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Today we’ll talk about how, and how to close the basement of a house on screw piles. A house on screw piles is arranged by deepening special piles into the ground at a certain distance.

The first row of the house does not lie on the usual, well-known foundation of the house, but on piles. The main difficulty in the question of how to make a basement on a pile foundation is that there is an air gap between the ground surface and the first row.

That is, the basement of the pile foundation does not have a wall for attaching the cladding. Accordingly, before the basement of the foundation can be sheathed, it will be necessary to build a special frame near the house. It can be insulated, or you can leave it without insulation and simply perform a decorative finish.

The pile foundation is good because it is a pipe buried in the ground. This type of base holds the load from the structure well and is often used in places where there is high humidity. Another advantage of the base is its ease of installation in areas with height differences.

The lower space of the base, with the appropriate finish, can serve as a storage place, and also provides easy access to communications, if the latter are made under the house.

Sheathing the base can be done much later than the construction of the premises, due to good ventilation and resistance to corrosion, nothing threatens the piles.

Installation of a special frame

Finishing the basement of pile screw foundations is carried out by mounting a hinged structure. Such a canopy made may involve warming the house, due to which it is possible to achieve a warmer floor in the house and ventilation, which is done in all houses to ventilate the walls.

The canopy is set up like this:

1. Frame material is selected. Such material can be a wooden beam. It must be protected from moisture and the appearance of fungi or mold. Protection is carried out by impregnation with an antiseptic, preferably several layers. When choosing metal pipes, such processing is not required.
2. A trench 30-40 cm wide and 0.5 m deep is pulled out along the outer perimeter of the house. Roll waterproofing and a drainage pipe are laid in it. It makes sense to dig trenches with a slope into the outlet of the drainage pipe, so excess moisture will be removed faster.
3. Fastening timber or pipes to piles. In a horizontal position, the timber or pipes are attached to the piles of the house, to which the holders are already attached. After attaching the horizontal elements, the installation of vertical guides is carried out and the issue of insulation is resolved.

For insulation, a plate heat insulator is used, since it is not afraid of moisture. It is attached to vertical rails. After the canopy has been built and insulated, they begin to decorate the pile foundation.

Decor materials

Quite a lot of materials are used as something to close the basement of a house on screw piles. You can sew up the base with such types of cladding:

1. For outbuildings such as baths, garages, and other inexpensive materials such as flat slate can be used. The design can be quickly sheathed due to the large size of the sheet. Fastening is carried out on self-tapping screws. Slate must be installed carefully, because it is fragile.
2. Also, corrugated board is used to finish the basement of the house. This material is quite light, which does not create a large load on the foundation. Withstands temperature extremes and is not afraid of moisture. During installation, it is necessary to try not to scratch the sheet, otherwise corrosion may appear in these places. An additional plus: you can make a door in a sheet of corrugated board and use the air space under the house as a place to store any materials.
3. Basement siding - made of plastic, not afraid of temperature changes, due to the lightness of the material, the outer layer of the cladding will not give a heavy load on the foundation. During installation, it is necessary to ensure that there are gaps between the panels and the corners of the house, this is necessary for the linear expansion of the plastic. When fastening the panels, self-tapping screws must not be sunk or firmly attached; when expanding or narrowing, the panel may crack.

These finishing materials are mounted on the frame, insulation can be mounted under them. Significant advantages of such a decorative finish of the basement of a house on stilts are that installation is easy and fast.

To eliminate cold bridges, it is important to foam the corners of the house well. This must be done carefully so as not to damage the completed facade cladding.

Decorating without crates

It is possible to close the air gap of the pile foundation without arranging the grid. To do this, you need to decide how to close the pile foundation from the outside and then mount the cladding. There are two ways to use this method:

1. Facing brick - with its help, masonry is carried out on the mortar. Significant advantages are that such masonry plays the role of not only a decorative finish, but also serves as an additional support for the house. Brick does not need finishing.
2. Creation of a concrete plinth. This option requires the construction of a formwork into which a concrete solution is poured. Before pouring, reinforcement is necessarily performed by creating a frame of steel bars inside the formwork. A significant plus is that after installation, the resulting walls can be finished with clinker bricks or decorative plaster.

The disadvantage of these methods is that they are difficult to insulate. When laying facing bricks, insulation is possible only after the wall has solidified, and when pouring mortar, such an operation is completely impossible.

On the dried wall of the facing masonry, the insulation is fixed with glue, and the main fixing occurs using special dowels.

After fixing the insulation, decorate the masonry with something to decorate. When using siding and other materials, it is necessary to install the crate. For the installation of plaster cladding, it is necessary to use a reinforcing mesh. Also, in the future, the owner of the house does not have the opportunity to use the space under the house.