The traditional material from which houses were built in Russia have always been a tree. And today, wooden construction in our country is experiencing a second birth.
It is noticed that in a house built of wood, there is some special attractive force. Probably, somewhere at the genetic level, we feel in touch with this material-the gift of nature itself.
But sooner or later, wooden houses, however, like any other, become dilapidated and no longer meet the requirements of residential premises.
Typically, such houses went under demolition, but those who know the true price of antiquity and respect the memory of their ancestors try to preserve and restore such a house, extend his life for future generations. How to do it?
How to get rid of rotten logs when repairing a wooden house with your own hands?
It practically does not happen that the whole log is rotting, and parts of the logs can be cut out and in their place to make inserts from new logs, as you can see in the presented figure, but you need to make an insert exactly on the principle of a spike – a groove.
This is a little more time -consuming than just pulling the inserts with iron brackets, but so you retain the strength of the wooden wall.
Over time, the inserted new logs will dry out, and diverge and no brackets will keep them in their place.
DIY Wooden House Repair: Restore the foundation
The small area is taken first by the middle part of the wall and is freed from the old base.
If this is necessary, the foundation is deepened, reinforced and poured with a new concrete solution. After the concrete grabs well and freezes you can go to the corners.
Remember that it is necessary to isolate logs from contact with concrete with durable insulating material.
Когда завершены все основные работы по укреплению фундамента и стен здания можно переходить к внешней реставрации стен.
This is not a difficult, but painstaking work, especially since it can be partially mechanized. On a manual cut machine, the people called the “Bulgarian” for sale special nozzles, such as an iron brush.
She is cleaned with the upper layer of logs. All mold and rot are removed.
If there are large cracks, they are covered with gluing, and small ones are put down with special compounds. After that, it is necessary to primed and paint our walls.
The work done will give the old wooden house a second life for many years.