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Log houses
How to choose a quality log house at the best price?
Wooden houses, depending on the material from which the walls are made, can be cobblestone or log. The most preferred are log houses built from coniferous wood.
Coniferous wood is very resistant to rotting; a house built from it will last for many decades. The wide distribution area of coniferous trees contributes to its relatively low prices. Due to their natural characteristics, the size of logs from such trees is best suited for use in construction. The ideal, of course, would be a crown made of oak, especially stained oak, that is, kept in water for several years. But such a tree, of course, is very expensive.
When planning to build a log house , it would be useful to know what the price for it is made up of. And when choosing a quality tree, you need to take into account some aspects. Be sure to ask when the logs were harvested. If it’s in the summer, you shouldn’t buy them, even if the prices for log houses made from such logs seem very attractive to you. Wood from logs harvested in summer is very susceptible to rotting. With winter, such problems will not arise. Find out about the origin of the wood of your future log house.
It is more rational to use local wood when building a house. Not only because it will cost less than the imported one. Such wood will not conflict with the climatic conditions of your region, which will again have a positive effect on the quality of your home. And to build a solid log house you need very high-quality and completely healthy wood. Signs of health and quality of wood are smooth, without potholes, wood borer, homogeneous structure of the log, without putrefactive and fungal formations.
If you are planning to build a log house from selected logs, be prepared for the fact that the price will vary upward. For such log houses, the logs are calibrated equally, and the difference in the diameter of the butt and top should not exceed one centimeter per meter of log. To reduce the likelihood of drying cracking, each log is sawn along its entire length to the center. If a log house is purchased in the summer, it is recommended to treat it with an antiseptic. It is not very expensive - from 200 to 250 rubles per cubic meter.
Today, the price of log houses is based on changes in prices in the market as a whole. Among other things, do not forget to take into account the cost of design, and it includes architectural and planning solutions, development of communication systems (sewage, heating, water supply). A separate payment will be required for the specification of elements for the rounding machine, in accordance with the K3-cottage program.
But all these costs are worth it - a wooden structure can withstand serious bending, compression, and tension loads, a wooden house itself maintains temperature and humidity conditions, and it looks aesthetically pleasing. And the wonderful energy of warm wood, pleasant to look at and to the touch, gives those living in such a house comfort and only positive emotions.