The idea to locate in the village attracts many. In rural zone it is difficult to buy new system therefore the first, than the immigrant should be engaged, this restoration of the house. Brick it will be or wooden, it is unimportant: it will be necessary to begin with construction survey.
To avoid many troubles in cold season, the old house needs to begin to be repaired from check of operability of its heating system. It is important to reveal foundation defects in time and to eliminate them. Then start repair of roof.
How to reveal foundation defects?
Foundation of the house can be executed from concrete tape, brick, concrete columns. At survey it is necessary to pay attention to integrity of design. If construction has sunk in one of corners, so it is necessary to begin repair of the base exactly from here. For this purpose it will be required to get jack under the lower binding of the house and to raise it. If the basis is speckled by deep cracks, perhaps, its elevated part should be rebuilt or strengthened concrete holders.
To find out, the base is how reliable, it is necessary to take an interest at neighbors how in this area underground waters deeply lie. If they approach close the surface of the soil, and the former host has not found time to make wall drainage, after repair of the basis of construction it will be required to mount the system of drainage system from base walls. It will save it from further destruction owing to excess of moisture.
The second step — survey and repair of roof
First of all it is necessary to evaluate visually, how completely finishing covering of roof. As the house old, bore it is worth expecting that it will be made of modern materials: metal tile or professional flooring. Most likely, in its device sheet slate will be used. This finishing material is not so reliable faultlessly to serve decades. Therefore it should be changed in whole or in part. Under top layer of roof usually there is waterproofing material. In most cases it is roofing material. It is necessary to consider that it is inclined to drying and cracking. Therefore the rain water getting through gaps in old slate does not flow down on the water-repellent plane to eaves, and gets in roof, to rafters. Leakages which it is possible to learn about localization during heavy rain are so formed. One more important point — survey and check of functioning of heating system of the house. If it is the wood-fired furnace, it is necessary to kindle and look at it, the draft whether smoke comes to internal rooms as air in the house quickly heats up is how good. Timely repair of the furnace will allow to avoid many problems which can arise with approach of the cold period of year.