Polystyrene concrete blocks are wonderful building material, which is actively used both for insulating facades and for the construction of external walls of a building, as well as its internal partitions. In its structure, polystyrene concrete resembles foam concrete or aerated concrete. In addition, it is also relatively lightweight.
Important advantages of polystyrene concrete blocks
- polystyrene concrete blocks have larger size than other building materials, which means that the construction time for walls made from this material is significantly reduced. At the same time, there is no need to involve numerous workers in the work; two or three people are enough;
- Polystyrene concrete blocks are easy to process. This building material can be shaped using a regular hacksaw, and this also increases the speed of construction;
- in order to build a house from such blocks, it takes much less material than, for example, brick. The walls of the building will be thinner, which will not affect the thermal insulation;
- light weight construction makes it possible not to build a massive and expensive foundation, since the settlement will be insignificant;
- total cost polystyrene concrete, which is necessary to build a house, will be significantly lower than when using other building materials;
- houses made of polystyrene concrete blocks have comfortable atmosphere. They are not hot in summer and not cold in winter. In addition, this material has such important characteristics such as sound absorption and sound insulation.
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Important properties of polystyrene concrete
Polystyrene concrete has the following qualities:
- long service life (more than a century);
- absolute environmental friendliness and safety for humans and environment;
- vapor permeability indicator is the same as that of wood;
- resistance to fire;
- high performance moisture and frost resistance, sound insulation;
- slight shrinkage of the building.
Polystyrene concrete production technology
The production of polystyrene concrete is practically no different from the production of conventional cement. The main difference lies only in the components involved. So, to make polystyrene concrete you will need the following components:
- cement;
- water;
- sand
- wood resin, processed special technology;
- polystyrene
Production stages
The production of polystyrene concrete blocks occurs in several stages:
- Selection of components and their preparation.
- Polystyrene foaming process.
- Connection and uniform distribution of all components.
- Thoroughly mix the resulting solution.
- Forming blocks by pouring the resulting mixture into molds.
- Aging of products.
- Stripping the resulting blocks.
Equipment for the production of polystyrene concrete
In order for the entire polystyrene concrete production cycle to run smoothly, and to ensure that only high-quality building materials are obtained, only certified and licensed equipment must be used.
Polystyrene Concrete Plant LLC has an excellent production base equipped with everything necessary equipment and only high-quality raw materials. Only highly qualified specialists with extensive work experience carry out their activities at the plant.
It will be interesting to read unusual technology construction of suburban housing, in which the house seems to grow before our eyes in a few days.
Last year, an American company Bensonwood from Vermont, brought to market its new project called Unity Homes . The main idea of the project is that, given constant high quality works to minimize the construction time of a comfortable and energy-efficient house.
Find out more about energy efficient houses possible from this .
Using the latest technology installation, the company’s specialists build a completely ready-to-move-in home in three days.
This speed of house construction is achieved due to the fact that all the structural elements of the future house have already been manufactured in the form of separate panels and blocks at a specialized enterprise.
The house is built by a small team of builders on a pre-prepared foundation.
Workers can only assemble wall panels and install the roof, and the construction itself is more reminiscent of assembly on the principle of a children's construction set.
Where all elements are pre-labeled and prepared for installation.
How to fill it yourself strip foundation our forum member says in section.
Thanks to the computer modeling system for the house, the campaign specialists managed to minimize all stages of creating the project. After the house kit has been manufactured, it is delivered to the assembly site using a truck, and often the entire housing can be brought in one trip.
Due to this, significant savings in transportation costs are achieved, and the installation itself takes place in the shortest possible time.
Another innovation is that the external panels of the future lady are made immediately with exterior decoration. Moreover, the customer can choose various options wall cladding Houses.
You can learn how to properly approach the exterior construction and decoration of a house from this .
The walls of the house are installed on the foundation using a crane and secured to each other using anchors, after which installation is carried out roofing panels. Then, the construction team begins to work interior decoration home and connecting all necessary communications.
Finishing, engineering and wiring of communications in a house from SIP panels, user tips and recommendations discussed in section.
Despite the fact that production is streamlined and more reminiscent of an assembly line, future owners have the opportunity to choose various options for the architecture and decoration of the house.
And thanks to the introduction of energy efficient technologies and the use alternative sources energy generation, prefabricated houses meet all standards comfortable stay, and allow their owners to save cash on heating and electricity.
Users can find out everything about the use of alternative energy sources in the section of our forum. Find out more about construction prefabricated houses You can from our forum thread. And after watching this video , You can clearly see the heating efficiency country house using heat pumps and solar collectors.
House-Ark - compact houses in 3 days.
Moscow architects from the ArkhProekt studio proposed their own version of modular compact housing, assembly takes 3 weeks, and installation only 3 days. The finished house is placed on a plot on pile foundation at any time of the year.
The premiere of the “House-Ark” project took place in October at the exhibition “Beautiful wooden houses"at Crocus Expo in Moscow. Compact houses of 45, 60, 90 sq.m. were presented here.
“The advantage of the Ark is that it easily expands to the area you need.” says project author Natalia Brailovskaya. “Our house can be transported. The small house consists of three blocks, the blocks are completely manufactured in production with engineering and finishing and glazing. Each block arrives by car to the site and the house is erected on the site in 3 days on a screw pile foundation.”
The ark house is made according to frame technology and is intended for year-round residence. External and interior lining wooden. Insulation - mineral basalt wool- 150 mm, ceiling and floor - 200 mm. Large double-chamber windows provide a lot of light and increase the space in the house.
The cost of such a house is 45 sq.m. for year-round living with turnkey finishing and engineering - about 1,350,000 rubles.
Every year people's lives only accelerate. Architects are also trying not to slow down and offer houses that are more convenient and faster in terms of construction time. This is how the Portuguese architect is proud of his new project - a modular house that can be assembled in just 3 days.
A couple of months ago, a Portuguese architect Samuel Goncalves presented his new project of a prefabricated modular house called Gomos System, built in the Portuguese city of Arouca. The designer calls the speed of installation of the home a distinctive feature of his development - only three days.
The process of creating the Gomos System is divided into four stages: factory production of the module, its internal and external finishing, transportation and quick installation. Each module is delivered to its destination with a standard set of additional components: floor covering, thermal insulation, windows, doors, electrical wiring, plumbing and facing materials facade.
A prefabricated house consists of a number of special reinforced concrete modules (GOMOS), which are connected to each other to form living space. Standard size The proposed house is 2.35 meters wide and 5.9 meters long. If the customer wishes, modules can be added, thereby increasing the size of the house. The design can also be adapted for various types terrain. The assembly of the house is carried out under strictly controlled conditions and taking into account all requirements stipulated by law.
The project was implemented with the support of 18 local companies. The expected cost of a modular home will be about 55,000 US dollars. Price will depend on additional specifications.
An equally interesting quickly constructed dwelling was presented by the Green Magic Home company. Their
Build country house in less than a month? Why not! This became possible thanks to modular houses, which are gaining increasing popularity in our country. Short and, importantly, predictable construction time, lack of construction directly on the site, factory quality and predictable price - these are the main advantages of this technology. And thanks to the “HOUSE-ARK” project modular houses- this is not just a semi-finished product, but a full-fledged home, which already has everything you need for life! All that remains is to bring the sofa, and you can live.
First, let's figure out what it is modular house. The main difference between modular frame house from an ordinary frame house - in construction technology. Frame house is being built right on site, where it will stand. Conventional construction takes about several weeks, and more often - several months. Modular houses are assembled and manufactured in production, in a factory, in the form of certain parts - modules (hence the name) and arrive in this form to the customer’s site, where they are installed and connected to communications in a few days. The modules are manufactured in dimensions specified by the possibility of transportation - 2.5 × 6.5 m, height 2.9 m. As a result, in less than a week a full-fledged house appears - with a foundation, roof, windows and doors! Isn't this a miracle of engineering? In the West, this technology is quite popular, but in Russia it appeared only a couple of years ago and obvious reasons is becoming more and more in demand.
Modular houses can be very different: some are assembled from SIP panels, while others hide a metal skeleton under the cladding. The creators of THE ARK HOUSE chose the most environmentally friendly and human-friendly material - wood. "Why exactly wooden house? In our opinion, this is the most familiar building material for Russian people. In the house, we fundamentally used wood to the maximum: wooden frame, wooden interior and outer skin, the windows are also with wooden frames. We mainly use planed pine chamber drying. Additional external elements- the basement and terrace - at the client’s request, can be made of larch,” says.
It takes 3-4 weeks to assemble the “HOUSE-ARK” in production, and install it on site in 3-4 days. On the first day, a pile foundation is made - this technology saves time and money. It doesn’t matter what the weather is like outside the window - snow, rain or scorching heat - a day is enough to install it. On the second day, the modules themselves are installed using a crane; another 1–2 days are left to complete the cladding, joints and connect the utilities. All communications are already installed inside the modules - electricity, which is collected on junction boxes during installation, water, and sewer lines. On site, all that remains is to connect it all to the networks existing on the site.
By the way, distinctive feature“ARK HOUSE” is that it is completely assembled in production and arrives to the client with glass, engineering, electrical, plumbing, and full interior and exterior finishing. Everything has already been painted, where necessary, the tiles are lying, installed door handles, sockets, lamps and even a boiler for heating water. And all this is included in the basic package, without additional charges.
"ARK HOUSE" is a whole series of houses different sizes and architecture. There are small classic one-story houses Scandinavian type, some are corner, some are two-story. Regardless of the area, they are united by thoughtfulness and convenience. Most small house The ARK-3 series consists of 3 modules. Its area is 45 sq. m, and the price is 1.55 million rubles. A house consisting of 4 modules will cost 1.95 million rubles. At the request of the client, various additional options- an increase in the volume of the water heating tank, a more advanced ventilation system, a porch or terrace in front of the house, etc. “ARK HOUSE” can grow with the client’s family and their needs. For that matter, he might even move in with his owners. Only the seam roof will be damaged, which will have to be re-done in the new location.
“Our project is called “ARK HOUSE” because all architects, in principle, love to build boxes. Such simple, understandable, rational objects are boxes. The Ark is also a kind of box, a kind of shelter, small house, and it itself consists of such block-boxes. In addition, it is an “ARK” because it moves - it is built in one place in production, and is transported to the client’s site in another place, that is, it is a house that travels,” Vladimir Yuzbashev, chief architect, co-founder of the project.
The creators of the project admit that they were driven by the dream of creating a house that would correspond to Russian climatic conditions and at the same time it was quite traditional and at the same time modern. That's why we see wood and traditional seam pitched roof, modern technology frame houses and quite modest architecture, without any unnecessary decoration.
In the layout of the house, the emphasis is on the central space - the living room with panoramic windows- this is the heart of the house, common place for communication between people; there are also separate small bedrooms, where you can retire in the evening. A small and cozy kitchen. The kitchen equipment is divided into 2 zones - one zone is located towards the window (all windows in the house are double-glazed windows), so that you can cook and look at the lawn. On the other side there is a refrigerator, dishwasher, stove - all the water supply is already there. In the hallway there is space for a storage room and a built-in wardrobe. The bathroom already has tiles, heated floors, all the plumbing is in place, connections to the faucets are installed - in general, this is a full-fledged bathroom, all that remains is to connect it to water and sewerage. Thus, even the smallest house in the series is perfect for a family with children.
A frame house is a multi-layer structure. The main power frame of the “ARK HOUSE” is made of planed pine timber. Between the joists and the posts there is a layer of mineral wool insulation. 200 mm of insulation is laid in the floors and ceilings, and 150 mm in the walls. This is quite enough to make the house suitable for year-round living. Of course, more could be done, but here architects and engineers are limited modular technology- it is necessary to fit into the dimensions so that parts of the house fit into trucks transporting them from production to sites to clients.
When a house is built, it is not at all obvious that it is assembled from ready-made modules. We just see the house as a whole, but if you look closely at the foundation, you can roughly guess where these modules are located. On the outside, all houses of the ARK series are clad in wood. You can choose any color scheme. If you look at the section of the wall from the inside of the house, first there will be the internal cladding of the house itself - imitation timber, lining - with a wide board (140 mm), then there is a vapor barrier, then insulation and in the thickness of the insulation - a frame that is covered with OSB boards, and on top of them there is a hydro-wind protection membrane. And further the design provides ventilation gap(30 mm), followed by outer skin (imitation timber).
As for operation and repair, this modular house is no fundamentally different from an ordinary frame house - it will last 50, 70 years and, perhaps, even more. You can remove the casing or change communications at any time - everything is easy to access.
“We think our modular homes are cool and convenient. People familiar with construction understand this especially well when they are forced to devote six months, or even more, of their lives to construction. And we save people from this grueling process. In fact, people come and choose in 1 day finished project, pay for it and after 3–4 weeks they see it on their site ready house. And the opportunity to use loan programs from the bank or spend on a home maternity capital made “ARK HOUSE” even more accessible,” says Natalia Brailovskaya, architect, urban planner, co-founder of the project.
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