Houses made of round logs are considered one of the oldest buildings. They have become widespread in different countries, mainly in the CIS, Europe and America.
The rounded log is devoid of the disadvantage that some other species have. For example, wild logs have a conical shape, which is absent from rounded logs. Accordingly, its use in architecture allows you to create a correct and stable geometric design.
Another advantage is the cost of this log, which is 30% less than the wild species. Since the logs fit as closely as possible to each other, heat is not consumed, but at the same time the air circulates perfectly. The shrinkage of such a building occurs evenly.
Such a log can be made in different sizes, but preference is given to a diameter of 200-280 mm. Buildings are assembled quickly following the example of the designer.
Naturally, modern house from the rounded log has its advantages, as well as disadvantages.
The advantages of buildings include:
As for the shortcomings, this is, first of all, the shrinkage time. The building must be given time from six months to a year, and only after such an interval can finishing work begin.
Round log projects are not only modernity, but also luxury. However, with the company "MARISRUB" such a value can be afforded.
The specialists of our company are always ready to give advice to customers who prefer wooden houses. When the customer knows exactly what he wants, he will receive a building designed in detail by professional architects. In such a house every little thing will be taken into account.
But even if you have not yet decided on your preferences, we will help you by providing many options from the catalog. In it you can find a project for every taste and budget.
Our company is ready to offer dozens of unique projects - both houses and cottages. The main material used for the construction of buildings is wood. After all, this material has long been famous for its considerable number of advantages.
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Log houses are the most traditional building in Russia, because our country is rich in forests. For construction, conifers are the most preferred. The tree breathes, provides an optimal microclimate inside the home, so living in it will be comfortable and healthy.
At the same time, the cost of a log house will be significantly less than when choosing another building material. The construction time of wooden buildings is relatively short.
You can choose ready-made projects of houses from logs of any size.
First of all, you need to decide on the architectural appearance of the future building, to study the most popular projects of log houses. Be sure to consider the following settings:
The building may have an attic or ground floor, terraces, awnings and covered verandas. Studio "Alfaplan" offers various models of buildings: these are houses, baths, gazebos made of logs (wood). You can buy a log house project with a complete set working documentation on which to build a house.
The construction of the house can be carried out from ordinary or rounded logs. Logs processed on a milling machine have a smooth surface, the same size, look beautiful and expensive. They are often used in construction wooden houses premium class, do not require additional processing. Their advantage is that open logs can be left in the interior, which is beautiful in itself, and is a significant savings on interiors. Raw (non-rounded) logs may have a slightly different diameter, uneven surface, however, they are stronger and more durable.
If a project that meets the needs of the family or the planned budget is not found, Alfaplan can order a project of a log house according to individual parameters. Its cost is much higher, but full compliance with your requirements and desires will be ensured!
A log house is beautiful, fashionable, comfortable. This building also reflects Russian national traits. From ancient times in Russia, towers and log huts were erected, in which several generations of the same family lived for centuries. Those wooden houses that are being built now are a continuation of the tradition of Russian architecture. And it should be noted that they have a huge number of fans.
This article will consider and present the most relevant and in-demand options for log houses today.
The growing popularity of log buildings - houses, baths - is due to the growing demand for environmentally friendly materials, of which wood is the most environmentally friendly and useful for humans.
It is easy to breathe in such houses, this is especially important for people who have problems with the lungs or diseases of the nasopharynx. It is good to rest and gain strength in them, it is warm in winter and cool in summer. Thus, it is a log house that can become an ideal option for suburban housing.
If we take into account that wood itself is able to maintain the optimal level of humidity in the rooms, either absorbing excess moisture or releasing it when there is a shortage, it becomes clear that this material is truly versatile and useful.
It is most convenient to build a house from rounded logs, since this does not require special equipment, only a team of skilled workers is needed. It is better if they have previously dealt with the construction of real estate of this kind.
The customer can either use one of the many standard projects that currently exist, or carry out construction on the basis of an individually developed solution in accordance with his wishes.
It is a mistake to think that wood, especially a log, is a bulky and heavy material. Yes, this is a solid, monumental structure, but the wood itself is unusually plastic. This is clearly seen in the example of old Russian churches, huts and towers.
From a log, you can create a large hut, and two-storey cottage, and little house with an attic, and a guest house-chalet. For each of the listed options in any design bureau, there are a lot of standard projects.
Wooden houses are in constant high demand for good reason. Such a structure has thinner and lighter walls, and therefore less weight than, for example, brick or concrete. Therefore, the foundation under the structure may be less massive. Only foam and gas blocks, as well as sandwich panels, are lighter than wood, but they are not always to the liking of customers who want solidity and reliability for their home.
In addition, a wooden log house can be erected easily and quickly, and has a very attractive appearance, especially if carved trim is used to decorate it.
There are two main disadvantages (besides the rather high price, especially for a rounded (calibrated) log): combustibility and susceptibility to decay. To solve both of these problems will help special compounds that process logs: flame retardants against fire and antiseptics against rot and mold. Of course, no chemical composition will turn wood into a completely non-combustible material, but it will significantly reduce the ignition rate.
In addition, corners and crowns are hermetically connected in a log house, which eliminates the possibility of their blowing and drafts.
In the case of using properly dried and well-treated wood, the structure can last up to 80 years. If the log is rounded and has the same diameter, such a house does not require finishing either inside or outside. He looks attractive without her.
Of course, a rounded log will cost more than, for example, chopped, but at the same time it is cheaper than profiled and glued beams. Therefore, log houses are not the most expensive wooden structures, and their external beauty is difficult to underestimate.
Another feature of such houses, which should not be forgotten, is their shrinkage. Since the natural moisture of the logs is preserved during the rounding of the logs, after the construction of the house, the tree begins to dry out, which shrinks. The maximum height loss due to shrinkage is 7 percent. This process continues, on average, from two to three years.
Classification of projects of houses made of rounded logs is carried out both by area and by architectural features.
Design can be carried out individually, in accordance with the wishes of the customer. As a rule, these developments are expensive and include atypical design elements. The project can also be drawn up for a group of buildings (a house, a bathhouse, a garage, a summer kitchen, even a site fence), so that they are designed in the same style and form a single composition.
There are the following typical projects that are available in every architectural and design bureau:
For a country house, it is best to choose projects from a calibrated log with an area of up to 100 m2, they are usually the most affordable. They can be supplemented with a terrace, veranda or garage. One-story buildings remain the most popular, they are good both for families of two and for those with small children.
The most popular are projects 6x8, 8x8 and 6x9 m. They are not too small, and at the same time they are quite budgetary. To build them, you do not need a lot of material, especially if you choose a log with a small diameter.
Those who choose houses with an attic, as a rule, know how to count their finances. These houses are not as expensive as two-story houses, but at the same time, they have an almost full-fledged second floor. Their construction does not require a complex and massive foundation. In addition, on the second floor you can equip any room depending on the needs and hobbies of the owners: a spacious nursery, a creative workshop, a billiard room, a gym.
The attic can be flush with the first floor or protrude forward above the facade. Then the columns will serve as a support for it. The protruding attic can, in turn, serve as a canopy for a summer terrace, where you can equip a platform for barbecue, barbecue or just a recreation area. You can design an attic with a glazed loggia, it's very beautiful. Then in the cold season it will be possible to place garden plants in it for the winter.
You can attach a bathhouse with stove heating to a house with an attic by running a chimney in the center of the house. In this case, you can live in it all year round, because the building will always be warm. It is possible to provide for houses with an attic and a garage for both one and two cars in the project, this will create even greater convenience for permanent residence.
Concerning two-storey houses from logs, they are good for permanent residence large families or people who like to receive guests often. On the ground floor, as a rule, there is a kitchen, a dining room, a bathhouse, and technical rooms. On the second floor, most often there is one or more bedrooms or lounges.
An overview of the chopped wooden house can be seen in the next video.
Mostly log houses are designed in the style of Russian classics. However, this style is not the only one in which log houses are built. The Art Nouveau style with its multi-layered facades is in great demand among the owners. country houses. Also popular are chalet houses with wide gable roofs and the obligatory presence of a terrace. Other features of the chalet are:
Initially, chalets are alpine village houses, but modern counterparts look truly luxurious, while being the focus of comfort for their inhabitants.
Scandinavian-style houses are characterized by great functionality, each square meter and even a centimeter is used wisely. The "Scandinavian" houses are characterized by the presence of an attic with a low ceiling, as well as a combined kitchen and living room. There is no terrace, but there is a veranda. Fans of minimalism and rational use of space will like these houses very much.
A log cottage with a large diameter is a completely different option. This is a solid, reliable building, a real "fortress" for the owner. The use of thick logs (20-30 cm in diameter) is not practical, and the price is very high. But, as a rule, those customers who decide to build just such a cottage are the last to think about the cost of lumber.
Such material is ideal for the construction of hunting lodges, as well as individual cottages at recreation centers.
Before you start construction, be sure to draw up a project of the future home. In order for the process of building a log house to go quickly and without delay, absolutely everything must be taken into account in the project: from what type of wood will be used to how many cubes of wood are needed for construction.
Naturally, a drawing of the house is also necessary. It will help you navigate both the placement of communication lines and the location of the rooms. It, in general, will become a cheat sheet, according to which the desired will be verified with the actual.
In addition, for each of the stages of the future construction, it is necessary to develop an estimate that takes into account all the materials used, including consumables, as well as transportation costs and wages of hired workers, if they are invited.
Customers using a material such as a log for the first time may be stereotyped about it. The most common of them are: “very expensive material”, “massive building with a small usable area”, “highly susceptible to fire”, “long and hard to build a house”. None of these statements contains the truth. A log (both chopped and rounded) occupies an average position in terms of cost among materials for building houses.
Yes, foam blocks, gas blocks, "Finnish houses" are cheaper. But profiled and glued beams, as well as bricks, are more expensive.
Wood is an extremely convenient material for construction. Due to the fact that the house made of logs does not require interior decoration, space can be saved. In addition, houses made of such logs look solid, reliable, but not massive. The tree is very plastic, log houses look very neat due to the careful fitting and joining of the elements to each other.
To date, no one builds houses from raw wood. Each log is impregnated with both an antiseptic against rotting and mold, and a flame retardant against fire. This makes the material much more resistant to both fire and rot.
If the log is rounded correctly and has the same diameter, it will not be difficult to build a house, and it will take a little time. It only takes a team of workers.
No special heavy equipment is needed. Since the elements are the same, the walls are simply laid out from them, joining with grooves.
Of course, in order for the house to serve for a long time, you need to choose high-quality processed and dried wood.
It all starts with a project, which can be typical or individual. The architects of the Russian Style company very often combine these two concepts. That is, it takes standard project and finalized in accordance with the preferences of the customer and other factors, which include: the area of the site and its relief, location relative to the cardinal points, the financial capabilities of the customer, etc. Next, the material is selected, because the log has several varieties, for example, chopped and rounded , which in turn is divided into natural moisture and dried.
If we omit the details and do without details, then the construction process looks like this:
It is noteworthy that the turnkey house implies the presence of all engineering communications: water supply, sanitation, ventilation, heating systems, etc. Of course, electricity must be supplied to the facility. That is, in its essence, a turnkey house is an object that is completely ready for operation. And the tasks of the customer are reduced to the arrangement of the yard and adjoining territory, as well as to the furnishing of rooms and the elementary "establishment of life." All other work is carried out by the company that contracted to build the structure. Naturally, all the worries of coordinating individual moments and all organizational work fall on the shoulders of managers who approve the desired option from the customer. In principle, the client does nothing, and his main task is to control the construction process.
For a building intended for permanent (all-weather) residence, increased requirements are imposed. And first of all, it concerns engineering communications, foundation, exterior and interior decoration. In addition, to reduce heat loss during construction, it is necessary to use a log of a larger diameter, at least 26 cm with a classic log profile and 24 cm with a “Finnish” profile. The speed of putting an object into operation depends not only on the complexity of the project. Although, it is clear that a small building in terms of area will be built faster than a large one. And in modern wooden architecture there are such terms as “shrinkage” and “shrinkage”, and it is they that affect the timing of housewarming. These processes cannot be ignored.
All wooden log cabins - log and lumber - have one feature: they must shrink, which will take time if modern technologies are not used that can work with this process. The fact is that every tree is a “living” material that changes its properties when it dries. Simply put, wood shrinks over time. This process is especially intense in the first year after the construction of the log house, and continues for several years, but not so intensively (almost imperceptibly). The greatest shrinkage is in chopped logs. This figure can reach 10%. If you collect a log house from it, then it must settle for at least a year. Drying of rounded logs of natural moisture is about 7%, and dried - 2%. The lower the shrinkage percentage, the faster shrinkage will occur, and it will be possible to proceed to finishing work. Significantly reduce the time of transition to finishing works allow modern technologies for assembling log structures. We are talking about systems for forced shrinkage of log cabins, using hairpin lines or “force” units with compression springs. You can find out how these systems work and their cost by talking with the company's managers.
The object of suburban real estate, built from rounded logs without natural moisture, accelerates the time for putting the facility into operation. But it must be taken into account that this construction material easily susceptible to mold fungi and insect pests, so it is in without fail is treated with antiseptic preparations, which is done in production conditions or during construction.
Houses made of dried rounded logs look very dignified, but houses made of rounded logs of natural humidity look no less worthy, although they may have a little higher percentage cracking. If the customer preferred the classic geometry of the log profile, then in the future the procedure for caulking the seams is mandatory, where materials such as tow or decorative cord are used. But when the customer chooses a “Finnish profile”, caulking will be required only in the corner joints of the log house, and decorating with a cord is just a matter of taste.
Yes, it is worth it, because it is economical, built from environmentally friendly materials and has a long list of advantages. In the case of contacting the Russian Style company, the customer can choose not only the type of material, but also the type of wood. At the moment, it is possible to order the construction of a house from cedar, pine and spruce logs, with a diameter of 22-32 cm. Any profile. Samples of materials can be found in the company's office, where there is also an opportunity to communicate with people who will implement the project.
We build turnkey houses from logs in Moscow and the Russian Federation. The catalog contains ready-made projects of houses with photos and prices. All projects are free for customers! Choose the diameter of the log and the area, fill out an application and we will send an estimate on the same day.
Preferred Customer finished projects wooden houses, he knows exactly what he will get as a result - a building carefully designed by specialist architects, in which every little thing is taken into account.
The final component on the way to the ideal home will be the MariSrub company, which is ready to offer dozens of unique projects of houses and cottages created on the basis of the most perfect and natural material - wood.
Starting to analyze the projects of houses from logs, you should not assume that this procedure will be delayed. The catalog was created in such a way that you can choose best option as quickly as possible.
To do this, we provided:
However, the most important thing is that Mari Srub consultants are ready to help the customer at any time and describe in detail the advantages of each option under consideration.
Regardless of which project you prefer, you can be sure that the house, embodied in reality, will exceed expectations.
1. Preparation of a project according to the individual dimensions and parameters of the customer (free changes to any project).
2. Wall set of logs with cup cutouts according to the project.
3. Processing with a wood-protective compound in production.
4. Lining wreath-beam.
5. Draft floors and ceilings of the 1st and 2nd floors (if there is a second one).
6. Draft roof (roof truss system, roof lathing, temporary covering - roofing material)
7. Jute (mezhventsovy heater)
8. Kit of fasteners for building a house
9. Installation (installation) of a house on your site.
The price does not include:
1. Delivery of material to the customer's site (calculated individually for each locality).
2. Foundation (you can find out the cost of the foundation and the finished roof by selecting it in the calculator on the page of each project).
1. Moderate prices. All work is carried out by the company: design, logging, production of logs, installation at the customer's site. This approach makes it possible to offer some of the best prices on the market.
2. Own production in the Republic of Mari El.
3. High-quality forest of the northern regions of Russia.
4. Professional teams for the installation of wooden houses.
5. Quality control at all stages of construction.
6. Performance of any kind of work related to wooden housing construction.
7. Staged payment in the process of assembling a house on your site.
8. Delivery of a log house to any region of the Russian Federation: from Moscow to the Far North.
9. Guarantee of high quality of materials and works. For all questions, you can contact the head of the company directly.
10. We will develop a house project for you according to your wishes or finalize the finished one is free when ordering construction.
11. It is possible to purchase a house on credit. We work with "maternity capital", the "young family" program and others.
12. Warranty during the shrinkage of the log house 12 months. It is written in the contract.
13. The cost of the projects that you see on the site includes all materials and work necessary to assemble a log house under the roof.
14. No hidden fees and commissions. We leave for Moscow to conclude an agreement.
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