If you have a private house, then in a par to know about such a useful thing as a cellar. Is it too early, whether it is too late, but the question of the place of storage of various food preparations, vegetables, fruits and so on will be in front of you, so you should think about the cellar in advance.
Before proceeding directly to the construction of the cellar, first you should study the relief of the site, find out the structure and depth of freezing of the soil, and also find out at what level soil waters lie.
Digging in the summer, at this time groundwater reaches their minimum mark. In order to make it more convenient to perform waterproofing and concrete work in the future, the foundation pit should be dug 60 centimeters deeper and wider than the estimated size of the cellar. The walls of the cellar should be made monolithic from high-quality concrete (we take one shovel of cement M-500 on two sandbatches of sand) 25-35 centimeters thick. For greater strength, do not forget to put concrete or metal rods or reinforcement.
Make a couple of 10×10 centimeters ventilation pipes in the cellar, they should be placed on the opposite walls. Place a pipe, place under the very ceiling, and the second, supply – at an altitude of 40 centimeters from the floor, it should go out at the same height as the first. Possible a forced ventilation device, for which you should use the fan by placing it on an exhaust pipe.
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