Popular wisdom advises to live life in such a way as to be able to plant a tree, raise a son and build a house. Have you planted a tree? Have you given birth to a son? Has the house been built yet? We have to build. Which one will be warmer, more comfortable and more durable? If you want to be eternal - experts advise to build a house of stone. And if you want to live forever, a wooden house is perfect.
Advantages of a wooden house
Skeptics will object: they say, it will quickly rot. This is not true. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren will still manage to grow up within the walls of the parental home. Mother nature provides a strong and durable building material. In Russia, for centuries, huts were cut from resinous logs - sparks flew. The oldest structure made of wood is located in Japan, a Buddhist temple was built in 607. Our forests are no worse than overseas plantations. The noble estates with wooden mansions, built in the nineteenth century, are well preserved.
Low thermal conductivity of wood is another advantage. The walls of a wooden house do not freeze, the log removes condensation. In winter, such a house is warm, and in summer heat it is cool without air conditioning.
The unique smell of meadow flowers fills the rooms of a country house, it is easy to breathe in it, and you sleep well. The wooden house breathes. Nature itself provides constant air exchange, maintains natural humidity.
Wood has good sound insulation. That is why it is quiet in a wooden house, it is comfortable to relax in, unlike apartments in a crowded metropolis.
Construction of a wooden house for a family will be cheaper. Naturalness is in vogue, so the decoration of wooden walls and ceilings sometimes comes down to varnishing, which emphasizes the beauty of the wood texture. If the owner's taste requires a different finish, then working with pliable and soft material is convenient and interesting.
New time - new homes
Rounded log.
Simple, profiled, glued laminated timber.
The disadvantages of wooden houses turn into their advantages.
Rotting, fungal attack. Treatment of wood with an antiseptic protects well, and the appearance becomes more attractive.
Shrinking a log house naturally takes time. I don't like the increase in construction time. It's not worth rushing time, but you can correct it. Different types of wood materials have different percentages and shrinkage times. Glued and profiled timber almost does not shrink. It is worth considering which tree to build.
A wooden structure is dangerous in terms of fire safety. Modern means can correct this shortcoming as well.
What does the future hold for timber construction? Statistics - a stubborn thing - claim that more wooden houses have been built in recent decades. The desire to live in a warm and safe home cannot be taken away from people. Not only houses are built from this material on their site, it is also possible to build a bathhouse, a wooden shower for a summer residence , a utility room, etc.
The properties of wood are versatile and obvious. The choice of what the house will be should be made by the owner.
Home is the heart of the family. And the heart must be reliable and beat for a long time.