ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A WOODEN HOUSE

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Are you dreaming of a beautiful wooden cottage in the countryside? If you haven’t built your home yet, you can choose one. Very often, such buildings appeal to people who intend to build their home. However, they do not decide on such a solution due to the prevailing belief that a wooden house is less durable and requires greater financial outlays.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A WOODEN HOUSE
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A WOODEN HOUSE

ECONOMICAL HOUSES

But that’s not true. A wooden house is not only a cheaper solution, but also faster and more economical. However, it requires an experienced team who will know not only what wood to use and how to prepare it, but also what is the best way to insulate such a building and what precautions should be taken so that it can serve future generations in the future. The cost of building such a building is much lower than in the case of a brick. Sometimes the owners decide to leave the wood inside the building. Such a solution provides not only a unique atmosphere, but also saves work, time, materials, and thus also money. Such a house can also be built much faster than a brick one. Building a standard brick house takes a minimum of two years, even if you have the necessary amount to put it “on”” . In such a case, materials are used that require drying, and in addition, the entire work is delayed by unfavorable weather in winter or heavy rainfall. A wooden house can be erected in 3-4 months. However, here you should prepare for the fact that we have a shorter time to collect money, because you need to have a ready amount for the entire building.

A FAVOR FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

A wooden house is an excellent solution for people who love nature and want to care for the environment, as well as prefer saving. How much savings are wooden houses characterized by? Properly built and insulated, it consumes up to 50% less energy compared to a standard house. Such a house is a huge savings for the owner and a big favor for Mother Nature. However, building such a house is not such a simple matter. Already at the stage of buying a plot, energy efficiency must be taken into account. What does it mean? The area should preferably be tree-free and flat on the south side. Thanks to this, it will be possible to heat the interior naturally.

The next step is the shape of the house. The energy-saving design cannot be complicated. So we have to limit ourselves to simple building designs and diagrams without additional extensions. A properly designed wooden house, which is to save energy, should have large rooms with sufficiently large windows, so that as much sunlight as possible enters through them. Rooms such as a bedroom or bathroom can be shaded. Such a building must also be very airtight. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize the number of thermal bridges and good thermal insulation of windows. In this case, you need to remember about mechanical ventilation, because the high tightness prevents air exchange.

ADVANTAGES OF A WOODEN HOUSE

As a standard, wooden houses – if they are not made of logs – are equipped with a wooden frame to which, for example, OSB boards are attached. What are the advantages of a house made of wood with a frame made of the same material? The first and by far the most frequently mentioned advantage of such a house is the speed of building. Such a house mostly consists of metal fasteners of various kinds and nails. What’s more, the only wet works that are performed on the construction site are pouring foundations, and we usually avoid bricklaying completely. Thanks to this, such a house can be erected even in winter, and it will not interfere with work.

The wooden frame of the building is very ergonomic. You can build a small house, and after some time just expand it. Thanks to this, even if you do not have the necessary amount of money for a huge house, you can add the rest when you have the funds. Wooden houses also have excellent thermal insulation, which saves a lot of money on heating. Interestingly, a wooden house with the same area is larger inside than a brick one. What does this result from? What matters here is the thickness of the outer walls, which exceeds the wooden house. Thanks to this, in the case of 100 sq m surfaces, wooden house additional gain of about 12 m. sq. To use.

THE DISADVANTAGES OF A WOODEN HOUSE

No solution is perfect, which is why a wooden house has both advantages and disadvantages. The main disadvantage is the availability of raw material for building a house. Due to the fact that wooden houses are not particularly popular in Poland and brick predominates, there is no properly dried wood for this purpose. Usually it has too much humidity, which ends in a catastrophe at a later time for the owner, i.e. invasion of vermin. Another big disadvantage is the low availability of professionals who know wood construction. This is a big obstacle for fans of wooden structures.

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