If you purchased a plot of land for construction and do not know where to start, do not worry, everything is easily solved. The first stage of any construction is the laying of the foundation, it is the main and undoubtedly the most essential part of the house.

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Preparatory work before laying the foundation of the house:

• clean the vegetation from the construction site and remove the top layer of soil to a depth of about 15 cm;
• markup for digging holes for the foundation. This is a very important procedure, the geometric angle of the dimensions of the ceiling, walls and the floor of the structure depends on the quality of its implementation. To make the walls even and the angles perpendicular, masters often use the “Egyptian triangle”. He is made according to the following scheme: knots are made on a string after three, four and five meters, nails are threaded into them, then three and four meters are tied to each other. The result is a right angle, which measures the corners of the house;
• after the marking process is completed, they dig a trench (the height is set by the geodesic and climatic indicators of the land plot, but not less than half a meter) for the foundation, and from the inside they cover it with wooden planks - shrouds;
• in the resulting trench lay rubble, composition and materials for reinforcement.

Each construction project, whether it is economy class or an apartment building, is built according to the same rules; when the foundation is laid the same principle is used. Some of them are listed below.

Rules for laying the foundation of the house:

• strip foundation deep into the corners of the structure should be 20 percent more than the perimeter;
• in order to save money, you can put crushed stone or slag on the bottom of the base without adding cement, but with sand. The top layer must be filled with concrete solution, and at a depth of 10-15 centimeters below the highest point of the foundation, you need to lay a reinforcing layer of wire and reinforcement. The iron located at the bottom of the foundation does not fulfill its function of tightening concrete;
• The height of the foundation must be necessarily lower than the degree of soil freezing in this zone.

Before laying the foundation, it is better to consult with builders professionals in this field - they will be able to give you good advice.

Laying the foundation of the house - video instruction