Service maintenance of wooden houses

Specialists of the company "Modern Wooden Houses" provide a full range of services, providingservice maintenance of wooden houses.

The list of work performed can be classically divided into 7 stages:

1. Adjustment of jacking systems, pillarв

Specialists of the company "Modern Wooden Houses"identify several reasons for the occurrence of cracks in log houses. One of them is untimely or incorrect adjustment of shrinkage compensators.

Shrinkage of wooden structures is a natural and irreversible process, the peak intensity of which occurs in the first 6 months after installation of the building. In order to maintain the geometry of the vertical component of the building, as well as to avoid inter-crown gaps during construction, it is necessary to use special fastening elements - adjustable screw supports. The feasibility of using these fasteners is confirmed by their wide distribution in the world in the construction of wooden structures.

Adjustable screw supports are installed on each vertical support post of a wooden building. The shrinkage compensator is adjusted quite simply: the support platform is shifted to the height of the shrinkage of the log structure by tightening a special nut. This operation must be performed regularly for the first 3 months after completion of the construction of a wooden house.

It is proven by example: systematic adjustment of the screw jack reduces the likelihood of inter-crown gaps and also ensures the width of uniform shrinkage of the log fastening.

2. Arrangement of casing floating systems

To avoid the influence of shrinkage of the walls of a wooden structure on the design of windows and doors, our company’s specialists recommend preparing the opening with the installation of a shrinkage slide (casing system).

The operating principle of this system is that windows and doors are initially mounted in a special casing, which, when installed correctly by professionals, allows the house to “sit” vertically, thereby performing a horizontal holding function.

The false box is installed in window and door openings on special slides, which provide independence of installation relative to the building, while always leaving an increased installation gap in the upper (lintel) part of the opening. As the building shrinks, the gaps in the lintel part decrease, so the materials used to seal them must have the ability to shrink (tow, flax, moss, etc.). After sealing, the gaps between the false box and the building are closed with platbands on both sides.

3. Sealing seams and cracks with silicone

Specialists of the Modern Wooden Houses company provide services for eliminating cracks and gaps between logs using the method of sealing cracks using the “warm seam” technology. The sealants we use allow you to easily eliminate cracks and crevices in wood.

Gaps and cracks between the crowns of a log house are a common problem in wooden structures. Over time, they arise due to the slow evaporation of moisture from the wood. The logs shrink, forming gaps between themselves, which subsequently cause heat loss, thereby increasing energy costs for heating the room. As a rule, most sealants today are acrylic or acrylic-silicone.

Scope of application of sealants:

• Sealing the outer and inner sides of the inter-crown and inter-log joints of the log house;
• Sealing cracks;
• Sealing the end cut;
• Sealing bypasses of doors and windows;
• Sealing the junctions of wooden structures to roofing elements and foundations.

Sealing scheme:

• Preparing and cleaning the wood surface;
• Thermal insulation laying;
• Applying masking masking tape;
• Filling the seam with sealant;
• Removing masking tape;
• Finishing the seam.

Advantages and features of sealing technology:

• Environmentally friendly;
• Energy-saving features;
• High adhesion to wood;
• High elasticity of sealant in seams;
• Durability;
• Beauty and aesthetics;
• Wide operating temperature range;
• Resistance to UV radiation and weathering;
• Reliable protection of seams from water and blowing;
• Tinted in various colors during production;

4. Painting, waxing, applying UV protection

During the construction and operation of wooden houses, there is a need for work such as painting, waxing and applying UV protection. Timely maintenance work on a wooden structure can make a house warm and durable.

Specialists of the Modern Wooden Houses company provide high-quality services for the care of wooden structures. The professionalism of our employees, combined with the traditions of wooden architecture and technical equipment of the European level, guarantees our clients high quality of work performed and execution of orders within strictly established deadlines.

Stages of preparing and cleaning the wood surface before painting:

1. Dust and all excess particles are removed (it is recommended to rinse the surface with water using a garden sprayer and brush).
2. If there are areas on the tree affected by mold and blue stains, then they need to be treated with special solutions and then rinsed with water.
3. If there is resin at the knots, it must be removed with a metal spatula and coated with a special varnish for knots;
4. If there are nail heads, as well as other metal parts, they must be coated with an anti-corrosion primer.

After carrying out all such actions, the wood should be left for several weeks until completely dry, covering the treated surface with plastic film and leaving access for ventilation.

After the preparatory stage, you can begin to coat the surface with paints and varnishes. Today, the variety of paint choices on offer is impressive.

The main task of an antiseptic coating is to protect the wood surface from the negative effects of atmospheric and biological factors;

Basically, several types of paint textures are popular - glazing and coating antiseptics or acrylic and oil paints:

1. Paint-antiseptics, i.e. translucent antiseptics, preserve the texture of wood, while giving it some color tint;
2. Opaque or covering. Antiseptics completely cover the wood texture, while maintaining the visible relief of the wooden surface;
3. Oil paints - have excellent resistance to weather conditions and are well absorbed into wood, but take a long time to dry;
4. Acrylic paints - have good vapor permeability, i.e. - “breathe.” The acrylate present in the paint gives them remarkable elasticity.
5. Primer antiseptic - applied before the paint coating, leveling uneven absorption of wood and saving the finishing coat, which now requires 2-3 layers. Each layer must be allowed to dry completely.

Wood waxing (waxing) isone of the most common types of finishing, which is one of the most ancient methods of transparent finishing of wood, making the surface more matte and glossy. Before waxing, the wood must be treated with impregnation. The simplest impregnation is any vegetable oil. The necessary material for waxing is mastic, which consists of beeswax and turpentine; it is convenient to apply it to the surface with a swab or a hard brush. To fix the coating, you need to apply a weak solution of alcohol varnish, preferably alkaline, to the surface.

Advantages:

• Environmentally friendly;
• Emphasizes the beauty and reveals the texture of wood - the color becomes brighter, more expressive, slightly darkens and acquires a noble golden hue;
• Wood surface treated with wax becomes water-repellent and scratch-resistant;

Ultraviolet protection. Ultraviolet has a destructive effect on lingin (a natural polymer that is part of wood (content 20-30%), which gives wood such properties as : structure, color, hardness, density. Therefore, an important property of paints and varnishes for wood is UV protection. Among the variety of modern paints and varnishes, a special group of varnishes stands out - products intended for highly transparent finishing of wood products exposed to UV radiation.

5. Treatment with fire retardants, antiseptics

One of the first questions that arises when choosing wood for building a house is the degree of protection of the wood from the effects of biological factors and fire. How to ensure high-quality and reliable wood protection? For centuries, the issue of protecting wood and wooden structures from fire and combustion was solved with the help of natural materials - resin, tar, lime, etc.

Today, to combat rot and mold, various insect pests, as well as fire, reliable means and materials are required - fire-retardant impregnations, paints and varnishes. Manufacturers of wood preservatives, both domestic and foreign, are widely represented on the market. The range of their action is quite wide, and its use is best considered in each individual case, based on the requirements for the level of protection...

Foreign wood preservatives have proven themselves to be effective means of protecting wood from rotting. In addition, there are Russian and Ukrainian manufacturers on the market, which are much lower in price and are used to a greater extent for processing freshly sawn wood.

Our company’s specialists carry out transport treatment with antiseptics at the enterprise in all places of trimming, sawing, planing, profiling, thereby protecting the wood from environmental influences. Fire protection (with fire retardants) of all wooden structures, rafter and beam systems is carried out, necessarily, in production or at the site of installation of structures. The wall material is treated with fire retardants at the request of the customer.

6. Caulk, sanding

Grindingis a finishing process that precedes painting, the final stage of work associated with the treatment of walls.

This is partly a mechanized process, performed manually using special power tools. Using sanding, unevenness, defects, as well as fungi, mold, blue stains and other unfavorable organisms are removed from the surface of wood. After sanding, the wood becomes smoother and lighter, the texture appears, and the color changes to lighter tones.

This type of finishing work requires special professional skills, because... This is not an easy task, requiring a lot of work and responsibility, so trust this type of work to real professionals.

You should remember! It is recommended to begin sanding the walls only after the log house has dried out and settled sufficiently. The humidity of the log house should not exceed more than 20%; the percentage is checked with a special device - a moisture meter.

Caulking.

To avoid blowing through the inter-crown cracks in a wooden house, it is necessary to caulk.

A layer of inter-crown insulation laid during the construction of a wooden house does not provide a complete guarantee against blowing through the walls. Moreover, during operation, the walls of a wooden house undergo serious shrinkage, thereby the thermal insulation characteristics of the insulation are reduced, as a result of which gaps and cracks appear between the logs and the crowns of the log house. To improve sound insulation and reduce heat losses, wooden houses are caulked. As a rule, this procedure is carried out in two stages: the first time - after 1-1.5 years, the second time - after 4-5 years after complete shrinkage of the structure.

Requirements for caulking log walls:

• Work must be carried out sequentially along the perimeter of the log house, starting from the lower crown. Particular attention should be paid to sealing corner joints ;
• When caulking, the materials are spread with fibers across the groove and hammered into the cracks so that the fibers protrude from both sides by at least 4-6 cm;
• During the compaction process, it is allowed to periodically add fiber until the seams between the surfaces of the upper and lower logs are completely filled;
• The process of caulking can raise the height of the log house by up to 15 cm. Therefore, it is imperative to caulk along the entire perimeter of the log house, and not individual walls, otherwise, caulking a separate wall can lead to distortion of the entire log house, because sometimes unscrupulous companies can perform this work.

Caulking log walls is the best way to insulate a wooden house. In the process of work, we note the environmental friendliness of traditionally used materials, such as flax, moss, tow.

7. Additional decoration of seams and ends with ropes

First of all, performing this type of work is necessary to improve the aesthetic properties of a wooden house, giving it a special flavor and originality.

We provide a full range of services for decorating with ropes:

• Interior and exterior decoration of a wooden house, bathhouse or sauna (when sealing cracks and gaps between logs, this method allows you to securely fix the insulation, thereby, in addition to its decorative function, serves as an additional protective layer).



• In interior design.



• For other decorative work in the house.