The functionality of the door / window
5.
Because of the shrinking and expanding of the wood, you can adjust the hinges of the door or the windows by
screwing them inwards or outwards (note, that the door has three hinges; remember to screw each hinge as
much so that they are aligned straight).
If the door / window is too large for the opening, screw the hinges inwards.
Our wood material is artificially dried and in normal conditions there should be no problems in installing the
door and the windows.
: it is advisable to check the function of the door and the windows in the spring and adjust them if
necessary.
Note
Floor
6.
The floor boards have been planed to the profile. They are tongued and grooved and they have chamfers and
two dry grooves below. Usually the boards are dull-edged from below. This is not a fault.
Begin installing the floor from the biggest room by placing the first board chamfers/dry grooves down and the
groove facing to the front wall. Mark the centres of the bottom boards to the base logs with a pencil for
example. After this put the boards to their places. After this install the floor boards to the other rooms.
Also here it must be noticed that the wood lives according to the humidity of the air. When the weather is dry
the boards fit easily to their places. In a moist weather the installation can be tight.
The floor area is 3.81 m deep, so the floor boards can shrink or expand parallel to the side walls 4-6 mm.
Therefore
Note that the wood will shrink
very little lengthwise, only a tolerance of 2-5 mm is necessary
between the side walls and the floor.
When the floor boards are in their places, fasten them to the
bottom boards with nails following the marks you have made to
the front and back walls,
. You can use an alignment wire
or board in order to find the centre of the bottom boards. Cut and
fasten the skirting boards.
it is advisable to leave a space of 1 mm between each floor board.
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In a view of the "sinking" of the log walls, it is possible that the storm bars touch the ground or the foundations
and could damage the roof when pushed upwards. Then simply saw a piece off the end with a metal saw, so
that they do not rest on the ground any more.
A few words about wood. Wood is a living material, it shrinks in a humid weather and expands when the
weather is dry. Therefore we have left an extra space (a slot of 4-5 cm) above the door and the windows. This
space is necessary for the log walls to be able to expand and shrink according to the weather.
NEVER NAIL
OR SCREW THE DOOR OR WINDOW FRAMES TO THE LOG WALL EXCEPT TO THE
LOWEST LOG.
This has to be considered already when the foundations are
prepared.
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