In Japan, the U.S., the EU, and Canada, a healthy lifestyle is a conscious need. People choose everything that is environmentally friendly. In our country, they prefer to live in houses made of brick. It is much more expensive, and not always environmentally friendly. But stereotypical thinking does not allow people to go beyond them. Each material has its advantages and disadvantages. Metal has corrosion, wood has warping. However, experts of the Wooden House Association claim that wood is less susceptible to the negative effects of the environment than other materials.
House of profiled bar can not be trimmed from the outside and inside. It will only need sanding and staining. Thanks to the profile, it does not require additional insulation between the wool. Good joist jointing eliminates rainwater ingress into the house. However, building a house of profiled beams does not allow to achieve the same accuracy of their connection, as glued beam, as beams of natural moisture continues to dry, and therefore deform. On their front surface appear the cracks, but these disadvantages are compensated by their low price. It is two times lower than that of glued beam.
1. FIRE SAFETY .
Myth that wood houses made of timber is easy to burn, and brick walls even after a fire easy to rebuild - is not grounded. A log house can be rebuilt after a fire just as easily as a brick house. Because today it is treated with flame retardants, in addition, it is more resistant to fire than reinforced concrete or metal. Indeed, wood does not resist fire as well as stone. But bricks also lose their properties after burning. And it becomes sensitive to moisture, winds and cold.
2. LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
The myth that heating a wooden house is expensive has no basis. Here you should just read the guidebook to make sure that the timber is an energy-efficient building material. A finished wood house has much lower fuel consumption than a brick or stone house. A timber house has low thermal conductivity and therefore warms up quickly and retains heat well. Sawn beam connected by dowels, with excellent insulation between them, allows you to keep warm in winter and cool in summer.
3. ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS
A log house is ecological due to the fact that only logs are used in construction. Wood is able to absorb harmful substances. It has a beneficial effect on human mental and physical health.
4. ECONOMY
Profiled bar has a low cost and the cost of its construction - low, compared with the construction of houses from other materials. It is easy to calculate the necessary volume, which allows you to not buy extra material. It is thought that you can not build a cheap house of profiled bar. This is not true. Using ready-made standard design of the house, with a small free modification, you save on the draft 15% of the cost of the house. Savings are obtained and the external finish of the house, as they do not need additional insulation of the joints between the wreaths.
5. HIGH WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY
Bar houses are air and vapor permeable, so they create a comfortable environment to live in. The wood keeps the constant humidity in the room at 55%.
6. RELIABILITY
Thanks to the low weight and elasticity of joints log houses have high structural stability. These elements allow the structure to withstand earthquakes and temperature fluctuations.
7. DURABILITY
For the construction of a house of a bar is used wood, which are treated with flame retardants and antiseptics. They protect the timber from rotting and fire. Contoured bar gives a low percentage of shrinkage, so it serves for a long time, as evidenced by the houses, which are suitable for habitation for a hundred years. A man strives to build a house that his grandchildren will live in. However, they have not been treated against rotting. House of timber in its strength and durability is not inferior to a house made of stone or brick. If the construction technique is followed, a log house will easily last a hundred years.
8. A TIMBER HOUSE REQUIRES REGULAR MAINTENANCE
In fact, there is misinformation here. The protective coating on the outside of the house should be renewed once every five years.
9. A LOG HOME IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DETERIORATION.
This is also a myth. Modern building material, selected, dried, treated twice with flame retardants, antiseptics, in the factory, then during construction. And as a result - timber is protected from fungus, and from insects and microorganisms. Breathing wood, combined with antiseptic treatment, minimizes the risk of rot and mildew.
10 RODENTS AND WOODWORMS.
There are plenty of impregnations that repel these enemies of wood.