Building a house itself requires a lot of effort from the future owner. Before you start work, you need to thoroughly prepare for it. And the main thing is to decide what will be the main material when building a house. Now exists whole line building materials, each of which is good in its own way. But brick still, oddly enough, occupies its leading position in this regard.

Still, a house made of brick is, first of all, warm, fireproof, durable and reliable home, which has a beautiful appearance.

True, in order to make your dream come true, you will have to work hard. Building a brick house with your own hands is a painstaking task. Construction of a modern brick building with an individual design is an even more difficult task, but doable and accessible to everyone.

Preparation for construction

We need to start with the fact that any person who wants to build their own house should first obtain permission to do so. You can just start building a building on the site, but it will not be legal.

The package of documents is small. Among the main documents, you will need to attach drawings to your application. It's best to do this before you start construction. Then you can avoid unnecessary problems.

It is necessary to select a location for the future structure in advance, plan everything and purchase materials. It is necessary to select them, as well as the type of foundation, at this stage. You'll only make the job easier if you take care of everything before you start.

It is also worth thinking about what of the entire range of planned actions should be entrusted to specialists in this field. Assess your capabilities wisely.

Construction work can be divided into several parts. Let's deal with each in order.

Selection of materials for future construction

No construction project would be complete without necessary materials. You will need quite a lot of tools. You can't do without a building level, a hammer and a building cord. And also without a grinder, concrete mixer, level, trowel and plumb line.

The list of materials is also significant. Get them all necessary things You will need it in a specialized store.

Brick

There are many types of bricks. You will need to choose one thing. The most common choices are clay and silicate. You can put one option, or you can combine both, combining them.

At this stage, you should also remember about the foundation. Bricks are a fairly heavy material. To make it easier, you can take the so-called brick with cells. He weighs less than usual.

This will help when you dig the trench needed directly for the foundation. It is better to check that the rope is positioned exactly horizontally. To do this, use a level.

After the actual marking, all that remains is to dig the right size trench. You can't handle this alone. Call people who can help you, because the trench can be almost two meters deep.

Preparing to pour the foundation

The minimum distance from ground level to the foundation is approximately 10-15 cm. In much more severe conditions (in places with cold winters) it increases to 40-50 cm. To arrange the foundation in this way, you need to make formwork. It is installed along the edges of the dug trench and is constructed from any planed boards or the same plywood.

The height of the formwork must be brought to the level of the rope, which was obviously used for marking. Supports are installed in accordance with the height of the formwork. The higher you go, the more you need to install them and closer to each other, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain: the concrete will simply crush this entire structure.

The formwork must be durable and must not contain holes or gaps.

Pillow for a strip foundation

The second stage is the construction of the pillow. Small crushed stone or any other suitable material is poured into the trench. The depth is no more than five centimeters.

It will all need to be compacted. This can be done either using special devices such as a compactor roller. Or a structure you made yourself: a block with attached handles for convenience. The cushion should provide stability to the building and reduce its shrinkage.

Frame

Now it comes to the frame. It will need to be laid across the entire foundation. The materials for it will need to be prepared and calculated in advance; each individual structure will require a different amount of the same reinforcement. The soil will play a big role in this matter. Last but not least will be the number of floors in the future building.

Pouring the foundation

The best option in this matter is monolithic foundation. You will need to pour into the already made trench concrete mortar. It must be mixed in advance. Such a foundation will withstand heavy loads without any complaints. However, if the soil is soft, it is better to use another option. Then you will need to think about a pile foundation.

Filling is done in a certain way: immediately and horizontal stripes. If you do everything in parts or separately, most likely the joints will begin to crack. It is for this reason that you need to fill it quickly enough. In this matter, you will most likely again need the help of a person close to you. It's difficult to do this alone.

A large amount of concrete will be needed for the foundation. For large depths (60 cm or more), you will need to use rubble stones. They are thrown over a layer and continue to be covered with new ones.

After completing the process, you need to expel the air from the concrete, thereby compacting it. It's better to take advantage special device- deep vibrator. Or with some large diameter stick, moving up and down.

Once the concrete is compacted, you need to go over it with a trowel, leveling the entire surface.

Bricklaying

The construction of walls should begin only a month after laying the foundation of the building. Here you need to start with a solution. It can be cement-limestone, or it can be cement or limestone. It is better to clarify the required proportions. They must be indicated on the box or instructions for use. The solution is simply necessary for strong and reliable masonry.

After mixing the solution, you can begin building the walls directly. You need to start from the corners. And to begin with, show maximum attention to your work: future work depends on your first actions.

Be patient. The main thing is to bring the masonry as close as possible to the ideal, to do everything right. It will be difficult for a person without experience to do this. The work will require a lot of effort and time.

The first steps begin from the first row. To begin with, lay bricks in the corners. Use a level and level strictly according to it. To lay a brick wall evenly, you will need to take a thin rope, along which the laying will be done.

Try to tighten it well enough so that the masonry is even, without any complaints. The first row will need to be laid as carefully as possible, tamping with a trowel and paying attention to the rope. After the first row, you will need to move it to continue working on the next one.

Don't forget that walls are needed. High-quality masonry can only be done if all recommendations are followed. Check how each brick lies in it.

Roof

It is better to entrust the roofing to professionals, because it is difficult to do this work yourself. Still, it is much more important reliable roof over your head.

As a result, it is quite possible to build a beautiful brick house, although it is difficult. But your dream is only in your hands. And only you can bring it to life. The main thing is to start.

Photo of a brick house

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Brick houses (projects, photos of which make up a significant part of the turnkey offers on the website of any construction company) are a real classic in the construction of private households. This fully applies to both small one-story projects, and large suburban cottages, which are in steady demand among developers, despite the fairly high cost of construction.

Brick houses: assessing the advantages and disadvantages

Brick facades attract with traditional elegance, sophistication and some severity, because brick is an excellent construction option for decorating the exterior of buildings. However, the decision to build a brick house is dictated not only by aesthetic advantages:

• durability – this is an extremely wear-resistant material, it is characterized by high strength and the ability to withstand any type of impact - it is resistant to moisture, temperature changes, does not lend itself to deformation, rotting, and mold or fungi do not grow inside it. Therefore, a brick house does not need repairs for many years; it, like an inherited property, can be passed on from generation to generation
• environmental friendliness – used exclusively for making bricks natural materials, which ensures environmental cleanliness and absolute safety for the health of residents

• fire safety of houses – brick is fireproof, does not burn, does not support combustion, and cannot, like wood, ignite under the influence of external factors. IN brick house much easier to install stove or fireplace
• soundproofing – powerful brick walls suppress both external (from the street) noise well and ensure silence directly in the house, giving the opportunity to retire and relax
• architectural possibilities – brick allows you to implement projects of any stylistic complexity, both single-story and high-rise
• with high-quality and accurate work, the quality of the masonry allows you to do without external finishing work

However, the list of shortcomings brick houses big enough:

• high price – is associated with both the high cost of bricks and the work carried out during construction
• heavy weight brick walls will require laying a powerful, well-deep foundation, which, on the one hand, increases the cost of houses, on the other, increases the construction period (the foundation needs time to settle)
• duration of house construction – masonry of walls due to small sizes brick - the turnkey construction process is long and labor-intensive. In addition, “wet” work (preparing mortar) imposes restrictions on work in winter

• need for additional thermal insulation – layers of cement form so-called “cold bridges”, causing large heat losses. Therefore, you will have to either build thick walls, or create a “sandwich” (lay thermal insulation between two rows of masonry), or install “wet plaster” on the facade. Besides, brick houses and cottages are characterized by high thermal inertia - you need to heat the boiler (stove) for a long time to warm it up
• the need for interior finishing work

Brick house: stylistic and architectural features

Brick has been used in construction for centuries; the variety of textures and colors on the front side allows you to create beautiful facades designed in a wide variety of styles:

• Romanesque - a style that predates the Gothic and includes many elements of the ancient Roman style. The facades of cottages in the Romanesque style, reminiscent more wall fortresses than residential buildings, filled with solemn and calm strength. Characteristic features of the style are heavy and massive walls made of brickwork, circular (semi-circular) arches, a large number of brick decorations on doors, windows, friezes and pediments.

• Gothic - the period of greatest flowering of brickwork, while the brick Gothic style is characterized by the absence of sculptures, which are generally characteristic of Gothic architecture. Instead, wall decoration is used using color contrast. different types brick (glazed, red, inclusion of stone), lime plaster. Castle or Gothic notes are still popular in private housing construction; despite some gloominess, they add a romantic mood. Towering turrets, high vaults and narrow windows reminiscent of loopholes - all this exudes mystery

• baroque – brick cottages built in this style are particularly luxurious; complex structures with different columns and smooth curves help give the exterior a truly majestic, pompous (in an attractive sense) look

• traditional english house is a mixture of Georgian and Victorian styles, its distinctive and characteristic feature– red brick walls. Usually the house is in english style has two floors and a small attic (non-residential) space (closet, room for drying clothes), less often - a house with attic. The facade is strict, with a minimum of decorations, others character traits– symmetry. Uniform distribution of windows along the façade, paired pipes
• Provence despite the fact that houses are traditionally finished using light plaster to give the exterior some zest, part of the wall with rough brickwork is exposed

• classic- a home for those who value and preserve family values; in such houses there is no place for combinations of classic red brick and modern materials. Distinctive feature exterior of a “classic” house – correct dimensions and proportions
• modern – a fairly calm style for facade decoration brick cottage, which combines smooth lines with architecturally complex solutions

• high tech – a triumph of rationalism, in which brick is actively combined with glass and metal inserts

An important issue is the correctly selected color of the brick, which can quite radically change the visual perception of the house. For example, bricks of yellow or sandy shades make a bulky large building appear optically lighter. Combination white brick and a dark gray or black roof gives the building rigor and elegance, but the walls yellow color will harmonize perfectly with dark color roofs and doors. The red-brown facade involuntarily evokes associations with an ancient estate, adding coziness and tranquility to the exterior.

Projects of brick houses with a garage: internal or attached

An important element of country housing is the presence garage, projects may provide for several types of its placement:

• standing separately - an option when the size of the plot allows you to allocate an area both for the building itself and for the access roads to it. The advantage of such a building is that the house will be completely isolated from odors and noise, but it will require additional communications (electricity, possibly water), and the cost of a separate building is higher

• interior– the garage is located inside the house itself – on the first or ground floor, in the basement. Such projects allow you to significantly save space, which is important for small areas; in addition, the garage can also be used as utility room for storing household equipment. In addition, you can directly access the garage from home, which is especially convenient, for example, in winter or in the rain, and a warm car starts up better and faster. When placing a garage inside a house, the first floor is usually completely dedicated to household premises – storerooms, boiler room, etc. If there are living quarters on the ground floor of a house with a garage, then with proper planning the living quarters act as a buffer, protecting the living area from the specific odors inherent in the garage, noise, etc. At the same time, part of the money saved by not having to build a separate building will have to be spent on good ventilation and fire safety. Additional costs will be incurred on thermal insulation - after all, when the garage is opened, a lot of heat “flies out”

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The first impression of the house and its owners is formed even with a fleeting glance at the home. By the facade of the house one can judge not only the taste of the owners, but also their lifestyle and preferences. Perhaps this is why brick does not lose popularity in suburban housing construction, allowing the creation of original and reliable buildings.

IN modern construction brick cladding facade with various types of material is a popular way to solve three problems at once - strengthen, insulate and give attractive appearance suburban housing. Beautiful houses made of brick serve as a subject of admiration for friends, mild annoyance for neighbors and an excellent backdrop for selfies.

Light clinker brick in the decoration of a country cottage

Types of facing bricks

Material used for finishing façade walls, has different names: front, facade, facing. He takes the impact environment, therefore must have special technical characteristics. Several types of products are used in construction, differing in composition, production method and performance characteristics: ceramic, silicate, clinker and hyperpressed. If the shape of the product differs from the traditional rectangular one, then such a brick is called shaped.

Clinker

Clinker is one of the the best materials for finishing the facade. For its production, a unique technology and a special type of clay are used, which is fired in a kiln at temperatures above 1000°C. The advantages of clinker products are:

Strength. The abrasion resistance of the material exceeds the characteristics of high-quality concrete.

Durability. The cladding will retain its qualities for at least a hundred years.

Far from a complete collection of clinker varieties

Moisture absorption. Thanks to the firing conditions, it is only 8% (ordinary brick absorbs up to 15-25% of water).

Frost resistance. The material has a frost resistance coefficient of F300 and is designed for 250-300 freeze-thaw cycles. Products with a glazed surface (completely moisture resistant) are the most frost-resistant.

Decorative qualities. Additives introduced into clay during the production process provide about a hundred shades, from beige-yellow to dark brown. The front side of the clinker can have a matte, glossy, glazed or corrugated surface.

Thermal conductivity. Significant, like any stone; is 0.7 W/(m✖ °C).

Features of masonry. Working with clinker requires skill - the material absorbs moisture gradually, and adhesion to the solution occurs slowly.

A layer of insulation is hidden under the clinker finish

Color Difference. Even in one batch there are products with different shades, which delays the masonry process - builders have to spend time to beautifully (evenly) distribute dark and light stones along the wall.

Solution. To lay clinker, a special (and more expensive) solution is required; the usual composition does not provide high-quality masonry, and the cladding may “float”.

Ceramic

Advantages of ceramic facing bricks consider:

Frost resistance. Quality invaluable in northern climates. Along with strength, frost resistance is the main indicator of the durability of a material. The combination of characteristics and price/quality ratio makes ceramic brick ideal material for Russian weather conditions.

Strength. Thanks to the small volume of porosity, the masonry is durable and resistant to natural vagaries.

Diversity. The industry produces products of all kinds of shapes, colors and textures. This diversity makes it possible to build beautiful brick houses that imitate ancient buildings and to successfully restore old mansions.

High quality ceramic cladding Russian frosts are not scary

The disadvantages include:

High price. Bricks undergo multi-stage processing, which affects the final cost (when compared with silicate products).

Requirement for solution. The masonry mortar must be of high quality, otherwise you should wait for the appearance of efflorescence - a deposit of evaporated mineral salts.

Color differences. Bricks from different batches can differ greatly in tone, which can ruin appearance facade.

Hyper-pressed

This material applies to artificial stones; it is made from cement, limestone and waste from other industries (marble, limestone, dolomite, shell rock), which reduces the cost of products. Hyperpressed brick is highly durable; it is used in finishing the facades of houses, gazebos, fences and garden paths.

Hyper-pressed brick for the most sophisticated taste

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The facades of brick houses of this type have the following advantages:

Material strength and correct geometry. Strength parameters exceed those of silicate and ceramic products. The size deviation is no more than 0.5 mm, which saves mortar and reduces laying time.

Ease of use. Cladding can be done not only simultaneously with the construction of the wall, but also on the finished facade.

Suitability for cladding. The material has a variety of color scheme and a wide selection of shaped products. It is frost-resistant, easy to saw and has low water absorption (5-6%). The chipping of the front edges perfectly imitates the texture of natural stone, which benefits brick facade any style.

Strength of masonry. One and a half times higher than ceramic, due to the improved quality of setting with masonry mortar.

Durability. The masonry will survive most walls - its properties are preserved for 150-200 years.

Fragment of a facade made of hyper-pressed “torn” brick

The main disadvantages of hyperpressed brick are its weight and high heat capacity. These features require strengthening the foundation and insulating the walls, which inevitably leads to an increase in the cost of construction work.

Silicate

Sand-lime brick finishing is widespread in private housing construction; its popularity is due to several factors:

Environmental friendliness. The manufacturing materials are sand and lime, safe (from the point of view of health effects) natural raw materials.

Strength and frost resistance. Important qualities for facade finishing, which has a service guarantee of 50 years.

Range. Colored and textured silicate bricks are produced for cladding. The color is obtained by adding artificial dyes, in contrast to ceramic products, which obtain the color by mixing several types of clay in different proportions. There are no shaped products.

Sand-lime bricks have a serious drawback - a low threshold of water and heat resistance, which prohibits their use for cladding foundations and chimneys.

White brick façade with contrasting trim

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Brick facade: advantages and disadvantages

Brick has a thousand-year history of use, it was known to the builders of Ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire; today both construction and decorative material successfully used in suburban housing construction. Decorative brick is used in internal cladding (for cladding fireplaces and walls) and is a popular material for adjusting the facade.

The advantages of brick cladding are:

Reliability. This is achieved due to the high strength of the material and its resistance to atmospheric conditions (humidity, temperature changes, precipitation, direct sunlight).

Durability. Brick is not susceptible to biological agents, is not subject to oxidation or corrosion and has a decent service life (50-150 years).

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Practicality. The material has excellent sound insulation qualities, and the insulated facade serves as an excellent heat insulator. Many façade products are made hollow, which also helps retain heat.

Environmental friendliness. Facing brick - natural material, in the manufacture of which clay and other natural substances are used.

Range. Present on the market Various types facing products in a wide range color palette, various shapes and textures. Thanks to such diversity and the work of the designer, the facades of brick houses acquire an individual appearance.

The material is not without certain disadvantages:

Weight. The weight of the brick cladding must be taken into account when calculating the foundation, as it is a significant additional load.

Solution quality. May affect the strength and appearance of the cladding (formation of efflorescence).

Cottage from yellow brick creates an atmosphere of comfort

Facade cladding options

Cladding brick is a great way to give your country cottage a personal touch. Architects and designers know many options for decorative masonry, based on one technique - highlighting with color. All combinations of color and texture are conventionally divided into two ways:

Colored layout. A facing brick of one (or more) color is used, and a colored masonry mixture is selected for it, matching the tone or contrasting.

Used brick of several colors and textures; this allows you to highlight the elements of the facade and emphasize the main lines of the building.

Colored clinker cladding

To obtain beautiful facade at home, options are chosen based on certain rules:

The guideline is architectural style country house.

In order not to lose half of the attractiveness, you should remember that the entrance to the house, the path and the fence with a gate should be single architectural ensemble.

Most often, an effective and sufficient technique will be highlighting the main elements of the facade with color- corners and windows. Using a material with a different texture or using different types of brick binding will help to emphasize window openings.

Painted brick facade

Cladding of wooden houses

Owners of frame and wooden houses made of timber or logs, they often resort to brick cladding as a way not only to decorate a home, but also to increase its service life. The house becomes more solid, acquires a solid appearance and a higher value on the market. The cladding of wooden cottages consists of three stages:

Home preparation. You need to make sure that the structure can support the additional weight. The structure is inspected and the quality of the floors is checked. Beams with cracks, traces of mold and other damage are replaced with new parts. The facade is treated with antiseptic impregnation and fire retardant (a fire retardant).

Insulation. It is carried out at will, for which it is used as a thermal insulation material. mineral wool. The material does not interfere with air circulation, allowing wooden facade breathe and extending its service life.

Cladding works. The facing layer is made of clay or sand-lime bricks at a distance of about 5 cm from the wall. The masonry is fixed with galvanized pins.

Wooden façade cladding

Cladding of stone and brick buildings

The cladding device for these types of buildings has its own characteristics:

Insulation. Buildings made of stone and brick can be insulated with materials that do not allow air to pass through well, such as polystyrene foam. If the insulation is done with glass wool, a membrane film is additionally stretched. Thermal insulation material fastened to the wall with disc-shaped dowels.

Facing. Brickwork connected to the insulation, securing self-tapping screws to disc-shaped dowels.

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Methods for finishing a brick facade

If it is not possible to finish the facade with brick due to limited resources and time (installation of brick cladding is a long and painstaking task), materials that can imitate brickwork will come to the rescue:

Facade panels or tiles with brick imitation.

Clinker tiles for brick.

Brick siding finish.

All these materials are practical and easy to use and maintain. They are used for cladding facade walls and plinths, and decorate openings and facade details. Available on the market big choice shades, shapes and sizes, allowing you to create a brick appearance of a country house that is almost indistinguishable from a real one.

Modern Vacation home in English style

Styles of facades of brick houses

Centuries of the use of brick as a building and facing material led to the emergence of many methods and styles of building design, resulting in beautiful brick facades of private houses, photo different styles We suggest you look below. There are several popular trends in decorating modern brick houses:

English style. The most popular cottages are those whose facades are made of red brick, although a house made of brown brick will not violate the canons. The direction is characterized by clear geometric shapes, restraint in palette and decor, precise proportions and a small, neat porch. Modern English houses still do without ground floor, but the attic is an indispensable component of the image.

Gothic style. Country cottage in the Gothic style, it is a personal fortress with all (unlike its medieval predecessors) amenities and external attributes: strict lines of the facade, forged elements and a facade lined with brick. The rougher the material, the more brutal the building looks. The brick can be any color; To enhance the effect, the color of the roof and trim is selected in contrast.

Brick cottage in Provence style

Country or Provence. Both styles bear the features of freestyle country life and look cozy and elegant; In design, brick is often combined with plaster and wood. It is traditional to distinguish brick facades by shades. For houses in the Provence style, cold tones (gray, bluish, white) are often chosen; for a facade in the country style - warm, from delicate beige and Ivory, to a rich curry.

European style. It combines traditions from several European countries, including Germany, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands. Most often, the facades of European-style cottages combine elements of half-timbering (medieval technology) with stone, plaster and brick. The facades of houses with gray and light bricks look practical and respectable.

European style - fabulously cozy and practical

Historical direction. Brick facades of houses made in Romanesque or classic style, Rococo, Baroque or Art Nouveau style, look luxurious and majestic, but require the involvement of an experienced architect who can maintain the correct proportions and overall design.

Modern styles . These include constructivism, minimalism, hi-tech and eclecticism, which is fashionable today. The facades of such houses have their own characteristics and can be decorated with thousands of different ways, and brick will look appropriate everywhere. In exterior design, brick facades are often painted. This can be done on brick, immediately after the masonry has dried, or after plastering the surface.

Modern project - brick cladding and panoramic glazing

Conclusion

Despite the variety of modern techniques suburban construction, brick facades continue to attract with their timeless elegance and reliability in operation. Using brick in exterior decor is a practical way to give your home a beautiful appearance and positive emotions for yourself.

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Building a house – important point in the life of every person, if he plans to build cozy home with your own hands. At the initial stage, the appearance of a one-story or two-story building, corresponding to the aesthetic preferences of the future owner. You can see the photo beautiful houses and cottages made of red or yellow brick, borrowing some ideas or designs entirely for personal needs. Original and standard, with different layouts and types of windows - everything for the comfort of residents.

Attractive appearance and practicality

Build country houses made of brick according to a pre-designed scheme, in which the main role is played convenient layout and facade. In the process, do not forget about rationality.

Traveling outside the city, you can see many one-story or two-story houses built from brick - an accessible, inexpensive and practical material.

Roof coverings are predominantly of a complex type, there are arched and panoramic windows, the roof has intricate turrets and sharp spiers. Beautiful one-story houses made of brick as a project on paper or a three-dimensional model on a computer monitor look impressive, but energy bills and maintenance of the building sometimes stun even wealthy owners. If the owner is not embarrassed by this fact at the design stage, then construction can begin.

Beautiful brick houses should:

• distinguished by stylish facades;
• match the surrounding landscape (use red or yellow decorative brick, as well as other exclusive options);
• be comfortable for living.

It is advisable to avoid pretentiousness and too catchy details. Shown in the photo beautiful house made of red brick, which looks very harmonious with the surrounding space against the backdrop of a green lawn.

Projects with horizontal windows

Impressive window openings become not only spectacular decoration facades of one-story or two-story houses, but also fill the interior of the room with the necessary amount of light. Horizontal windows in tandem with a similar orientation of the building will give an excellent result - beautiful brick houses in the photo of this type are presented below.

Country two-storey house can be designed not only using panoramic window openings, solid walls made of glass will be very beautiful. One of the exclusive façade options can be seen in the photo.

Windows can be located in two rows, one strictly below the other with complete matching sizes.

Projects of one-story houses with a garage

Country cottages are planned taking into account various configurations. Often the plan includes a garage, connected to the main part of the house by an additional corridor. Special requirements for construction relate primarily to the roof slope. The angle of inclination should be average. Other options will not bring a positive result:

• a small angle of inclination will turn a brick house into a squat and bulky one;
• a large angle will disrupt the proportions, the building will seem unfinished.

Beautiful facades of brick houses will be obtained if the angle of the roof slopes is 40 degrees.

Roof shape of a beautiful brick house

The roof is an architectural continuation of the building, displaying it general style. If it is beautiful, even the most ordinary facade will be transformed and become spectacular. The following types of roofs are distinguished:

• pitched;
• flat;
• non-standard shape.

The latter type may be the creation of the imagination of a specialist drawing up a project for a beautiful brick house. It can be built according to any scheme, but careful calculations must be present. The roof holds up the walls of the house, and if it is installed incorrectly, such a house cannot be durable.

Projects often use hip, hip, or multi-gable roofing. Each option makes it possible to build a beautiful brick house without compromising its practicality. The first and second options have four slopes, only the hip roof is made in the form of isosceles triangles, and the hip roof has two in the shape of a trapezoid. The multi-gable (valley) roof is one of the most complex structures, but the results are really very beautiful two-story houses made of brick, as can be seen in the photo. A large number of valleys (internal corners located at the junction of slopes) and external ribs in such projects complicate the work of specialists; such construction requires large financial investments.

What brick colors are welcome?

Buildings can be of various shapes and configurations. Don't forget about the shades of the main building material- brick. Beautiful projects brick houses, which can be built independently or with the help of specialists, allow the imagination of the future owner to completely guide the process.

The color of the brick can be red or yellow, and have a decorative texture (meaning the facing option). When choosing a material manufacturer from whom you will purchase, you should pay attention to the quality of the product. Yellow or red brick can fade in the sun, and traces of efflorescence remain on it after heavy rains. Beautiful houses are made from dark shades of brick, white and multi-colored, alternating layers or in a checkerboard pattern.