prefabricated techniques

Frame-panel house building technology has recently enjoyed great popularity. Prefabricated houses really come up with the Canadians, but the Europeans (in particular, experts in Germany) it is much improved. It is believed that this technology is « born » after the Second World there was a question of lack of housing. Infrastructure Canada is practically not affected, but the country reached an endless succession of immigrants so that the problem of housing needed to be addressed urgently. For new homes such demands as energy-saving, environmentally friendly, quick, and low cost of construction. In Europe, on the frame houses known for a long time, but actively building on this technology it started relatively recently, in the late 20th and early 21st century. In the USSR in the 40s trying to introduce new technologies, but in a country where prized above all monumental, lighthouses could not settle down.

According to Canadian technology can be constructed house all year round. Of course, winter construction is more profitable: reduced prices of building materials, less-skilled construction workers are busy, do not fall within the shortest possible time, and therefore the quality of the work will be better. But the advantages and disadvantages of this technology, we will talk about a little later. And now let's see, what does build such homes.

SIP PANELS

SIP panels – structural slabs consisting of polystyrene and OSB-3 boards, which are glued together, forming a kind of sandwich. Singly, these materials are not used, because the expanded polystyrene is not able to withstand the load, and the plate thickness of 25 mm can not withstand even the own weight. But together, these materials form strong and stable thin-walled structures. One meter panel can withstand a vertical pressure of up to 10 tons, and the cross – about a ton.

OSB PANELS

OSB – Development of American Scientists (1980), is to replace the CPD. This material is environmentally friendly and is considered safe for health. The basis of OSB chips is selective rather than waste production as chipboard. This lining will reliably protect the insulation from the external environment. Expanded polystyrene is not toxic: Modern led to his self-extinguishing with special additives. The SIP-panel insulation does not shrink over time, the panel itself is quite easy, one square meter weighs about 15 kg. For such a house does not require massive base, but it is recommended to build the house of the panels with a maximum of two floors.

Advantages of houses from SIP-panels

These houses are very warm and despite a small thickness have excellent sound insulation;

Houses built on Canadian technology, are built much faster than alternative designs;

Compared with wood, and especially brick or block wall construction house very easy. By comparison, 1 square meter brick wall can bear the weight of half a ton, while one square meter facilities of SIP panels weigh only 15 kg;

The construction of houses using Canadian technology – an economical type of construction: the materials are relatively inexpensive, and construction and installation work will cost less, do not need special equipment. « Turnkey » actually build the building for 2-4 months;

From CIP panels obtained perfectly smooth walls, thus eventually they do not deform as other materials. They can be mounted finishing materials (drywall, plywood) without metal profiles;

Immediately after the collection of the box frame and the house can begin its finish, as the building does not shrink;

The process of assembling the building of SIP-panels – it's a pretty easy task, all the waste can be disposed of at the site;

Outside, you can decorate house lumber, plaster facade, paneling, siding, decorative board, inside – artificial stone, tiles, paneling, wallpaper, and other materials;

Prefab building long-lasting and very warm: Basalt heat insulation material, the thickness of which is only 15 cm of thermal protection equivalent to 2 meters of brickwork.

Disadvantages « Canadian » House:

Fire hazard: class SIP panels is the same as that of a wooden house, but their advantage is the presence of self-extinguishing insulation, and thus the spread of flames and the very possibility of fire is much lower;

As in any wooden house, wiring to do open, so I have a good try to disguise it;

In such a house should be protected from rodents: in particular, in the construction of gender and the possible places rodents are put metal mesh;

Particular attention should be paid to ventilation, the market offers special systems, without which the progressive countries of the house is no longer being built. It is also considered a disadvantage that the SIP panels are not passive temperature control in the room as opposed to stone or wood, which can cool the incoming hot air from the street.

Interestingly, it is guided by Canadian technology in the construction of new homes in the Land of the Rising Sun – Japan. Let their walls are not protected

in the military action, but in a hurricane or an earthquake much safer lightweight Canadian home than in a brick or stone.

Many people confuse the definition of « carcass Canadian » switchboards house or building. Purely Canadian technology involves assembly enclosing walls of the house entirely of SIP panels. They are the structural units, and not just used for insulation. Sometimes they are fixed on a frame made of wood or metal bars, to increase the stability of the house.