Building a second floor over the garage: tips and subtleties

The second floor above the garage — the theme is very relevant. In this room you can not only keep the necessary and unnecessary things you can live. However, without a residence permit, but it is easy to hold back the water (if there is one nearby) to build a sewage system, heating and light, and to get a good place to stay.

 

Construction issuesInitially, you need to understand how you will use the room, and most importantly — how you plan to get into it. For example, you can "steal" a part of the interior of the garage, building stairs to the second floor. And you can make a ladder from the outside.





Of course, the Foundation of the garage should allow for the additional load, otherwise it will be difficult to defend your project in the permitting bodies.

As you know, every build is designed from the bottom. If the Foundation is strong enough, you can build the second floor of any material: concrete, brick, foam concrete blocks or even lumber. If you are not sure of the strength of the constructed Foundation, select the material softer, like foam.





Nastraivat floor, do not forget about thermal, hydro and sound insulation If you live in a region with high humidity — use for this purpose is foamed polystyrene. It has a small heat transfer coefficient. Also, this material is lightweight and not wet like mineral wool.

Under the roof, between it and the insulation, you need to get the ventilation that the air can circulate freely and ensure outlet space. Inside built floor to lay the vapor barrier, and then your room is not afraid of humidity and temperature changes.

As heat is added to the floor you ask. On the second floor, you can put a fireplace inserts that will heat the room area of not more than 70 m. They do not require large amounts of coal or wood, and is quite tiny.





A fireplace insert is a fireplace with a buried furnace. This design reduces the risk of fire, and you can safely leave the house, not quenching the fire in the fireplace. Also, closed firebox prevents the smoke room: a fire is extinguished when all the fuel burns, and you can not worry for their safety.





Another option is to set down at the garage the boiler. Of course, it will take some space. The third way is to use electric heating, which is the most expensive option of all. If you do decide to put electric heaters — place them under the Windows. This will allow the warm air to go up and will prevent condensation.

 

Documentary questionswe Now turn to the documents. The basic documents for such construction will be: the Certificate of state registration of ownership rights to the land, documents of title to the garage (if it is already there), planning documents, consent from the neighbours (if your garage is adjacent to the neighbouring garage) and a permit from the local architecture Department located in city hall.

 

Tips for improvementIf you already have a garage and it was built quite a long time to build on a second floor without additional reinforcement of the walls would be risky. This does not mean that you will need to destroy a structure and pour a new Foundation. It is enough if you make the pile Foundation inside the garage. For this you need to install screw piles along the walls. To put piles required in a hard soil.

In order to calculate the exact number of piles, you will need expert assistance. Without proper education and experience yourself, you do not, and eventually the whole structure may SAG, giving you a fair amount of headaches. But you can tighten the piles by hand and to save on labor costs. The task is difficult, but doable.

Tip: it will be easier to break boards, which often have a void inside, and screw piles in their gerbera. Then you will need to connect the ground for the slabs. Get a rigid frame, on which stand the walls on the second floor. If your walls consist of concrete blocks, they should build on the framework. Existing ceiling install horizontally: they will serve as a basis for the future floor of the second floor.





As you can see — everything is possible, if you approach it correctly and in time to prepare all the documents. Talk with experts, check out the paper, prepare a draft, and soon you'll have a great place to relax, study or even a private gym. published

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

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