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Houses on metal frame. Houses made of metal frame - fast, inexpensive and comfortable

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Frame construction It is a relatively new direction in the Russian market. The rapid construction of the carcass of the house from the profile pipe or wooden beams makes the popular housing construction technology and the architectural forms of small size.

The profile tube has its own advantages and features of the application, and the structural type structures have many advantages.

Brief information about frame construction

In the first stages of development, metal framework was used only in the construction of industrial buildings. A workshops, warehouses and hangars were erected on the frames from the profile pipe or schwellor.

In the process of the evolution of technology, it became possible to use a framework from Profiterba for the construction of the following objects:

  • Residential premises of small floors (no more than 3 floors are allowed).
  • Cottages.
  • Buildings for commercial use (shop, cafe, gas station, office room).
  • Public buildings.


The main advantages of houses on a metal frame

Technology construction of houses based on metal frames is used worldwide. Such technology has been the greatest distribution in the USA, Japan and Western Europe. Residential buildings of these countries erected by frame technology, occupy an average of about 60%, and such construction continues to grow.

Frame houses have the following advantages:

  • Low cost. Compared to buildings, with the construction of which the traditional technology was used, frame houses do not require high costs. However, it is worth remembering that the frame of wooden beams will cost cheaper than a similar design from the profile pipe. Also cost metal elements For a frame depends on the pipe cross section.
  • Fast erection. Residential buildings using frame technology are raised faster than with traditional construction. Using the profile pipe as the main material for the frame, it is possible to reduce the lifetime period several times.
  • The elimination of wet processes. The frame of the house from the profile pipe allows you to build houses round year in any weather. The exception is only the arrangement of the foundation.
  • No shrinkage. Frame houses do not require time for shrinkage in no construction processes or during the operation of the building.
  • Low labor costs. You can build the frame of the house from the profile pipe with your own hands. For the construction of a house on the framework technology, you will need the services of just a few assistants. It is possible to fulfill the main construction of the house for one month. Only finishing inside the house will remain. At the same time, traditional construction under such conditions is simply impossible.

Along with many positive characteristics frame structures There are disadvantages. The main minus technology on which the house is erected from the corner of the pipe can be called complex design. In order to correctly calculate the load on the profile pipe at a certain place of the house, you will need a professional assistance. Only he can accurately calculate the weight that can withstand profile tubes.


It is also difficult to choose the secession and the thickness of the material and calculate the size of the profile pipe. It is worth considering that the calculation of wooden beams is much easier.

It is impossible not to say about the problems with thermal insulation. Being a kind of cold bridge, a metal frame requires better warming. And this inevitably leads to additional costs.

Metal frame technology

The seeming simplicity of the house on the metallic frame is just an illusion. In fact, the design of such buildings is quite complicated. Its main elements can be called:

  • Base at home. You can use lightweight types of foundation, but it is impossible to neglect this part. The basis is not required for transported buildings to which greenhouses or greenhouses can be attributed. In this case, the calculation of the profile pipe is carried out with the appropriate adjustments.
  • Metal carcass. For the construction of this part of the building, a profile pipe is suitable, having a square section 10 * 10 cm or 6 * 6 cm. Determine needed dimensions Pipes can be using the profile pipe calculator by taking the size of the house under construction.
  • Wall sheat inside. Optimal option for interior decoration is a tipped board with a width of 4-6 cm from coniferous trees. The material must necessarily take the treatment with antiseptic compositions and solutions that prevent fire.
  • Draft floor and his finish. Lags are styled from a similar profile tube, on top of them stacked the rough floor of the boards and covered with any profile coating.
  • Insulation. The most popular material for the insulation of the frame house is extruded polystyrene foam 6-10 cm thick. For additional insulation of the frame from the profile pipe, the foaming strips can be used.
  • Finishing of the external parts of the house. For execution finishing work Outside the structure can be used facade plaster or siding. With a sufficient budget, construction does not exclude the possibility of finishing the house with natural wood.
  • Roof. The roof frame of their profile pipe can be erected as a separate design or as one of the framework elements. Depending on the roofing material and the roofing corner of the roofing rafters, the pipe parameters are calculated. The easier roofing material And more the angle between the rafters, the more current pipe can be used.

Stages of construction of a skeleton house

Houses from the profile pipe with their own hands are erected in a specific sequence:

  • Foundation. For the construction of frame houses, you can use a capital concrete base, as well as non-vacant, for example, on screw piles. At home on the second form of the base can be transported, as they are transported.
  • Montage Karcasa. At this stage, the use of finished factory production frameworks is allowed. To build such frames, no welding is required, all elements are connected using screws. The independent construction of the frame from the profile tube is not excluded. At the same time, it is important not only to monitor mutual location Elements, but also monitor the quality of the compounds. These places are considered the most weak place When erecting frame houses from the profile pipe. Installation work must be performed in the bottom upward direction. At the same time, racks and columns are first installed, for the connection of which horizontal elements from smaller tubes are used. To strengthen vertical elements, separations are used.
  • Installation of roof. The roofing part is mounted at the last stage of the main construction. At the same time, builders brigade can be divided into two parts: one is engaged in the roof, the other moves to insulation and finishing.
  • After the end of work on the installation of the frame, you can proceed to the interior decoration.


According to experts in the field of architecture, metal frame technologies will take a leading position in the future. This means that the construction of a skeleton house from the profile pipe with their own hands allows you to get certain skills that can be useful not only for personal purposes, but also as an additional specialty.

Our company "LSTKSTROYGRUP" offers to your attention ready-made projects based on the frame from LSTK. If you are not ready to independently develop and think over a fully future building, you can get acquainted with our suggestions and buy something from us ready projects. This may be the structure of large or small sizes, which is based on a metal frame of the Galvanized LPC thermopropyl (light steel thin-walled structures) and finishing quality materialssuitable in one or another situation.

First of all, we always focus on the wishes of our client, so if necessary, can recommend any option for a residential building for purchase. The basis for our recommendation will, of course, supplied by the customer the conditions. If you are sure that you cannot pick up any of the options presented on our site, we suggest to leave a request for our designers.

Thanks to the experience of our specialists, according to your application, create individual project Fast-based building ( a private house, industrial building), as well as produce metal frames from thermophile. It is also possible a full cycle of construction from the design of a quick-scale building to the turnkey "turnkey".

Catalog of prefabricated houses

When building a residential building, we suggest immediately think about other buildings - such as a garage and a bath.

Garage 6x4 m. Double Roof Type 3 Garage 6x4 m. Single Roof Type 2 Garage for 3 cars - 60 sq.m. Garage 6x4 m. Single Roof Type 1
Bath - 29 sq.m. Bath - 36 sq.m. (6x6)

Production of prefabricated houses

Not everyone wants to buy a project, which was most likely already installed anywhere else. This is especially true for residential country houses. If you do not want to buy residential buildings presented in our catalog, we can offer you to contact our designers. Based on the LSTK, they will be able to construct a frame for you, which will continue to be a full-fledged country house.

What will be the features of our offer? Our specialists work qualitatively and always take into account the main wishes of customers. We do not present possible operation For any other conditions. It is customer-oriented that allows us to create excellent residential buildings. Each element has been worked in them so that no inconsistencies occur in the construction and construction process.

Therefore, referring to our planners, you can count on successful production and completion of construction. Adequate recommendations on use building materials Inside the frame from the LSTK will provide you with a durable structure. However, you can count on durability and when choosing our typical finished buildings. LSTKSTROYGRUP company guarantees you their quality, independently checking each framework for compliance with all standards and rules. You no longer have to search where you can order a finished building or layout of the next building for the desired parameters. Our company will provide you with everything you need for pleasant life In the country (or urban) terrain.

Our specialists S. as soon as possible will provide you with structures made of light steel thin-walled structures, report required materials and components on your facility. Only a worked project can cope with any task assigned to him, and our company will do everything to ensure that your object is the result of this project.

Advantages of prefabricated houses

Frameless build-up houses built using modern LSTK technology (light steel thin-walled structures) have a number of undeniable advantages:

Minor weight

In mind the minor weight of the enclosing structures ( outer walls) Do not require costs for enhanced foundations. Such structures without fear can be mounted on burbilling, screw piles Not afraid of shrinkage and "swelling" of soil. The distance between the soil and floor partition of the house can be used to store the garden inventory, building materials are not subject to temperature changes, etc. Also enough finely breeded foundation with painter.

Building time

The speed of construction is significantly reduced, due to the absence of lifting equipment on the construction site (during the construction of private houses). Metal frame of a quick-scale building up to 150 square meters Gather as a brigade of experienced specialists in the number of 2 people, and not experienced specialists in the number of three people, a maximum of seven days. It is first necessary to learn the project of the KM stage (it is the main instruction for assembling the metal frame from thermopropil), which will not take much time.

Ensuction of narrow-controlled specialists

During the construction of prefabricated buildings, there are no work of such specialties as: bricklayers, carpenters (for erection rafter system) etc. Metal frame is delivered directly from the factory, all thermopils have a proper size in accordance with the project and do not require "fitting" at the place.

Cost of construction

Prices for prefruitable buildings (metal frame) are much lower than other technologies. Many argue that wood frame is cheaper. When delivering to the construction of lumber - yes, cheaper. But when the customer begins to hire experienced specialists for the assembly, he understands that it is not at all cheap. It is required to keep the material into the appropriate size, purchase metal corners for complex load-carrier nodes. With this, the consumption of funds begins. Few people paying attention to the right antiseptation of wooden frames. According to construction standards, antiseptication is required every three years, and this is an additional consumption of funds for the purchase of appropriate products and payment of labor.

These are just a few examples of the fact that the construction of prefabricated houses with the use of modern LSTK technology is less labor today and will allow you to save a significant amount of money. You can learn about the rest of the benefits of houses on the basis of metal frame from a galvanized profile by calling the specialists of the company LSTKSTROYGRUP or sending your questions to the company's email.

Stages of building fast houses

  • Laying the foundation.
  • Assembly of metal frame.
  • Arrangement of engineering systems.
  • Finishing.

You can see detailed information on all stages of construction.

If you did not find the desired structure or the desired design on our website, you can send an application and our designers will call as soon as possible.

The span is 3 meters, consists of a pipe 50x50 3 mm wall and a rigidly screwed bar 50x150. According to all the calculations, one such pipe gives a deflection of 1 cm with a load of a kilogram 150 on its middle (confirmed by an experimental way), but at the same time it will collapse. A separate wooden beam 50x150 adds rigidity, something about 200 kg load with a good stock. And then there is a sandwich .. the beams after 50 cm go. According to them, the shell of boards 30, laid with the slits of 1 cm, screwed the OPP plate from above. If you jump on the 2nd floor - on 1 it does not feel anything)

P.S. There are simply 2 bedrooms, 200 kg fireplaces were not envisaged.

Tell me what is the logic of the use of metal? It goes expensive, with the bridges of the cold somehow it will be necessary to decide, then in the fire it is not clear how the metal will behave when heated

i agree, expensive. If you compare with a tree simply as a material.
Now a little reflection:

The pipe costs about 80 p / meter, 240 meters of pipe 50x50 and about 150 meters of pipe 20x40 went to the frame. The total cost was about 60 thousand rubles, it is 2 tons of metal.
For work on cutting-welding, I gave about 40 thousand rubles, along with the terrace (it is also welded). If it was built from a tree - it would have turned out the material for 25-30 thousand rubles and for the work of the crowds of carpenters (we only have crowds !! It was 50-60 thousand rubles per 2nd floor and about 20 thousand rubles. conducted our survey craftsmen. Cited to the conclusion that I don't need it for so much

Cold bridges will not, because the frame is double. internal, power, out of 50x50 pipes. Outside the external, out of 20x40, for the entire height of the house, so that it is then to trim it all outside.
The whole chip is that the inner frame does not have a way out, it is in the process of insulation with foam plastic turns out inside foam sheets. Very convenient by the way, the foam of 5 cm too.

The outer frame does not have contact with the indoor room, separated from the inner "cell" distance of 5 cm (2 pipes were welded horizontally outside, for each of the walls). Ie condensate is not foreseen.

She is covered with C-8 proflines, horizontally, white color.

The advantages of the metal: I as an engineer engineer without any problems calculated the load, one rack 50x50 calmly holds 2 tons of axial load. And my whole design weighs 2 tons ... without finishing and insulation, of course. Racks stand 1 meter, there is a margin of safety
Again, able to estimate the quality of the weld. What could not do for wooden designwhich our "craftsmen" stands only to turn away tormented to gather on nails driven by

Sacm, the main thing - a tree that is sold at the bases - natural humidity. Those frankly raw. What will happen to him in a year. When will dry? In such a number of neighbors, all this was believed that it was not even considered for himself.

As for the fire, the whole joke is that there is nothing to burn in such a house. In the ceiling over the foam placed rocular, it burns badly. The beams themselves even being untreated no risk represent.
The house is at the bottom of gas-silicate, plastered outside cement, inside - rotband, plaster. I plan to paint. Heater 2 floors, wall foam, when heated, melts more than burning. Instantly turning into a small amount of black bubble plasemashary, so everything is fine.

By the way, the iron house was planned precisely because of the fact that in the fire of the neighbor, the trim from the professional leaf will not suffer since siding, for example. And attaching a professional is naturally more convenient to the metal. and coefficient. Extensions are the same, bubbles will never go ...

As for the geometry - I like the houses of the rectangular shape, I flew almost a cube, with a side of 6 m. It looked magnificent while stood without windows
The roof is double, the height of the attic - 1 meter of the skate. For the roof, a farm was made on Earth, a triangle with sides of 6 m, 3.2 meters, 3.2 meters (approximately) and a height of 1 meter were produced. with a central stand. After that, completely burned on the upper perimeter and welded above the racks. Stiffness is more than sufficient.

It turns out. And the calculations of strength were carried out - or "on the eye" do? And how long does it take to prepare / welding design? Yes, here - and you a professional welder or only when building started cooking? I also thought about such an approach - but I can't cook Alas (. What device is welding?

dealting the strength was made for overlap, the beam step, length, pipe wall thickness, pipe profile were taken into account. So that it is convenient to boil, chose the same profile for vertical and horizontal parts of the frame, but the overlap is enhanced. wooden beams. They are made for the thickness of the overlap, later they were screwed with screws to them from the bottom of the board with a step of 50 cm, 25x150 which, and the insulation was laid. Total thickness of 20 cm.
The formulas for calculating the beams in the network set, the calculations were confirmed by experimentally.

On the welding of the entire design of the 2nd floor, _4 days left. Two participated - the welder sold with me from the construction base (in Russian spoke with difficulty, but it was the impression that with the electrode in his hands he was born already the benefit is not fantastic.

The most important thing when welding such a design - the details must be docked so that the seam can not work for stretching. For example, to the vertical stand welded the pipe should be on top, putting it on the end of the rack. so calmer

You can only cook together. One thing all holds-gives-makes current more / less and TP, relevant with an electrode. The welding time of one joint of two pipes (about 20 cm of the seam, in 2 nodes) - about 3-5 minutes.

Frame house From metal products - it is a more reliable and robust design. Such buildings will have a high level of sound and thermal insulation. It is worth noting that metal products came to replace wood, having a number of disadvantages, among which exposure to atmospheric precipitation and rotting processes. In our article, we will consider the features of the profile from the metal in more detail, and how to make it yourself.

Advantages of construction from methockrofil

If using a galvanized type metal, then due to its special design, you can increase the level of thermal and sound insulation of the frame. Plus, such advantages should be noted:

  • Such structures have a small mass, and at the same time a high level of strength;
  • Have stability to any level of dynamic load, which allows you to build buildings with high reliability and durability even in seismic regions;
  • Resistance to the effects of fire, which reduces the risk of fires;
  • Materials for manufacture have excellent environmentally friendly indicators;
  • Affordable pricing policy;
  • The possibility of variable design of construction;
  • Construction work is rational at any time of the year.

The use of a metal profile will speed up the building process by reducing the financial costs of work. This option is ideal for you if you are looking for a practical and economical framework for the frame.

Features of a metal device

The main part of the metal framework can be considered a transverse frame formed by columns and rapid farms. These products are connected to the base of the building. Load volume is distributed to support points. The main amount of pressure comes precisely on the first element. The mass of all elements, the load from the wind and precipitation of the atmosphere affect the column.

Attention! The amount of the resulting load from the coating and fasteners between the colonoms is transported to devices of rafting farms having a structure in the form of a lattice.

Frame houses made of metal profile include such elements:

  • Beams with a steady or unstable type of section, which at the expense of their sizes allow you to increase the span of the building.
  • Frame racks that increase the stability of the structure.
  • Special riggers, creating carrier points, in the form of lines, and compounds of columns and supports into a single mechanism. In practice, they are very often used to increase the size of the span, as well as the height of the ceiling in the building.
  • Beam elements with different types of sections. Mounted usually to enhance stiffness and the level of supporting ability to build.
  • Connected components between connecting particles of metal structures.
  • Ramo to communicate roofs and wall systems attached to the framework of the structure. They perceive the level of the load that the structure from wind and atmospheric precipitation receives.
  • Bookmark details that weld the details together.
  • Hardware or fastening elements.
  • Interprictral spans in the form of arcs called arches.

Attention! Create spatial rigidity of a metal frame from metal products with your own hands using the creation of a system from the frames, columns and farms.

Frames from frames and farms

The frame of the house from the profile pipe can be created by a frame and fader design. The first type is characterized by the presence of fresh steel beams, which are binding to the corners, forming a frame. In such a system, the frame is installed from vertically placed supporting racks, and horizontally supplied rhegielels. Such a device takes a load from the overlap of the building.

Frame house Metal frame, which is made from the beams of farms, consists of steel rods forming the shape of the triangle. Such a system is formed using half-timbered panels or fields. Such fields form farms that perform the function of the roof of the base. They are attached to the racks of steel with welding machine or bolts.

Important details in construction

The disadvantage of the metal house is the need for additional thermal and steam insulation. In this case, insulation needs to make insulation not only a frame design, but also walls inside the construction. This action will help to overlap the cold bridges.

At this stage of work, it is better to use modern materials, such as mineral Wat or foam. Such means can provide an optimal temperature level that allows you to maintain comfort in the room.

Frame house made of profile pipe

When creating a house with a frame design, it is best to take advantage of profile pipe. At first sight mounting work We will seem light, but this design has a complicated scheme. The first thing you need to consider is the need for the foundation under the building.

Attention! The frame house can be erected without a foundation, but this option is rational to use if in the future the construction will be transported to another locality. Such buildings can be greenhouses or greenhouses.

Frame elements are created in this way:

  • Pipes should be cut so to get a piece of the desired length for installation work;
  • Then proceed to bending the product. It is necessary to achieve an arcuate form, which must comply with early calculations. You can perform the task with manual pipe-bending or order services in a specialized company.
  • After, all design elements are connected to a single system with a welding machine.

For decorative decoration Exterior can use siding or special plaster. If you allow income to you, then the facade can be separated by natural types of wood. Here, we reviewed the features of the frame home made of metal. Such a building option has optimal strength and quality.

"What will not come up with!" - Perhaps this is the first idea of \u200b\u200bmost readers who first encountered such a concept as frame houses from metal products. The use of metal as supporting structures seems a rather strange solution, but do not rush with the conclusions - to study all sides of the question.

Houses made of metal - is there experience?

Metal products are used as supporting structures for a very long time, numerous shopping centers, skyscrapers - bright examples. True, used in the construction of such major technology objects and materials at all do not justify themselves in private house-building - metal products are very heavy, cumbersome, for connecting individual elements We use special technologies for welding and riveting, do it yourself such a house to build.

Everything changed when light steel thin-walled structures were invented - further the LSTK. For such structures, only thin steel sheets formed in the Z-shaped profile with through grooves or perforations that should be delayed cold are suitable for such designs. This type of LSTK is also called a thermoprophile, and if we talk about private construction, it is desirable only to apply it.

Of course, whatever tricks were invented by manufacturers, the metal remains material with high thermal conductivity. This fact is in most cases and scares people who come through the options for frame houses. The problem solves high-quality thermal insulation, which is a multi-layer pie. Calculation of insulation, only specialists with extensive experience should be determined by the dew point, otherwise you risk getting many problems when operating at home.

The second point that scares consumers is metal corrosion. Without going into the details of chemical reactions, we all know that metal rust, including steel. Rust formation directly affects the strength of the construction of metal, in our case - on the strength of the "skeleton" at home. Such a problem was solved by the help of electroplating with a hot way, thanks to which metal structures are obtained by a protective sheath with a thickness of 20 microns. With proper installation and provision reliable protection From moisture she is able to extend the life of metal up to 100 years!

Benefits of a metal frame - a tree is resting?

Metal frame houses - technology that is unlikely to push the tree from. Maximum that they are prepared in parallel. And it is completely justified - that metallic is that wooden frames There are shortcomings and advantages. Perhaps it is in this comparison that it is best to consider metal frame houses - what are they better and worse than wooden?

Metal, as mentioned above, has a high thermal conductivity - a tree in this regard is much better, it in itself is a heat insulating material, participating in general scheme Warming at home. There is no hope in the framework of the framework on the frame - all challenges on thermal protection lie on the insulation and the trim.

In full wooden house, built with your own hands, live more comfortable. The tree breathes, filling the air with aromas. However, this living material has a lot of enemies - wood bugs, moisture, fungus. Of course, today there are many ways to protect your own hands from all these factors, but this is poured into large costs. Metal these enemies are not terrible, except, except, moisture, although the processes in both cases will proceed with different speeds in favor of the metal.

True, there is another side of the question - in modern house too much household appliancesthat affect the frame, magnetizing it. This may affect the well-being of particularly sensitive tenants. Low weight LSTK (up to 50 kg per m 2) allows you to build a house with your own hands on the very easy foundation. Even on bunched soils that do not allow the use of bewitled foundations, you can build a large spacious home. Metal frame is deprived of such flaws of wood, like a drying and shrinkage.

Elements mounting accuracy metal carcass always on the top. Due to this, time saves, workforce and, as a result, finance - construction from LSTK is cheaper. Cheaper and cost elements themselves.

Disadvantages of metal frame - warned, then armed!

Oddly enough, but the metal frame during a fire behaves much worse than a wooden one. Do not think that using metal in construction, you will protect yourself more than in the case of wooden timber - Fires in most cases begin on the outside (s) or inside the house (malfunction of household appliances), where there are quite a few materials that will light up and burned - furniture, things, finishing.

The main thing is that during the fire all residents can successfully evacuate - the more time they will have before the collapse of the house, the higher the chances! So, the metal frame significantly reduces the time of evacuation - at high temperatures, the skeleton of the house loses the rigidity, which is why the house is folded over the helix, falls, throws. The tree in the process of burning significantly holds the house from destruction - the bar is charred, but inside the form.

Another disadvantage that is found almost immediately in the process of design and operation - difficulties in the installation of built-in furniture and appliances. By default, there is no hard reliable base in the metal frame, to which it would be possible to mount the shelves with their own hands, or installed on top of massive cabinets and penalties. So builders together with the owners of the house must define the places in advance that will need to strengthen additional profiles and platforms from the board.

The bearing capacity of the LSTK significantly limits the floors and the use of heavy building materials. You can not use heavy ceramic tiles, install a fireplace on the upper floors. In the latter case, it is generally difficult to combine steel profiles with structural materials (brick, cement).

An important moment is the protection of the construction of the house from industrial currents and atmospheric discharges. Metallic profiles are excellent electricity conductors, and therefore may be dangerous for the inhabitants of the house. This problem solves the system of equalizing potentials, the calculation and installation of which - the lot of professionals.

Installation of LSTK - Collect the designer!

The construction of the house from the LSTK is really similar to the assembly of the designer for children. The project of the future house is created before installation - all the little things are thought out in the project, up to where the furniture and appliances. It is very desirable that, in addition to the drawing, a 3D project of the house was developed - so the customer will see the house.

After registration of project documentation, the drawings are transferred to the production line. The framework details are made separately, numbered, are packaged and sent to the construction site. Finished profiles already have holes for fasteners and engineering communications. Connecting elements also go in the complex.

Thermoprofil is more difficult - in most cases, builders are offered ready-made sizes and forms that should be taken into account when designing. It is best not to change the existing length, nothing to cut and not shock. In any case, each detail is packaged and marked, according to the drawings of the project of the house. Builders do not have to select details - you only need to fasten the profiles with your own hands, according to the labeling of individual parts. This approach significantly accelerates the construction process.

The construction of LSTK raises more and more interest among modern consumers, thanks to one important dignity - the possibility of free planning. Light farms make it possible to create spans up to 14 meters long without additional elements responsible for support. Rooms inside the house are obtained very spacious, free, filled with air.

It should be remembered that the larger the room, the more difficult it will be heated, respectively, the better the walls should be insulated with their own hands. The non-combustible mineral wool slabs, as well as the moisture-resistant polystyrene foam, eco-artist, is best proven. Ltk though not too friends with other structural materials, but it is easy to finish, whether it is a block house, imitating rounded log, or porcelain stoneware, which will give the building a form of a thorough structure.