The tree belongs to “live” natural building materials, the unique features of which are dictated by the mother-nature itself. We will not once again list all the advantages of wood, but immediately move on to one of the features of this building material, namely to the shrinkage.
The fact that the wooden structure require shrinkage has become known for a very long time. The shrinkage process is due to the fact that the tree decreases in size during moisture loss. The size of the grooves also decreases. Experts calculated that the shrinkage is approximately 10% of the total initial size. Therefore, even in ancient times, after cutting wood, they left it to dry. The process of drying could occupy several years, only after which houses and other buildings were built from wood.
Today, wood is also dried, but it takes much less time. Modern technologies are used to significantly reduce the drying of wood. However, at the same time, it can still arise, albeit less significant, shrinkage. And at home and baths from a galinded log I want to build as high quality as possible, and therefore, in order to avoid the negative consequences of shrinkage, many specialists in the design go to some tricks.
For example, windows, furnace doors and various partitions are installed with a slight compensation gap. Installation of drains and pipelines is carried out using compensators. It should also be noted that it is much more reliable to order the construction of a house and a turnkey bar to a barn. Since with a comprehensive form of construction work, the contractor will be able to control all the construction processes, most as much as possible to prevent the possible negative consequences of shrinkage.