Round timber - a material without a statute of limitations

Many technologies of building houses do not pass the test of time, they are forgotten, new, more advanced ones are taking their place. In construction, a lot depends on the materials, their quality and method of installation. The cylindrical bar proved its right to be "building".

How much does a round timber cost, the dimensions of a round timber, construction features using this material, all these questions will be considered by our instructions.

About bar, log and application

Dimensions

Cylinder bar or rounded in fact, an ordinary tree trunk, which was given the correct shape of roll on special equipment. This log has a diameter of 160 to 280 mm, the length of the product is on average 6 m, although quite often for the construction of small buildings, such as baths, 4m cylinders with a diameter of 200 to 220 mm are used.

The maximum size of the cylinder is 7 m, although to order you can get products of greater length, the price of which will be many times greater than standard blanks. (see also the article Houses made of Rounded Bars: familiar with the material)

Interesting to know! The cost of the round timber will be the lowest in the line of wooden products for construction. This is understandable, wood undergoes minimal processing: it loses bark and takes the form of an even cylinder with a unloading, connecting groove. For example, glued profiled timber will be more expensive, and the most expensive - profiled solid wood beams. However, although the log is a cheap material, its adjustment is considered the most expensive, since it requires special skills and is almost entirely manual.

Specifications

Let's look at what attracts buyers of logs besides pricing:

• Since the material is actually a solid piece of wood, all the positive qualities of wood are inherent in it: thermal insulation, environmental friendliness, ability to "breathe";
• Cylinders were fitted on special equipment. Therefore, the discrepancy in size can not be more than 4 mm;
• Considering the thickness of the material and the ideal forms, its properties and structures that will be built from it do not require additional insulation and interior finishes. Wood material is harmonious and “warm” in additional finishes and does not need, the only thing you can do is to highlight the pattern, bring some contrast and lacquer everything;
• Unloading or docking slots are already fitted to the required parameters. That allows you to "hug" the next log is tight enough.

This is about positive, but do not forget about some of the negative aspects that are inherent in this material:

• It was noticed long ago that the northern side of the tree is more durable than the southern one; when building houses, the northern side was always exposed to the outside, the southern inward. In the industrial processing of wood, these boundaries are lost;
• Wood, in its structure, the material is heterogeneous, the inner part of the log is more dense, the outer is softer. With modern methods of wood processing, the docking groove quite tightly affects the inner stronger layers of wood, which in turn violates the strength of such a beam, and this is no longer desirable;
• Like any tree, a log can be prone to rotting, destruction by various pests. In order to prevent all these phenomena, as well as to protect the wood from possible fire, it is necessary to impregnate it with special antiseptics and antipyretics. (See also the article Processing of timber from rotting - the key to long-term operation of the building)

Building a bath

Building a bath from a rounded bar is a very illustrative process where you can show the whole kitchen of a given construction and adopt some practical experience, experience, and experience.

So, what you need to pay attention to when building this useful and oversized structure:

1. Dimensions материала. Они, кстати будут напрямую зависеть от того, какие именно параметры коробки вам нужны. В одних проектах вполне подойдут и 4 метровые балки, для других и 7 метровых будет мало. Оптимальный диаметр бревен от 200 до 220 мм;
2. If you plan a bath as a separate building, it is considered rational to use the attic under the rest and relaxation area, since the basic calculations are carried out according to the following scheme:
3. Steam room and changing room - 3 square meters per person;
4. Washing 4-5 squares per person;
5. Lounge - 8-9 squares per person. And this is at a minimum;
6. In the guild of baths, a bath from a rounded bar can be represented in three ranks:
7. Mini bath is the most compact bath, where there is only everything you need: a steam room, a washing room, a dressing room and a rest room. And the steam room and washing, as a rule, are combined;
8. Bath economy class. Here there is a separation of the steam room and the washing room. As a bonus, additional verandas or balconies to the rest room are possible;
9. The comfort class bath provides additional space, sometimes the rest room is “loaded” with a gym, a room with board games and not only;

1. A few words about the features of construction. Processing the logs manually is a time consuming and impatient process. So if you have never worked with logs, you will not be able to build a bath with your own hands. The cost of the work of specialists will be estimated at a quarter more expensive than working with other wooden beams, for example with a profiled bar. (See also the article What is better: a profiled bar or a rounded log to build a house?) Therefore, in this situation, you can use two scenarios: The first is to turn to specialists and pay; The second is to turn to specialists who sell logs with their project, they will bring you a ready-made designer, in which all the details will be numbered, for you there will be only an assembly.

Note! On the bath often used logs of coniferous wood. Pine, spruce have an optimal price-quality ratio, but contain tar. This is very positive for the process, but still, for the sake of safety, it is advisable to place the sauna room with lime clapboard.

Finally

The tree itself and logs in particular is a material not only with the past, but also with the future. The video in this article also prepared an overview of the topic.