Merits and demerits of wooden houses

You have decided to construct a wooden house? Remarkably! But before buying materials read this article and examine a pros and cons of wooden houses.

Pluses:
1. Wood - a material possessing high thermal insulation qualities. Unlike a brick and concrete, its porous structure allows walls to "breathe" and by that to avoid to collect a moisture indoors.
2. Wood strong enough material, especially if a tree all nuances of building are picked correctly up and considered.
3. The tree is easy in processing. There is a considerable quantity of inexpensive tools and adaptations which will help you to construct a house in a short space of time and much cheaper than brick or concrete.
4. It is possible to construct very beautiful house (especially if will use services of professional woodcarvers). Wood can be given a very different shape and color.
5. Homes made from this material have a low electrical conductivity.
6. The mass of wooden house - small, so no need to lay out money for a construction of a thorough foundation.
Minuses:
1. The tree very well burns that is not good news to your house. Therefore, it is very dangerous to build fireplace mantel designs and stoves. But from this misfortune can protect special fireproof substances.
2. Often wooden bars have various defects (knots, outgrowths, cracks) which considerably reduce durability of a material, and time of operation of a house.
3. A mold and a fungus are frequent guests in wooden houses. In order that would prevent their occurrence need to use special water-repellent substance.
4. In an operation of a tree often gives a crack.
5. Wood a favorite delicacy bark beetle and termites. What would they not divorced, home treat antiseptics.
So., having weighed all pro and contra you certainly will make a correct decision, only it would be desirable to notice that it is possible to make secure against any troubles but in any concrete house you will not feel so close to a nature as in wooden.
But if there is an opportunity to live in a wooden house, it should always be used.
Do not listen to anyone, just listen to your heart.
Therefore, in the interior where you plan to install this type of fireplace mantels, decorative elements of glass, plastic, shiny metal and other various non-natural materials should be as small as possible. Harmonious only rustic fireplace mantels style would look nice in the respective interior, evoke the atmosphere of a sophisticated rural reality.