homemade gazebo should stylistically resonate with the chosen architectural solution. That is why it is best to use natural materials (for example, lining) for wall decoration.
Woodshed and square
To protect firewood from rain and snow in your summer cottage, you can’t do without a woodcutter. This building, as a rule, is located in the outskirts, so there is no point in spending money on expensive materials.
The basis of the frame is formed by wooden beams or logs dug into the ground. The supports are connected with boards cut to length in advance. To ensure greater rigidity, a pair of diagonal braces can be placed along each wall. They will not allow the woodshed to spread out. The roof is also covered with a slab, located with a rounded surface inward. A sheet of roofing material or ondulin is laid on top.
A similar technology is used to create a square. A capacious box is constructed from the slab, which will prevent the coal from crumbling during storage. The only difference between a square and a wood burner is a narrower pitch between the boards. To avoid wide gaps, you will have to pre-sort the material suitable for its geometry.
What is a croaker
The name was born for a reason - at its core, a slab is a board that I cut from a log that has not yet been hewn, with all the bark and other stuff rubbed off. Its outer part is curved and resembles a hump. It is not specially made, since it is a kind of waste generated in the process of making ordinary boards. If we talk about percentage, then the share of slab in the production of boards is about fifteen percent of the total material. Quite a lot and they have found a variety of uses, depending on the type of waste received:
Good to know: wood waste is good for almost nothing except heating stoves, and in this capacity it will be a very good solution. They are much cheaper than regular firewood.
Otherwise, this material resembles ordinary boards. You can make different things from it: thin slats, thin boards, lining, various small wooden products, and so on. In addition, it is used in cases where there is no point in using ordinary boards: in the manufacture of subfloors, assembling formwork for pouring cement, and in arranging a garden.
Barn
Utility rooms for storing shovels, rakes, watering cans and other garden utensils are small in size and have minimal design requirements. They are erected without a foundation on several supports made of rolled metal or wooden beams.
In most cases, it is enough to assemble a frame of 2.5 x 1.5 meters, erect walls up to 2 meters in height and equip a pitched roof. Sanded slabs are used for the walls. The boards are attached to the support with an overlap, this allows you to avoid gaps and hide the screw heads. It is also used for the roof frame.
Physical properties of wood
1. Density.
An absolute value measured by the ratio of weight to volume. Density directly depends on the type of rock and the amount of moisture. The lower the humidity, the lower the density.
2. Thermal conductivity.
The property of wood to transmit heat from the roots to the crown. The quality of thermal conductivity is influenced by the following factors:
- air temperature;
- internal humidity;
- saturation;
- quantity of heat.
3. Sound conductivity.
A special property of timber is to transmit sound. The sound permeability of wood is higher than that of some materials
This indicator must be taken into account in construction, where sound insulation of walls and carpentry is extremely important.
4. Electrical conductivity.
The positive property of lumber is to conduct current. Electrical conductivity is affected by humidity, rock, fiber direction and temperature. Dry wood does not transmit electric current, which makes it possible to use it as an insulating material.
5. Humidity.
The degree of moisture content of lumber is an indicator of the quality and wear resistance of wood products. Distinctive property: the lower the moisture content, the longer it does not rot.
6. Corrosion resistance.
Lack of corrosion is an important property for products made from wood. This is especially true for those products that are exposed to outdoor use. 7
Color, shine, smell and texture
7. Color, shine, smell and texture.
These properties allow you to visually determine the type of wood and have purely artistic significance.
Outdoor shower and toilet
By analogy with utility rooms, you can build a country toilet or an outdoor shower from slabs. Thicker boards are used on the walls, and thinner ones on the floor. A regular bathroom curtain or colored polycarbonate is often used as a door. The roof of the toilet is made of a pitched roof, the shower does not need to be covered at all. Direct access to sunlight ensures faster evaporation of moisture.
How to produce
Waste lumber is obtained by processing tree trunks. In industrial conditions, logs are sawed using complex machine equipment with four saw blades. Numerical control is configured in such a way that the logs are cut simultaneously from four sides. The required thickness of the slab and the maximum length of the cut are set.
There are double-sided longitudinal planing machines. First, two opposite sides of the trunk are processed, then the workpiece is rotated 90˚ along the longitudinal axis and the separation of the outer layer of the tree continues.
The trading network has different types of sawing machines for large workshops. It is beneficial to keep the equipment for work in the household.
Paths
Another use for rounded boards is garden paths and driveways. The croaker is placed across the path. Earth, sawdust or sand are scattered on top of the boards, which help compact the coating during rainfall. The path turns out to be slightly raised above the general ground level, does not get wet and does not hide under water during heavy rains.
Wood always looks advantageous when decorating open garden spaces. Paths made of slab look quite harmonious in combination with a lawn or flower beds.
timber
The appearance of lumber, for obvious reasons, depends not only on the type of tree. The processing process leaves its mark on the characteristics of each product. One of the most common is timber. It is used in the construction of both cladding and independent structures and buildings.
There are several types of timber. The simple type (non-profile) looks like a log processed on 4 sides. But other types of similar products are also made. Profiled timber is produced in a clearly defined form. Most often it is a rectangle with a notch at the bottom. Good-quality houses and cottages are assembled from such lumber. They hold heat well and have a low percentage of deformation (if the timber is properly processed). The profile can be very different.
There is also glued laminated timber. It is assembled from lamellas and has improved characteristics. It practically does not shrink and does not crack. Today, rounded timber is also in demand. It has high aesthetic qualities.
Country house facade
The use of slabs for wall decoration is attractive due to its accessibility. Facade cladding will cost several times less than the most budget lining, board or plastic. The only disadvantage of this finish is the difficulty of adjusting the boards to each other. The material will have to be selected very carefully, almost piece by piece.
Preparation of slab includes several stages.
- Cleaning of bark;
- Grinding;
- Treatment with moisture-repellent and antiseptic compounds;
- Drying;
The finished slab is attached to a pre-prepared crate. Depending on your taste, the rounded surface can be placed outside or hidden inside. The finished facade is varnished and painted.
At first glance, the croaker has a rather mediocre appearance. However, if you remove the bark, treat the wood with a protective impregnation and paint, it will not be inferior to an unedged board, which costs 2 times more. And where the attractiveness of the material is not at all important, for example, for the construction of formwork, making pallets, lining a cellar for storing workpieces, the slab has become almost indispensable.
What can be made from this material?
All methods of using this material can be divided into :
Construction of buildings
Due to the fact that most of the slab is wood, this material successfully replaces boards or timber in various load-bearing structures and some types of cladding of many structures.
Frame houses
In frame houses, load-bearing elements are subject to several multidirectional loads, the most powerful of which is vertical, that is, coming from top to bottom and formed by a mass located above the load-bearing element.
Lateral loads arise under the influence of wind , earthquakes and other factors, and under normal conditions they are much less than vertical ones.
In addition, there are vertical loads that are not directed towards the top of the load-bearing element. They arise in places where the sheathing frame is attached to the load-bearing element. There are also loads directed across the load-bearing element ; they occur in the joists of floors or ceilings.
To withstand vertical loads, it is necessary that the width and thickness of the load-bearing part exceed certain minimum values, and the shape of the part does not matter.
Therefore, a large slab, sometimes even made up of two boards, can easily replace an ordinary board or beam if it exceeds the minimum width and thickness requirements. In geometry, this is called a square or rectangle inscribed in a circle or ellipse.
The main disadvantage of load-bearing structures made from slabs is that it is difficult to attach spacers to them , on which the rigidity of the building and the cladding depend. After all, croaker rarely has a flat surface, as well as the same width/thickness of the upper and lower parts.
However, if a reduction in the cost of materials is more important than a slight increase in the installation time of a frame house, then the use of load-bearing structures made of slabs instead of boards and, moreover, timber allows for serious savings . Moreover, as a result of such savings, the house will not lose strength and rigidity.
And due to the fact that all the load-bearing elements are not visible, because they are under the cladding, the use of slabs instead of boards or timber will not in any way affect the appearance of the frame house, but will at least slightly reduce the costs of its construction.
In addition, this material makes good logs for the floor or attic , but here it is important to correctly calculate the load and the number of support points so that sagging does not occur.
Such logs are most effective where there is a solid solid surface underneath them. For example, they can be placed on a subfloor , and the space between the joists can be filled with insulation. Or lay a heated floor on top of a concrete screed.
In any case, before such use, the slab must be processed using a thickness planer, which you can read about here (Processing of slab).
Panel technology
The main difference between frame technology and panel technology is that when working with the former, a supporting frame is first assembled, then the outer/inner cladding is installed on it, and the space between them is filled with insulation. Therefore, with frame technology, the slab can only be used to create a load-bearing frame.
When building houses using panel technology, the load-bearing capacity depends on the frame, and the lateral rigidity depends on the panels , which are usually made from boards or thick slabs of OSB, chipboard or other materials.
Almost the entire panel house can be built from slabs, but for this the material will need to be pre-prepared. To create sheathing, the material is cut using a saw or circular saw, forming boards of the same width from it. In addition, cross members are also formed, the thickness of which is the same in any place.
When all the parts are ready, they first
assemble the frame , then sheathe it with external and internal panels , and the space between them is filled with either mineral wool (this will require very high-quality waterproofing) or a mixture: It
is quite difficult to make high-quality boards for assembling panels at home, therefore, a do-it-yourself panel house will require both external and internal decorative finishing, for example, plastering.
To ensure that the plaster does not fall off over time, the outer surface of the boards is covered with wooden shingles , which can be made from scraps of slabs.
Greenhouses
Beautiful buildings made of glass and aluminum or steel profiles are not available to everyone, so greenhouses made from boards and various wood waste are in great demand.
Frame or panel greenhouses can be made from wood; in any case, their basis will be vertical pillars forming a power frame.
The loads in such greenhouses are distributed in the same way as in frame houses, that is, the main one is the vertical load, directed from top to bottom. If you choose a slab of sufficient size, the strength/rigidity of the structure will be the same as when using a board or timber .
Barns
Building a shed is not much different from building a greenhouse, because the only difference between them is the purpose and number of windows.
If items that are not sensitive to drafts, low temperatures or high humidity are stored in the shed, then the sheathing can only be installed externally, this will reduce labor costs and the amount of material required.
If you need a shed that is insulated and protected from rain, then it is made using the same technology as panel houses .
Garages
The requirements for garages are noticeably higher than for greenhouses or sheds, so from slabs you can only make :
It should be noted that the load-bearing elements of the roof will still have to be made of boards or timber.
The fact is that among a batch of slabs it is almost impossible to find the required number of boards, which, after removing excess wood and giving them a rectangular shape, will meet the minimum width/thickness requirements.
A properly constructed sauna not only provides an opportunity to wash and relax, but also enhances the regenerative capabilities of the body.
The main conditions for a good bath are:
From slabs you can
build a frame or panel (frame-panel) bathhouse is also available, and crushed wood with various fillers and binders is used as insulation.
To reduce heat loss and eliminate drafts, all material is cut to the same width, at which the thickness of the side cut will exceed 1 cm.
The outside of the box can be caulked with moss or plastered, but the inside is left with debarked wood without any finishing.
larch slab is best suited for building a bathhouse , but pine or spruce material can also be used, but it will last noticeably less.
It is not advisable to build a bathhouse from deciduous slabs, with the exception of oak or linden - these species tolerate high humidity better than others and therefore can be used for these purposes.
You can even make bath chairs for this you will need the following material :
Manufacturing of fences
In addition to the construction of various structures, slabs are also used for the manufacture of all kinds of fences , which we will discuss below.
Fences
When making fences from slabs, you can make not only load-bearing posts or crossbars, but also cladding.
Since thicknessed material is used for the crossbar, both sides of which are flat, there are no problems when assembling the structure.
The racks, like the sheathing, are installed with the flat side facing the crossbars, so they do not have to be coordinated with each other.
If the sheathing material is chosen so that the difference between the width of both edges does not exceed 1–2 cm , and the difference in the width of the boards does not exceed the same value, then you can make a beautiful and stylish fence from such a slab.
Such a fence will look worthy against the backdrop of a rustic picket fence palisade and will compete with fences made of metal profiles, brick or WPC. In addition, the difference in the cost of these materials and the slab is quite noticeable, so even taking into account all the work, the price of a finished fence made of edged wood will be several times lower.
Formworks
When constructing formworks, slabs can be used as:
In the first case, the material does not require any preliminary preparation, because the shields are nailed to the smooth surface of the slab board , and the shape does not affect the effectiveness of the supports in any way.
In the second case, the entire slab is first cut along the edges using a table saw or circular saw to form boards of the same width, then passed through a planer, making them the same thickness.
In cases where the shape or dimensions of the slab differ so much that this algorithm of actions leads to excessive waste of material, boards of different widths are made from it.
Then the boards are cut to the required length and assembled into panels .
In most cases, the length of the boards is noticeably less than the length of the formwork, so they have to be joined using vertical jumpers, and the joints of adjacent boards should be located on different jumpers; this will increase the rigidity of the formwork and make it easier to install.
All boards are placed as close to each other as possible to minimize water leakage from the concrete. If necessary, the inside of each panel can be lined with polyethylene; this will not only extend the service life of the panels, but will also make it easier to dismantle the formwork, because the panels will not have to be torn off from the concrete.
Animal pens
To create such pens, you can use any croaker, because the main task of such a design is to outline the perimeter beyond which the animals cannot go.
The material does not require any preliminary preparation , however, to increase the service life of the wood, the bark must be removed, because all kinds of pests that feed on cellulose live in it.
If you select a slab of the same size, and then process it on a cutting machine or circular saw to create parallel side planes, then the pen can be made not only functional, but also beautiful.
Fenced beds
In the garden, there is often a need to fence off the beds from the rest of the area or raise them slightly above the ground.
Due to its low cost, the croaker is ideal for such work.
The slab board is installed with a cut both inward and outward .
In addition, you can make shields and use them to build a box, which is then filled with soil.
This allows you to raise the bed above the ground, so that even people with a bad back or lower back can serve it. If you select boards of the same size and shape, then the panels made from them will be very similar to log houses, that is, buildings made of logs.
Boxes for storing firewood and coal
Firewood and squares are made in the form of large stands or boxes of the required volume , and their main task is to prevent fuel from spilling during storage. Therefore, they can be either extremely unsightly and hidden from view, or beautiful or elegant, located in a prominent place.
In the first case, it is enough to debark the material of any size, but in the second, you must first select the most similar slab boards, then debark them and cut them on a cutting machine or circular saw to bring them all to the same width.
When creating a firewood shed, the boards that form the walls of a cage or box can be laid with slots 5–10 cm in size , however, when creating a square, the size of the slots should not exceed the size of an average fuel crystal.
The walls are formed according to the same principle as the formwork, joining adjacent boards on different transverse strips. Moreover, the cladding can be installed both vertically and horizontally, focusing on the shape and size of the entire structure.
Paved paths
Filling paths with fine material is not very effective, because during rains the soil becomes limp and some of the material goes into the soil.
If instead of crushed stone or chopped wood you use a large slab, laying it with the cut facing upward, then such a path will last for many years without repair .
Especially if the wood is previously impregnated with hydrophobic and aseptic preparations.
Unlike backfill, in which you can only change the thickness and color, slab paving allows you to not only create a reliable coating, but also make it beautiful and unique. After all, you can lay out some special pattern on each path, alternating narrow and wide boards or using some other techniques.
Decorative finishing
Decorative slab differs from fuel and business slabs in that all boards have approximately the same shape and size , that is, purchasing decorative material at a noticeably higher price, the buyer can be sure that all the boards in it are carefully selected and checked.
You can read more about the cost of different types of this material here (Cost).
The main advantage of this finishing is that it can be used to imitate a wall made of debarked logs, and at a much lower cost, because the main task of such finishing is to imitate a log surface.
In order for the imitation to be as reliable as possible, it is necessary not only to remove the bark, but also to hide the nails or screws with which the trim is attached to the frame.
For this:
This finish can
be installed both outside the building and in most rooms .
In order for it to serve for a long time, it is treated with various drugs that reduce the ability to absorb water and suppress the proliferation of harmful microorganisms.
However, for installation in rooms with high humidity, only larch slabs are suitable.
To some extent, it can be replaced by material from:
But such a finish will need to be thoroughly impregnated with natural resins and oils , otherwise high humidity will destroy it in a few years.
The same finish can be used for covering the floor or ceiling, including in a bathhouse made of suitable types of wood, the technology for which we have outlined step by step below:
Production of furniture and joinery products
To make furniture with your own hands, the slab is first cut into strips of a certain thickness, from which they are then assembled into panels .
The planks are cut from all sides, and special locks are cut on the ends and side edges to make gluing them easier.
In most cases, shields consist of several layers of planks, but there are also single-layer ones made of thick planks or bars.
The finished planks or bars are coated with glue and assembled into a shield, carefully pressing each other, then the assembled shield is placed under a press, which not only creates vertical pressure, but also compresses the shield along its length and width.
After complete polymerization of the glue, the strength of such a shield is in no way inferior to the strength of the original wood of the same size. Even taking into account all the work, the cost of the board, and therefore furniture made from it, is several times lower than the cost of the same solid wood products.
The appearance of furniture parts made from panels is somewhat worse than products made from solid wood, because it is impossible to hide the difference in the textures of various elements, but due to their lower cost, such furniture successfully competes with products made from solid wood.
Beds, tables, chests of drawers, shelves and other interior items are often made from slabs. Despite the fact that this furniture is noticeably more expensive than that made from chipboard or MDF, the relatively low glue content makes it much more environmentally friendly .
In addition, for gluing furniture panels, less toxic adhesives are used that do not require heat treatment and do not emit phenol or formaldehyde.
Croaker can be used to make most joinery products , including:
To do this, the slab
is first cut into bars , from which, after processing, boards of the required size and shape are glued together.
Then all the necessary parts are made from the shields and assembled into a single whole.
Thanks to the correct selection of glue and adherence to gluing technology, the strength of such joinery products turns out to be much higher than those made from solid wood , and the price is noticeably lower.
However, the most effective way is to make parts of complex shapes from slabs, for which the finished bars are cut into pieces of short length with correctly selected end angles and the part is glued together from them. With this approach, wood consumption is reduced by 3–10 times.
Processing into other products
Croakers that are unsuitable for use by any of the methods described above are often processed into other products, the most popular of which are :
The only advantage of firewood made from coniferous slabs is their cost, because they are many times cheaper than firewood from deciduous wood.
The main disadvantage is the release of a huge amount of soot , which increases as the air supply is reduced and the furnace or boiler is switched to a more economical operating mode.
Deciduous croaker does not have this drawback, but its cost is often comparable to the cost of firewood, and its relatively small size reduces its burning time.
Chips obtained from slab can be used in the same way as those obtained from any other wood residues, so it can be used to make:
Wooden container boxes are still very popular due to the fact that they are made from natural materials, and their disposal after the end of their service life causes hundreds of times less damage to the environment than the disposal of plastic containers.
In addition, unlike plastic containers, wooden ones can be repaired, because they consist of individual parts and are not cast entirely.
Narrow and long slabs make good stakes for the vegetable garden , because appearance is not too important there, and the low price of this material is a pleasant bonus. When such stakes are destroyed under the influence of moisture and other factors, they can be easily replaced with other stakes made of the same material.
The “reflection” of the environment on the facade of the building is the key to harmony between the “handmade” and nature.
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To completely “implant” such interiors, the best way would be to repeat the naturalness of the board shapes in other interior elements. It can be harmoniously continued with objects and forms of interior furnishings, such as a table, a table or a kitchen set.
Fragmented finishing with unedged boards looks good in log houses, repeating the natural lines created by the nature of the tree. Ceiling mounting option:
It should be noted that with use, the pine board will acquire a yellowish tint. At the same time, the edges where the BALAT layer is present (this is about 2 centimeters) will remain white forever. The result will be amazing.
Facade cladding is the final touch, the “clothing” of the house, or rather its “face”, because the name itself comes from this word. But although this stage of work is called finishing, in addition to its decorative function, it also has a completely utilitarian purpose.
The finishing touch to the home's appearance
This is protection of the wall structure from adverse atmospheric influences - rain, snow, ultraviolet radiation, wind. The cladding must be resistant to external mechanical damage, for example, to withstand a hit from a neighbor's boy's ball or a collision with the home owner's garden wheelbarrow.
Facade cladding is designed to protect internal wall structures
The modern market offers a huge number of options. Each manufacturer praises its products: the materials offered are beautiful, easy to install, and do not require regular renovation. They are also environmentally friendly, energy saving and durable. And the main advantage of any finishing material, according to those who produce and sell them, is cheapness.
I'll try to make the choice a little easier. First, I’ll tell you about the main methods of finishing a facade, and then I’ll offer original options that will help optimize your costs.
Ready-made container utility unit
The fastest and least labor-intensive option is to purchase a ready-made shed (house) in the form of a collapsible outbuilding. This is a monoblock structure (usually a container type), which is based on a rigid metal frame, which is sheathed on the sides with metal, with insulated walls, and electrical wiring is already installed in it. There are many options - it can be just a small storage shed, or a multifunctional utility unit, including a toilet, shower and even a place to relax, and some models provide a removable canopy, which makes it possible to make a small veranda.
To install such a container utility unit, pouring a foundation is not required; a columnar foundation or simple concrete blocks will be quite sufficient. In a ready-made form (although it may require minimal assembly of internal communications, for example, connecting hoses to water collectors, which can be done independently), it is delivered to the site; installation will require a truck crane. From the outside, such a barn does not look very attractive, but it can be sold after the construction of a residential building is completed.
