Interior decoration of a house from a bar - how and with what to decorate the interior?
The term interior decoration includes a set of works on laying communications that provide heat, electricity, water supply, sewerage, etc. In addition, interior decoration involves the creation of an interior. Interior decoration in timber houses has a number of features.
Features of the interior decoration of the house from a bar
In principle, the same materials are used for the interior decoration of log houses as for the decoration, for example, of a brick house. But the tree has a number of features that must be considered when performing finishing work:
- lumber houses are characterized by significant shrinkage, which can last for 5-6 years after construction is completed.
Shrinkage is due to the fact that the beam dries up and decreases somewhat in volume, in addition, due to the action of a constant load, the gaps between the individual beams also decrease. As a result, by the end of 5-6 years of operation, the height of the floor may well decrease by 2-3 cm. Such deformation may adversely affect the appearance of the wall (cracks may occur in the plaster, the tile may partially fall off or crack).
The use of glued beams partially solves this problem. In this case, the shrinkage of the house is completed by the end of the year after operation.
- Another feature of log houses is that wood, in comparison with other building materials, reacts especially strongly to changes in humidity. But changes in the height of the floor for this reason are insignificant and rarely exceed 1% of its height.
Materials for finishing inside the house from a bar
The tree itself is an excellent finishing material, therefore, if the surface of the walls inside does not have obvious flaws, then it is quite possible to leave the walls without additional finishing. It will be enough just to impregnate the tree with the appropriate composition to give it the desired shade.
But wooden walls do not always meet the needs of the owner; in this case, there are a lot of options for finishing the walls.
Regardless of the chosen method of finishing, the tree must be impregnated with an antipyretic and antiseptic. Otherwise, wooden elements will quickly become unusable.
The method of finishing depends on the age of the house and the purpose of the room. So, for houses whose age exceeds 5-6 years, there are no restrictions. For houses whose shrinkage has not yet been completed, it is not recommended to use low-deformation finishing materials, such as tiles.
In the general case, the following options for finishing a house from a bar inside are possible:
- Painting. The advantage of painting the walls is that the paint layer will serve as an additional protective layer for the wood.
- You can just plaster house inside. In this case, special attention should be paid to the waterproofing of wooden surfaces. It is not recommended to start plastering work earlier than one year after the completion of construction.
- Finishing with a block house or clapboard. This option is used when the walls inside have an unsightly appearance, but the owner wants to keep the wooden surfaces inside the house. This method of finishing is recommended to be used only after shrinkage of the house. First you need to create a frame that will slightly reduce the useful area of \u200b\u200bthe room.
- Wood tinting. To do this, the wood only needs to be cleaned of dust and impregnated with the composition in order to obtain the desired shade.
- Drywall finishing. Perhaps a universal option for interior decoration of a house made of timber. Then, after puttying, you can stick wallpaper on drywall, paint it. You can even lay tiles on drywall. To finish a room with high humidity, drywall is also most often used; for this, it is recommended to use a moisture-resistant type of drywall (greenish sheets).
An important advantage of finishing a house from a bar with drywall is the ease of laying communications. Wires and pipes can be run in the space between the wall surface and the drywall sheets. The disadvantage of this method of finishing can be called some loss of usable area.
Drywall finishing can be combined with wall insulation.
When finishing the ceiling, quite often the ceiling beams are not masked, but act as an element of the interior. As for finishing the ceiling in traditional ways, for example, plastering, it is not recommended to do this in the first 5-6 years. The fact is that the shrinkage of the house causes a redistribution of effort in the ceiling beams. A compromise option may be to finish the ceiling with plasterboard or a stretch ceiling device.
Separately, it is worth mentioning sealing, these works can also be attributed to the interior decoration of a house made of timber. Of course, the house must “breathe”, only air circulation should occur through ventilation, and not through natural cracks and gaps between boards and beams. In the past, tow or moss was used to seal the joints between logs.
The traditional methods of sealing (filling cracks with moss or tow) have been replaced by new materials - special sealants. Despite the high elasticity, they provide 100% tightness and can act as an interior element.
Significant wall deformations require attention when installing doors and windows. In order to prevent the beams from crushing the frame or the door frame, so-called pigtails are arranged at a distance of up to 15 cm from the logs. During finishing work, the space between them and the logs must be filled with elastic materials, otherwise, when deformed, the bars will simply crush the door frame or window frame.
In principle, the interior decoration of a house made of timber does not differ much from the decoration of a house made of other materials, such as brick or concrete. It is only necessary to take into account the increased draft of the house and the susceptibility of wood to moisture.
