What is the diameter of the log needed for the bath? Warm log house. What is the diameter of the log to choose? Features of the construction of a bathhouse made of large diameter logs

Frankly, the most popular size of a log house for a bath is 6 * 6 (6m * 6m). But here, and so to speak, the "dog" is buried about which the cutters do not like to spread, and the customer (and this is you) gets what happened.

Let us consider the example of a 6 * 6 bathhouse log house, with log diameters of 230-250 mm at the top (my opinion is the most optimal section for a bathhouse).

Not a big digression. The fact is that on plots in the forest, sawlogs are harvested 6 meters long (or in multiples of 6 meters - 12 meters).

Second digression. The bulk of the cutters do not harvest timber, they work with purchased sawlogs, and therefore if the dimensions of the log house are not standard, then the process of buying non-standard logs is not fast and expensive (in spring, summer and autumn it is simply not realistic).

And so let's get started. You come to the cutter (call or order from the website) and indicate your need - “you need a 6 * 6 bathhouse” - and they answer you, indicate the time and cost.

But the trouble is, what dimensions do you mean when talking about a log house with dimensions of 6 * 6? The internal space of the bath 6 * 6? Or the size on the outside walls? Or even along the central axes?

The cutters are guided by the default log length of 6 meters!

If you order 6 * 6 with a deckhouse in "LAPU", then everything is clear here, 6 * 6 will turn out on the outer walls (subtract the thickness of the walls and get an internal space of 5.5 * 5.5). For someone, this information will be a revelation.

Now let's consider the dimensions of the bath 6 * 6 when cutting into the "RUSSIAN CUP". Indeed, many people do not like log cabins in a "paw", and they do not look so colorful and have to do something with the corners, and it is necessary to insulate and close both inside and outside for aesthetic beauty. But, in this case, you need to take into account that, when cutting into the "Russian bowl" from the edge of the outer wall, "remnants" of logs will stick out (exactly the same color, beauty and aesthetics of the log house), about 25-30 cm. in this case, the size along the outer walls will be 5.5 * 5.5, and the inner space will be 5 * 5. This is clear?

But many do not even think about this when ordering a log house, I have seen this more than once or twice: A private trader orders a log house 6 * 6 in the "Russian bowl", and while the process of making a log house is underway, the customer manages to make a strip foundation, as a rule 15-20 cm wide, 6 * 6 in external dimensions (after all, I ordered a bathhouse 6 * 6), but during installation already on a new foundation, it turns out that two walls of 0.5 meters do not stand on the foundation, if there are five walls, then the third the wall too, and the stove will not fall into place (the dimensions of the bath have changed!). The consequences are obvious - plus 50% of the foundation for money (at best).

I hope that your Customers now have an idea of the dimensions of the log house and the internal space of the log house.

About the cost of a log house. You understand that the size of the log house also changes.

What else affects the cost of a log house (briefly): the height of the log house, debarking of the log house (they just cleaned the bark or treated the logs to white with a jointer), complete the log house (whether or not there are logs cut into the floor and beams cut into the ceiling, in addition to the convenience, the rigidity of the structure is added), if not the whole frame is made of Siberian larch, then at least the lower (at least one) crown should be made of larch, the diameters of the logs.

Based on the results of the above, I give advice: initially decide on the size of WHAT you want a log house. Then explain to the cutter in a popular and intelligible way - what exactly do you want! Tell him what dimensions are important and necessary for you - internal, external (along the wall or the remainder) or generally in the centers, be sure to indicate the height of the log house and the diameters of the logs. Find out what kind of wood and what kind of equipment is in the log cabins he makes. Only when you have a mutual understanding will you get what you want, and not what happened.

I hope the above information will help a novice developer, and will be useful for customers of any log cabins.

Of course, not everyone can (for various reasons) make a 6 * 6 log house chopped by hand along the central axes or along the outer wall into a "Russian bowl" - we can.

Manufacturer: Company "Ruble"

The first question that is decided when ordering a log house is the type of wood. Our choice is mainly limited to pine-spruce in variations with a lower crown / crowns made of larch for houses and saunas; aspen on the bath. The winter forest will go for felling or removed from the plot at other times of the year is not so important, as some say. But it is still better to chop aspen in spring.

The second question is the choice of an acceptable roundwood diameter for a log building. The question is not so straightforward in our unstable time. On the one hand, there is an increase in prosperity and you can buy the best, on the other hand, crises occur and there may not be enough money to implement your plans. On a log house, of course, you can save money, but is it necessary to do this? After all, the low price due to the modest diameter, which is pleasant in the current contract, may not be such an obvious choice in further operation.

Less than the 20th diameter (at the top), a log for a felling should not be seriously considered. In terms of operational characteristics, it will be more of a household building than a bathhouse or a house, even for summer use. In this case, it is easier to order the manufacture of a house kit from a construction bar 150x150 or 150x200. A cube of material of acceptable quality from a circular sawmill will cost 6000-6500r + on-site assembly 2000r from a cube (not including consumables). Moreover, the total volume of the building will be significantly less than from a log. The bar is sawn from 4 sides, and the log is round; at the same height, for a log wall, due to losses due to the laying groove by 10-20%, more rows from a log will be needed.

When choosing a suitable diameter of a log house, it is necessary to take into account not just the thickness of the log, but the width of the groove, as the most vulnerable section of the wall in terms of heat loss. Where there is less wood (at the joints of the crowns) there is a so-called cold bridge and heat losses are calculated according to its width. Riggers make the groove width 1/2 of the log diameter to keep the product competitive. Here it is worth thinking about what kind of home kit you buy, except for the meager value in thickness.

According to GOST, the following acceptable standards for the width of the inter-crown groove are acceptable for felling, depending on the temperature, which drops to a certain level in the winter season:

20 ° С not less than 12 cm

30 ° С not less than 13 cm

40 ° С not less than 16 cm

The width of the groove at the correct felling for manual felling (taking into account the runout - the difference in diameters between the two ends) should be from 1/2 of the diameter to 2/3 of the diameter of the log. It turns out that the optimal diameter of a log house for year-round use is 26 cm or more. Or you must have main gas as fuel.

With the indicated values, the height of 1 crown in the frame will be 3/4 of the diameter of the log. Of course, GOST was approved at a time when there was no global warming yet. But it is useful to be guided by it even now. The remaining question is how to implement it? has only a deterrent financial component. Below are our calculations of the rise in price of a log house with the transition to a different diameter of the log.

d20 -> d22 18%

d22 -> d24 15%

d26 -> d28 14%

d28 -> d30 14%

d30 -> d32 12%

d32 -> d34 11%

d34 -> d36 11%

d36 -> d38 10.50%

d38 -> d40 10.50%

d40 -> d42 10%

As you can see, the increase in the diameter of the log (with the same dimensions and height of the building) due to the thickening of the walls affects the cost of the log house. The volume of roundwood for felling needs to be increased, the work is more difficult with a heavier log. But, the result after the completion of felling and further operation, as a rule, show a clear advantage of a large diameter over a smaller one. And the satisfaction of owning a serious log building is not long in coming.

As for the natural escape of the logs, which is especially noticeable along the vertical line of the ends on the corners when cutting into the bowl. Due to the difference in diameter between the butt part of the log and the top during felling, the upper log is turned 180 degrees in relation to the previous one. So it turns out that from the end one log is thicker, the next is thinner, and so on. There is no escape from escape. On good logs, there is a "first cut" - a part of the trunk starting from the root. And the escape there is significant.

✓ It is interesting that most of the houses in Russia were cut down in a flash (bowl) and the corners of the logs at the corners of the building always formed a wavy line. It was believed that the straight line is from the Evil One. They should have seen the modern OTSB ...

A log house is a traditional construction of a bath, which has been used since ancient times. The durability of the structure and the comfort of its operation depend on the correct choice of the diameter of the logs. The optimal lumber size should be determined based on a number of factors.

Selecting the type of log

At the moment, the following types of lumber can be used for the construction of log cabins:

A simple skinned log with a traditional look and feel. The main advantage of the material is the protection of the core due to the safety of the upper layer.
The planed log has a beautiful texture and light shade due to processing with hand planers. It has a high cost and requires the use of protective compounds.
The rounded log, thanks to the use of special equipment in the production, has a smooth surface and the same diameter along the entire length. The disadvantages are similar to those of planed lumber.
A bar with a square section has a democratic cost. The structure of it has smooth, even walls. The disadvantage is the complexity of the assembly, requiring the adjustment of each element on the construction site.

Advice! Regardless of the type of lumber chosen, it must be treated with special compounds to increase the durability and aesthetic appeal of the structure.

What influences the choice of the diameter of the log?

The standard choice for baths is lumber 20-36 cm in size. Rounded logs have a diameter 1 cm smaller than untreated ones, which are measured together with the bark.

Factors to consider when choosing lumber:

Air temperature in the region in winter;
The frequency of using the bath;
Log size;
Drying technology.

Advice! For construction in central Russia, it is advisable to choose coniferous trees grown in the northern regions. Such material has a higher density and less moisture absorption, which, accordingly, increases the service life of the structure.

Dependence on winter temperatures in the region:

* For the middle strip, the section should be within 22-30 cm.

For a one-story bathhouse in a summer cottage, used exclusively in summer, logs with a diameter of 18-20 cm are enough. The construction does not require the construction of a powerful foundation and can be erected by hand. Such a building warms up quickly, but retains heat for a short time.

A bathhouse for year-round operation is built from a log with a diameter of at least 24 cm. The foundation requires a monolithic or massive tape.

Important! When using large-diameter lumber for construction, it is necessary to attract assistants or special equipment.

It is more difficult to warm up a two-story bathhouse or a building with an attic, therefore, to reduce heat loss and increase the bearing capacity of the walls, they are built from a log with a diameter of at least 25 cm.

The wood drying technology affects its moisture content, on which the degree of shrinkage of the structure depends, which is:

Lumber of natural moisture obtained by hand felling - at least 15 cm;
Winter forest and natural drying - not less than 4-6 cm;
Chamber-dried rounded logs - 3 cm.

This parameter must be taken into account when designing the height of the building and calculating the amount of wood required.

The logs should not be damaged by insects and mechanical damage. You should choose straight, without curvature, trunks that have the smallest difference in the diameters of the ends - up to 3 cm. For lumber longer than 3 meters, a permissible deviation of 1 cm per 1 running meter is taken.

Important! The labor intensity of the work, as well as the cost of a log house, is directly proportional to the thickness of the logs - the larger it is, the more difficult it is to build and the more expensive it will cost.

Self-procurement of logs:

Self-cutting is carried out in winter, when the wood has a moisture content of up to 10-12% - this ensures minimal shrinkage of the building and makes it possible to use material with a smaller section.
When choosing trunks, add 1 cm to the calculated diameter of the logs for subsequent processing.
When using an electric or chainsaw, it is required to take into account that after the passage of these tools, the treated surface turns out to be significantly disheveled, as a result of which it is more susceptible to rotting. To warn this, the craftsmen recommend not to reach the markings of 5-10 mm, to cut the wood between the previously made transverse cuts and to perform the finishing test with an ax.
For construction, freshly sawn logs are used, which are easier to process. Such wood, after drying in a laid log house, is less deformed and cracked.
After removing the bark, the lumber is stacked, placing bars between the layers to organize air circulation. Logs are stored under a canopy or covered with a moisture-proof material that also protects from direct sunlight. Drying lasts two weeks, after which the felling begins. Overdried wood is difficult to process.
To reduce cracking of the logs on the facades, cuts are made in each of them on the side opposite to the longitudinal groove. Their depth should be up to ¼ of the sawn timber diameter. These cuts are designed to compensate for internal stresses arising from the processes of moistening and drying under the influence of atmospheric factors, and, as a result, prevent the formation of cracks.

A competent choice and logging for construction allows you to get a durable, warm and aesthetically attractive sauna.

Log baths were built by our great-grandfathers. Modern logs are machined and look attractive. Baths continue to be built from a simple log, time-tested and from a round. Both options are suitable and have their advantages. But what diameter of a log is needed for a bath? How not to make a mistake and choose the right material? Will the walls freeze in winter if you use a small section? We will talk about all this in more detail below.

A log for a bath is selected of the correct diameter so that the walls do not freeze through and keep the heat well.

In terms of its reliability and uniqueness, wood is perhaps the most proven material. Baths, built in the 50s, still stand on some household plots and serve faithfully.

The logs for the bath are selected with the same section, with even shapes.

From the skeptical, you can hear negative reviews about the insufficient width of the crown groove (the junction of the links). Opinions that a log bath should be additionally insulated, in addition to traditional caulking with moss or flax fiber. Most of the negative reviews are just related to the incorrectly selected material diameter and the width of the cut groove. But which section is optimal for building a bath? How to choose the right groove size and log cross-section? GOSTs will help to answer the question.

GOSTs about wood section

You can choose the right ratio between the width of the groove and the diameter of the material using the State building codes (GOST 30974-2002). The document states that the width of the groove should be equal to half the diameter of the material. The regulated size is advisable not only as the maximum for giving the walls of the log house maximum thermal insulation, but also in order to save the consumption of materials. The fact is that when cutting a groove, we lose part of the height of the material. By increasing the width of the groove, the consumption of building material will increase, that is, it is necessary to use more links for assembling a log house. Does this make sense? If you choose the correct section of the log, then no. The optimum ratio of groove width and material height is as follows:

width ⅔ diameter;
log height ¾ diameter.

It has been scientifically proven that the heat-insulating properties of a log are distributed not only in width, but also in length. Therefore, it is so important to take into account the given dimensions. Now let's determine what diameter is optimal for building a bath.

What diameter of a log is needed for a bath

Before answering this question, let's decide what kind of bath we are talking about. The rounded material has a smaller diameter, since in the untreated section, the cross section is measured together with the bark. You should add 1 cm to the total section of the rounded material.Standardly, for the construction of a bath, material with a diameter of 20 to 36 cm is used.

A 28 cm log sauna will be reliable and will warm up quickly even in winter.

Such a wide range of sizes is due to factors that affect the choice of diameter for your bath:

the maximum temperature in winter in the region;
the bathhouse will be used only in summer or all year round;
the size of the structure;
kiln-dried wood or natural moisture.

How temperature affects the choice of wood cross-section

The temperature in winter in Russia can reach -45 ° С. Each region chooses a cross section depending on its average temperature in the winter season:

At temperatures below -30 ° C in winter, a bath is built from material with a cross section of 26–36 cm.

Southern regions with winter temperatures down to -15 ° C can use a section of 20-25 cm.

For the middle strip, take a section of no more than 30 cm, but not less than 22 cm.

You can deviate from the norms and use a smaller section, but then the bath cannot be used in winter, or you will have to additionally insulate it.

When choosing a manual felling log, it is necessary to add 1 cm to the given section.

What is the difference between the diameter of a log for a bath in the country and one that is used all year round?

Does not build a pile of a bathhouse in a summer cottage made of wood of a large section. The design will be used only in the warm season, and its dimensions are small. So, for a 3x3 bathhouse on one floor, a cross section of 18–20 cm is suitable. This will be enough to keep the heat for a short time, and the steam room will warm up quickly. You don't have to make a massive foundation, but you can do the work yourself. With a larger section, the weight will not allow you to cope with the work without the involvement of several assistants or special equipment.

The bathhouse at the summer cottage is assembled from a small diameter of a log.

For a bath, which is supposed to be used all year round, the diameter of the lumber is taken at least 24 cm. The foundation is mounted massive tape or monolithic. Especially if the wood is used with natural moisture.

How does the size of the bath affect the choice of the diameter of the log?

When choosing a large bath project in two floors or with an attic, you need to understand that it will be more difficult to heat the structure. For better thermal insulation, a log is taken with a larger section from 25 cm.You can go to the trick and save money by building the first floor from a section of 25 cm and an attic with a diameter of 20 cm.

A bath with an attic and a porch is assembled from a bar with a cross section of at least 28 cm

For a small bath, there is no need to take a large diameter. The structure will warm up quickly, and keep warm for up to a day. The diameter is sufficient from 20 cm.

For hand-cut wood, add 1 cm to the given size.

How does the moisture content of the wood affect the choice of the diameter of the log?

When building a bath from wood, it is necessary to take into account the shrinkage of the structure. So a bathhouse from a hand-cut log of natural moisture will shrink at least 15 cm in height. After natural drying or from a winter forest, the shrinkage will be at least 4–6 cm. These dimensions must be taken into account when building a log house from a log. Subtract shrinkage when choosing a cross-section suitable for a box height of 240 cm.

Shrinkage of cylindrical chamber-drying logs is minimal and reaches 3 cm. Therefore, you should not take too large a section of wood.

The larger the section of wood for the construction of a bath, the higher the price of material and assembly work will be. But you should not save if you are building a bathhouse for many years. Factors when choosing a diameter must be taken into account not each separately, but in aggregate. So, when building a small-sized rounded wood bath in the northern region, it is better to use a chamber drying. The shrinkage of the box will be minimal and you can use a diameter of 26-30 cm. If the bath will be used only in summer, autumn and spring, then take a diameter of no more than 24 cm, regardless of winter temperatures. Chamber drying can be used from 18 cm.

More details about how the cutting of a bath from a large section log is done is described in the video:

When choosing the diameter of a log for your bath, count on your capabilities. The thicker the section of the log, the more difficult it is to work with it and the more expensive the log house will be. If you harvest the logs yourself, we recommend that you cut them in winter, when the moisture content of the wood will be no more than 10–12%. So, the blockhouse will give minimal shrinkage and you can use a smaller cross-section of materials.

For the convenience of the reader, we present the average indicators from the GOSTs again:

the diameter of the timber for a log house or a bathhouse used all year round is 24–36 cm;
at temperatures below -30 0С in winter, the diameter of wood for the bath used all year round is at least 25 cm;
for the construction of a small bath in a summer cottage, a material diameter of 18-24 cm is taken.

We hope that by choosing the correct cross-section of the log, our readers will receive a high-quality and warm bath. Which will delight the owners and all loved ones with a light steam and a pleasant atmosphere.

A house or a bath made of rounded logs (for readers interested in a timber for a bath) is a widespread practice, to the point that you may not know anything about the subject at all, order a construction company on a turnkey basis and get the finished result. But you would hardly read our articles if everything suited you in this version.

Yes, and we ourselves believe that a good owner will definitely consider it necessary to delve into the subject, learn more about the material itself- which log is better for a bath, what size, diameter, how they differ, what properties they have. This knowledge is also useful in order to understand what the construction is from, and to control some parameters or processes. And after that too - the blockhouse is not to say that it is capricious, but it still requires care.

So let's figure it out, and along the way, you see, we will dispel some myths.

Which is better

All the same, I would like to start by considering wood. And not immediately by breeds, but for now only with conventional wisdom that the best wood will be the one that was harvested in winter.

IMPORTANT! Antiseptics should be distinguished for internal and external work, and not to be confused with each other. It is worth processing the log after laying, and with the part that will be inaccessible in the future, they do this - they impregnate not a tree with an antiseptic, but a jute gasket (for example).

What breeds are suitable for a log house

As already mentioned, for the most part these will be conifers breed. You will most often find them on the market and in the proposals of construction companies.

Of course, there is a lot of taiga in Russia, but the main reason will still be strength and disinclination to rot due to resins... And, of course, straightness of trunks- it is higher in conifers than in deciduous ones. All this applies not only to the aforementioned cheap pine and spruce, but also to more expensive species - larch and cedar. You may also be offered a fir.

From deciduous we would call oak, birch, aspen, alder and linden. But only it has sufficient strength and resistance to external influences. And it's very expensive.

Since we are talking about a bath, where the high temperature softens the resin of the conifers and makes it flow to the surface, there are two options: either partially use hardwoods to build a steam room, or sheathe the hardwood steam room from hardwood.

Spruce has less resin and is lighter than pine. Larch and - noble breeds. Larch is not afraid of water, only it becomes stronger from it.

BY THE WAY! You should not delude yourself about the cedar - this is not at all the tree from which King Solomon built. Here you will find not Lebanese cedar, but Russian ... cedar pine. This is what we call “cedar”.

Whom to choose? Focus on budget. If it allows - take larch, if not, then it will go. Although ... I would like to advise you not to trust the myths too much - under unfavorable conditions, larch may well rot, and under favorable conditions, it can stand for decades.

And it's worth warning that rounded log, into which the cone-shaped trunks turn, over time can present many unpleasant surprises. Especially from the same larch. If a log is taken atmospheric drying, then it quite often begins to lead over time. It can curl, bend, or just go deep cracks.

This can be avoided only if you take the trunks that have been exposed to heat treatment. It is of two types - common and chamber. In the first case, uniform shrinkage is achieved, but with the preservation of the resin.

The second lasts much longer, and the output is wood with evaporated resin, which does not give no shrinkage, no torsional deformation, no buckling, no cracking... All this is extremely valuable, but only the price of such wood is too high.

Dimensions, diameter

Before we name the dimensions of a log for a bath, let's briefly go through what we know about the trunks. First, they tend to thin closer to the crown. Consequently, the upper diameter will be less than the lower diameter of the saw cut.

And for even laying cylindrical rather than tapered. Therefore, of the three types of barrel processing - cylindering, planing and scraping, the most even we get only in the first case, the minimum - in the third, and the second - something in between.

In this case, the cylindering is given cheaper of all, since it is produced on machines, and the rest is associated with manual labor. Manual labor is more expensive than machine labor. But is a rounded log ideal for use?

There is nothing wrong with the operation itself, and it gives it a shape that is ideal for construction.

IMPORTANT only so that the wood itself is free from defects and is properly dried. In this case, everything will be fine.

Planed the option has one nuance: nevertheless, when laying logs into the wall, one should adhere to the gost rule, according to which a taper of 1 cm is allowed for each running meter. (Let us explain: taper is a change in diameter.)

Have scraped off there is no need to wait for the option of complying with GOST on the concordance. Yes, and all the flaws remain there - changes in thickness are possible in places where branches grow, and the curvature of the trunk is not eliminated.

It is clear that the first and second options are preferred, but not the third.

Now about uniformity logs. There is also a rule about her:

ATTENTION! The permissible difference in the diameters of the crowns used in the construction should not exceed 30 mm.

That is, it does not matter whether your diameters are large or small, the main thing is that they do not differ much from each other. Otherwise strength design will be in question.

As for the dimensions, the linear dimensions depend on the project and from climatic conditions of the area where the bathhouse will be located. It should also be taken into account that seasonality its use - thinner logs will do for a summer bath than for an all-season one.

If the task is to do very light summer building- you need to take material with a diameter up to 18 cm... And it will also come in handy in year-round baths to create partitions.

More solid summer (!) the bath can be supplied from a log with a diameter 18-22 cm.

For all-season bath diameters are suitable from 22 to 28 cm... Large numbers are applicable where it comes to objects of a large area or climatic zones with very low temperatures, where logs can be up to 36 cm in diameter (at -45 degrees, that's it).

How many pieces do you need

There is nothing difficult in the task of calculating how many logs you need for a bath. Let's describe the solution in stages:

We look at the plan () and write down the lengths of all the walls. If you take a smaller diameter on the partition, then count the partitions separately.
Add up the lengths of the walls. The resulting figure is the total length of one conventional crown.
Decide what diameter the logs will be.
The height of the bath is included in the project. Divide the height by the diameter of one crown. The resulting figure is the number of crowns.
We multiply the length of the conventional wreath by the number of wreaths. We get the total length of all logs.
The length of one standard rounded log is 6 meters. We divide the resulting length of all logs by the length of one log. The final figure is the amount of material to be bought.
Gables are counted in the same way.

Sauna made of large and huge logs

Baths made of large and huge logs, we would refer to design projects. Because there is clearly not so much a building necessity as aesthetic preference... The owner of such a bath clearly likes fabulous, epic times when heroes walked the earth 🙂 And indeed the building will inspire just such feelings, even if it is a bath.

Note, our opinion is that this idea has little functional meaning and often arouses critical reviews, due to the inappropriate destruction of valuable ancient trees.

It would be nice if the project was done by a professional, because it is he who has to find the ideal ratio between the dimensions of the bath itself and the diameter of the logs. Because grotesque proportions are not dear to the eye.

The tree from which crowns with a diameter of more than 30 cm are made should grow for three hundred years, no less. Such logs for the bath must be selected piece, sometimes designers deliberately use barrels without cylindering - this enhances the feeling of antiquity and fabulousness. However, laying them in a log house will require great skill from the builders. In most cases, the choice is between cedar and larch.

In general, this is a wonderful and expensive idea, which should be implemented on a large plot with good landscape design. Better yet, maybe not worth it at all.

Lower crown

Of course, in one article, the specifics of wooden construction will hardly be able to somehow reveal, but the fact that the lower log in the bath differs from the subsequent logs is worth mentioning.

First, it is done by several more all other crowns in the frame.
Secondly, it does not have a completely circular cross-section. To ensure full adherence to the foundation, it is cut from the bottom edging, whose width should not be less 15-20 cm... The second edging is cut from the inside of the room and has the same dimensions.

It is advisable to protect the crown from the outside ebb, which will not allow moisture precipitation to fall on it.

Processing inside the bath

Protection of the log house is needed from all sides, but from the outside it is simpler, more precisely, there are simply no restrictions that operate inside, since we are talking about a bath. The fact is that the compositions that should be used for treatment are often poisonous, especially with regard to antiseptic impregnations. And in the bathhouse it is hot and humid, so the substances with which the logs are impregnated will enter the air that you breathe, which surrounds your skin.

Therefore, now we will only say about the permissible processing of logs inside the bath. However, it will differ depending on the premises. So for the dressing room or hallway there are no restrictions on the use of poisonous antiseptics. The rest room can also be treated with them.

ADVICE! When choosing an antiseptic for internal work, check with the seller or Google that we are talking about a bath.

V washing you should use formulations that are not afraid of water, and most antiseptics are water-soluble.

V steam room you can use a bleach based on bleach - it will both brighten the surface of the wood and serve. You can use the steam room only after the smell of bleach has disappeared.

In the future, you can make a simple moisture protection, because mold settles on damp wood. For moisture protection, use compositions based on oil and / or wax, or Finnish acrylic varnishes for the sauna, to which they add antiseptics acceptable for the steam room.

Seams can be filled wood sealant, and the very surface of the logs is simply grind, to bring out a beautiful "moire" texture. Painting is acceptable almost everywhere, but in the steam room it is worth using only those paints that are intended for it. In the washroom, paints suitable for bathrooms will work. About paints for a bath with us.

How to caulk

The idea of caulking a sauna from logs suggests that not all sauna owners are familiar with modern means of sealing joints (or do not consider them the best). Traditional the methods, of course, are time-tested, but they are very laborious and require periodic labor-intensive renewal, since the frame is constantly slowly changing its dimensions during the first 20 years of life.

Concerning materials, it is usually used for caulking moss, tow, jute and linen. However, below we provide a link to a video of a master who categorically does not advise caulking with jute, because it picks up moisture well. He considers linen to be the optimal material. Moss is traditional, but not common everywhere.

Tow comes in different qualities. The one that is worse has all kinds of straw inclusions. Masters also do not recommend using it, because some of it will crumble over time. Good quality linseed tow is an excellent material for caulking.

Flax- quilted cloth, somewhat reminiscent of jute, but different from it in quality. Convenient for work and is not inferior to tow in terms of heat-insulating properties.