Log houses

Increasingly popular in recent years enjoy a very aesthetic log houses. They are an integral part of the agricultural landscape of our country. In cities such houses are rare. The primary building material is wood here for section design significantly higher than in the skeleton. Quite different is the technology of building walls of log homes than in the case of houses built of bricks, blocks or concrete. Similarly, only the interior are finished.

The walls of these houses are formed by laying one on the other balls, wherein they are combined tongued and grooved. This is just one of the ways of erecting log homes, because they can be built based on a skeleton structure. Then, between the vertical poles inserted into the horizontal beams. If the house is to be inhabited all year round, it should be further insulate the mineral wool, which is placed on the inside.

The walls in these houses are protected by a special film moisture vapor. This house can be built based on a design solution consisting in the fact that the walls are built of two rows of balls, and the space between them is filled with mineral wool.
If the foundation for a log home are made in advance, it can build up during the winter. Timing of such a building is a minimum of three months.

Wood as a building material 

Wood as a building material was used to build houses from very ancient times. Its advantages are that it is a durable material, light, characterized by a good thermal insulation and resistance to adverse environmental factors. Wood is basically the only building blocks for houses, which combines the properties of the insulator and the material of construction which is capable of specifically breathing.

It is worth noting that if the house is made of thick, real wood logs, will not require additional insulation. Will maintain a constant humidity in the interior, because the walls absorb some moisture contained in the air. We can not forget that log homes are aesthetically pleasing. Technology of building log homes has a very long tradition, which derives from the Highlands.
For the construction of log homes is used softwood, which comes from the slopes of the mountains. Already in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were placed first log houses. Over time, their design definitely has changed and shelters get in normal farm buildings.
The unique character of log homes stems from the old Polish tradition is the decisive advantage.
Author: Polish Maids & IL Cleaning Services