Terrace with your own hands

The terrace is called the site adjacent to the house. It is usually slightly raised above the ground. It is used, for example, in the quality of the place for lunch in the warm season or as a gazebo for communicating with guests. The glazed terrace can already be called a full -fledged veranda. In any case, this place is great for relaxation and sports.

Characteristics

1. A lot of people are confused by such concepts as terrace and veranda. Therefore, it is worth explaining what is the difference between them. First of all, these buildings have different goals and structure. The terrace is most often intended for relaxation. In the classic form, it is an open area, which in some cases is covered with a roof.
2. The veranda is a cold room that prevents street air from getting inside the house. In this case, it serves as protection for the front door. Unlike the veranda, the terrace does not have to adjoin the house.
3. The veranda is always a closed room, i.e. It has walls and a roof. As for the terrace, it has no walls.
4. There are also differences in the area. So, the terrace, as a rule, is spacious, so that there is enough room for relaxation. The veranda, on the contrary, can be small. The most important thing is that she protects the entrance.
5. Sometimes they confuse the terrace and the gazebo. The arbors differ in that they always have on the perimeter of the fence, which can be either wooden and brick walls. There are no such fences in the classic terrace. The roofs initially did not exist either, but later it became an optional element, like the railing stuffed between the pillars holding the roof.

The choice of the location of the terrace

1. When choosing a place for the construction of such a site, the climate and wishes of the owner of the house are taken into account. She should not always adjoin the building. Each determines its location, depending on their own preferences. It is advisable to plan where the terrace will be placed at the stage of drawing up the building plan. That is, it is best that a one -story house with a terrace has a common foundation.
2. Sometimes this site is placed not on the first, but on the second and even on the third floor. Then the balcony and terrace can be combined. In any case, it is necessary to ensure that the terrace and the adjacent rooms are decorated in the same style. In general, everything that is installed near the house should harmoniously fit into its appearance.
3. Choosing a place for construction should be dependent on the location of the house relative to the cardinal points. So, if the entrance to the building is located on the north side, then the terrace option is suitable, which goes around the entire building. Then a hot summer will definitely find a place to relax in the shade. If the exit to the street is located south, then the classic version of the attached terrace is suitable. In this place you can rest not only in the summer, but even in winter.
4. If the site has a pool, a waterfall, the coast of a reservoir or other beautiful elements of the landscape, then there was the opportunity to admire them, the terrace can be erected next to them, i.e. Separately from the house.
5. There are several possible options for the location of the site on your site. Depending on this terrace, it happens:

• envelope house from all sides;
• attached directly to the building;
• standing separately from the house.

Determination of the area of \u200b\u200bthe terrace

When determining the dimensions of the terrace, the following factors should be taken into account:

1. Her purpose.
2. The area of \u200b\u200bthe house.
3. Plan of the personal plot.

If this is taken into account, then the site will very harmoniously fit into your site.

Adviсe:

1. If the terrace in the country is needed only as a place for relaxation, then it is enough to allocate a platform under it with a side size of 3-4 meters.
2. If you need it to receive guests, then its size should certainly be more. At the same time, it is customary to choose the area so that one person has 3 square meters.

The terrace is often a full -fledged element of architecture. For this, the site is decorated with flowers, herbs and other decorative accessories. Today, the areas of some apartments are initially included in the terrace.

The shape of the terrace

Traditionally, the terrace, of course, is made of square or rectangular shape. But no one forces to adhere to these traditions. The terrace to the house can be semicircular and trapezoidal. Any decorative techniques are suitable that can make the geometric shape of this site more smoothed and original. For example, you can make the floor multilevel.

It is allowed to combine various materials, use different decorative elements and plants. Show fantasy and create your own unique design for your terrace. To visually see how some types of terrace look like, the photo below represents several options.

Types of terrace

1. An open terrace is a summer building in the form of a canopy installed on a special platform. At the same time, it is enclosed by decorative crossings or semi -walls. The summer terrace is perfect for rest in the warm season.
2. Closed terrace. This building is similar to a summer terrace, but it is equipped for use throughout the year. In the summer, the air conditioning and ventilation system will be required here, and heating devices will be relevant in winter.

Terrace project

1. High -quality construction is impossible if it is not started with design. This is a serious and responsible stage of any construction work. If the project is drawn up correctly, then a good result awaits you with a high probability. When designing in the documentation, it is necessary to make sizes, mark the site and evaluate how the future building will fit into the landscape.
2. In addition, at this stage you need to choose the right material, calculate its required amount.
3. Choose the necessary tools for work.
4. The project must include materials for external and interior decoration, as well as to protect the construction. Most importantly, do not rush with its completion, but think carefully. Let the drawing up the plan take several days, but it will greatly facilitate the work itself. You will know what and how much do you need, what will be the costs of labor and time for construction.

Terrace construction technology

For the construction of the terrace, you can use materials that remain from the construction of the main house. It will save your money. For the base, you can combine boards, brick and blocks. During construction, choose the most reliable material that can withstand the vagaries of nature, temperature extremes and ultraviolet rays.

How to build a terrace with your own hands? Any building consists of the following elements:

1. Foundation.
2. Flooring.
3. Auxiliary structures.

Moreover, if the first two elements are required, then the third is not.

Terrace extension. The sequence of actions for the construction of the foundation is as follows:

1. Drive wooden stakes or reinforcement into the ground around the perimeter and pull the twine on them. This will be marking for the future building.
2. Put a temporary support in the corners. Lags are laid on it. The height of the foundation above the ground will have to be approximately 300-400 millimeters.
3. Take the level and align the horizontal with it. In this case, the supports should be temporarily placed under the tiles. It can be even various construction garbage. No one wants puddles to remain on his terrace after the rain. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a small slope in advance. To do this, set the angle of 2 degrees on the logs.
4. To align the stretched twine along the upper edge of the lag and fix it well for the pegs driven into the ground.
5. Now you can remove the lags and start erecting the foundation itself directly. To do this, in the corners you need to put columns from cement, the height of which should be the same as that of a temporary support.
6. Dig between the columns of the trench, then pour cement and put sidewalk borders in it. At the same time, approximately half of their height should be in the ground. Then the plane should be aligned horizontally. Now it remains to wait until the concrete froze.
7. The same basis must be done on the other hand.
8. The voids that remained near the curbs need to be filled with sand or gravel. At the same time, it is advisable to provide a water drainage system.

When the foundation is ready, you can start installing the flooring. The work procedure is as follows:

1. Put on the columns and borders of the lag. Fix them with screws.
2. Mark the place of fastening of the bars.
3. Put the bars and connect them to the lags using corners.
4. Now you can start the flooring of the boards. The best material for this purpose is larch. It is recommended to take boards with a width of 100-150 millimeters and a thickness of 20 to 35 millimeters. In order to maintain the possibility of ventilation and thereby prevent decay, small gaps are made between the boards.
5. Comers the edges with an electrician.
6. Finally, the flooring needs to be painted and varnished.
7. If a deck is used instead of the boards, then there should be a retreat of 10 millimeters from the building.

In order to make the terrace more comfortable, it is recommended to build some auxiliary structures. For example, you can put the pillars and place the roof on them. The railing is usually fixed on such pillars. Immediately you can arrange a swing and pergola for flowers. Such elements help to make your terrace unique. Most often, a roof is built over the construction, which is simply necessary to protect against unexpected precipitation. Roofing material can be used the same as in the house itself, especially when the site adjoins the building directly. Polycarbonate is perfect as a material for the roof. Only in this case, very strong supports are needed.

External finish of the terrace

The terrace, depending on its type, may have different finishes. For example, the construction can be lined with a natural or artificial stone, a wooden panel, a block house, a distillation or other materials. Quite popular are wooden terraces. The most important thing is that the main material of the construction reliably protects the interior from cold air, insects, fungi and moisture. For this purpose, for example, various antiseptics are used. The finish is needed for the following purposes:

1. Make the appearance of the terrace more attractive.
2. Performing protective functions. For this, seams and joints are locked.

Glazing of terrace and insulation

1. In order for the terrace to be glazed, openings are provided for the installation of double -glazed windows of windows and doors. All these designs should be fixed using universal fasteners, which allows you to remove the installed windows and doors at any time. Thus, no screws and screws should be used in the design. Only bolts, nuts and special accessories.
2. If the terrace is glazed, then it should also be insulated, otherwise to do the first there is no sense without the second. Mineral wool is suitable for insulation of the building from the inside. Then lay a layer of vapor barrier. In addition, it will be necessary to make a decorative finish, which is most profitable to perform from wood.

The arrangement of the terrace

After glazing and insulation, you can proceed to the arrangement of the terrace. This is no less time -consuming and costly stage. First of all, you need to make interior decoration. To do this, you can use any material you selected. Depending on the area, type and purpose of building, it can be equipped in different ways. The most popular interior items are wicker furniture, a small table, a rocking chair.