Advantages of country cottage houses

A summer house, and even with your own hands - isn't this a dream for a resident of urban jungle? If you still managed to purchase a land plot and there is a desire to build a refuge on it from a dusty and noisy city, then it is certainly necessary to approach the choice of materials with all responsibility.

For example, recently, country houses from timber have been very popular. This material is not only environmentally friendly, but also has a lot of advantages and advantages, so he has more and more fans every year.

A house from a profiled timber

If you definitely decide to build your house from a bar, then pay attention to this material. It is not only natural, but also very convenient to use, as well as high -tech. The profiled beam is made mainly from coniferous wood - first it is opened, then milling.

The beam itself can have any shape. Often the outer side of the profiled timber has a convex surface, and the internal - flat. Thus, the side that is turned inside the house forms even walls. In addition, the beam can be flat on both sides or vice versa, convex. But the upper and lower side of the beam are made in the form of a spike and a groove - mirror.

Due to the fact that the buildings look, not only beautiful, but also neatly, various buildings, and baths, and various outbuildings are built from the profiled beams - and at home, and gazebos. All of them do not need an external additional decoration, because the profiled beam has a smooth surface, and is dried in natural conditions.

Profiled beam: Advantages

1. Profiled beam is a hundred percent tree, moreover, it is a whole material that does not contain any outsiders of synthetic impurities.
2. The house from the profiled beam "breathes", since the natural structure of the tree is not broken.
3. Due to the integrity of the profiled beam in the house, air exchange occurs and the most optimal level of humidity is preserved.
4. At home from a bar (as in the photo) they have a finished look, so there is no need to put it on some kind of decoration: cladding, sheathing, etc.
5. The house, built from a profiled timber, looks like a fairy tower.
6. During the construction of a house from a profiled beam, a tight fit of the bars to each other occurs, so that excellent thermal insulation is achieved.
7. Water does not fall into the grooves between the profiled timber, and, therefore, the tree will not begin to rot from the inside.
8. When building a house from a profiled timber, costs are much less than when building a house from glued timber, since the cost of the material is about two times cheaper.
9. The house made of profiled beams is very warm.
10. Corner structures from a profiled beam are most often the most difficult, therefore, they can be ordered directly at the factory - they will be brought already in the finished form, which will noticeably facilitate the installation stage.
11. Buildings from a profiled beam give a minimum shrinkage to operational humidity. For example, 3.5 % shrinkage is for a beam of cedar or pine, 4.5 % gives shrinkage larch.
12. After the shrinkage, there is no need to hemp the docking between the bars, as it is necessary to do it when building a house from a rounded log.
13. When building a house from a profiled beam, there is no need for additional insulation for walls - it is enough to put jute into the grooves when logs are laid.
14. The construction of a house from a profiled timber is not the cheapest option for erecting a house made of wood, but the most rational, especially if you correlate the price, complexity of work and operational quality.

Profiled beam: disadvantages

1. It is necessary to wait until the profiled beam gains the relative humidity he needs, and only after that proceed to finishing work.
2. Very often in the beam, as soon as the material begins to dry, cracks appear. As for the size of cracks and their quantity, all this depends solely on what air temperature was when the house was carried out. If at low temperatures, then there is a probability that there will be less cracks, and if with high, then on the contrary.
3. If, during the construction of a house from a profiled beam, a square of square section was used, then cracks in the academus can form from all sides.
4. The size and number of cracks is affected by the cross section of the beam. Since a tension occurs inside the tree that arises due to varying degrees of the academician, the cracks will appear on the side that has a large area. To take control of possible cracks, you can make tapes on the beam - thanks to this technology, there will be an opportunity to set a crack in the future.

Glued

The glued beam, as the name is already understood, is made from sawn logs: first they are “divided” into lamellas (boards), and then connected to each other. In fact, not everything is so simple, this process is more laborious.

1. The logs are sawn on boards with a size of 205 × 6150 mm or 155 × 6150 - depending on what shape and size the source material should be obtained.
2. Prepared boards are drying-this is done in special chambers, where the lamellas reach the highest degree of residual humidity-it is approximately 10-12%.
3. Prepared boards are treated with various antiseptics and anti -pires.
4. Processed lamellas are connected to each other using a macroship.
5. Stone boards are first thrust, and then glued into the beams.

In glued beams, which is noteworthy, boards can be located both horizontally and vertically. At the same time, the number of boards in glued beams is from two to five pieces. Glued beam has a maximum thickness of 250 mm. It is worth noting that this material prepared in production has both a natural profile and obtained by milling the beam.

Today, there are several types of glued beams: wall (used exclusively for wall construction), bearing beams and a window bar.

Glued beam: Advantages

1. Houses from this variety of the beam are very beautiful and do not need external decoration.
2. Glued beams are more expensive, but at the same time, very high quality. For the manufacture of glued beams, only high -quality wood is used, various defects and knots are removed from it in advance so that the appearance of the finished material has an impeccable appearance.
3. During operation, glued beam retains dimensions and shape, since pre -dried boards are used to create this material.
4. The glued beam is famous for the lack of internal tension, which is characteristic of a whole tree.
5. The house made of glued beam does not give shrinkage, its walls do not crack, do not twist and do not bend, so experts claim that these are the best houses from the timber.
6. Glued beam is very strong and durable-about 50-70% higher than these indicators than in whole wood. This is due to the fact that when creating this material, the opposite direction for wood fibers in boards is set.
7. The glued beam does not deform with strong humidity - the house will definitely not “lead” from great dampness.
8. The house from this material is built very quickly, especially if it is one -story houses from the beam. Installation can be carried out in a very short time, since all parts are suitable for each other thanks to the factory production. The construction of the house takes an average of 1.5-2 months, depending on the size of the future building.
9. The walls of glued beam can be erected at any time of the year.
10. The shrinkage of a house made of glued beams is about 1% on average (in solid wood, this percentage is on average seven), therefore, immediately after the construction of the walls, you can put windows and doors, perform internal work and install decorative elements.
11. Glued beam is less exposed to pests and pathogenic microflora.
12. Glued beam is more fire -resistant, unlike other wood.
13. Glued beam is more durable than a whole tree.

Glued beam: disadvantages

1. Price. This is the most significant drawback of glued beams as a material for construction, since its cost is very high. The reason lies in the complex technological process of manufacturing glued beams, experts argue that often the cost of production of this type of material is three times higher than the cost of building a house from a whole log.
2. Glued beam, due to the fact that it is subjected to various manipulations, has less environmental friendliness-despite the assurances of manufacturers that the glue that is used when gluing the boards allows the tree to “breathe” and does not affect its composition, it is still necessary to admit that glued beam is not an absolutely natural material.

Glued beam is a very popular material in the construction of country houses. And this popularity is quite justified and deserved. Often from glued beams today they build houses within the city and cottages in private villages.