Many people develop the idea of building their house on their own and often they make numerous mistakes. The most important mistake is in laying the foundation, which lead to varying degrees of damage to the foundation and walls of the house. These errors can be systematized as: 
Insidious defect in the basement, and uneven subsidence. To eliminate this phenomenon, it is necessary to perform a detailed calculation of the planned distribution of the load on the foundation. Do not forget to take into account the load on the foundation with the superstructure of the second level of the house (for example, the construction of the attic); The use of low-quality material – the brand of cement, sand that contains admixture of clay, etc. Or material, such as cement, has a long shelf life (it should be recalled that six months when stored his mark is reduced by 25%, and during storage a year or more by 35-50%);

Not correctly evaluated bearing properties of the soil.
Avoiding these mistakes will help properly execute project specialists and by constant monitoring of the construction by you or by an independent expert.
 

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