Panel and frame houses. Reviews

Frame houses first appeared in Canada more than 200 years ago. Since then, Canadian technology has been used to build capital housing in many countries in Europe and the United States. Not so long ago and in Russia began to build frame houses. Reviews about such buildings in our country are ambiguous. Russians are used to the fact that the capital house is only brick or log, and the panel houses are suitable only for summer cottages.

However, recently, our compatriots are increasingly considering shield and frame houses as a base for housing. The feedback on the network helps to evaluate their numerous advantages and to find out the difference between frame and skeleton-panel structures.

Frame houses differ from the panel houses in that the first from the beginning to the end are assembled on the construction site, and the panel houses are assembled already from the panels assembled by the factory. If the construction of frame houses takes from 2 to 5 months, then the assembly of panel structures takes no more than two weeks. They differ in performance characteristics.

Which housing is preferable: panel or frame houses? The feedback gives a fairly clear idea of the advantages and disadvantages of both technologies.

Traditional Canadian houses are frame structures that are completely assembled on site. The basis of such a house is a strong frame, to which other elements, including thermal insulation, are attached. When building a frame house does not require heavy equipment. Canadian technology allows you to receive reliable and very warm designs, suitable for permanent residence in cold weather. The construction of frame houses gives an opportunity to show imagination and create a unique architectural structure of any complexity. These houses do not become obsolete morally, because at any time they can be modernized. The exterior walls are finished with modern "brick" panels or plastered.

Shield houses are erected on standard designs from factory billets - panels or panels filled with a heater. Such houses are mounted much faster, the dimensions of the assembly elements are highly accurate, but for their construction, lifting equipment is required. In this case, the panel constructions are devoid of individuality and are heavily modernized. When building panel houses it is impossible to control the filling of the carcass with a heater. In addition, there may be problems in the docking of shields, and this is fraught with loss of heat during operation.

Do the future have panel and frame houses? Reviews and experience of other countries prove that frame-shield technology can be considered as the most promising and economically advantageous direction in low-rise housing construction.

One of the important advantages of the frame-panel house is a relatively low price, which depends on the fast construction time. A frame house can be built at any time of the year. It does not shrink, so you can proceed to interior finishing immediately after building the walls. The lightweight structure of the panel house does not need a deep, heavy foundation, which reduces labor and material costs.

Many believe that such lightweight structures as panel frame houses are not warm . Reviews say that this house is warmer than brick, and its heating in winter will require much less costs, if all the construction technologies are observed during installation. But the main proof is that in such cold countries as Finland and Canada people live in frame houses for more than one century.

There is an opinion that the frame-panel houses can not be strong. Reviews of those who are familiar with the technology of frame construction is not hearsay, prove that panel houses can stand more than 50 years. This house, as well as brick, also requires major repairs, but the time, labor and funds for its reconstruction will go significantly less than the brick. Moreover, modern youth do not have to live in their parents' homes. Therefore, 50 years for the house - quite enough.