When choosing material for the construction of a wooden house, you should pay attention to the presence of some defects that are sometimes found on wood, namely: knots or rot. Wood should be ripe and healthy. For a better determination of results, it is better to use an independent construction examination, which guarantees the impartial results.
Logs are best chosen in diameter. After the harvesting of the tree is made, its drying is carried out. Its optimal humidity should be from eighteen to twenty percent.
The period of the harvesting of wood
It is believed that only the forest that is prepared in winter is optimal for construction. This point of view is explained by the fact that in such wood there is the smallest moisture content. Although in fact, these ideas were because the peasants harvested building materials for a long time in the cold winter season, since they had more free time, and besides, the wood itself was less exposed to fungi.
Regarding wood species, it is worth saying that the builders usually choose conifers – pine, spruce, larch, fir, cedar. This is due to the fact that they are less supplied to rot and fungi, as well as the presence of the correct shape of the coniferous stem stems.
Each of these types of material has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, pine is considered strong and well withstands high humidity, although it faster loses its original appearance. Construction examination will be told in more detail about all this.
