It will be no secret to anyone that larch, fir, spruce and pine have different characteristics. What type of wood is best suited for building walls?? What characteristics should construction wood have?? What to look for when buying it? You will learn about this by reading the article to the end..
The best types of wood for wall construction
A wooden house built will have these qualities, which the selected material has. Buy only good quality lumber, protected from moisture and pests. Don't skimp on quality, better to save money buying timber from the manufacturer.
The big advantage of a wooden house is that, that it can be built relatively quickly and does not require a massive foundation, as is the case with brick walls. What shape to choose a table for the dining room? Let's figure it out.
- Larch – poses a challenge to carpenters and customers’ wallets. Great, but difficult material. Very resistant to water, durable and not prone to cracking or bending. Most often used for the production of windows, doors, stairways. Has a beautiful pattern and small knots. Decorating the facade and interior from it will decorate your home. The wood is full of resin, which makes it smell great. It is an excellent option for building both houses and terraces.
Larch - Fir – durable and elastic, but sometimes it bursts along the rings during drying and can become deformed. Less resinous, therefore not resistant to water and pests, impervious to impregnation, In addition, it is prone to mold.
- Ale – easy to process, fragile, with a slight tendency to crack and curl during drying. Knotty, with irregular rings, distortions and resin bubbles. Difficult to impregnate but easy to paint. Predisposed to the appearance of fungi and mold, not weather resistant. Designed for:
- building walls;
- wall cladding;
- gender;
- stairways.
- Pine – soft and easy to handle, with a slight tendency to warp and crack during drying. Requires good impregnation, because it is predisposed to the appearance of fungus. This is the cheapest and most widely used construction material, see prices here. Pine is also used to make:
- doors;
- windows;
- gender;
- chipboard and hardboard boards.
Wood quality
If you find even the slightest trace of fungus or insect habitation, you need to give it up completely. Wood should not have a moisture content of more than 19%. Dry material is characterized by dimensional stability and will undergo only a small degree of permanent deformation.
Naturally dried wood has better characteristics., stacked. The drying time depends on the thickness of the logs and the ambient temperature. In the case of boards this may be a month or two, in the case of logs, it may take years. If the wood is well protected from rain, may take several years to dry out, and the longer, all the better. Unfortunately, such material is difficult to obtain, and even if you manage to find, you have to pay dearly for it.
The cheapest material is dried in special dryers at very high temperatures., about 60°C, for a certain time (depending on thickness). During such drying, not only moisture evaporates, but pathogenic microorganisms are also destroyed.
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