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Garden gazebo – a small cozy building next to a country house. The absence of such a building makes every person think about the possibility of building it. From our article today, you will learn how to correctly calculate the size of the gazebo and the amount of materials.
Forms and types
Before calculating, you need to understand what types of garden buildings for recreation are:
- Open – buildings, between the supports of which there are no partitions. Such designs are used more often in the southern regions.
- Closed – buildings for pastime in the cold season. Between the supports, half of the space is sewn up with a finishing material, and the free part is glazed.
- Semi-open – such gazebos are the most popular. They are sheathed to the level of the window, but the glass is not installed, but only decorates the window space.
In the form of a gazebo there are:
- square;
- round;
- rectangular;
- hexagonal or octagonal.
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How to choose size
The main criterion for the size of the gazebo is the number of people who will be in it. To ensure comfortable conditions, one person should have 2-3 square meters. m. Thus, for a family of five, the minimum building area will be 10 square meters. m. As soon as guests or neighbors come, this area will no longer be enough. Well, if in the future you install a barbecue or stove, it will be completely uncomfortable. The optimal area for installing furnace equipment is 3-5 square meters. m.
In order to understand which of these figures to take as the calculated one, you need to go around the territory of your dacha and determine the location of the gazebo. It should be a flat area surrounded by green spaces. If the size of the site allows you to use the maximum area, then it must be taken as a calculated one. But if large and monumental buildings are not to your liking, you must use the average calculation indicator.
The ceiling height of the gazebo should be between 2,5 and 3 m. This size will allow you to feel comfortable inside the building and reasonably approach the use of building materials in the construction of wooden supports.
How many materials are needed
A rectangular gazebo is the most convenient when performing work. This is due to the simplicity of connecting the frame beams at right angles. In addition, the manufacture of the roof of a rectangular building is much easier than a polygonal or round one.
Usually a rectangular gazebo is made using standard sizes: 3×3, 3×4, 4×4, 4×5 meters. This is primarily due to the convenience of using timber for the frame and sheathing, which has a length of 2 or 3 m. Knowing the number of people for whom the building is intended, as well as determining the place of construction, you must choose one of the standard sizes.
Having opted for an area of 16 sq. m and size 4×4 m, we need the following amount of timber for the frame and sheathing:
- longitudinal frame beams with a section of 150×150 mm and a length of 2 m – 30 pcs.;
- vertical supports with a section of 150×150 mm and a length of 3 m – 12 pcs.;
- floor logs with a section of 150×70 mm and a length of 2 m – 8 pcs.;
- roof rafters with a section of 150×70 mm and a length of 3 m – 10 pcs.;
- supporting racks with a section of 70×30 mm and a length of 2 m – 4 pcs.
The size of the gable roof is slightly larger than the area of the gazebo, so you need to calculate with a margin. One of the halves will have a size of 3×4,5 m (13,5 sq. m), and the entire area will be 27 sq. m. m.
The next stage of the calculation is the walls. Usually partitions are sewn up to a height of 1 m. It is necessary to calculate the perimeter and subtract from it the length allotted for the front door. For a gazebo measuring 4×4 m, the area of u15buXNUMXbsheathed wall surfaces will be XNUMX square meters. m. This is for a semi-open structure, all the walls of which will be sewn up to the level of the window. If one or two walls need to be completely sheathed, then the calculation of the finishing material will have to be adjusted.
The last thing you need to calculate is the amount of material for floor sheathing. This is the simplest calculation. The area of the gazebo is 16 square meters. m. Accordingly, the amount of finishing material for the floor and ceiling will have the same value.
Before installing the gazebo, you will need to build a foundation. It will have a columnar or ribbon view. The cost of materials for the manufacture of the foundation must also be taken into account in the full calculation of the building.
Barbecue projects
Installing any small or bulky stove equipment in the gazebo will affect the comfort of people who are in the middle. For an ordinary barbecue, up to 5 square meters are allocated. m, and if there is a need for a serious furnace complex – up to 10 sq. m. To eliminate the expected crampedness of the building, the possibility of installing a furnace must be considered before construction begins and the size must be adjusted depending on the equipment that will be installed.
When installing a large furnace complex, it is necessary to change the design of the foundation and think over the device of the chimney. All this will affect the amount of materials used.
The correct calculation of the size of the gazebo will allow you to spend days and evenings in a cozy, relaxed atmosphere. The comfortable location of the owners and guests of the building will bring the necessary positive to the organization of summer holidays.