By making a choice in favor of a log house, you, firstly, immediately feel the difference in cost compared to, say, aerated concrete or brick building: for example, a brick house with the same quadrature will cost exactly twice (well, or so) more expensive than wooden, and this is not given the cost of the finishing. Therefore, the first advantage of log houses is economical construction.
The second advantage is economical operation. What should be understood as the economical operation of a wooden log house? One of the main properties of the buildings discussed is the ability to quickly warm up and retain heat due to the low thermal conductivity of wood. The structure of the tree, especially well-dried and rezed, is such that a certain semblance of a thermos is created: a similar property of foam is used when warming brick and concrete walls (for a considerable fee again), in the log of the house, this is all originally. Therefore, the costs of heating the house, and in hot months – for cooling with the help of air conditioning (without which, by the way, you can easily bypass) will be minimal.
It is believed that a house built of natural logs has a beneficial effect on the health of residents. This is true: stabilized relative humidity (45-60%), as well as the anti-allergenic properties of a tree, unequivocally contribute to the creation of a healthy and comfortable atmosphere inside the house, a slight pleasant smell and beneficial substances (phytoncides) distinguished by a pine beam are also favorable for the human body.
Another advantage is the integrity, monolist of the log house due to many mutual compounds. This creates a wonderful margin of safety that can withstand certain displacements and shrinkage of the soil. We remembered the ground – let’s remember the foundation for a wooden house: this is another article of savings in construction, since there is a fairly simple foundation such as shallow monolithic.
Well, a logical small “spoon of a tar”.
1) The house made of logs is built very quickly, but then it requires a half -year trough before the finish finish.
2) in the future, in order to maintain a worthy appearance of the house, every ten years you will have to apply a protective coating to the surface of the allocated logs.