Wooden timber - inexpensive and eco-friendly material for the construction of houses and baths, however, his property is to give shrinkage - implies some features in the construction process.
Shrinkage - decrease in the height of the walls due to drying wood. The degree of shrinkage depends on a number of reasons:
1. Type of timber:
• profiled (natural humidity) - 2-4 cm
• profiled (chamber drying) - no more2.5 cm
• glued - only 1.5 -2 cm
2. Season Building
• in the warm season for shrinkage required about a year
• in cold periods 6 months
3. Parameters of the used timber
4. Building Technology
5. The initial degree of log wet
6. Dimensions of the finished structure
7. Location Building
The construction of the house from the bar is better to entrust the professional, as the process of the construction of the walls has some specifics. It is important to firmly and high-quality a timber, having rubbing the ranks of interventory jute. The log house must be messenger (a large wooden hammer), its collection should be made on metal or wood brazing.
The builder must take care of the additional strengthening of window and doorways for the means of parting wooden bars to support the crowns. Clases of 2-3 cm should be left for technological shrinkage of gaps in the opening. Even the log cabin must be complemented by platbands. Taking into account all the features of the bar makes it possible to avoid such unpleasant consequences of the unaccounted shrinkage of the house, like skews of door and window openings, appearance of cracks in the floor.
Finishing the house until the end of the shrinkage is also fraught with a serious deformation of the materials used (Sidin, lining wallpaper, tile). When building a house with the forces of a construction company, all the above makes it preferable to build only a cut, and not the delivery of the house turnkey. You can start the finish of the house after the time allotted at the shrinkage of the house, pre-taking control measurements of wood moisture and control points of construction.
Building from a bar, whether it is a cottage, a country house or a bath, look beautiful and kindly. They are comfortable for living due to the ability of the tree to maintain the optimal level of humidity, natural heat and sound insulation properties.
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