Terrace with their own hands

The terrace is called a platform adjacent to the house. It is usually a bit raised over the soil. It is used, for example, in the quality of space for lunch during the warm season or as a gazebo to communicate with guests. The glazed terrace can already be called a full veranda. In any case, this place is great for recreation and sports.

Specifications

1. Many people confuse such concepts as a terrace and veranda. Therefore, it is worth explaining what is the difference between them. First of all, these buildings have different goals and buildings. The terrace is most often intended for rest. In classic form, it is an open area, which in some cases covers the roof.
2. The veranda is a cold room that does not give out street air to penetrate the house. In this case, it serves as protection for the front door. Unlike the veranda, the terrace does not have to knead the house.
3. The veranda is always a closed room, i.e. It has a wall and roof. As for the terrace, she has no walls.
4. There are differences in the area too. So, the terrace is usually spacious to be enough space for recreation. The veranda, on the contrary, may be small. The most important thing is that it protects the entrance.
5. Sometimes confused terrace and gazebo. Arbors are distinguished by the fact that they always have a perimeter of fences that can be both wooden and brick walls. There are no such fences in the classic terrace. The roofs initially did not exist, but later it became an optional element, like the railing, stuffed between the pillars holding the roof.

Select the location of the terrace

1. When choosing a place to build such a platform, the climate and wishes of the owner of the house are taken into account. It does not always have to knead the building. Each defines its location, depending on its own preferences. It is advisable to plan where the terrace will be placed, at the stage of compiling the building of the building. That is, it is best that a single-storey building with a terrace has a common foundation.
2. Sometimes this platform is not on the first, but on the second and even on the third floor. Then the balcony and the terrace can be combined. In any case, it is necessary to ensure that the terrace and adjacent premises are decorated in one style. In general, everything that is installed near the house should harmoniously fit into his appearance.
3. Choose a place under the construction follows depending on the location of the house relative to the parties of the world. So, if the entrance to the building is located on the north side, then the terrace option is suitable, which goes down the whole building. Then hot summer will surely be deleted to relax in the shade. If the exit to the street is located to the south, then the classic version of the attached terrace is suitable. In this place you can relax not only in the summer, but even in winter.
4. If there is a swimming pool, a waterfall, a reservoir coast or other beautiful landscape elements, then so that they can admire them, the terrace can be raised next to them, i.e. Separately from home.
5. There are several possible options for location of the site on your site. Depending on this terrace happens:

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

Determination of the terrace area

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

1. Her appointment.
2. House area.
3. Plot plan.

If this is accounted for, the site will very harmoniously fit into your site.

Advice:

1. If the terrace is needed in the country only as a place to relax, it is enough to highlight a platform from the side of 3-4 meters under it.
2. If you need it for receiving guests, then its size should be definitely more. It is customary to choose the area so that one person accounted for 3 square meters.

The terrace is often a full-fledged element of architecture. For this, the playground is decorated with flowers, greens and other decorative accessories. Today, the area of \u200b\u200bsome apartments initially include a terrace.

Form of terrace

Traditionally, the terrace, of course, make a 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 that can make the geometric shape of this site are more smoothed and original. For example, you can make the floor with multi-level.

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

Types of terraces

1. An open terrace is a summer construction in the form of a canopy installed on a special platform. At the same time, it is struck by decorative rebels or half. Summer terrace is perfect for recreation in 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 the heating devices will be relevant in winter.

Project terrace

1. High-quality construction is impossible if it is not started with the design. This is a serious and responsible stage of any construction work. If the project is compiled correctly, then with a high probability you will find a good result. When designing in the documentation, it is necessary to make sizes, carry out the markup of the site and evaluate how future building will fit into the landscape.
2. In addition, at this stage you need to choose the appropriate material, calculate its required amount.
3. Pick the desired tools for work.
4. The project is necessary to include materials for exterior and interior trim, as well as for the protection of buildings. Most importantly, take the time to completion, and all think carefully about. Let drafting the plan will take several days, but he was very much facilitate the work itself. You will know what and how much you need, how will labor costs and construction time.

The technology of construction of terraces

For the construction of terraces, you can use materials that are left over from the construction of the main house. It will save your money. For a base can be combined boards, bricks and blocks. During the construction, choose the most reliable material that can withstand the vagaries of nature, changes in temperature and UV rays.

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

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

And if the first two elements are required, then the third - not.

Enclosed terrace. Procedure for the construction of the foundation is:

1. Driven into the ground around the perimeter of the wooden stakes or rebar and pull them twine. This is the markup for future building.
2. In the corners put a temporary support. On her stacked logs. The height of the basement from the ground should be between about 300-400 millimeters.
3. Take the level and using it to align horizontal. In this case, under the tiles should be temporarily put a support. It may even have a different construction debris. No one wants to on his terrace after rain puddles remained. Therefore necessary to provide in advance a small slope. For this expose on joists angle approximately 2 degrees.
4. Align the twine strung along the top edge of the joists and well fix it for a peg driven into the ground.
5. Now you can remove the logs and began to build the foundation itself directly. For this you need to put in the corners of the cement pillars, the height of which should be the same as that of a temporary support.
6. Dig a trench between the posts, then pour the cement and pavement curbs put in it. With about half their height should be in the ground. Followed align horizontal plane. Now we have to wait until the concrete hardens.
7. The same basis needs to be done and with the other hand.
8. Voids that were left about borders, it is necessary to fill with sand or gravel. It is desirable to provide a drainage system.

When the foundation is ready, you can begin to install the flooring. The procedure works with the following:

1. Put on the columns and borders of lagows. Secure them with screws.
2. Place the place of attachment of BRUSEV.
3. Share bars and connect them with lags using the corners.
4. Now you can proceed to the board. Larch is considered the best material for this purpose. It is recommended to take the boards with a width of 100-150 millimeters and a thickness of from 20 to 35 millimeters. In order to maintain the possibility of ventilation and thereby preventing rotting, there are small gaps between the boards.
5. Align the edges with an electric bison.
6. Finally, the flooring needs to be painted and covered with varnish.
7. If Decong will be used instead of the boards, then the building should be made an indent of 10 millimeters.

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

Exterior trim terrace

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

1. Make the appearance of the terrace more attractive.
2. Perform protective functions. To do this, seams and joints are closed.

Glazing of the terrace and insulation

1. In order for the terrace to be glazed, the openings are planned in advance to install windscreen windows and doors. All these designs should be fixed using universal fasteners, allowing you to remove the installed windows and doors at any time. Thus, no self-tapping and screws should be used in the design. Only bolts, nuts and special fittings.
2. If the terrace is glazed, it should also be inspired, otherwise it makes no sense without a second. Mineral wool is suitable for insulation the construction of the inside. After that, lay a layer of vaporizolation. In addition, it will be necessary to make a decorative finish that is most profitable to perform from wood.

Arrangement of terrace

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