WHAT IS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST WAY TO BUILD A HOUSE?

Having your own cozy home is a simple desire and an understandable dream that always arises in the heart and strains the minds of many people. Having a corner not only for each family member, but also for your pets and hobbies is always pleasant and useful. This simple desire and understandable dream can be satisfied in two ways - buy a ready-made home or build it yourself. In the first way, what is offered does not immediately satisfy our desires or needs.

But in the second way, where you can build a home according to your desires and needs. A logical question always arises, what is the best and cheapest way to build a house? There is no clear answer to it, but this article will definitely help you choose materials for building a house.

What should you pay attention to when choosing a material for building a house?

Currently, the modern construction industry offers various materials for building a house. They have completely unique characteristics, so before constructing a building, you need to carefully consider the choice of building materials.

Basically, they pay attention to several key aspects:

• Cost. Some families want to build a budget house, others do not want to save money. However, first of all, you should consider not only the price of the material, but also the quality, as well as what the material is made of.

• Thermal insulation of the material. Materials for the walls of the house retain heat in completely different ways. Therefore, it is important to take into account the climate in the region of construction, and also include in the estimate the cost of adding thermal insulation materials if necessary.

• Complexity of construction. This factor depends not only on the architectural design, but also on the size of the building material. It is much easier to build a house from large blocks.

• Cost of finishing. Some building materials for the house do not require mandatory processing with facing materials. This is another way to reduce the cost of construction.

The most popular materials for building a house

So, if you are interested in the best materials for building a house, then first of all you should pay attention to:

• straw with clay;
• brick;
• aerated concrete;
• polystyrene concrete
• foam concrete;
• prefabricated panels;
• logs and beams (wood).

Brick house

Brick is the first option that always comes to mind when choosing a material for the walls of a house. And this is not surprising, because a house made of brick can easily stand for a century or even more, and also perfectly withstands strong winds, frost, heat and a large amount of precipitation.

It should be understood that brick is a material for the construction of walls of a private house, which is manufactured and offered on the market in different types:

ceramic brick - made by firing red clay, is durable and environmentally friendly, can be both solid and hollow;

silicate brick is made of sand and lime, can also be hollow or solid, silicate brick is lighter and retains heat better.

Also, brick can be facing and ordinary. The first is used for the facade of the building, the second - for interior decoration.

A house made of ceramic blocks

If you are interested in what material is best to build a house from given the climate of Uzbekistan, then be sure to pay attention to such a material as a ceramic block. It is made by mixing clay with wood chips and then firing. Although such material is only imported to Uzbekistan. The material is characterized by high strength, as well as light weight compared to brick.

In general, ceramic blocks are made in a standard size, which is identical to brickwork. Therefore, architectural projects of brick houses are also suitable for ceramic blocks. The width of the blocks varies between 23-25 ​​centimeters. The material is hollow inside, so if you put two blocks instead of one, you will not have to additionally insulate the walls.

House made of autoclaved aerated concrete or aerated concrete

Currently, many houses, multi-story buildings and structures have been built in Uzbekistan from autoclaved aerated concrete, which is popularly known as aerated concrete. And since aerated concrete is widely used, many professional builders recommend aerated concrete blocks as the best building material for a house. It may not have a beautiful appearance, but it has a number of advantages that are hard to miss. Currently, there are many aerated concrete manufacturers in Uzbekistan, but professional builders who have compared the products of different manufacturers in practice have noted the best quality of aerated concrete from such manufacturers as Ecoton, Arton.

Basically, the width of aerated concrete blocks is from 25 cm to 40 cm. The material has a porous, not hollow structure that allows air to pass through, which creates the concept of breathing walls and allows you to create a truly comfortable microclimate in the room. But the main feature of aerated concrete is its amazing thermal insulation.

The material is easily cut to the required dimensions with a regular hacksaw, so the blocks can be processed for various architectural projects. In addition, aerated concrete blocks do not require special conditions for transportation and storage.

House made of polystyrene concrete

In Uzbekistan, polystyrene concrete is a novelty, its use was mainly proposed by the joint venture LLC "NORTEC COMPANY" in 2014. Therefore, many, due to the lack of reviews and knowledge of the characteristics of polystyrene concrete, initially treated the new proposal and unfamiliar material with caution. Moreover, the people of Uzbekistan, before building a house, will carefully weigh not only the economic side, but also what consequences their decision will lead to. However, modern high-tech materials for low-rise construction are gradually winning the market from traditional applications of wood and brick. Take the same polystyrene concrete - a material where the main components are cement, expanded polystyrene granules and additives based on pine resin. Invented in 1955 in Germany, polystyrene concrete, thanks to its unique properties, has become widespread in Europe and the United States, and over the past eleven years has been steadily gaining popularity among developers in Uzbekistan. It is understandable, because in terms of its technological properties this lightweight concrete is ideal not only for our climate conditions, but also for the economic situation of using gas in production in winter.

The latest surveys of owners of low-rise buildings and cottages who decided to use polystyrene concrete for the construction of their own homes as a new material, noted the following:

- we liked this material, because it is lighter than aerated concrete;

- we liked polystyrene concrete because it does not absorb moisture like aerated concrete and does not require facade insulation and waterproofing;

- we liked polystyrene concrete because it is not brittle and does not break even when dropped from the height of the third floor;

- we liked this new material, as it is called on the market expanded polystyrene concrete, because in the house we built, gas and electricity costs dropped by 50% compared to our old house, built of brick.

- we liked polystyrene concrete, because one square meter of wall construction turned out to be 40% cheaper for us compared to one square meter of wall when we built from brick.

House made of foam concrete

The question of what material to choose for building an inexpensive house is always of interest to everyone preparing to build their own home. With such an existing interest, it is also worth paying attention to foam concrete. This material is also called foam block on the market. Like gas blocks, it has a porous structure, only in this case the pores are closed. Foam concrete is made from cement, water and sand. Special substances are also added to the composition to form foam. They create pores that improve thermal insulation and reduce weight. The foaming agent can be either artificial or natural.

Wooden house

In Uzbekistan, you will rarely see a modern log house, unless it is some investor from Russia who has decided to build hotel cottages in the mountains, somewhere near Chimgan. Basically, such housing is decided to be built by residents of mountainous or forested regions, where it is very easy to get the necessary raw materials. In large cities, completely wooden houses are almost never found.

A log house is a classic construction method, popular in Russia, Europe and North America, which is now almost never used, since the tree trunk must be specially processed and properly connected to another element of the building. And after the completion of construction, you should also wait for the shrinkage of the house.

If you are interested in what to build a house from quickly and with budget savings, then pay attention to such a new material as polystyrene concrete. You can build from this material at any time of the year and do not wait for summer or spring. Moreover, this material is moisture resistant, absorbing only 6% of moisture, and can also be produced in such options as difficult-to-burn and non-flammable.

Polystyrene concrete blocks make very warm houses, as they contain special expanded polystyrene granules - the best heat insulator. Therefore, polystyrene concrete is a composite in which a hydrophilic and hydrophobic component are combined in a strong bond.