The Design, Construction and Maintenance of the Honka Log Houses. Guidelines for Russian Customers
Ivanova, Polina (2010)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2010082712787
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2010082712787
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The purpose of my thesis was to write short guidelines for Russian customers who want to buy or build log houses in Finland. My thesis is made for Honkarakenne Oyj. This company is a leader of log house construction in Finland. The materials for this work were gathered from special books about log houses and from Finnish regulations concerning construction of detached and summer houses.
At first the building process of the log houses produced by Honkarakenne Oyj was gone through. The design and construction of the log houses were briefly written in this part. Then the maintenance and service of Honka log houses
was focused on. Two Honka log houses in Russia was inspected in order to check out the maintenance and probable damages of log structures. I had a talk with the owners of Honka log houses about their special maintenance of log houses. Some architectural designs of Honka log houses were made in my Thesis. The designing of room planning was made in order to present the possibility of planning the rooms to Russian customers. The facades and possible plans of common Honka log house were drawn in AutoCAD. Also the design of interior was shown in my Thesis. This part was made with “Honka Color for life 2.0” program. This part determines the possibility of the log house interior and different painting of the log elements.
It seems to me that a modern log house must be safe, healthy and ecological. All customers’ wishes can be implemented by Honka company specialists. But in order to provide the durability and good looking of the log houses it is necessary to check regularly the whole condition of the log house. Maintenance of the log house is the most important thing which depends on the owners actions.
At first the building process of the log houses produced by Honkarakenne Oyj was gone through. The design and construction of the log houses were briefly written in this part. Then the maintenance and service of Honka log houses
was focused on. Two Honka log houses in Russia was inspected in order to check out the maintenance and probable damages of log structures. I had a talk with the owners of Honka log houses about their special maintenance of log houses. Some architectural designs of Honka log houses were made in my Thesis. The designing of room planning was made in order to present the possibility of planning the rooms to Russian customers. The facades and possible plans of common Honka log house were drawn in AutoCAD. Also the design of interior was shown in my Thesis. This part was made with “Honka Color for life 2.0” program. This part determines the possibility of the log house interior and different painting of the log elements.
It seems to me that a modern log house must be safe, healthy and ecological. All customers’ wishes can be implemented by Honka company specialists. But in order to provide the durability and good looking of the log houses it is necessary to check regularly the whole condition of the log house. Maintenance of the log house is the most important thing which depends on the owners actions.