Canadian houses: popularity, advantages and disadvantages

Everyone is now leaving noisy cities and going to villages and suburbs. Why? It is not noisy there, there is no soot and dirt, it is calm and good in nature. The main thing in such a move is the place where the person moves. No one will live comfortably in a dilapidated shack. We need a warm, durable home in which a person will be comfortable and cozy. Such houses are Canadian houses.

A Canadian house is a house built from so-called sandwich panels (or SIP panels). These panels are so named due to their layered structure. If you look at the panel from the side, you can see three layers, like a sandwich – first there is a layer of galvanized coating, then insulation, and again coating. SIP houses were developed in Canada, hence the second name – Canadian panels.

They are widespread in the United States, they are used to build private houses, offices, and the panels are suitable not only for the construction of one-story houses, but also for multi-story. In Russia, this building material took root, but did not spread, despite a decent number of advantages of this material.

Benefits of houses made of sandwich panels

The most important thing in construction is its speed. Canadian house won’t have to wait long. It builds very quickly due to its low weight. And also, you don’t need to waste time building a powerful foundation – SIP-panel houses are very light.

Such houses have a high fire safety. But it depends on the insulation that is used in the panel. If it is polystyrene foam, then it will need to be treated with special liquids so that it does not ignite, since polystyrene foam is a flammable material. Polyurethane foam burns just like polystyrene foam.

A significant plus of such houses is their durability. This, of course, is not the most important criterion, but it is still worth paying attention to. Also, such houses have the highest heat-insulating and sound-proofing indicators. With such a house you can forget about noisy neighbors once and for all!

Sandwich panels-environmentally friendly building materials. They are made of environmentally friendly materials. An even greater advantage can be considered resistance to biological effects – no insect eats SIP panels for food.

Cons of sandwich – panels

But this excellent building material has disadvantages? Unfortunately, there is:

– It is not recommended to install a house from SIP panels in winter, since ice can form at the joints, and this, in turn, can fraught with the construction of the house

– This material is short -lived. Only 50 years – its service life. If you do not care for the house, then the term is reduced.

– Large load is contraindicated in panels

– The frame of the house needs a special coating for protection, which leads to additional costs.

Sandwich panels are an excellent building material for building a durable house, which will serve for a very long time if it is properly careful for it. But, nevertheless, such material is not perfect, its main and fatal minus is the big price.