Cottage glazing. How to create a private glass house. Glass walls in the house - choose a practical and stylish design! Frame glass house

The idea of using glass in the construction of residential buildings originated at the beginning of the last century, gradually gaining very wide popularity. Over several decades, engineers and builders have developed a lot various technologies, which allow you to implement almost any design solution that involves the use of translucent materials in construction.

Modern two-story glass house

If the owners of shopping centers, offices and banks, when choosing a house with glass facades, are guided, first of all, by the prestige of such buildings, then the owners of private houses and apartments pay attention to a number of other characteristics. For example, in a residential area there must be required amount sunlight, since its deficiency can cause headaches, fatigue, Bad mood, depressed state, etc. Translucent facades not only provide the required level of lighting, but also allow significant savings on electricity, which is spent on artificial light in the premises. It is also worth noting that such walls do not create any obstacles to the view of the landscape surrounding the house (due to which you can always keep an eye on children walking in the yard without any inconvenience).

Many people think of concrete and glass houses as boring and uninteresting, but in reality, these materials allow you to create structures that stand out from the crowd. Concrete provides excellent stability of the building structure, and glass provides high-quality insulation of the premises.

The most simple projects economical country houses made of glass and concrete

Concrete, which today is produced using all kinds of special additives, is of high quality, which can significantly expand the scope of its application. Currently, more than 1000 types of this material have been developed, among which you can easily choose the most optimal option for yourself. The most widespread cellular concrete, having a porous structure. The volume of these pores directly affects specifications material. Another, no less popular material is rustic concrete, which perfectly imitates some types of natural materials. Nowadays you can even find a type of concrete that can absorb various harmful substances from the air, which is especially important for people who care about their health.

Modern glass It also has a lot of advantages. For example, it easily allows you to maintain the necessary temperature regime indoors throughout the year. In addition, on sale you can find glass with built-in solar panels or a self-cleaning system.

Original project houses made of glass and concrete (USA)

Another equally popular material includes glass blocks, which have high sound absorption rates, light transmittance and strength. The glass block structure is not afraid of exposure to fire, so the fire safety of the structure fully meets all requirements. necessary standards.

Advantages of a house with a glass facade

High-quality room lighting. The use of glass in the design of the façade of a building allows the level of insolation to be increased so much that the use of artificial light can be reduced to a complete minimum.
Energy efficiency. According to experts, by using glass in housing construction, it becomes possible to save about 7-10% of the energy that is spent on providing heat and light in the house.
Naturalness. The main difference between glass and many other materials is that it is environmentally friendly, so you don’t have to worry about your health or the health of your loved ones.
Attractive appearance. Beautiful tinting of house windows will guarantee a stylish, unusual and chic look for your home.

The range of products on the glazing services market is simply amazing in its diversity. Today there are many different technologies: structural and semi-structural, mullion-transom, additional facades, spider and planar glazing. This or that option, together with a number of other factors (brand name, work of specialists, quality of products used, complexity of architectural forms, etc.) directly affect the cost of the finished glazed facade. In addition to the above factors, the pricing is influenced by the following components: the shape of the double-glazed windows, the aluminum system, the size of the mullion-transom mesh, the number and type of openings (tilt-and-turn, bottom- and top-hung, hinged and sliding).

Houses with glass doors

The glass that is used to decorate indoor doors has good strength and resistance to mechanical stress (in such cases, heat-resistant and tempered material is used). The entrance glass doors of the house are 3 centimeters thick and can withstand even a blow from a sledgehammer. Therefore, when choosing front door, it is always necessary first of all to pay attention to the frame itself, which can withstand such a strong structure. During production budget options As a rule, aluminum is used, more expensive - steel, more original - wood.

Wooden house with glass walls

Currently, glass house projects designed in the Scandinavian style are becoming increasingly popular. The most pleasant feature of such structures is that they fit very beautifully and easily into the surrounding landscape, thereby achieving a unified composition between the home and the garden.

A house made of wood and glass requires very careful design of the interior and proper selection of each piece of furniture (ideally, it should be in harmony with the glass, without standing out too much from the general background). The combination of glass and wood can rightfully be considered very original and unusual, which not every person will decide on. Ideal color scheme the layout of such a house will be bright hues, diluted with gray and beige. These colors will help have a good rest and relaxation after hard times working day. In most cases, glass is not made external walls, but internal ones, but if you want to create the illusion of the roof floating in the air, it is recommended to give preference to external glass walls. Such houses are quite suitable for permanent residence(and not just seasonal), they combine wonderfully with the surrounding nature.

“All the locals think that I’m freezing behind glass walls, but I’m warm,” says Vadim, the owner unusual house. He “invented” it and built it himself: without technical education and construction skills. It turned out just like the pictures in glossy magazines - colorful, spacious, light. The house used the most modern engineering solutions, while the owner managed to save considerable amounts (6 thousand euros on glass systems alone).

Atypical project

Vadim says that when creating the project, he already had an idea of what he wanted, so he drew the house in detail himself. I borrowed the glazing systems from a magazine and “implanted” them into the project (further the narration will be in the first person).

- When they ask me: how did you master it all, build it, create it, how did you come up with it, I answer that this is the material realization of my inner world. I am just like this house: voluminous, spacious, roomy, with character and modern style, light and comfortable. And at the same time, he is budget-minded and tight-fisted, like all Belarusians.

According to this project they built

Designer Daria Lapitskaya helped me in the design. I coordinated all decisions and ideas with her, asked for her comments on every issue related to aesthetics and design. The project itself, believe it or not, was drawn on an A4 sheet. Already when the house had to be put into operation, an architectural project was needed. It was made in the architecture of the city from a ready-made building.

House layout

Foundation

The house was built in the Kobrin district, in a village, on 22 acres. The geometry of the site is quite convenient: 53x40 meters, the difference in horizon level is 45 cm. The house project was “planted” on a site oriented to the cardinal points.

The trenches were dug with a chain tractor, then the accuracy of the dimensions was adjusted with shovels. I was lucky with the materials for the foundation: I had at my disposal concrete support columns measuring 50*50 cm with a huge margin of safety (they previously supported the concrete roof at one of the industries). I saved a lot on concrete, but I had to incur costs for loading, unloading, laying columns and their delivery. The rest of the trench was filled with concrete from a mixer. For greater savings, I bought several machines for breaking concrete (instead of rubble stone), also with industrial production. As a result, the savings on concrete turned out to be very significant.

The part 60 cm above the ground was laid out with demoler blocks, and in a double wall: on the outside there was a facing block Brown 10 cm thick, then an air cushion of 5 cm and a standard block 20 cm thick.

Looking ahead, I would like to note that I really wanted to build a foundation using German technologies, with insulation, waterproofing, but at that time it was prohibitively expensive and labor-intensive, and this design of the above-ground part of the foundation made it possible to avoid “cold bridges” in the area of the junction of walls and floors and significantly reduce the cost of the project. The foundation is filled with white sand and compacted, with water shrinkage. Before the walls were erected, the foundation was given time to “mature” for a whole year.

Tips on the foundation: it may sound trivial, but it must be reinforced (I know that some builders do not do this). I would personally recommend that before pouring the foundation, lay a small gravel pad, 5 cm thick, into the trench and compact it. In case of construction without a design of engineering systems, provide plugs in the foundation for openings for the introduction of communications. When buying demolition blocks, be careful when choosing a manufacturer, since I almost bought blocks from a private seller, instead of cement they contained only dye, and they crumbled right in my hands.

Old log house or expensive blocks?

Regarding the material for the walls, there was a choice between gas silicate blocks And wooden beam from an old village house (realt.tut.by has just this topic, and I fully support and share the author’s conclusions). The fact is that at that time (2010 - the time of construction of the walls), gas silicate was for some reason extremely expensive, so I was looking for a solution on how to save money. But there was a “planned collapse” of the ruble, and the blocks became more accessible. As a result, I purchased GSB from the Berezovsky plant, measuring 60*30*30, considering the thickness of 30 cm to be quite sufficient for our latitude with future perspective insulation. The blocks arrived in perfect quality, so installation was easy and simple. My friend laid the blocks, at prices below market prices at that time, and I was his helper. I had to take direct part in the construction for several reasons. I immediately planned to pour a warm (hidden) armored belt around the perimeter of the walls, and U-blocks were not on sale at that time. So I cut them myself from standard blocks using a drill with a long bit and a grinder. Apart from me, this operation was not successful for any of the tested hired helpers.

Mauerlat rests on a “warm” monolithic belt

In the end, I saved on a helper, on U-blocks, and at the same time checked the quality of my friend’s work during installation. Yes, the presence of the customer on site allows us to improve the quality of the work performed and avoid irreparable mistakes by builders, especially if the project is complex.

Geometry lessons

If we somehow managed to cope with the walls, then the roof was my headache. It is 8-slope, hip, combined with two reverse slopes, a second light. I’ll be honest: the drawing (if it can be called a drawing) was drawn on an A4 piece of paper by one village guy with 8 grades under his belt. I just turned out to be talented person in this domain.

However, none of professional builders I didn’t want to take on the roof according to this drawing, even for a lot of money. As a result, the roof was assembled by the children from the village.

The rafter system is assembled from pine lumber. Only in one place (above the dining room, in the reverse slope area) was an I-beam laid for additional structural rigidity. It is located on the edges of the walls in the dining room, and in order to prevent the edges of the walls from suddenly being destroyed under pressure, the corresponding unloading heels were filled in gas silicate.

Waste OSB

The village roofers turned out to be talented guys. And they took payment from me at that moment absolutely at market prices, without an “addition” for complexity and level of responsibility. The material was cut so competently that out of 240 m² of OSB, only a few strips and small pieces remained, in a total area not exceeding 2 square meters (!!!). After work, I myself came to their aid as a helper and spotter. Designer Daria also approved the design in terms of proportions and geometry.

The extension of the roof onto the walls is 95 cm, which was unusual at that time, but now this is done everywhere. I recommend that everyone under construction use wide roof overhangs, but do not lose sight of the proportions of the entire roof and the building. This allows the walls and foundation to remain dry. It has been noticed that even with slanting rain, the façade is only partially moistened.

For such a complex roof of all roofing materials with minimal waste and reliability could only be achieved, so I bought TechnoNIKOL tiles, the Jazz collection. It was laid on an OSB board according to all the rules: with an underlay carpet, greasing of the starts, vapor films from the inside, installation of aerators and other nuances. The additional elements are made of brown matte tin to prevent glare in the sun.

Was immediately installed drainage system Hunter. Water discharge is provided by five risers with direct output to the local storm drainage system. The roof overhangs were covered with soffit from Brest production “Vox”. The soffit is fixed on 5*5 cm slats. Then this allowed me to relatively easily and painlessly implement stylish lighting for the terraces, a welcome light in the parking lot and on the porch of the house.

“I thought I would give up glass structures”

All windows and doors are made of a five-chamber profile, with external lamination " dark oak" and fittings "Roto". The inside profile was left white. Double-glazed windows, with an 8 mm frame, with low-emissivity glass. In two children's rooms and one bathroom, windows have standard sizes - 150*150cm. In the master bedroom, instead of a window, a double-leaf, hinged glass door with symmetrical doors measuring 155x240 cm was installed. Two identical windows measuring 95x145 cm were installed in the second bathroom and kitchen.

The entrance door is also glass, hinged, 150x220cm. It is asymmetrical in the width of the doors: the entrance door is 80 cm wide, the second auxiliary door is 63 cm wide.

The hinged design of the doors allows you to easily bring any furniture into the house. Moreover, such a door is an element of a barrier-free environment - a person in a wheelchair can easily enter the house.

The glass system in the dining room is two stained glass windows, three meters high, installed at an angle of 90 degrees.

When it came to installing the clear wall glass system, the roofing didn't seem so complicated anymore. It was necessary to solve the problem of how to cover the opening of a large bay window with glass: the height on the larger side is 512 cm, on the smaller side - 350 cm. Width - 390 cm. This glass wall hung like a “sword of Damocles” over my head for almost a year. Implement it using PVC profile I was afraid - big square, huge sail load during wind, “breathing” of the structure when opening and closing doors.

It was decided to assemble it from an aluminum system. I turned to a well-known Minsk company that had experience working with such material. Sent the dimensions of the opening. But when I received the answer, I was very upset - the price was “atomic”. I called my designer, who oversaw the project, and explained that there was a miscalculation in the project, in particular, the glass system of a large bay window was financially prohibitive... On the same day I decided to lay the wall with gas silicate blocks and install windows three times smaller in size.

The designer showed technical and professional audacity: he responded with a categorical refusal to my proposal to block the opening by two-thirds. Daria did not accept my attempt to divide the structure into two parts by placing a concrete lintel in the middle. The verdict was this: the structure should be from floor to ceiling, without crossbars or lintels, light and floating, crushed into no more than 8 parts. And she proposed a new solution: we install the frame from metal, durable, 100 by 50 mm, with a wall of at least 5 mm, we buy only overhead elements of the glazing system, I do the installation myself, I order double-glazed windows under required sizes. And so it was done. I welded the frame myself from pipes and painted it. The glazing system was implemented on an aluminum profile with a thermal break AGS 500, bought in Minsk. I assembled and installed it myself. To further limit heat loss and prevent sintering and galvanization of metals among themselves, I laid a paronite strip between iron and aluminum, thereby creating another thermal break.

But we had to tinker with double-glazed windows - none of the companies wanted to take on double-glazed windows with a height of 2500 mm - most manufacturers did not have the technical capabilities at that time. And no one wanted to tinker with such bulky bags by hand.

The director of the Steklolit company came to the rescue and agreed to produce such bags on his own responsibility. Now this is normal, but then it was a novelty. The double-glazed windows are made on the 16th frame, two-chamber with low-emissivity glass. Made specially on Friday evening so as not to stop manufacturing process in the cutting shop. On Saturday everything was ready. The installation of double-glazed windows was also carried out on my own.

Here they took up the lamination of aluminum decorative overlays glass system in the color of “dark oak” - no one else wanted to do this. The lamination engineer gave his word that the coating would not “peel off” under any circumstances. He held back. As a result, the frames of all glass systems, windows and doors are the same color.

Due to the fact that steel racks were used rather than aluminum, the system aluminum profiles was purchased directly from the importer, and not from the dealer, the double-glazed windows were purchased without extra charges for complexity, and I did all the assembly and installation work myself, I saved about 6,000 euros. This is the most significant savings in the entire construction of my house.

I am grateful to designer Daria for her support and ideas, for adapting the project to Belarusian realities, for her professional audacity. It was very difficult to decide to implement all these ideas. It was hard to be an innovator: it was 2008, gable slate houses were being peacefully built around them, covered with white sand-lime brick, there were arched openings in the corridors, and here there was a glass facade. Fellow villagers, acquaintances, passers-by opened their mouths, curious, would I die there and how could I walk in such a house in shorts? But I wanted it like it was in the West, like in the pictures in glossy magazines - colorful, spacious, light.

During the design and construction of a private house, everyone wants their future home to be not only functional and reliable, but also attractive in appearance. To realize a luxurious private home, there are many different design ideas and solutions that can make the building unique in appearance. IN Lately houses are very popular in modern style with panoramic windows.

However, recently the most original idea steel glass houses. Until recently, the crystal palace existed only in the imagination and fairy tales, but now it is a reality that can be realized thanks to high modern technologies. New types of heavy-duty glass have the same technical, physical and operational properties, like popular Construction Materials, so a glass house is not only a dream, but also a reality.

Glass strength

Besides the chic appearance a private house, made of glass will have another advantage - saving time on its construction. Glass forms are produced at a fantastic speed, thanks to which it is possible to build a house like in a fairy tale in a minimum period of time. It is worth noting that glass walls have ideal sound insulation, retain heat well inside the room, are soft and silent in use. Operating temperature range – from -40 to +50 degrees Celsius.

During construction, glass walls are easy to join and move easily and safely. Modern material has a long service life due to its high strength. Caring for the glass walls of a building is not difficult; it is similar to caring for simple glasses. The fittings of modern building materials can be completely different; glass can be transparent, colored, matte, mirrored, embossed, etc.

Modern glass house design

A house made of glass is the home of a modern and progressive person who has no fear of openness. The homeowner will always be able to enjoy the surrounding landscape, sunrise and sunset. The glass house is new sensations, feelings that captivate the mind. Such a building will give you a feeling of airiness and fabulousness, because it will never be boring here. It may seem to many that the building is fragile and delicate, but in reality everything is far from being so, because multi-layer pressed or strained glass, having high strength and reliability.

On this moment a glass house is a rarity that not everyone can afford, and many are still afraid of this idea. However, the fashion for such buildings is actively gaining momentum in the countries of America, where there are already a number of glass houses. The most famous architect who is involved in their construction and design is Philip Johnson.

When creating a building from glass, you can make not only walls, but also steps, partitions, stairs or gates. More courageous people decide to take much more serious steps using a glass floor and roof. With all this, you need to remember that such a building will not only look gorgeous, but also be expensive, because only selected professionals, of whom there are still very few, will be able to implement such a project.

Rooms glass house filled with light, making them appear more spacious and airy. And sitting down in a chair, you can enjoy the whisper of foliage outside the window, clouds passing by or the surrounding landscape.

The first idea for a glass building came from the Englishman Joseph Paxton, who built a glass pavilion in 1851. This idea seemed crazy at the time, but 80 years later a glass house appeared, the design of which was created by French architects. It was this house that made this direction famous and popular, because soon the most courageous connoisseurs of beauty began to erect similar buildings for permanent residence.

The construction of a glass house is based on frame technology, which is used in German half-timbering. Half-timbered translated from German language– cell, hard wooden frame, which includes braces and beams forming large sectors. The half-timbered structure not only has an attractive appearance, but also increases the reliability and stability of the building.

Advantages of a glass house

Among the main positive aspects of a glass building are the following advantages:

Original, modern and attractive appearance. Such buildings will become ideal solution for extravagant and extraordinary individuals who want to express their originality.
Glass has unique qualities, thanks to which interior design has no restrictions, other than financial ones.
Usage modern technologies during the construction of a private house. The use of sealed and energy-saving materials, solar collectors, systems smart House" etc. Due to all this, the construction is achieved highest quality and reliability.
Relatively fast construction.
Energy savings - there is always a lot of natural light here. This creates a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere. Using special glass you can protect yourself from ultraviolet rays, we will reduce the cost of heating and air conditioning.
Excellent communication system hidden inside the structure.
High degree of fire safety.
Service life – 100 years or more.
Resistant to moisture and corrosion.

Disadvantages of a building made of glass

Like any building, a glass house is not without its drawbacks. In his case, experts highlight the following negative points:

High price - only high-tech materials are used for construction, which greatly affects the final cost of construction.
Large costs for cleaning the outer surface of the glass from snow. When cooled to inside Condensation forms, which can be eliminated using expensive desiccant.
A transparent house is not suitable for everyone, because there is no sense of security in it, it seems that you are constantly in everyone’s sight, and not everyone will like this.

Glass house: design, features and do-it-yourself installation. Thanks to new and unique technologies It is possible to use the latest building materials in houses, which even include energy-saving double-glazed windows filled with argon. This also includes structural laminated timber, which is made using high-precision woodworking equipment.

Also, modern technologies make it possible to create real masterpieces in terms of suburban construction houses, namely, made it possible to carry out the construction of private houses made of glass. In the article you will find a lot of projects that have an open layout and even a transparent façade of the building. All this became possible due to the use of structural glued and special energy-saving double-glazed windows. Also, don’t forget about yourself half-timbered technologies construction of houses, which made it possible to create glass houses, and this is becoming increasingly popular throughout Russia.

Design features

Massive and durable beams made of laminated veneer lumber help create a load-bearing power frame for a glass house, due to which it became possible to carry out a free layout for any project - both typical and individual design. Inside the house you can use transparent partitions, or solid partitions that will be filled using the frame method.

conclusions

Only thanks to modern technologies has it become possible construction at home when used only environmentally pure materials, such as structural laminated timber and mineral wool as insulation material. The amount of glazing in your home will depend only on your fantasies and wishes.

Half-timbered glass - translucent frame house

In the interiors of a glass house project, partitions made from double-glazed windows and aluminum doors with glass. The presence of this kind of elements is quite justified, especially since the transparent glass niches in the floor of the second floor will also organically fit into general interior. Most people worry about safety, but glass half-timbered windows are fine with this. The point is that it is not used ordinary glass, and durable multi-layer double-glazed windows. For home owners, this will mean that accidental damage to the walls, for example, from a crashing bird, a fallen branch, or a careless blow, is excluded. Naturally, if someone tries to purposefully break the glass using special equipment or a heavy object, it will still work out in the end, but not a single building in the world is immune from this.

The fire safety of the house will be ensured by using laminated veneer lumber (which burns slower and worse than solid wood) and treating it with special impregnations.

Advantages

It is no coincidence that modern private houses made of glass and wood have become so popular. They have many advantages:

The natural level becomes several times higher, which improves the well-being of everyone living in the house, since a lack of light causes apathy and depression in a person, and the effectiveness of insolation of the room makes it possible to create a pleasant microclimate in it.
The house is considered energy efficient, as it can save up to 10% of supply costs electrical energy. In the summer, the use of artificial lighting is completely reduced to a minimum, which makes it possible to save significantly, especially when you take into account the prices of electrical energy.
Environmental friendliness. considered safe for human health and environmentally friendly material.
Effective appearance. A glass house will look great in any combination. You can combine glass and wood, concrete structures and glass surfaces. Stone and glass will look no worse. Buildings using translucent fencing structures will appeal to those who love extravagant and laconic design.
Glass has great amount unique properties that make its scope of application almost unlimited. Using of this material you can bring any designer's idea to life.
A glass house is a unique structure, which is distinguished by its special tightness, as well as the use of energy-saving materials in construction. Quite often in such houses they install solar collectors, a special “smart home” system, etc.
Quite often, the frame for such a house is made in a factory and delivered to the assembly site almost ready-made, so the construction of the building will take very little time.
If you apply a special coating to the glass that will delay Sun rays, you can save in summer period funds for air conditioning inside the house.
Like concrete and stone, glass does not burn, so similar buildings made of glass materials are different high level fire safety.
Glass structures are not afraid of corrosion, as they are highly resistant to moisture.
The service life of a house made of such material will be more than 100 years.
A country house made of glass will help create a feeling of unity with nature. Whatever the weather conditions, you will be able to enjoy the beautiful landscape outside your windows, without leaving your cozy, warm nest.

Flaws

Despite the fact that glass house projects have more than enough advantages, there are also certain disadvantages:

The main disadvantage is the cost. The price of a glazed facade will be influenced by several factors:

The work of a master.
Brand popularity.
Product quality.
Double-glazed window configuration.
Complexity of architectural forms.
Aluminum frame available.
Type of opening.
Dimensions of the post-transom system.
Number of double glazed windows that can be opened.

Peculiarities

At the design stage of houses with a combination of glass, wood, concrete or stone, a layout is used to maximize flowing open spaces so that beautiful views can be enjoyed from every point of the building.

In this case, you should adhere to the following rules:

When carrying out a wood/concrete and glass project, remember that all structural load-bearing parts and frame elements must provide the ability to perform repair work And Maintenance. As for the design of this house, in the role load-bearing frame and different materials can be used to build individual blank parts of the walls.

To make translucent structures, the following types of glass are used:

Tempered.
Laminated.
Plexiglas.
Reinforced.
With special coating.

Note, what with various types glass for the construction of such a house, you can use various composite materials and polycarbonate slabs, as well as transparent slate.

In addition to glass, you can use a huge number of glazing options:

Doppel facades.
Structural technology.
Post-transom system.
Semi-structural technology.
Spider glazing.
Planar glazing.

It should not be assumed that the material used to build a glass house is traditional material, which is distinguished by high performance. Modern glass, which is used for this purpose, has many advantages. For example, with its help you can easily maintain the desired temperature in the building throughout all year round. Also often used for such purposes are double-glazed windows with solar panels installed in them and a self-cleaning system.

No worse and no less popular is another material for making light-transmitting structures, and these are light blocks. They are characterized by a high level of strength, excellent light transmittance and high sound absorption rates. Such structures will not be afraid of fire, so fire safety will meet all necessary standards. Glass blocks have a large number of colors, surface textures and even the degree of light transmission.

A review of a glass house appeared on the forumhouse, which was made by its owner, Mikhail Orlov, who built it with his own hands, of course, not without hiring builders. Taking into account that frame houses They are quickly built, it is not very expensive, he began to search for an acceptable project. The owner of this glass house accidentally found a website that sold luxury real estate and saw options for glass houses. The cost of one such house in an elite village was 300 million rubles. He had the idea that if he wanted, he could build an elite house at a middle-class price. In his story, M. Orlov told the whole story of the construction of his original and very beautiful home.

The dimensions of the house are 10 x 10. total area 180 square meters. The glazing occupies about 80 square meters. There is a glass facade on the sides, and there is also some glazing behind the house. Where there are bathrooms and technical rooms, a different material was used. In general, glass occupies about 200 square meters on the walls, which is 1/3 of the volume.

If you look carefully, you will notice that the glass ordered and installed in the house reflects light and is slightly darkened. This was done specifically to ensure maximum privacy. As for the filling, a double-chamber double-glazed window is used. Each of them weighs 300 kilograms.
Why such thick and complex glass? They have unique properties. Not only do they reflect light, they are energy efficient. There is a special spraying double glazing holds heat very well. And an important aspect is safety. WITH outside Tempered eight is used, the second glass is ordinary. The third is a triplex, which was chosen for two reasons. If something hits the expired, but does not crack, does not fall apart, there will be no fragments.

During installation, one of the glasses cracked, making it unsuitable for installation in the house. The home owner demonstrates the strength of glass. As the experiment showed, it will not be possible to break glass too quickly, and it is impossible to do it unnoticed by neighbors.

Before decorating the walls, viewers were faced with a dilemma: there was an option to paint the walls to look like wood, which is a fairly simple method. The second option that was chosen was full wood finishing. First, putty was applied, then it was coated with a special paint on a rubberized base. Even if you look closely, it is not very clear what the house is built of. Why was rubberized paint chosen? Wood is a breathing material, a house is like a living organism, it breathes. And also to prevent cracking and other things.

The walls are insulated mineral wool crosswise, so as not to blow through. Two layers of drywall both outside and inside. This allows you to achieve a certain strength, install some kind of shelves, etc. Technologically in different places different walls. The thickness of the pillars is 30 centimeters. To leave the frame elements visible, the builders adjusted accordingly.

Measuring the temperature of the walls showed that their temperature was about 9 degrees, and the temperature on the windows was the same.
The complexity and interestingness of the door lies in the fact that since the glazing is non-classical, it was pointless to use a standard solution for doors. We made special calculations to create a slider capable of supporting the weight of the glass. The slider was made practically in a makeshift environment. It runs along a guide, opens and closes. A comparison with offers on the market showed that the manufactured door has much better qualities.

There is metal on the ceiling, this is the formwork for the second floor, on which concrete is poured. Concrete gives additional strength to the structure of the house. It stops moving under wind loads and becomes more massive. The beams did not bend under the weight of metal and concrete and calmly withstand the load.

The roof is very well insulated, using mineral wool with a layer of 300 millimeters. Since most heat loss occurs through the roof, it was decided to reduce it.
House cost. The cost of the house is very high due to the frame. The savings are very significant due to interior decoration. Externally, the house looks very beautiful both in winter and summer.

Thermal efficiency and utilities of a glass house

Before building a glass house, many critics argued that it would require too much energy to heat the room, but M. Orlov thoroughly prepared, having studied a lot of material on this topic. Therefore, when he started construction, he was sure that it would not happen.