Method for Building Houses

Abstract

In a method for making a house, a foundation plate (1) consisting of a lightweight concrete is cast directly; on a drained and leveled substratum such that it extends a distance (a) outside the external walls of the house. Grooves (2) are milled in the foundation plate (1) where prefabricated wall elements (5-8) later are to be erected, where the bottom of the grooves is exactly horizontal and at the correct level. Next, prefabricated wall elements (58) are placed into the respective grooves (2) and glued to each other and to the foundation in the grooves. The wall elements have a height which is about 45 cm larger than the inner roof height of the house in order to facilitate the casting of a sub-floor of lightweight concrete inside the house once pipes and conduits for sanitary and electrical installations have been laid, and after parts of the walls (5-8) which have been cut out to provide openings (3, 4) for doors and windows, have been placed on the foundation plate (1). Any floor heating or floor finishing is placed on the sub-floor. The house is provided with a roof (10, 11) which comprises roof elements, which also are made from lightweight concrete and are provided with tensile reinforcement. The lightweight concrete used may comprise EPS spheres, cements, additives providing adhesion between the EPS spheres and the cement, and the water. Through this method the cost of erecting the structure for the house may be reduced by 30-50% as compared to traditionally made houses.

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