Houses from round logs - advantages and disadvantages

Round logs are a kind of a round log - a round log that has undergone the milling of the outer surface to give the same diameter (cylindrical shape) along the entire length. In contrast to a log calibrated, a part of the solid surface of the trunk is cut off at the cylinder block. It represents the type of sawnwood, used, mainly, for the construction of houses, buildings for economic purposes and baths. It is used in the construction of stylized "antique" restaurants, cafes and a number of other modern design solutions.

For those wishing to erect an object from such logs, house logs from logs will cost inexpensively in financial outlays, since they are made from a public, inexpensive material - an untreated log from a truncated tree trunk. The buildings are functional, have an attractive and aesthetic, modern look.

Processed logs - the basis of the future home

According to the degree of mechanical processing logs and components of them are:

1. Cylindrical - machined (on a cylindrical machine) on the outside diameter. They have grooves and cups for packing in a frame;
2. Shredded and made of logs (on drawl or turning - milling machines) details of buildings.

The diameter of the finished logs, used for the installation of houses Ø 160 mm - Ø320 mm, humidity after drying before construction of the house - no more than 18% - 20%.

Cut log houses from logs

Logs on the technology of processing logs used for manufacturing are subdivided:

1. Logs from hand-chopped (shovel, cobel) logs;
2. Spiked log cabins - planed planers;
3. Grinded log buildings - economical, but the most labor-consuming way of processing;
4. Log cabin from the carriage - a sawn, flat log on both sides;
5. Log house from round logs.

Manufactured houses of rounded logs, in comparison with other types of log houses, have a number of advantages:

• The period of preparation and erection of the house is reduced to 4 - 6 months;
• Log house logs are inexpensive for owners: because of the lower costs of purchasing material and saving on logging - fitting and bandaging;
• Favorable to the human body, ecosystems - have the ability to "breathe", maintain the optimum temperature and humidity in the living room;
• It has strength and high thermal stability, due to better fit of logs - lack of gaps and cracks, strong hermetic angular and crown connections.

To the existing "weak points" of log houses, including rounded ones, it is necessary to attribute, like the whole wood, the susceptibility to fungal diseases with the long wet surface of the log, the so-called "blue". And, in the process of exploitation - decay of wood and the influence of bugs. However, two-time treatment with modern antiseptics brings a tangible result. The first is made after rounding, before construction - impregnation of logs (an antiseptic on a water basis) connecting and landing places. The second - after construction - the treatment of the walls of the house with an antiseptic outside. And, then, a house made of coniferous or hardwoods will rejoice its owners for many years.