Hand-cut log houses - centuries old Russian tradition construction of residential and utility buildings. New materials and construction technologies have not supplanted the primordially Russian skills of building houses.

The craftsmen of our company carry out work with the buildings of the manual cabin of any complexity. We use the technologies of our ancestors, where only manual labor is used.

Even logs are hewn with an ax by hand, as are the subsequent operations to install a log house.

Dismantling an old log house

Our masters will help you quickly and permanently get rid of old log buildings on your site. The dismantling of the log house is done in 1-4 days (depending on the size of the building), after which we leave you logs suitable for further use, and we take out all waste and garbage on our own from the site.

Repair / reconstruction of a chopped bath

We carry out all types renovation works in your chopped bath. Replacement of logs of a log house, raising a bathhouse, anticorrosive treatment of wood, performing any finishing work, expanding or reconstructing a bathhouse, installing annexes. All work is performed by a team professional craftsmen as soon as possible.

Repair / reconstruction of a log house

We carry out all types of repair work in your log house. Replacement of logs, raising the house, anti-corrosion treatment of wood, performing any finishing work, expanding or reconstructing a house, installing annexes. All work is carried out by a team of professional craftsmen in the shortest possible time.

Assembling a log house from a customer's log

Manual cutting of rough logs

We carry out professional manual felling of the customer's unbarked logs. We chop according to the traditional technology only with the use of an ax and a plane, which guarantees the preservation of the natural bast layer for which wood is so valued. All work is done on your site.

Service	Cost, rub.	unit of measurement
Log caulking, punching old tow, corners on one side	70	running meter
Frame and end grinding	250	square meter
Manual polishing of a log house	150	square meter
Painting a log house with a brush, priming, bleaching	50	square meter
Rope trim	40	running meter
Sub-floor, ceiling flooring	150-200	square meter
Plywood flooring	200	square meter
Installation of skirting boards, lighthouses, extensions	100	running meter
Partition frame inside the house	300	square meter
Lathing clapboard walls	300	square meter
Lathing clapboard straight ceiling	350	square meter
Lathing clapboard ceiling embedded in beams	400	square meter
Lathing clapboard ceiling at an angle	500	square meter
Imitation timber finishing (block house, angles at 45o)	400	square meter
Decking the floor with a grooved board	300	square meter
Laminate flooring with backing	400	square meter
Pouring the foundation using a mixer	3000	cubic meter
Roof covering with corrugated board	280	square meter
Covering the roof of the roof with metal tiles	300	square meter
Trim corners	1000	3 meters
Insertion of floor beams	1000	1 beam
Steam and waterproofing	50	square meter
Installation of siding with beacons	350	square meter
Installation of siding with beacons and insulation	400	square meter
Installation of insulation 50 mm in one layer	50	square meter
Installation of windows	1500	1 window
Cashing door-windows	1500	1 side
Installation interior doors, hinge, padlock	3000	1 door
Installation of metal front door	3000	1 door
Roof overhangs	500	running meter
Gutter device	450	running meter
Sheathing gables with guides	500	square meter

* All types of work are performed with the customer's material

Today we propose to figure out what material is better to build a house from, what qualities does this or that construct have? Immediately I would like to throw aside the aesthetic component of a particular design - the fact is that all this is a purely individual aspect: someone understands the value of a tree loves how a house from a log looks like, someone likes flat walls more, others need modern finishing materials. Every wish has a right to exist. We just want to reflect all the pitfalls of the basic technologies of wood construction.

So, let's begin. We will divide the article into two parts, the first is materials of natural moisture, in the second they have passed the drying procedure.

Construction from edged timber of natural moisture.

Beams- inexpensive and practical, at first glance, material. A log house from a bar is one of the cheapest in construction. But all this is only at the first stages. The thing is that a log house is not a finished house yet, as many customers often think. Yes, indeed, if we compare the cost per cubic meter of timber 200 * 200 on average, it is 7000 rubles, at the time of this writing. However, you need to understand that timber is bought with a margin of 10% to 30%, depending on the specific project and the purchased moldings. The work of assembling a log house from a bar usually costs more than assembling a ready-made house kit, since it takes more time to wash down the locks and fit the crowns. The quality of these locks remains on the conscience of the carpenters.

After assembling the log house, a sufficiently long-term shrinkage of the house is required up to 2-3 years. In a frame made of timber, inter-crown gaps are often formed, the geometry of the walls is violated. The thing is that when the timber shrinks, the warping effect occurs. The beam twists with a screw, this is due to the different density of the layers.

The figure shows exactly how the timber is made. It is not profitable to produce timber from small-scale timber, since a lot remains for waste. Saw it from a large-scale forest. Thus, the core of the tree is the most dense layer rarely when it falls into the center of the timber, which is clearly visible in the photo above. The warping of the timber is a source of violation of the geometry of the walls, and, as a result, inter-block freezing of the log house.

After the shrinkage of the log house, you need to start finishing works- this is the most significant pitfall. Here you need to take into account not only the cost of the finishing material, but also the cost of additional elements, consumables, all kinds of putties, grout, wallpaper, as well as the cost of work.

Therefore, the savings in construction from a bar are imaginary when comparing the cost finished house, not a log house.

The timber is perfect for people who are limited in the initial budget, who are ready to wait until the log shrinkage occurs. People who prefer modern design solutions, who like to periodically change the look of the house. Often, customers of log cabins from a bar perform finishing work independently, saving money on this. But the terms of construction and further repairs can stretch for many years.

Building a house from hewn logs.

This technology is considered traditional. A house built using this technology can rightfully be called a Russian hut. Log - construction material coming to us through the centuries. Hewn log- this is a mechanically processed log, in which the bark is separated from the log with an ax or a plow (scraper). In the production of hewn logs, the structure of the tree is not disturbed, and warping effects do not occur, as is the case with a bar.

The cost of the house kit is the main disadvantage of such a log house. A blockhouse from a hewn log is made by hand, so this material is quite expensive, and the process is far from quick. The blockhouse must be assembled at the production site, then disassembled again, brought to the construction site and reassembled on the foundation. Moreover, when paying, the customer pays for cubic meters of raw materials, not the finished product. The cost per cubic meter of a house kit made of hewn logs, cut into a cup, is approximately 12,000 rubles. The thickness of the walls in such a house can vary from 200 to 500 mm. Therefore, it cannot be said that the entire volume of the log is stacked efficiently. A house from a hewn log, as well as from a bar, requires long shrinkage times. In addition to inter-crown shrinkage, the shrinkage factor will also be important here, since the frame is very voluminous, it will dry out noticeably. The advantages include the fact that the log does not require expensive finishing options. The house can simply be impregnated with protective compounds and enjoy the view of the intrinsic material - wood.

A hewn house is perfect for those who value traditional materials. Such a house will be a warm and comfortable home. Open wood, able to breathe and accumulate heat, will always delight her household with an optimal microclimate.

Rounded log construction.

Rounded log- This is enough modern material, is produced on machines, the workpiece is clamped in the centers. Therefore, there is no warping effect. This material absorbs the advantages of a hewn log, losing its disadvantages. Namely, the customer pays for a cube of a finished product, and not raw materials, receiving logs of the same diameter that are already fitted to each other. To date, the cost of a cube of a house kit from 220 logs is 8000 rubles. A house made of OCB does not require long shrinkage times. In three months, up to 80% of the total shrinkage of the house will occur. There is an opinion that the most dense or protected layer of sapwood is removed during the production of BSS. We will not dwell on this in detail, just mention that sapwood is a less dense, young layer of a tree, along which sap flows in the trunk, and it is protected only as long as the tree grows. Therefore, removing the sapwood, we did not spoil the log, the material only gets better. The house is quite easy to install, does not require control assembly procedures. It is possible to immediately insert windows and doors in the house, leaving an expansion gap for shrinkage, laying it with a soft insulation. The OCB has a lunar groove - a kind of thermal lock that protects the wall from through inter-crown frost penetration, as in the case of a timber.

Log houses made of OCB still remain 100% environmentally friendly, they also do not require expensive finishing. Therefore, such houses will suit the widest range of customers. Able to understand the benefits of one-time construction material costs and further savings in finishing and maintenance.

Construction from profiled timber of natural moisture.

Profiled timber of natural moisture- planed material with a cut profile. Along with the rounded log, it does not require finishing. It has a low price, about 8500 rubles per m3 of a house kit. The profile serves as a thermal lock that protects against through frost penetration. However, the main disadvantage of a log house made of a profiled bar is natural moisture and the same difference in layer density as in a conventional bar. Therefore, the same warping effect, all the same long-term shrinkage and shrinkage as in a bar.

In principle, a fairly good material, given its cost, can also count on the mass market as an alternative to a log, with some drawbacks.

Construction from dried profiled timber.

It differs from the profiled bar by the procedure for preliminary drying of the workpiece before cutting the profile. An ideal timber is devoid of all the disadvantages of edged timber, and most importantly, it is devoid of the warping effect during shrinkage due to the absence of this process in the finished product. It has all the advantages of the profiled, except for one - the price. You have to pay for the ideal, with a lot of about 20,000 rubles per m3.

Such housing is suitable for a fairly wealthy person. The log house does not require shrinkage, so you can move in immediately. It comes in the form of a house kit, so installation is quick and does not require finishing.

Glued laminated timber construction.

Glued laminated timber is a material consisting of separately dried lamellas glued together in an array. It has a profile that acts as a thermal lock and is supplied as a ready-made house kit. Similar in quality to the dried profiled timber. It is also quite expensive, about 21,000 rubles. The main disadvantages include the construction of the beam itself. The customer sees the outer layers of the array, which, as a rule, look quite aesthetically pleasing. However, there is no way to look inside this design, which creates a huge field underneath for all sorts of fraud on the part of the manufacturer. An unscrupulous manufacturer is able to lay wood with defects and imperfections into a mass, covering all this with pretty front panels. Nobody knows how the connecting element will behave in 25 or 50 years in our climate. And because of the use of glue, the house can hardly be called 100% environmentally friendly.

Nevertheless, high-quality glued laminated timber remains one of the most promising materials. The splicing of lamellas in the array allows using only a suitable part of the board during production, cutting off defects and shortcomings, thereby significantly reducing production waste.

An alternative to dried profiled timber. The house does not require shrinkage and shrinkage, it is immediately ready to move in.

There are many variations of wood construction technologies, we have touched on the main ones used today. All of the above does not pretend to be the ultimate truth, but is part of the experience accumulated by our team. We are happy to discuss and listen to the opposite point of view of opponents. The choice of our company is rounded logs and dried profiled beams.

21.11.2012

The main difference between a log house chopped into a hook and a log chopped into a bowl is the hewn walls inside the log house. Now they also call semi-slatted frame(although this is not entirely correct, since cutting a corner "into the paw" and "into a frying pan" also imply a protrusion interior walls). In Russia, since ancient times, a hewn hut testified to the prosperity of the owners. This method of cutting a corner is very time consuming and very demanding on the qualifications of carpenters.

The old man was well-to-do and lived in hewn hut.

The price indicated in this section includes the entire scope of work, including the final protrusion. The walls of the log house do not need to be sheathed during finishing work, they are even. It is enough to sand and cover with protective agents.

We do not join logs less than 12 meters, but we do not give prices for log cabins of this size, due to the fact that a very rare client will agree to put a log house 12 * 12, without architectural comprehension of the future house.

The cost of a log cut into a hook

	The size	Height	Configuration	Wall treatment	Roof type
		3,0	four-walled	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	four-walled	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	four-walled	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	four-walled	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	five-wall	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	five-wall	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	four-walled	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	five-wall	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	five-wall	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	six-wall	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	six-wall	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable
		3,0	six-wall	hewn inside "under the plane"	gable

Log house prices are valid.

We have included in the cost of a log house:

1. at the stage of AR
2. Logging scheme at the RF stage
3. Making a log house at the production site:
   • If the length of the log is equal to or exceeds 8 meters, then the walls are necessarily pulled together by additional capital log walls.
4. Everything necessary building materials (sawn mat, hardware, roofing felt, moss, etc.), which will be required at the stage of assembling a log house.
5. Loading, unloading, delivery of a log house and necessary building materials to the place of assembly. Shipping costs are included within a radius of 70 km. from the Moscow Ring Road.
6. Assembling a log house on a finished foundation.
   This item is mandatory, because it is not very reasonable for both the Customer and us to entrust the assembly to a team that did not cut the frame.
   This stage includes:
   • Floor beams made of logs with a diameter of 18 to 24 cm.
   • Primary caulk (moss or tow is included in the price)
   • The cost of using a truck crane (if necessary)
   • Assembly and disassembly scaffolding including necessary materials
   • Overlapping a house or bath under construction
   • Manufacturing and installation rafter system
   • Equipment of gables and, if possible, preparation window openings in the gables
   • Roof lathing
   • Covering the roof with a temporary roof (roofing felt)

After installing the log house on the foundation, a technological break must be followed, until the end of the initial shrinkage of the log house or bathhouse (from 4 to 12 months)

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Houses made of hand-hewn logs

Everyone knows that the walls classic house made of wood are erected from round logs. And the thickness of such a wall is usually 35 cm or more. And untreated wood for building a house is processed in a special way. As a result, hewn logs are obtained. Processing is done manually, the bark is removed, all unnecessary is planed. Then the wood is dried and impregnated.

It should be noted right away that manual testing is a rather laborious process and is not so cheap. Used for planing with a planer or ax. Conifers are usually selected for cutting by hand. They are at least 50 years old. In this case, trees are selected that have the same age. There must be an appropriate size. On the north side, the rings of the tree are denser. And with this side, the hewn logs are laid out.

The master picks up the logs one by one for the construction of the future house. First, the thickened ends of the log are stacked on thinner ones, and then vice versa. When a log is hewn with an ax, the wood's porosity is greatly reduced. Essentially, the wood is compacted from all sides. I must say that most often used are logs with a diameter of 24 cm, as well as 32 cm.

Manual cutting has many advantages, among them:

But this way processing has its drawbacks. It takes a long time to trim. Drying naturally can take one and a half to two years. And I must say that hewn logs are appearance inferior to rounded ones.

When a house is assembled from a hewn timber, then there are gaps between the logs, in which moss or tow is laid. During the year, the frame will shrink. Then you need to once again caulk all the seams with combed tow. But I must say that it is pleasant to live in such a house. It will delight you with its unique aroma and warmth.

Hewn logs were used for the construction of houses by our ancestors. Only manual labor is used in this laborious technology. And the technology has been alive for many centuries. I must say that not all logs are suitable for construction. The wood is selected with the minimum number of defects. They try to cut the forest in the winter season. The fact is that the winter forest has a lot of resins, it is drier, more durable, it withstands shrinkage better, and there are fewer pests in it.

After the logs have been selected and cut down, all branches are removed from them with an ax. The tree is cleared of bark. But after that, the trunk has a brownish tint. If you need to get a light shade, then you need to remove a few millimeters with a scraper or ax. The work requires real skill.

After the logs are prepared, crowns are formed from them. Grooves and locks are cut for each log to ensure reliable connection with other logs. Between the crowns, dowels made of wood will be poured. They fix the wall element, preventing the elements from moving. I must say that log house, if it was erected by a real master of his craft, it looks great. The atmosphere in such a house is unique. The house turns out to be environmentally friendly, the material is inexpensive. And if you decide to opt for such a house, you make the right choice.

The technology of building houses from hand-hewn logs implies a high-quality connection of building materials in the corners. Professional builders wooden houses distinguish between two main execution technologies corner joints: “In the cup” and “in the paw”. The first technology provides for a rather high consumption of wood and, therefore, takes more time than laying the logs “in the paw”. If you want to save time and materials for arranging corner joints wooden house, use the technology “in the paw”. But such styling implies a large number of tight connections.

Laying corner joints of a wooden house “in a cup” involves laying building materials on two walls located on opposite sides. Further, another log is laid perpendicularly on the logs, with the help of which the marking for the connection is carried out.

Laying corner joints of a wooden house "in a paw" involves rather complex manipulations that are difficult to perform without the appropriate skill tools. The back of the log should be trimmed into a square shape. Vertical sections should be divided into 8 equal particles. Thus, the outer and inner corners of a wooden house will differ from each other, forming a special “foot”.

After the walls of the wooden house have been erected, you can proceed to caulking them. It should be carried out from the bottom of the wall, gradually moving upward.

A house made of debarked logs outwardly resembles a rounded one, but has a number of significant differences. Such material is processed manually. The main advantage is processing technology. The bark is removed with a thin layer, allowing you to preserve the layer of resin that protects the tree in the future

Turnkey debarked log house: pros and cons

Undoubtedly, manual technology wood processing allows you to carefully preserve the protective layer of the tree, maximizing the service life of the structure. This approach allows you to make the cottage warm and durable. At the same time, reduce the financial costs of building a house from a debarked log.

First, let's note the merits of the material:

• Low thermal conductivity (you can cut heating costs by almost half).
• Phenomenal durability (the frame is highly resistant to the influence of aggressive environment).
• Environmentally friendly material.
• A special microclimate that is created in the cottage.
• In such housing there will always be Fresh air and there will be no moisture. This ability is provided due to the fact that the tree "breathes".
• No additional wall treatment is needed.
• The amazing beauty of the log house, due to the unique design of the logs.

Among weaknesses the following can be distinguished:

• The price of a house made of debarked logs is quite high, it will be cheaper to build it from cylindering. This is due to the fact that the painstaking work of carpenters eats up a significant part of the costs.
• Over time, the color of the log house can change from light to dark. You should not be intimidated, this is a natural process that does not affect the operational characteristics of a house from a sanded log in any way.
• Like all wooden structures, they are subject to shrinkage. You need to start finishing work no earlier than in a year and a half.
• Lack of craftsmen. Today, finding truly professionals in their field is not an easy task. Therefore, the price of a turnkey debarked log house is quite high.

In any case, it is not worth giving up such a noble material as a debarked log. Modern construction companies that are engaged in the construction of wooden log cabins are able to offer the client not only projects of houses from debarked logs, prices are objectively justified, but also specialists who are capable of masterly mastering the skills of manual debarking and assembly of a cottage.

Projects of houses from hewn logs

This building material has received particular positive feedback from consumers. Like debarked ones, houses from hewn logs are made by hand, so the procedure for processing and laying a log house is far from the fastest process, but worthwhile.

Why is the material so popular? A cottage made from such a forest is original, it is impossible to find an identical structure. This feature brings such buildings closer to the traditions of Russian architecture.

Even though it is difficult to build such a house, however, a hewn log is more durable in terms of its properties and is less susceptible to negative impact environment. Manual cutting increases the wear resistance of the material due to the fact that during processing the protective layer of resin is not completely removed. And additional antiseptic impregnations can further extend the life of the log house.

However, the prices for houses made of hewn logs are quite high. But such an investment is worthwhile.