::Frequently Asked Questions::

If there is any positive influence of wooden house to the health of its inhabitants?
A habitation in a wooden house has a positive influence to a man's health. First of all, wood is an ecological material; it does not emit toxic substances or radioactive gas radon, unlike synthetic building materials or concrete. Wood does not accumulate electrostatic potential, unhealthy as an electromagnetic radiation's source and promotional dust raising. Therefore wood prevents from allergy. Moreover, wood maintains comfort level of moisture content indoors; it absorbs and emits vapors continuously. It is good as preventive measures of lungs and respiratory diseases. Secondly, wood is natural material it possesses favorable bioenergetics. It creates a good emotional state and contributes to the stress relief.

How durable is wood as the construction material?
Wood is very durable material. Being properly designed and thoroughly protected from the elements, wooden house will last more than 200 years, the architectural monuments as Kigi and the wooden Vologda are examples of this. Keeping wooden house in good state is not very difficult, but requires a master's attention and devotion.

Is it warm in a wooden house in winter?
Wood is famous because of its low heat conductivity. A wood layer of 15 cm of thickness possesses the same heat-insulated capacity as a brickwork layer of 60 cm of thickness. Owing to this fact it is warm in a wooden house in winter and it is fresh in summer. Inside surface of a wooden wall in contrast of a stone wall, always has a temperature similar to a temperature of air indoors, it is very important in winter for thermal comfort. Furthermore, walls, floor ceiling and roof can be additionally insulated by ecological heater, having a structure like wood, but surpassing wood by heat-insulated capacity. Its thickness must be calculated taking into account climatic conditions and supposed heating expenses.

Wooden houses don't have modern look, do they?
Except the cases when a master advisedly aims to stylize his timber house "a la antique", wooden houses have elegant and modern look, thanks to a modern project solution and to adjoining space planning. Wood is easy workable material while it is surprisingly load-bearing, it is suitable for structural elements of the building. That is why it is possible to realize in wood practically all architectural ideas. Characteristic features of modern timber houses are dramatic cathedral roof systems, long clear span areas, large open rooms, passages and terraces, sophisticated open stairs and so on.
Interiors of wooden houses combine modern comfort and traditional cosiness. The showiest look has a combination of materials: wood and stone, wood and metal, wood and ceramics. Big glazed surfaces, winter gardens, galleries and inside yards are also in fashion.

Why wooden timber houses are cheaper?
Wooden parts and the house itself are 4-6 times lighter than those of concrete or bricks, which allows to economize during construction on foundation (for a light-weight tape-type foundation is enough) and on use of special construction machines and heavy-duty trucks. And as a result, you save your money and the landscape around the hose remains untouched.