Hello
We are renovating the storage shed. Today, the old one, which will be demolished, also functions as a retaining wall on one short side, with the ground level about 60cm above the floor level. The width of the outbuilding is 3.6m, and the ground slopes from the short side's 60cm down to below the floor level at about 2m. We will be building with a wooden frame and want a brick facade.
What is the most straightforward solution (for a storage shed) to use where the ground level will be above the floor level?
Here is a suggestion, green is the ground level
To build up with isoleca and then place the brick and the supporting wooden frame on it. Let a 45-70mm stud on the inside cover the leca and create a space for easy electrical installation. Have some type of drainage board on the outside of the leca.
Are there even smarter/easier solutions? As mentioned, there isn't much depth to the slope, and it's not a residential building with all the requirements for moisture and such. Anything that needs clarification to give better answers?
Regards,
Pär
We are renovating the storage shed. Today, the old one, which will be demolished, also functions as a retaining wall on one short side, with the ground level about 60cm above the floor level. The width of the outbuilding is 3.6m, and the ground slopes from the short side's 60cm down to below the floor level at about 2m. We will be building with a wooden frame and want a brick facade.
What is the most straightforward solution (for a storage shed) to use where the ground level will be above the floor level?
Here is a suggestion, green is the ground level
To build up with isoleca and then place the brick and the supporting wooden frame on it. Let a 45-70mm stud on the inside cover the leca and create a space for easy electrical installation. Have some type of drainage board on the outside of the leca.
Are there even smarter/easier solutions? As mentioned, there isn't much depth to the slope, and it's not a residential building with all the requirements for moisture and such. Anything that needs clarification to give better answers?
Regards,
Pär
Would have skipped the isodrän board and placed a Platon mat. Filled with something like 8-16 or similar closest 50cm from the shed. It's not that complicated, is it? A drainage pipe at the bottom, of course, so you get rid of the water.
If you want to make it simpler, it's probably best to skip the bricks and build everything with leca, or stick to wooden walls instead of the brick facade...
Since there are wooden walls and it's supposed to function as a storage space, it feels silly to build a solution that lets in a lot of moisture. Then the benefit of the space kind of disappears a lot.
If you want to make it simpler, it's probably best to skip the bricks and build everything with leca, or stick to wooden walls instead of the brick facade...
Since there are wooden walls and it's supposed to function as a storage space, it feels silly to build a solution that lets in a lot of moisture. Then the benefit of the space kind of disappears a lot.
Hi, thanks for your response!
You touch on the entirety where we have already weighed solid wood, just stone, etc. against each other. Also, getting rid of the water with a Platon mat or another solution is under control. If we have locked in the wood frame and brick as well as the necessary drainage on the outside, what is the best/easiest solution where the ground is above floor level, is the specific detail I'm pondering?
Other options I've considered are allowing the wood frame to go all the way down and just replacing the brick with 10cm leca below ground, or why not just use the ugliest bricks (recycled brick) below ground.
/Pär
You touch on the entirety where we have already weighed solid wood, just stone, etc. against each other. Also, getting rid of the water with a Platon mat or another solution is under control. If we have locked in the wood frame and brick as well as the necessary drainage on the outside, what is the best/easiest solution where the ground is above floor level, is the specific detail I'm pondering?
Other options I've considered are allowing the wood frame to go all the way down and just replacing the brick with 10cm leca below ground, or why not just use the ugliest bricks (recycled brick) below ground.
/Pär
Brick must be at least 30 cm above the ground, otherwise it will freeze and crack in a few years. The wooden frame should not go below ground level, as it has proven to be a construction that rots and molds in practice even though some claim it should not in theory.
If you are building a facade with recycled brick without holes, you should remember to use lime mortar. If you build traditional solid bricks with cement mortar, the stones will be frost damaged and fall apart until only the mortar remains.
If you are building a facade with recycled brick without holes, you should remember to use lime mortar. If you build traditional solid bricks with cement mortar, the stones will be frost damaged and fall apart until only the mortar remains.