Project of a log house with an attic “Shipilovo”
Projects of log houses, created as a result of individual design and implementation of individual projects of log houses (in the process of manufacturing log houses and building wooden houses from logs - the general direction of work of the Gorodles Group of Companies, the only holder of the Golden Status in Russia (among companies specializing in the creation the best wooden houses based on original designs of log houses made from hand-cut logs) in the ranking of the Wooden House Construction Association based on the results of Professional and Independent Expertise.
We present samples of log house projects that demonstrate the creative capabilities of the Gorodles Architectural Bureau in the field of turnkey design of log houses (the projects were created as a result of the individual design of handmade wooden houses).
Typology of log houses: in the paw and in the bowl
We have many companies engaged in the construction of wooden houses, which have united the efforts of many professionals for this purpose. Each of them is ready to provide a whole catalog of houses made of logs of any type, whether cut “in a bowl” or “in a paw”, and it will cost very little.
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As mentioned above, there are two types of log house designs: houses built “in a bowl” and “in a paw”. A house cut into pieces turns out to be more spacious and requires less material.
However, if you take into account such a factor as labor costs, savings do not work out, because to process this very “paw” you need a carpenter of a higher qualification.
What kind of work do we do?
Our company works on a turnkey basis and, in cooperation, carries out the following work:
- We select a ready-made project or develop it to order;
- we supply materials for construction;
- pour the foundation of the required type;
- we build a log frame;
- we install the roof;
- we install communications;
- we carry out the finishing.
The client receives a ready-made house that he can move into for permanent residence. The price of the project is determined by the area of the house in m2, as well as the volume of work performed.
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Over time, a structure made of rounded logs will shrink. Gaps and cracks form between individual elements, so caulk is required. What is it and how it is done, watch the video
Log houses "in the paw"
In this case, it is preferable that the material for construction (logs) be calibrated, but calibrated logs are quite expensive. Therefore, it will simply be necessary to ensure that all the logs embedded in the wall match not only in length, but also in diameter, and the diameter of the log at its different ends should not differ noticeably, which is not too easy to do.
A log is nothing more than a trimming of a tree trunk, and wood is a natural material, not brought to the absolute standard of a cylinder.
It is brought to a single standard by calibration, when a rounded log is made from an ordinary log. Calibrated logs are usually used to fit standard sizes of log houses.
Cheap log houses should be built from uncalibrated logs. If the construction of a “paw-to-foot” house is planned according to your own design using your own materials, then precise calibration of the logs is not required.
It is enough just to select logs of approximately the same diameter, and in order to level out the difference in the diameters of the two ends of one log, it is enough just to place them with the butt to the top when assembling the log house.
Houses cut down “by hand” have one significant drawback. Their corners begin to rot faster because water easily gets into unprotected grooves.
Houses and baths made of Siberian cedar
A comfortable microclimate inside a wooden house is, first of all, freshness and optimal indoor air humidity. At the same time, the wooden walls of the log house reliably protect its inhabitants from outside noise. Log walls have a high ability to retain heat, which significantly differs from other building materials. This means that heating a wooden house will not be as expensive as in the case of, for example, a stone one, and it will be easier to maintain a favorable thermal regime in it at any ambient temperature. In the summer, it does not get hot inside a wooden house. The walls in wooden log houses easily allow air to pass through in both directions (water vapor is removed from the inside, preventing it from condensing on the inside of the walls, relieving them from freezing, and fresh air enters the house from the street, helping to create a healthy microclimate). This is why wood is valuable, because in log houses fresh street air enters inside not only through open windows and doors, but also through the micropores of the wood, without changing the internal temperature regime.
Benefits of cedar
Premium material that increases in value
A rare building material that is becoming more expensive due to stricter legislation on logging
Minimum cracks after drying
Due to physical and mechanical properties and special structure at the cellular level
Strengthens immunity, improves health
Cedar phytoncides strengthen the immune system, slow down the aging of the body, and destroy harmful microorganisms
Breathable, maintains optimal humidity
Porous structure of wood: about 60 thousand tiny air-filled tubes per 1 square meter. cm.
Can be used in finishing a steam room
Practically does not emit resin: in pine, resin passages occupy 1%, in cedar - 0.4% of the total volume of wood
Cedar is 1.57 times warmer than pine
The minimum diameter of a cedar log is 34 cm in the Moscow region versus 54 cm for pine according to thermal engineering calculations
Relieves fatigue, fills with energy
Living in a house made of cedar, you feel a surge of strength, fatigue disappears, your mood rises, and you get a good night's sleep.
32% stronger than cedar from other regions of the Russian Federation
They grow in difficult climatic conditions: the density is 10% higher based on annual rings per 1 cm
Logs, beams and carriages made of Siberian cedar are rare building materials, the price of which increases every year. Already now they are considered elite, but after some time they may completely disappear from the market. That is why the decision to build a cedar house should not be postponed indefinitely.
Construction technologies
The maxwoods company builds classic log and beam houses, detached and combined with the main housing baths. In addition to purely wooden buildings, you can buy a combined version - with a first floor made of stone or brick.
Our company builds objects of any complexity: from a small house to a luxurious estate. You can choose a ready-made project in the catalog or use the custom design service. It is possible to build a turnkey house or just deliver and assemble the log house without finishing.
On our website there is a price list with approximate prices for design and construction, but the exact cost is determined individually. It is influenced by the area and height of the log house, materials and construction technologies, additional services and other factors. We guarantee the sale of cedar wood on the most favorable terms, since we extract and process it ourselves. By contacting the manufacturer directly, you avoid markups from intermediaries. The log house is delivered to the site in Moscow and the Moscow region free of charge, but we also work with other regions.
To place an order for the construction of an elite cedar house, call us or fill out the form on the website!
Preparing for the construction of a log house
The process of building a log house has a rather long history. If for this purpose you use not a calibrated log made at a wood processing plant somewhere in Finland, but our domestic one, made from a single piece of wood using a handicraft method, then it will cost much less, but it will also take a lot of time.
Before you start cutting, the logs need to be debarked, that is, the bark must be cut off from them. After the bark has been removed from the logs, you can begin chopping “into the paw” or “into the bowl,” depending on your preference. Regardless of the cutting method, the logs in the log house should lie with their butts towards the top. With this arrangement, they will fit snugly against each other, without leaving large gaps between them.
For better articulation of the rows, it is advisable to make a recess at the bottom of each log into which the upper part of the lower log will freely fit. This notch is called a moon groove because it looks like a crescent moon.
After the log house is folded, each log and its components should be numbered in order to avoid confusion and a large loss of time during further construction.
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When folded, finished log houses should be kept for at least six months, or better yet, a year. They must stand in such a position that the logs do not become deformed during the drying process.
Features of the material
Rounded logs are an environmentally friendly material, optimally suited for the construction of residential buildings. With its help, you can build traditional log houses with good insulation for year-round or seasonal use. For construction, as a rule, coniferous wood is used: spruce or pine. High-quality logs are selected for processing, without damage, rot or fungus. During this process, the log is turned to obtain the same diameter along the entire length of the trunk. Calibrated logs are sent for drying and, after removing excess moisture, they are sent to the final stage of processing, where bowls and other elements are cut for joining the logs when folding the walls of the log house. Production is carried out within the framework of a finished project according to the dimensions specified in it. When choosing a material, the thickness of the logs is of great importance. For houses designed for permanent residence, logs with a diameter of at least 22 cm, capable of providing the required level of thermal insulation, will be required. Small garden houses and dachas can be built from thinner logs.
Swamp moss as the best insulation for a log house
While the log house is standing, you can do other equally important things. First of all, you need to take care of the insulation that will be used to lay all the grooves between the logs. Tow or glass wool can be used as insulation material.
However, many developers, when building their own wooden house, prefer to use natural materials, primarily moss growing in swamps. It is with its use as insulation that the best log houses are built.
There is no need to buy marsh moss; moreover, it has antiseptic properties and prevents the development of rotting processes in the grooves between the logs. After the allotted time has passed: from six to twelve months, you can begin to build a wooden house.
If a place for construction has already been chosen, then the first thing to do is lay the foundation of the future house. Typically, the now traditional concrete strip is used as a foundation.
Log houses from
Exclusive log houses from the manufacturer - first-class wood is used in production, the work is carried out by neat woodcutters who are attentive to detail.
The result is high-quality log houses - comfortable, thoughtful, prestigious. With an excellent exterior. For centuries. We have a large number of projects for log houses. There are one-story houses, log houses with an attic and a full basement. Some projects are designed for construction on uneven terrain, but they need to be adapted to your terrain.
Any house can be built from cedar, pine or larch, and the diameter of the log can be changed. A large terrace and panoramic windows, “second light”, bedrooms with bathrooms and equipped dressing rooms, a boiler room, a steam room inside the house, a garage or a swimming pool, an open plan - all this is present in our developments.
Construction of the foundation
It is necessary to dig a trench of sufficient depth under the tape; the depth of the trench must be greater than the freezing depth of the soil. After that, a sand-cement mixture is poured into the bottom of the trench and compacted. Then it is necessary to install the formwork of the future foundation in the trench.
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Reinforcement is installed into the formwork and cement is poured. After two or three days, when the cement tape has hardened and dried, the formwork can be removed. Log houses that have stood for the required period of time are dismantled and transported to the place where the house is built, where the foundation has already been laid.
Construction time
Construction time depends on the complexity of the project, the diameter of the log and the workload of the production site. Each stage of work takes a certain time:
- Individual design: 2-3 weeks;
- Pouring the foundation: 1 month. It is done simultaneously with cutting in production;
- Logging and cutting of a wall set: 1-2 months;
- Assembly of a log house on site: 1 month;
- Shrinkage: 9-12 months;
- Finishing, installation of communications: 4-6 months.
Timing for the construction of a log house is determined individually. The annex to the Construction Agreement specifies specific completion dates for each stage.
Assembling a log house on the foundation
Now that both the log house and the foundation are ready, another question arises: - How to build a house from a log house? The logs are laid on the foundation in strict accordance with the numbers marked on them. If the logs are laid in violation of the numbering, then they most likely will not coincide with each other.
Since the logs are not calibrated, they all have different thicknesses. When they were laid in the original frame, they were adjusted to each other. If in the new log house they lie in strict accordance with this adjustment, then their coincidence with each other will be as close as possible.
After the first row of logs has been laid, insulation is laid on top of them in a fairly thick layer: tow, glass wool or moss. The insulation is laid in such a way that after placing the top row of logs on it, its ends hang down to at least half of the previous log. Upon completion of laying the log house and erecting the roof, the grooves between the logs should be caulked.
Algorithm for successful work from “ROYAL CEDAR”
Design. All documentation for production and accounting is compiled automatically, which reduces the possibility of error to zero. Cutting and assembling a house according to masonry crown plans is carried out 20% faster. When preparing estimates, each position can be documented.
Quality of wall material. We have 2 of our own production facilities, the plots of our logging partners are located in Siberia. There is no anthropogenic soil or air pollution here - houses from such a forest emit only beneficial phytoncides, without impurities of sulfur dioxide. Each tree is assessed by an experienced craftsman, and after cutting, the pieces are checked with an ultrasonic flaw detector. We select timber in accordance with SNiP II-25-80 and GOST 2140-81, which specify 22 quality criteria: trunk curvature and its direction, the number of knots and the nature of whorl, density and resin content, absence of damage by microbes and insects.
Qualified personnel. We know that finding real carpenters is not easy. But we solved this problem! The best Siberian carpenters work here because we:
- modern technical equipment of the production site (jib crane, mini loaders with manipulators);
- professional tools (adze, sharpened shovels, scrapers, high-power STIHL chainsaws with side chain tension);
- high profit payment;
- rational organization of the work process: permanent teams, detailed schedule of construction work, precise job descriptions.
Caulking process
The process of caulking involves stuffing the insulation hanging on them into the grooves between the logs. If everything is done correctly, the house will be warm enough even in the coldest winters. After this, the floor is laid in the house, windows are installed and doors are hung.
To make the house look more beautiful from the outside, it is covered with boards and painted. Painting is also necessary to ensure that the house lasts as long as possible.
House made of rounded logs in different styles
To build a country house, it is important not only to choose building materials, but also to determine its design. A construction company will help you choose the style of construction, but you can do it yourself by evaluating the designs and photographs of the finished buildings. First of all, it is necessary to determine the number of floors of housing, depending on the size of the plot and the material well-being of the customer, his preferences and the number of household members.
As for styles, the following options are currently popular:
- Chalet style house. This direction has a special charm, which explains its popularity among owners of country houses made of rounded logs. This style originated in the Alps, which explains its design features. The main element is the roof vault, which protrudes far beyond the façade of the house. You can also build a balcony, veranda or terrace under the roof, and the building can be two-story or with a spacious attic.
- A hunting lodge is a solution that is also gaining popularity among owners of country houses. A small detached house in the forest or by the river allows you to escape from the bustle of the city, enjoy the surrounding nature and gain strength. In this case, the housing is small, special attention is paid to the attic and guest rooms. Often an integral part of housing is a bathhouse attached to the house.
- Log house in modern style. Probably, many will be surprised, but country houses made of rounded logs do exist and it is worth noting that they look very unusual and attractive. Housing built in the loft or minimalist style captivates with its originality and bold design, harmoniously combining ancient construction technology and modern motifs. The key element of such a house is panoramic glazing, emphasizing the modernity of the home.
- The Russian hut is another direction that allows you to create a house straight from the pages of old Russian fairy tales. For decoration, carving elements are used that decorate balconies and cornices, windows and other elements of the structure. Of course, all these patterns are not cheap, because they are made by hand by specialists in this field, but the costs are worth it. In addition, there is a belief that carvings protect the homeowner and his loved ones from illnesses and misfortunes.
Projects of wooden houses in a modern style
Technologies used in house construction make it possible to implement any architectural solutions. Thanks to this, our buildings are not only reliable, but also beautiful and comply with the latest design developments.
Architects design them to be functional and try to make the most of the space inside. We have provided for the availability of technical premises. The cottages have a bathroom on each floor. Some projects are notable for having two entrances.
Each building is decorated with a porch or veranda.
We offer several options for cottages combined with a garage.
All our projects are presented in more detail on the website. The catalog contains all models. Terem can also build a country cottage according to an individual project. Its development will be free!
