What are the pros and cons of frame houses?

pros

Let's start with the advantages of frame houses:

Rapid erection

Log cabins need to settle, brick is long and expensive to lay, special equipment and a large team are needed to install the slabs.

Frame houses specialists erected in 2-3 months - a serious advantage, especially if during the construction period you have to rent housing for temporary residence.

Excellent thermal insulation

The main component of the walls is insulation. It is thanks to materials such as stone or glass wool that the house is always warm and cozy. In terms of heat capacity, heaters produced using the latest technologies are several times superior to natural wood.

Comfort in the summer heat

Concrete or brick heats up excessively under the scorching sun, transferring its heat to the interior: it is unrealistic to do without an air conditioner. With a frame house, everything is different: it will be cool inside in summer, although the factor can also become a disadvantage - we will talk about this in the next section.

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Installation does not depend on the season

Installation of a pile foundation is permissible even in permafrost, so you won't have to wait for summer to start building a frame house. Bearing beams, ceilings and other frame elements can also be erected even in winter.

Main limiter - insulation. To avoid shrinkage or deterioration, it must not be wetted. Therefore, it is better to give builders a day off in rainy weather.

Rapid heating

It is especially important for buildings that are used not for permanent, but for temporary residence. For example, having arrived at the dacha in winter, you do not have to wait long for a comfortable temperature inside after turning on the boiler.

Take a look a selection of beautiful dachas of ordinary people.

Small wall thickness

As we already understood, the main responsible for thermal insulation is insulation. Modern technologies make it possible to make high-quality material thin enough, so there is no need to build thick sandwiches. And if you make the walls thinner, while maintaining the outer perimeter, there will be much more space inside.

Ease of finishing

It doesn't matter who will carry out the interior finishing work - you or the construction team, making repairs in the frame can be done quickly and cheaply. Walls usually require high costs - buy plaster, putty, pay a fee to a specialist.

Inside the frame house, it is enough to sheathe the walls with plasterboard (on a metal profile or without it at all), put a little putty - the canvas for wallpaper or painting is ready!

In the photo, the construction of the frame from the inside

Lack of noise, dust during repairs inside

To lay a pipe or wire in a brick, you need to make a strobe. But if wood or plywood is used to build a house, the process is noticeably simplified.

Ease of finished construction

Heavy brick, slab structures require a hardy foundation underneath. A relatively light wooden frame, even with insulation and finishing, will withstand the pile foundation.

Pictured is a frame on piles

Minuses

Now let's look at the main disadvantages of frame houses:

Difficulty ventilation

Air circulation is considered the main disadvantage of frame houses.... This disadvantage stems from the plus: high thermal insulation properties mean not only that cold air will not enter the house in winter. But also the fact that humid air from the room will not come out.

As a result, the frame house “does not breathe” and the microclimate in the living quarters becomes absolutely uncomfortable - the temperature is felt lower than it is (hence the additional costs for heating), and it is harder to breathe in high humidity.

How to solve: you will have to fork out for a special heating system with convection, choose more advanced ones with ventilation instead of budget double-glazed windows. Or spend money on the installation of a supply and exhaust structure.

In the photo is a two-story house with an attic

Prone to inflammation

Wood inside and outside becomes dangerous when a fire starts.

How to solve: all wooden parts are treated with special impregnations, only non-combustible insulation is taken.

Difficulties with the selection of material

The type of board suitable for construction is dry, flat, strong. In our country, it is almost impossible to find perfectly dried wood, most likely you will have to dry the building materials yourself.

Take a look Scandinavian style houses.

The likelihood of pests

Frame buildings are susceptible to attack on 2 fronts: mice and tree eaters. The first plant in "empty" walls and give the owners a lot of problems: however, if you build a house according to all the rules, rodents will never appear in it. From the second, there are special impregnations - it is better to apply biosecurity after a fire.

In the photo, the finished frame

Non-compliance with technology

The very idea of ​​houses on a frame is foreign. This is how housing is built in the United States, for example. But the difference between the CIS and the United States is that in America, each region has its own norms and techniques: houses in hot climates differ from northern ones, just as buildings in seismically active regions differ from those located in quiet places.

Most companies in the former Soviet Union build houses using the same technology, wherever they are: this leads to the fact that some are hot in it, others are cold, etc.

Controversial points

The discussion cannot be completed on the pros and cons of frame houses: the construction technology has some points that will be an advantage for one, and the other will consider them a disadvantage:

Price

As they say, everything is learned in comparison, and the cost of a frame house is no exception. If we compare the price of frame construction with a log house, the first option will cost more. However, it will also turn out to be of higher quality, modern, durable. Using bricks or monolithic blocks is definitely more expensive, especially if you count along with the cost of the foundation.

In addition, you can find frame frames at a surprisingly low price (more affordable than a bar), but the savings will most likely affect the quality: hardly anyone wants to live in a room with poor noise and heat insulation, short-lived communications, wiring, and terrible interior decoration.

The photo shows an example of a small house for a summer residence

Life time

One side, manufacturers claim a guaranteed period of 30-50 years... A lot, agree?

On the other hand, a stone house will last much longer. Another opinion - do you need a house for more than 50 years? After all, fashion and technology are so changeable that, most likely, in half a century you yourself will want to update your home.

The photo shows the finished building in the winter forest

As you can see, frame technology has pluses and minuses: in order to avoid the latter as much as possible, contact only trusted and experienced specialists who comply with the manufacturing requirements and will help you choose high-quality building materials.