Frame houses and number of storeys

Probably everyone dreams of a big and beautiful house, but until some time this opportunity was not at all because of the high cost of construction.

Wireframe technology has completely turned this view, and today it is possible to build a cozy, spacious and attractive exterior frame house in the shortest possible time. But some people are still not sure about the strength and reliability of such structures, believing that with the help of a wooden frame and wooden shields, you can collect only a small cottage. Refute this view allows examples of ready-made beautiful two- and three-story buildings.

By the way, there is still a very good article about frame houses.

Of course, frame house building is not multi-storey. This is due to the low self-supporting structure of the wooden frame itself. However, the height in one floor is not the limitation of the frame house.

So, there is a huge number of projects of single-story frame houses. And these are far from summer cottages, but full-fledged cottages, with high-quality and attractive internal and external decoration, functioning engineering networks, garages, verandas and other attributes of modern life. One-storey structures are very strong, reliable, seismic, despite the fact that they are built on lightweight foundations. Separately, one can distinguish buildings in one floor with an additional mansard room under the roof. In this room, often arrange the bedroom, but full of such rooms can not be named because of the canted geometry of the ceiling.

Frame house in two floors - the best option for a large family or for someone who wants to have not just a country house, but a real family estate. The foundation for a two-story house is foreseen to be more durable and more expensive than for a single -storey house , but with fewer indicators than for similar brick or block houses. Often in a two-story frame house make and attic rooms, which often perform economic functions. The structure in two floors allows to realize any architectural solution, to supplement the house with a balcony and other structural elements. Pleases and a wide variety of options for exterior finishing of the house: from the plaster facade to the facing with brick and natural stone, from the lining to vinyl siding. And the type of finishing should be taken into account even when calculating the foundation.

Full-fledged three-story frame houses are rarely built in practice. Although such facilities exist both in Europe and in Russia, and have been faithfully serving their masters for many years. However, it is believed that the seismic stability of multi-storey frame structures is significantly reduced, so they did not find themselves in mass construction.

Undoubtedly, if the frame houses were able to bear weight at least five floors, the practice of such buildings would be very extensive, given the low cost of the project and the speed of its implementation. But so far, wireframe technology has been successfully applied only in individual construction.

Among the shortcomings of such construction are the following points. That the house from a skeleton has turned out really strong, comfortable for residing and durable, building it is necessary to entrust to skilled experts. Due to the small weight of the structure, there is a boom in the walls, which can be eliminated by special finishing noise insulation materials.