Wooden houses

Construction of walls and ceilings, part 3

Embedding a diagonal brace into the wall.

Nailing the braces.
Nailing the struts may take place during the entire construction process. If the sub-floor is level and the wall frame is perfectly made, the struts can be nailed down before erecting the wall. This method is the easiest and allows us to …

Construction of walls and ceilings, part 2

Structural elements of the wall above the openings. attention: filling pieces make the entire thickness of this part of the structure equal to the thickness of the wall.

Exterior windows and door openings

The posts are reinforced (duplication), when a wall opening is planned. The horizontal logs usually have a hole 50 mm …

Construction of walls and ceilings, part 1

Frame, columnar wall.

Frame walls
Frame walls are made of logs with a cross-section 50 x 100 mm, i.e.. from vertical bars, two horizontal bottom logs (foundations) and two upper ones (top hatches) and logs being the horizontal partitions of the posts. Bale (stiffening compartments) are …

Blind floor

Constructing the sub-floor from boards at right angles to the joists.

Blind floor.
It is the first floor layer to be laid on joists. The most commonly used material is pine and spruce boards, less often fir thick 25 mm grooved …