Finnlife Talo Log Cabin

The Finnforest Talo Log Cabin is multi-purpose; it offers both a convenient store room and also has a decent sized space in the main room. The store room is cordoned off the main room and can be entered through its own external door, no only allowing a room for storage of equipment and garden furniture but perhaps another quiet room.

Like all Finnlife log cabins in the Finnforest range it is constructed using top quality Scandinavian White softwood. This comes from sustainable forests which are well managed, and where industry and the wildlife live in harmony.
Why Buy FinnForest?

Assembly of the Finnlife Talo Log Cabin is made easy with the clearly illustrated and clear to follow step by step plans. Fully glazed windows and exterior panels make life easier for you.

FEATURES:

* Made from Scandinavian White softwood
* 44mm wall logs
* Timber joists
* Pre-cut floor & roof boards
* Roof shingles
* Ready made, fully glazed doors
* Reinforced corners and wall battens
* All necessary fixtures and fittings
* Illustrated instructions
* Separate side room

DIMENSIONS:

Internal: 4.47m x 3.51m (14ft 7in x 11ft 6in)
External: 4.76m x 3.80m (15ft 7in x 12ft 5in)
Internal Area: 15.69m² (169 ft²)
External Area: 18.09m² (195 ft²)
Ridge Height: 2.90m (9'6")

Finnlife Talo Log Cabin - A building How To

Sumptuous, lazy summer days might be beckoning, but don’t hurry to build your Finnlife Log Cabin. Spend the time to get to know how it goes together, and you’ll savour many years of trouble-free pleasure. No specialist skills are needed. Anyone can build a Finnlife Talo log cabin, although some jobs may need 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 might show this text to a carpenter then take it easy until he hands over the keys to your finished Finn Life Cabin. However, whoever finishes the task, the initial stage is to familiarise yourself with these instructions. The trick is to be disciplined and to foresee the work ahead. Although Finnlife log cabins share many features in common, each model style is exceptional. These general instructions cover the basics of log cabin construction and apply to all Finnlife cabins.

For items that are unique to your own Finn Life Cabin – such as dimensions, part numbers, building plans and part lists – you should refer to the separate 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 mayalter slightly from those found here.

Concrete option: Get rid of organic material before you start work on the foundations. Concrete foundations must always be the accurate base size stated in the Parts List and Plans instructions to reduce the amount of water that the base will hold. It is recommended that the concrete base be 6 inches thick.

Foundations and preparation: You can erect your Finn Life Cabin on foundations of concrete or on compacted gravel. Whichever option you make, a firm and level base is crucial. Time spent on the foundations is well spent. An uneven or unstable base may well detract from the end outcome of the Finn Life Cabin. Doors and windows will not fit properly, walls may bow and joints may not fit together.

Before you start to build you should check that you have a full set of parts. Check off each part against the part 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 part or that a part has been broken in transit get in touch with the distributor, quoting the Finn Life Cabin reference number shown on the packing label of the transit packaging. As you check every part put them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Set each part near to where it will be utilized. Laying out helps you visualize how the Finn Life Cabin is built and it means that parts are available to hand when you need them. You can utilize the Building Plans and Parts List as a scheme to what goes where. Be wary not to put parts too close to the Finn Life Cabin footprint. Give yourself sufficient space to work in.

Place out the four sides of the door frame on a clean and level area so that the doors open outwards. Loosely place them to match the complete frame. The top and bottom jambs are not quite matching. Place the one with the Lock RECESS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. Ensure that the door cills go behind the doors. Slot the joints together loosely and check THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS prior to proceeding.

Take the frame apart again and squeeze PVA glue into the joints at the end of each frame piece. Press the sides together tightly. Check that the frame is square by measuring the cross-diagonals. Wipe away all excess glue from the frame. Use a damp cloth and rinse it out completely between wipes to stop glue smearing onto the frame. When you are happy that the frame is square, fix all corners with the screws provided.

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 appropriate gaps so that the ends of the wall boards match the grooves. Tap the door frames lightly 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. Check that the doors open outwards properly. Install door frames after you have laid 3 layers of short wall boards in the applicable walls of your cabin. Check that the door frames are square and vertical before you continue to build up the cabin walls. Mis-aligned doors will not open properly. Attach handles to the doors.

It’s simple to figure out 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.Hit lightly from above to ensure they go all the way down. Be careful not to twist or distort the windows. Check that the windows open outwards and that the frames are square and vertical. Misaligned windows will not open properly.

Place ridge shingles carefully over the ridge without creasing. Begin from the front of the cabin by placing a ridge shingle evenly across the roof ridge so that the tip of the green edge is flushed with the leading edge of the roof boards. Secure by driving two clout nails through the black bitumen on either side of the roof ridge. Place 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 placed the final ridge shingle when there is no black bitumen showing after you have trimmed it flushed with the rear gable. Nail it to fix.

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