SCANDINAVIAN STYLE LOG HOUSES

Building a wooden house nowadays offers various styles and design solutions. Modern wooden houses change an idea of a wooden construction and compete with other building solutions. Still besides modern wooden houses a lot of traditional wooden houses constructions are popular and chosen by people. About round log houses I have talked in a previous topic, now I will give examples of "scandinavian style wooden houses". 

The name already suggests where this style comes from. There are a lot of wooden houses built in Norway, Sweden some in Finland by this type of construction. Why it is so special? 

Walls and Wood 

Scandinavian style houses are built from massive wood (not laminated). As you can see in the picture below corner section has different look as well.

Corner section of scandinavian wooden house construction style 

Such corner section is know as well insulating against wind. Also between logs is placed insulation material. Quite interesting fact, such houses are build from single log wall (18-25 cm thickness) and usually doesn't have additional insulation layer  from exterior. 

Scandinavian House Construction Period

Still such houses combine hand-made and machinery works. Which means longer construction period. Also such wooden houses have to be very precise and accurate for this reason after wood is pre-cut in the factory, house is assembled for control check. Only after check house is disassembled and packed for the delivery. 

Green Roof 

Besides construction differences for the walls there is other very common feature for Scandinavian House - Green Roof/ Grass/ Sodium roof. 

Grass roof perfectly combines with wooden house and implements it in the nature surrounding

Of course grass roof it is not an obligation and you can place other type of roof cover. 

Scandinavian Wooden Houses only in Scandinavia?

Of course Scandinavian countries have their own builders but nowadays "know-how" technologies are well developed in other countries as well. So if you like such wooden house style and would like to build for yourself I am sure you will find builders locally. I have managed a few projects as well and I can give you contacts of the company which produce nice scandinavian style houses. You can contact me: vaida@lithouse.lt