In recent years, summer houses from timber are in unprecedented demand. They are built willingly and often, because it is simple and profitable, and suburban housing turns out to be warm and comfortable. The choice of cost and configuration is very diverse, so it is easy to dwell on the project most satisfying the customer: it can be a small country house or a large structure, but in any case they can be operated year-round.
The original projects of summer houses from timber will be of interest to both customers who prefer environmentally friendly housing and contractors who are passionate about new technologies for quick construction.
Wooden beam - a natural material for a fabulous home
Once, to maintain the evenness of wooden walls, builders used round trimming, and now the log is subjected to more radical processing using modern finishing tools.
From the point of view of economy, the construction of country houses from timber can be considered the most profitable. This technology is used not only for the construction of low-rise residential buildings and country houses, but also for wooden bathhouses and other light structures. Universal lumber allows at the last stage of the work to perform neat wall decoration with siding, clapboard, blockhouse. Choose the cottages you like from the timber, photos of which are also in our article, and high-class specialists will come to your aid and help to make your dream a reality!
Construction technology
For the production of planed profiled, glued beams and round logs, dried floor and cladding boards, tree species such as spruce and pine are used.
The named types of timber are manufactured under industrial conditions. This building material goes through a full cycle of processing on high-precision machines, leaving the workshops with marked structural elements, ready for installation work on the construction of the building. Wall timber is available in various sections and diameters. In other words, it is brought to the construction site and collected. The result - summer houses from timber are mounted quickly and easily, like a children's toy constructor.
With a standard material length of 6 meters, an un planed beam is obtained from 100x150 mm to 200x200 mm, the diameter of the profiled beam varies from 90x140 to 140x140 mm.
Standard equipment of a country house
The construction of country houses from timber in a standard configuration involves:
- columnar foundation;
- transportation and installation of the finished timber frame;
- installation and decoration of roofing elements with high quality materials;
- flooring of the layers of the rough and finish flooring;
- design laying of thermal insulation;
- installation of doors, windows, stairs (with several floors) and interior partitions.
Phased construction
Before starting the construction of wooden housing, the most suitable projects of country houses from a bar are selected. Customers can do this on their own, using online resources or relying on their own taste and imagination. And you can resort to the help of professional designers and builders, who, having got acquainted more closely with the conditions of the construction site and other nuances, will offer optimal building options.
When summer houses from a bar are designed, the customer should be aware that after the first stage (erection of the frame) at least six months must pass before it can proceed to the second stage - finishing work; this is required in order to give the tree time for natural shrinkage.
When erecting the frame, work is carried out on the zero cycle, the outer and inner walls are installed, the roof is mounted. These include the following activities:
- laying the foundation, the first crown, floor beams, the rough floor;
- installation of a house box and roof beams ;
- roof assembly;
- on the zero cycle, the foundation is laid and the lower strapping is carried out.
The foundation is usually shallow: tape or columnar. At this stage, the cost of the foundation is low, it will depend not on the type of building, but on the characteristics of the soil under the base.
Next is the lower harness, laying logs, installing a sub floor. Then comes the thermal insulation work, moisture protection device, sheet pile flooring.
Timber Box Construction
The construction of the timber box begins with the assembly of the walls of the first floor. Then, the device of internal interior partitions and interventional warming continue. Country houses from profiled timber have tight joints due to the use of the connection of wooden elements by the “dovetail” method, in which the timber does not deform as it dries.
The next step is laid ceiling beams and rafters, the roof is hemmed with lining and insulated. If there is a second floor, internal partitions can be placed at the beginning of the finishing work of the first floor.
To accelerate the shrinkage of the tree, the box is made ventilated in those places where the project provides doors and windows.
The end of the first phase of construction
The last work of the first stage is the erection of the roof. To do this, put a crate, put moisture insulation, hem the cornices and lay the roofing material. As a starting roof we offer galvanized corrugated sheet, but at the request of the builder, we cover with other material. The choice of insulation and insulation is negotiated at the time of conclusion of the contract.
The second stage - finishing work
After 6 months, when the shrinkage of the timber ends, it is necessary to carry out the laying of utilities, after which it is possible to lay floors, install window glass blocks and doors. Finishing methods and exterior design of the house are chosen by the customer.
Profiled timber houses - prefabricated construction
One-story summer houses from profiled timber are becoming increasingly popular due to the comfort of wooden housing and the cost-effectiveness of construction. It is not for nothing that experts call the wooden beam the building material of the new generation. Indeed, in contrast to planed lumber, it uses a spike-groove system, which allows for the construction of a house in the shortest possible time.
Technology benefits
Of course, the construction processes are quite laborious and require compliance with technological rules and building codes. However, the obvious advantages of low-cost projects of wooden structures, which include cottages from timber, are very attractive to customers:
- Heat saving. A timber house perfectly retains heat due to the low thermal conductivity of the wood material.
- Environmental friendliness. Natural material in the construction of housing is the key to the health and safety of the owners.
- Profitability. Wooden structures, including summer houses from glued beams, during construction will save money on consumables and various types of work.
Obviously, whatever project you prefer, everything will be completed in a short time, better and cheaper than if brick, cinder block or any other non-natural material is used for the construction. And in the end, you will get your own environmentally friendly house from the "breathing" material, which will be much cheaper compared to acquiring an apartment even in the secondary market.
A wooden house made of neatly laid timber looks natural, cozy and attractive. You can leave the lumber with its natural beauty, just by applying several layers of special protective compounds to all its surfaces. And then in fact your country house will look like a fabulous! It will be pleasant for guests to enter, and living in such a house will undoubtedly appeal to all households.