Wood is the main material in the construction of country houses of a summer cottage type. The material is lively, easy to process, in a wooden house it is warm in winter and cool in summer. However, wood has several enemies from which it can seriously suffer. These are, first of all, fungal populations that live and breed on the damp, unpowered surface of the wooden structures of the house. Mushrooms infect wood and turn it into dust within three to four months. In such cases, urgent impregnation of wood from decay is required. The process of decaying wet wooden parts of the house is fleeting, and if it has begun, then it is already impossible to stop it.
Another dangerous enemy of wooden houses is wood-beetle beetles. Impregnation of
wood can also save them
. There are several species of
beetles , but the pests do one thing, they turn wood into powder. The principle of operation is the same for everyone: beetles gnaw through numerous winding passages in the thickness of logs, beams and boards. The tree is systematically, but inevitably attacked, and insects always win. Moreover, woodworms bite only into dry material, which is easy to grind. Thus, a
wet tree is rotten, and a dry
tree is destroyed by bark beetles. Is there a way out of this vicious circle?
It is necessary in time to prevent the invasion of mushrooms that cause decay, and the attacks of wood-beetle beetles, turning wood into sawdust. For this, wood is impregnated, but first the lumber should be dried. It is better to comprehensively process the material prepared for the construction of the house, and only then begin construction. We dry the wood, and then we impregnate it with special compounds that will create protection against decay and destroy insects.
There are two main types of drying: natural drying, in which boards and logs are laid out in piles under a canopy, calculated on blowing by the wind for two to three months. This method does not guarantee a complete absence of mushrooms, as the process is too long.
The second drying method consists in placing lumber in a special
drying chamber. For several days, forced heating up to 80 degrees with constant circulation of hot air is maintained in the chamber. As a result of such drying, the appearance of mushrooms is almost completely eliminated, and the materials remain dried for a long time. Now, for already conditioned lumber with a moisture content of 20 percent, wood is impregnated with antiseptics. There are a number of different antiseptics - these are water-soluble and oily preparations. The latter are unsuitable for use indoors and are purely industrial due to their high toxicity.
Therefore, the most affordable antiseptics for your lumber will be water-soluble. This is sodium fluoride or sodium silicofluoride. Both antiseptics have a powdery consistency and are used in a 4% solution. There is another drug with which wood impregnation can be made: BBK-3. It is characterized by a complete absence of toxicity and is highly soluble in water. All
antiseptic solutions can be successfully used for the surface treatment of lumber. Apply the antiseptic should be abundantly spraying the surface of the wood from a spray gun or smearing with a wide brush. It must be remembered that the more layers are applied, the more effective the effect of an antiseptic and the deeper the drug penetrates the thickness of the wood. Only deep impregnation of wood can protect your home from harmful insects and fungal mold.