Recently, you can observe how eco-domains are gaining more and more popularity, which are buildings from environmentally friendly materials. Choosing this type of home, a person seeks not only to protect himself from various harmful influences, but also completely switch to eco-style of life. It involves not only the use of safe building materials, but also the rejection of “harmful” equipment, which prefers, for example, equipment such as gas generators, which are considered the most environmentally friendly systems.
Having decided to build a dwelling of wood, it is necessary to correctly determine its type. Currently, wooden houses can be made of oak, pine, spruce, cedar, larch and other trees. For the construction of an eco-domain, the best option would be to use such material as oak, since it is the most durable and durable. Its only drawback will be too high price. In addition, he is subject to rapid abrasion.
In terms of their qualities, oak and such breeds as larch and cedar are practically in no way inferior, at home of which more than a dozen years will stand. These beautiful and strong trees are not amenable to moisture, so they do not need additional processing by special substances. The difference between larch from other wood of wood is that it is capable of producing active substances (phytoncides) that can destroy pathogenic bacteria. However, it requires very complex and troublesome processing, so houses from larch are built quite rarely.
The most common material is pine. In its strength, it is somewhat inferior to the cedar, larch and oak, but is still distinguished by reliability and safety. In addition, its cost is an order of magnitude lower than the price of these elite rocks. Its main advantages are the presence of a small number of knots, a straight trunk and resistance to decay. However, with strong humidity, it acquires a bluish tint, which affects only the appearance of the material.
In the construction of a suburban dwelling, you can also use spruce, which, with high humidity, unlike pine, does not turn blue, but it does not tolerate the effect of moisture so well. Based on this, it is better to use spruce not for the construction of walls, but for interior decoration as a heat insulator. It is worth noting that the choice of building material for a summer residence or cottage will directly affect the choice of equipment, without which it is impossible to do far from city amenities. We are talking about heating and water supply systems that should not have a negative effect on this material. A great option here can be hard -fuel heating boilers, electricity or gas.