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Construct a superb Finnlife Log Cabin

Fantastic, lazy summer evenings might be beckoning, but don’t rush to build your Finnlife Log Cabin. Take the time to get to know how it goes together, and you’ll savour many years of trouble-free pleasure. No carpentry skills are needed. Anyone can build a Finnlife log cabin, although some tasks may require more than one pair of hands. Construction times will alter depending on your skills and the number of people who help you. Of course you don’t need to do it yourself!

You could present this text to a professional builder then sit back until he delivers the keys to your completed Finn Life Cabin. However, whoever finishes the task, the initial step is to familiarise yourself with these instructions. The trick is to be systematic and to foresee the work ahead. Though Finnlife log cabins share many features in common, each model style is exceptional. This set of general instructions cover the basics of log cabin construction and are applicable to all Finn Forest cabins.

For items that are unique to your own Finn Life Cabin – such as exact dimensions, component numbers, building plans and component lists – you should refer to the individual Building Plans and Parts List. If you are building cabins Finnlife Helppo, Finnlife Helsinki, Finnlife Joki, Finnlife Kesa, Finnlife Pori, Finnlife Seita and Finnlife Valo be aware that certain instructions may be altered slightly from those found here.

Concrete option: Remove all organic material prior to starting work on the foundations. Concrete foundations should always be the accurate base size detailed in the Parts List and Plans instructions to lessen the amount of water that the base will carry. It is recommended that the concrete base be six inches thick.

Foundations and preparation: You can assemble your Finn Life Cabin on foundations of concrete or on dense gravel. Whichever option you make, a solid and level base is important. Time given to the foundations is well spent. An uneven or unstable base will detract from the final outcome of the Finn Life Cabin. Doors and windows will not fit exactly, walls may stoop and joints may not fit together.

Before you start to build you should ensure that you have a full set of components. Check off each component against the component list in the Building Plans and Parts List as you remove it from the transit packaging. In the unlikely event that there is a missing component or that a component has been broken in transit get in touch with the distributor, stating the Finn Life Cabin reference number shown on the packing label of the transit packaging. As you check each component put them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Lay each component near to where it will be utilized. Laying out aids you see how the Finn Life Cabin is built and it means that components are ready to hand when you need them. You can use the Building Plans and Parts List as a guide to what goes where. Be wary not to put components too close to the Finn Life Cabin footprint. Give yourself adequate space to work in.

Put out the four sides of the door frame on a clean and level surface so that the doors open outwards. Loosely arrange them to match the ready frame. The top and bottom jambs are not quite matching. Place the one with the Lock RECESS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. Make sure that the door cills go behind the doors. Slot the joints together loosely and ensure THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS prior to continuing.

Put out the floor beams at regular intervals in line with the layout in the Building Plans and Parts List. Where the beams meet with interior or exterior walls ensure they lie directly beneath those walls, ensuring that there is a lip for the internal room floor boards.

Cut the polythene transit packaging (or a sheet of commercial damp-proof membrane) into strips roughly 12cm wide. Cut a pair of strips for each floor beam ensuring that the strip lengths are about 50mm longer than the floor beams. When your Finn Life Cabin is ready you can then go back and remove away any unnecessary polythene/DPC membrane visible. Ensure that floor beams are level and that the cross diagonals are equal. Equal cross-diagonals mean that your Finn Life Cabin is square. Put one damp-proof strip beneath each floor beam and one above. Make sure that no part of the floor beam is touching the underlying foundations.

Install door frames after you have laid 3 layers of short wall boards in the applicable walls of your cabin. The door frames come as complete units with wide grooves cut into the architraves. Slide the frames vertically into the proper gaps so that the ends of the wall boards fit the grooves. Tap the door frames gently from above to ensure they go all the way to the bottom, but be careful not to exert too much pressure or to twist or distort the frames. Ensure that the doors open outwards effectively. Install door frames after you have laid 3 layers of short wall boards in the applicable walls of your cabin. Ensure that the door frames are square and vertical before you continue to construct the cabin walls. Mis-aligned doors will not open properly. Attach handles to the doors.

It’s effortless to tell which way round your windows should go: the outer face has a wider cross-section and the topmost architrave is longer than the one at the bottom. When you have laid the number of boards indicated on your Building Plans and Parts List, start laying shorter-length boards in the walls that contain windows until you have a window-sized gap two or three layers deep.

Windows arrive as completed units with wide grooves the same to those on the door frames. Slide them vertically into the gaps between the wall boards.Tap lightly from above to ensure they go all the way down. Be careful not to twist or distort the windows. Ensure that the windows open outwards and that the frames are square and vertical. Misaligned windows will not open correctly.

Put ridge shingles precisely over the ridge without creasing. Begin from the front of the cabin by putting a ridge shingle evenly across the roof ridge so that the tip of the green edge is flush with the leading edge of the roof boards. Fix by driving two clout nails through the black bitumen on either side of the roof ridge. Put the second and subsequent ridge shingles so that the green half completely covers the bitumen of the preceding shingle. In each case, drive clout nails through the black bitumen to fix. You will have put the last ridge shingle when there is no black bitumen showing after you have trimmed it flush with the rear gable. Nail it to fix.

A Carpentry Glossary

Glossary of terms
Carpentry Terminology

Architrave - A moulding used to surround a door, window, arch or wooden panelling, or the lowest horizontal moulding of a classical entablature.

Bay window - A window that extends out from the wall of a room, often to floor level giving additional internal floor area.

Beading - A narrow strip of wood with a half round profile used as an ornamental edging.

Bolster chisel - A broad-bladed chisel, normally completely made of steel) used mainly for masonry work but useful for lifting floorboards etc. .

Brace - A diagonal member used to prevent part of a structure from sagging - can either be temporary or permanent.

Cantilever - A projecting beam (or other part of a structure) that is secured at one end only.

Casement window - A window that has vertically and/or horizontally hinged openings and may include non-opening sections of glazing.

Caulking - Sealing joints by applying a flexible compound or sealant.

Chair rail - Another term for dado rail.

Chalk line - A length of string, coated in chalk dust, which is used to produce accurate straight lines for many decorating tasks. The line is held at both ends and 'twanged' against a surface thus transferring chalk dust to it.

Chipboard - A manufactured building board made from compressed and glued wooden particles.

Counter-bore - To insert a suitable screw into a surface so that its head does not protrude above that surface. This is achieved by using screws in a hole 'counterbored' with a flat bottomed cutter. If the counterbore is deep enough, it may be plugged with a piece of doweling to fully hide the screw head.

Counter-sink - To insert a suitable screw into a surface so that its head does not protrude above that surface. This is achieved by using counter sink screws in a hole 'countersunk' with a conical-shaped cutter.

Cross grain - Wood grain that is not inline with the main axis of a length of timber.

Dado - Decorative and/or protective panelling on the lower part of an interior wall. AKA Wainscot.

Dado rail - A moulding attached along a wall, about 1 metre (3ft 4in) from the floor, separating the upper and lower areas of the wall. Originally intended to protect the wall from damage by chair backs. AKA Chair Rail.

Dormer window - The window in the vertical end of a dormer.

Dovetail nailing - Nails driven through one piece of wood at opposing angles into another piece thus making it difficult for the timbers to be pulled apart.

Dowel - A short length of wood, round in section, used for a variety of purposes such as joining timbers, plugging fixing holes etc.

Drip groove - A groove cut in the underside of a projection (such as a window sash or sill) to cause rainwater to drip to the ground rather than running under the projection onto the main structure.

End grain - The surface of wood exposed after cutting across the fibres.

Escutcheon - In door furniture, the ornamental and protective plate around the keyhole.

Fanlight - The glazed light above a door, often fan-shaped and ornamented - however the term is applied to any shape of light above a door.

Feather-edged boarding - Plain weatherboard tapering in thickness; the thick edge overlaps the thin edge of the adjacent board - the fixing should go in the thick edge missing the edge of the board underneath. When hung horizontally, the thick edge goes downwards, when used vertically for fencing etc, the thick edge should be away from the prevailing winds.

Fibreboard - A lightweight manufactured board material with little strength, can be used in ceilings or as insulation to attics.

Fielded panel - A wall or door panel with a raised centre area which is sloped off, bevelled or 'fielded' towards the edges.

Finial - A turned or carved ornament usually in the shape of an urn, ball, bun, spike or figure, often used to decorate the ends of staircase newel posts.

Firrings - Pieces of tapered timber fixed to the top of joists to adjust their slope. Can be used under rook decking to give a drainage fall or to bring a sloping surface level.

Fish plate - Steel plates used to join two pieces of timber end to end - the plates (one on each side) overlap both pieces and are secured using bolts through.

Flush door - Doors which have plain, smooth sides - either constructed with a solid or honeycombed core, surfaced with plywood or other laminate on each side.

Fluting - Parallel concave channels used to decorate the surfaces of stone, plaster or timber etc.

French windows - A pair of narrow casement windows that extend to floor level forming a doorway to the garden or other outside area. Traditionally they opened inwards (as traditionally do windows in France), but modern ones may vary.

Glazing bars - The framing members in a window sash which divide and contain the individual glass panes.

Halved joint - Many variation exist; but the principle is that half of each piece of timber is cut away and the remaining halves are fitted over each other.

Hardboard - A thin manufactured board made from compressed wooden particles - one side smooth, the other side rough, Used for covering subfloors etc.

I Beams - Manufactured joists comprising a thin vertical of manufactured board with wider timber fixed along the upper and lower edges. Provide increased loads over wider spans than can often be achieved using solid timbers.

Jamb - The vertical side part of a doorway or window frame.

Medium-density fibreboard (MDF) - A manufactured building board of compressed wooden fibres and used for a variety of interior joinery and building tasks. The dust is harmful and a mask should be used when cutting or drilling.

Mitre - A joint where the two parts are each cut at 45 degrees so that the make a neat rightangle.

Parquet flooring - A flooring traditionally made up of small wooden blocks arranged in a herring-bone or other geometrical pattern. Modern alternatives consist of thinner wooden panels which give the same effect.

Picture rail - A moulding positioned along a wall a short distance down from the ceiling, special hooks are then used to hook onto the rail to support pictures and other wall decorations. The wallpaper would often stop at the underside of the rail and area above would be painted. Were fashionable years ago, not so much now except in rooms with very high ceilings.

Picture window - A window comprising of a large, single pane or double/triple glazed unit.

Plywood - A manufactured building board consisting of a number of layers of wood veneer stuck together in such a way that the grain of one layer is at right angles to that of the previous layer. Various qualities of face veneer, thicknesses, number of layers etc are available to suit numerous applications

Rail - A horizontal or vertical strut used to make up a panelled door or window frame.

Rebate - An area of a window glazing bar recessed to take a pane of glass.

Sash window - A window consisting of two main frames that slide vertically past each other - each sash being counter balanced by a sash weight on a sash cord.

Spirit Level - A tool used to establish true vertical and horizontal lines by looking at a bubble in spirit filled vials.

Stile - The vertical member on each side of a framed door or window sash.

Straight grain - Grain (wood fibres) that aligns with the main axis of a length of timber.

Straightedge - A length of timber or metal with at least one edge truly straight for marking out, checking levels etc.

Stud wall - An internal, non-load bearing wall faced with lath and plaster or plasterboard. Often timber framed although metal frames are being introduced into domestic building - they have been used for many years in industrial ones.

Studs - The vertical wooden posts within a timber-frame wall.

Subfloor - The surface beneath a floor covering, usually of concrete or timber, and sometimes covered with hard board.

Suspended timber floors - The joists supporting the floor boards or chipboard are themselves supported by small "sleeper" walls at ground floor level or wall hangers at other floors. Older properties may have the joists built into the masonry walls which can lead to the ends of the joists rotting.

Timber frame - A method of building construction where the internal walls, floors, roof etc are manufactured in sections using timber off site and are erected onto a completed base built up from the foundations. In modern timber framed buildings, the inner timber construction is often covered by using an outer skin of brick or similar materials to give a traditional appearance.

Timber framed wall - A wall composed of structural wooden components, sheathed on both sides or infilled with masonry or wattle and daub.

Tongue and groove - A system of interlocking planks along the sides to produce a panelled surface.

Wainscot - Wood panelling or boarding on the lower part of an internal wall. AKA Dado.

Wood-block flooring - A type of wooden sheet flooring consisting of small blocks such as Parquet.

FROM: DIYData.com

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