Wood or brick?

Before building a house next host, above all, wondered what he build a house: brick or wood?

A tree a little weight. It varies from 600 to 900 kg per cubic meter. In brick weight is much larger - from 1500 to 2500 kg per cubic meter. Therefore, for a tree can be used in a light foundation. Brick foundation is required for at least the depth of soil freezing. This figure for the Moscow region from 1,4 to 1,6 m. Therefore, the cost base for wood is lower than for bricks.



Wood - an environmentally friendly material. His background radiation is low. Wood is such a material, whose inner surface can be left with virtually no finish. Brick is unpolished inner surface of the left is impossible.

Wood has low thermal conductivity. This allows you to make wooden walls are not very thick, 15 to 28 cm brick has high thermal conductivity, so the walls must be thick to 51 cm

With wood, you can work both in summer and in winter time. In winter, with brickwork should work more carefully. Tree over a fire risk, compared with a brick, though after the fire resistance of masonry could fall by 60-70%.

The tree subject to all weather conditions. The same tree is resistant to biological factors, such as rot, blue. Brick is more resistant to any atmospheric and biological factors.



The tree can dry up, which may require additional design decisions. Also in the tree may have cracks. Bricks more durable than wood. But the brick walls can absorb the capillary moisture, especially if the pavement were not heated during the cold season.


So, what is possible on the basis of this conclusion?

First. For brick house maintenance of normal heat and humidity conditions required to be periodically protaplivanie. After the winter, if a house was not heated, on arrival in the spring it will have a very long heat thoroughly that he was all warmed up and around the home was comfortable and dry. For a wooden house protaplivaniya time to achieve optimal amounts to several hours.

Second. The cost of building a house from a tree will be up to six times cheaper than brick. Since the brick house needed a great foundation, thick walls, which is mandatory to finish.

Third, health wooden house is more useful than a brick. Wood has pores. The house is made of wood air through these pores is faster than a brick.

In choosing the material for the construction should take into account many factors discussed above. But the main thing - you have to decide why you want a country house and how you want to use it.

And now, after you decide why you need a vacation home, you can make the main conclusion. If a country house - is not a permanent home, the wooden house - what you need. It will be cheaper, would be closer to nature. If a vacation home - a permanent home, you should choose or brick or wood that you like.