Arrangement of a summer residence with minimal labor costs

The arrangement of a dacha with your own hands involves the implementation of a whole range of events. Their list depends on what we plan to get in the end: either just a plot of land with beds or several fruit trees, or a full -fledged country household.

In our article, we will give a list of cases that we have to complete. Naturally, you can make changes to it depending on the specific situation, but, in general, it is quite suitable for practical use as a plan.

In order for the cottage to be a place of rest, and not exhausting labor, it must be appropriately equipped!

Capital construction

Daching house

The process of “okulta” of the site allocated for the country is best started with the construction of the house itself. Of course, it is possible to break the beds on the pre -allocated part, but construction is complex and rather dirty, because the safety of seedlings or crops will be a big question.

With such wagons, the cottage begins

As for the design of the country house, it can be very different:

• The simplest and most affordable option is the installation of one summer trailer in which you can store the inventory and the simplest furniture. In principle, usually everyone begins with this, gradually mastering the territory as finances accumulate.

House at the stage of erecting the frame

• Frame houses are more convenient. They are being built from wooden beams sheathed with shields (OSB, plywood) with a heat insulator laid inside the structure. Outside, you can sheathe such a house with siding, and from the inside – finish with lining or gipper for painting.
• Country houses from block – containers – relative novelty in the domestic market. They are assembled from ready -made frame -type modules. Depending on the size and number of containers, you can build houses of various forms.
• Finally, if time and finances allow, then it is worthwhile to build a capital country house made of brick or wooden timber on the site. Of course, the price in this case will increase many times, but it will be possible to live outside the city from spring to late autumn.

Photo of a house from container blocks

Pay attention!
Almost any design must be laid by a capital base.
Most often, suburban houses are built on tape or pile-screw foundations.
It is also allowed to install the house directly on the ground, but this should be done only in exceptional cases for temporary structures.

Site

Thinking about how to equip a cottage with your own hands, you need to remember that the construction of the house is not limited.

Capital works also include many events on the site itself:

Dumped fence

• Firstly, the territory must be protected by installing the fence. At first, the grid-pillars are quite stretched between the pillars, but over time it should be replaced either by a wooden picket fence or a construction of corporate supports.

Advice!
While the house has not been built, it is better not to put a new fence – it will be easier to organize access roads for heavy equipment.

• Secondly, on the site itself you need to lay the tracks. It is advisable to make them strong enough, for example, concrete on a gravel-sand foundation with a capacity of about 20 cm.

Path design

• It is also worth taking care of the formation of the relief in advance. If you plan to equip a pond in the front garden or make an alpine slide, then you need to perform all manipulations with the soil in advance. Then, when you plant the lawns and grow trees, it will be a pity to violate the integrity of the picture.

As you can see, the arrangement of a country house with an adjacent area involves the implementation of a large amount of capital work. And this is only the beginning, because for the full functioning the building needs effective communications.

Communications

Electricity

So that the cottage can be used not only in the short summer months, and not only for growing potatoes in Spartan conditions, the house should be electrified:

• The easiest way to solve this issue if the country village has a power line. It is enough to contact energy supervision, get permits and invite an electrician to execute a connection. Yes, the price of work with the involvement of professionals will be significant, but as a result we get a stable (relatively, of course) energy supply.

Equipment set for energy supply

• If there is no power transmission line in the village, then the purchase or rental of the generator diesel for a summer residence may be a way out. Diesel (as well as somewhat less commonly used gasoline and gas generating plants) sufficient power can provide an energy of a sufficiently large cottage. Naturally, you will have to buy fuel and periodically refuel the device with your own hands.

Advice!
A small generator should also be bought when there is a connection to the central energy network.
The stability of the electricity supply of summer villages leaves much to be desired, so having a reserve source of power supply at hand does not hurt.

• In addition, if the conditions of your climatic zone allow this, you can additionally install a wind generator or solar panels. With a successful set of circumstances, you can spend the whole summer without paying a penny for electricity and using only what nature provides us.

Water and sewage

Finally, you need to think about water supply with drainage.

The arrangement of the kitchen in the country involves the presence of at least one tap, so it is worth considering where we will get water from.

• As a source, wells or wells are usually used. The first option is used in areas with a shallow (up to 10-12m) by the ground of groundwater, and the second (more costly)-if you have to drill deep enough before the water.

Water supply system from the well

• The rise of the liquid to the surface is provided due to the operation of the pump. Typically, in the country, a whole system is mounted in which we enter the lifting pump, an expansion tank and an adjustment unit that automatically turns on and turns off the pump.

Pay attention!
Such pumping stations are usually energy intensity, therefore, for their power, it is worth purchasing a powerful generator.

• Country arrangement with maximum comfort also involves the installation of a water heating system. The optimal choice for a small cottage is a running model for one tap or a boiler with a tank for 50-80l.
• Together with the water supply, we also design the sewage system. In order not to run to the toilet to the street, we will equip the bathroom in the house, laying the output pipe to the septic tank placed at removal. Typically, the simplest two -chamber septic tanks from plastic containers are equipped at the dachas, which require pumping more than once every few years.

Septic tank with a plastic case and filter installation

• Also, to clean the effluents, you can purchase a system of biological filtering of waste, but the price of such devices today is very high. Such expenses are justified only if in the summer you live in the country almost constantly.

In principle, after the completion of these works, you can proceed to the interior decoration of the house itself, the breakdown of beds, flower beds, etc. But this is a matter of taste!
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Conclusion

Naturally, within the framework of one article, it is impossible to describe all the nuances of the arrangement, because this instruction should be perceived only as an indicative plan.

On the other hand, without the implementation of the work mentioned, one cannot even talk about minimal comfort in the country, because they should be considered if not mandatory, then very desirable. The video in this article contains a lot of additional useful information, because we strongly recommend it to view.