How to distinguish a cabbage from a cedar from a sruba from pine?

Cedar, as building material, is known to humanity from ancient times. Mention of this we can find in the Bible. Today this wood uses when they build elite houses from cedar, baths, country buildings, etc.

Advantages of cedar wood

Cedar is favorably different from all other types of wood, including coniferous rocks. It applies to his explicit advantages:

• Durability. Cedar houses are surprisingly long. They easily carry the scorching sun and cracching frosts. Resistant to sharp differences in temperature and moisture.
• Aesthetic qualities. Cedar Beautiful building material created by nature itself. Its wood has a beautiful texture and rich color gamut, from light amber to dark chocolate color. Cedar log house is valued for an unusual attractive look.
• Ecology. Cedar wood, being a wonderful natural antiseptic, has a beneficial effect on health. The phytoncides allocated by the cedar destroy the pathogenic microbes and give air in the room healing properties. Cedar fragrance in the house is preserved long years.
• Air permeability and heat resistant. The feature of the walls erected from the cedar is that they are "breathing." The air is not stored in such a room, and excessive moisture is removed. I also want to note that cedar has excellent thermal information properties. All this together, creates a comfortable microclimate. This room is pleasant to be.
• Practicality. Cedar plastic, easily processed and at the same time has high strength. It is not subject to the decomposing influence of a wet atmosphere, and therefore resistant to the formation of mold, rot, and fungi. Coroedy beetles avoid it.

What differ cedar and pine?

Recently, thanks to the above properties, the houses from the cedar are gaining increasing popularity. However, the cost of them may be 1.5 - 2 times higher than similar buildings from pine. A logs of these materials, at first glance, are very similar than some unscrupulous suppliers using pine wood for cedar.

To determine what log house is actually made, it is necessary to pay attention to the smell. At Kedra, a pronounced characteristic balsamic flavor, and pine has a weaker, unobtrusive mind of the needles. As for the color, the pine logs have a yellowish tint of wood expressed brighter and in the open air it darkens slower. Cedar logs can be determined by a pink core (kernel), it is pink, not like a pine.

The cedar wood is expensive, prestigious and beautiful. In many ways, due to the fact that this tree was mentioned in the Bible and from it the time of the century did expensive products, the cedar is often called any coniferous wood. The homeland of this tree, whose height does not exceed 50 meters, consider the countries of the Mediterranean. In Russia, cedar of various species grows on the southern coast of Crimea, as well as in Siberia. We have in construction, as well as in furniture production.

Cedar, this is the second name of the cedar, has a bright core with a yellow or pink tint. It is practically no different from Collus. Cedar smallers are less than that of pine. But at the same time they are more clearly pronounced.

GOST 20022. 2-80 relates cedar to the class of resistant rocks that are very rarely subjected to rotting. But at the same time, the cedar wood is very soft and perfectly processed in all directions.

In Siberia, still build houses from the cedar. Moreover, as practice shows, they can stand more than a hundred years.

And from the cedar do:

• the pencils;
• phaneur;
• veneer;
• furniture;
• racks for mine production;
• hives;
• musical instruments;

The life expectancy of the cedar is quite high. So, it can exist up to 4 centuries. In the Baltic States there is a cedar long-lived, which is 1,500 years old. Therefore, it is unambiguous to answer the question how many years the cedar lives, it is impossible.

It is worth mentioning the useful properties of the cedar:

Varieties

Only 2 types of cedar form 9 subspecies. All trees grow not very quickly, but their wood is very valuable and largely due to the fact that is resistant to infection. Surprisingly, cedar grows in Asia, Africa, Siberia, Crimea, Transcaucasia. It is believed that this tree is heat-loving. Nevertheless, the Siberian cedar perfectly transfers the harsh winter.

Siberian

Some experts still claim that there is no cedar of Siberian, there is a pine that looks like cedar. Therefore, it is a tree to the species of pine. Nevertheless, pine cedar Siberian frost-resistant evergreen tree.

Successfully grows in the Moscow region, Leningrad and Voronezh regions, as well as throughout Siberia, in Altai (Altai) and in the Urals. Tree life expectancy reaches 800 years. In size, the Siberian cedar is inferior only by sequel. The diameter of its barrel reaches 2 meters.

The vegetative cedar period is only 45 days, the rest of the time the tree is in sleeping condition. The most valuable cedar product is his nuts. They are rich in vitamins, useful fats and minerals. Nuts are eaten with raw foods, oil makes and make oil. Siberian cedar is a very beautiful tree, valuable for man.

Photo of the Siberian cedar

Siberian cedar bumps of the Siberian cedar

Lebanese

Evergreen coniferous tree with a barrel to 2.5 meters. This cedar grows slowly. It is able to withstand temperatures up to -30 ° C. His bark is dark gray in small scales. This kind of cedar is a symbol of Lebanon, where he comes from. It is best to feel at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 meters above sea level. In Russia, the Lebanese cedar grows on the Black Sea coast.

Proper cedar seeds. In my youth, it has a croon of cone, in old age in the form of an umbrella. A bumps in shape resemble a barrel. By the way, earlier, essential oils were obtained from the needles, and now from the wood of the Lebanese cedar. This tree is depicted on the state symbols of Lebanon. And often mistaken cedar Lebanese is called Libyan.

Photo of the Lebanese Kedra

Bumps of the Lebanese cedar Lebanese cedar

Canadian

The oldest red Canadian cedar grows in Washington Olympic Park. His age is 1,200 years old. The usual Canadian cedar reaches a height of 75 meters, and the diameter of its barrel can be up to 6.5 meters. The tree has very soft fuel wood.

Despite the name, Canadian red cedar has wood, the color of which hesitates from light beige to brown-red. When heated, the Wood canadian cedar does not secrete resin. When processing wood does not crack.

Stock Foto Tree of Canadian cedar

Himalayan

This cedar grows up to 50 meters, the maximum width of its barrel is no more than 3 meters. His needles are soft light green. He lives up to 1,000 years, but under favorable conditions, it is capable of to live to 3,000. The bumps ripen for one and a half years. Himalayan cedar tolerates blackout.

Krone Cedar Cone, but very wide. He loves increased humidity, including soil, so perfectly feels in the conditions of the southern shore of the Crimea. Although this species belongs to frost-resistant, which means it may well exist in the conditions of the middle strip of Russia.

Photo of the Himalayan cedar

Himalayan cedar bumps of the Himalayan cedar

Far Eastern

This is the most frost-resistant cedar. The duration of his life reaches 600 years. Far Eastern cedar grows in a mixed forest. Next to him there is always linden, birch, fir. His cones, as well as the Siberian cedar, have edible nuts. Fruit cedar begins after his twentieth.

Tree respects moderate watering and dry soil. Where the Far Eastern cedars are growing, there are always healthy trees and shrubs, and the air is fresh and even healing. Skipidar and rosin are obtained from the cedar resin.

Photo of the Far Eastern Kedra

European

Scientists attribute a tree to pine tree. This cedar loves to grow on the south side of the slopes at an altitude of 1,500 to 2,500 meters above sea level in Central Europe and Russia. Maximum green growth of 25 meters. Very looked like a cedar European on a pine cedar Siberian. Only its growth is lower and the trunk is thinner, and the bark is more beautiful and strong.

And so in the photo there is a tree of a European cedar with bumps

Korean

A tree can grow to 40 - 50 meters at the diameter of the barrel to 1.5 meters. Scientists also include this species to pine trees. The bark has a reddish hue, in his youth it is gray, and in a more mature age of brown color. The young cedar has large cones of red with a purple tint, but there are few of them. The old amount of their number is many times, but the size is small.

The tree grows in Korea and the territory adjacent to the country of Russia. Keedr Korean - one-bedroom tree. Male spikelets have yellow. But the needle of the SIZO-Green.

Photo of Korean cedar

Physical properties of cedar wood

Cedar refers to the kernel types of trees. By texture, it resembles a pine, but has more pronounced lines. The physical properties of the cedar allows you to take a tree to the discharge of elite and therefore all products from its wood have a high price.

Density

The greater the humidity, the higher the density of the wood. The cedar density in the fully dried state is 410 kg / m3. With a standard moisture content of 12%, the density is 435 kg / m3, and the conditional density (the mass ratio of absolutely dry wood to the mass of the same volume of wood on the alpo of the hygroscopicity) does not exceed 350 kg / m3.

Strength

Such an indicator as standard is standard, and its increase or decrease depends on the humidity of the medium and the vices of the tree.

The strength of the cedar may be as follows:

• Compression along the fibers it ranges from 33 to 40, 6 MPa.
• Bending static - 54.1 to 79.9 MPa.
• Stretching along the fibers - 90.2 MPa.
• Schole along the fibers - 5.64 - 6.39 MPa.
• The radial or tangential plane ranges from 5.64 to 7.15 MPa.

In different types of cedar, these indicators are slightly different from each other and, in general, higher digits of physicomechanical parameters have only Cedar Altai.

Humidity

In the newly fledged cedar, the humidity exceeds 100%, and with maximum water absorption, it may increase by 2 times and reach 220%. The humidity of the absolutely dry cedar is 420%. A distinctive feature of the cedar of any kind is that it is not afraid of moisture and therefore can be applied where the humidity is quite high.

Wood weight cedar

The structure of the checkered fabric, as well as its number in its pure form plus the water level and the content of organic and inorganic substances are responsible for the weight of wood. The least weigh the roots, more branches and branches. The proportion of wood always depends on the type of wood. And these averages for cedar fluctuate in different directories from 360 to 570 kg / m3.

Generally accepted bulk weight indicators 1 m3 cedar are as follows:

Chemical composition

Cedar phytoncides disinfect air, while in its needle a lot of vitamin C and provitamin A. The cedar core contains 17% protein; 12% starch; 4% fiber; up to 20% of carbohydrates; At least 60% of oils. It contains organic acids, hydrocarbons, stybeans, flavonoids. In aromatherapy, cedar oils are given a special place. Evaluation of the chemical indicators of the tree 5.

Color and texture

All kinds of cedar wood are very similar among themselves. They have a brown core with a brown or yellow tint. Wood has a pronounced cedar fragrance and an oily surface. The contrast between the early and late zones is clearly visible.

Cedar wood texture has an average size. At the cedar middle-aged straight fibers. A brown lines are noticeable at the Himalayan cedar on the longitudinal cut. The appearance of the cedar wood has distinctive features that they make it unusually interesting and beautiful.

Sample Cedar Wood Texture

Mechanical properties of cedar wood

In its physicomechanical indicators, the cedar wood takes place between the fir and fir. Although it is more resistant to the processes of infancy. Being soft, the cedar wood at the same time very durable.

Hardness

The hardness of the side surface of the cedar is lower than the end 40%. On the Brinell scale, this tree refers to the discharge of soft and its hardness is 4 HV. Although its strength is estimated quite high.

Due to its softness, but the strength in the joinery case of cedar wood makes products that will be subjected to significant loads. Evaluation of cedar for these properties 5.

Burnage temperature and cedar calorific value

From the cedar, not the best firewood. They have no big heat, and their resininess can also spoil the chimney. But at the same time firewood from cedar is very long. Although they have low calorific value and its indicator at the level of 4.3 kW / hour.

According to flammability, cedar refers to the discharge of unstable wood. The fire resistance index does not exceed 1.1 - 1.5. The specific calorific value of the cedar is close. The greater in the moisture tree, the hardest it flared up. The average variant of the calorific value of the cedar, which was maximally dried, can be from 4907 to 4952 calories.

Solitude

Cedar is a beautiful powerful tree, which is still growing hardwood, other trees and air next to them. And as a wood, he brings an invaluable benefit to a person and is used by him, practically without a balance. Wood assessment, given its appearance and all characteristics 5.

The larch in this row is particularly - it differs much greater strength and beauty of the texture, is practically not affected by moisture. However, this material is expensive and is not available to everyone. It should also be remembered that larch is very durable and resin material, and, consequently, the process of processing this breed of timber timers and requires high costs.

LARCH - A coniferous tree that lives about 600 years and reaches a height of 45 meters. This tree is 30% tight and stronger than pine, more resistant to the dampness and affecting putrid fungi. Building from larch can stand up and two, and three centuries. But entirely, the houses of the larch cut off quite rarely due to the hardness of the wood - only a few lower crowns were larger from larch bric.

Larch - a none breed, in which the swamp is relatively narrow (up to 20 annual layers). Late wood dark brown color. Because of the well-visible fairly widely annual layers and straightness of the shell, the radial cut seems striped. Bounds having a horizontal direction are scattered over a single, randomly. Texture interesting, looks good after processing. In the water, larch can be many centuries. Lowering for a long time in water, it becomes very hard. That was why she was on the construction of bridges, malls and berths. It was on larch piles that the St. Petersburg Cathedral of the Cathedral of Monferran was decided to put on the ground soils of St. Petersburg. An example of durability and strength are piles from larch, on which Venice stands. The larch wood does not rot and lights.

Relative biological resistance (exposure to damage to mushrooms and insects) larch kernel is twice as high as the pine kernel. Collot, as larch, and pine trees, belongs to unstable wood. Larch is a natural antiseptic. Due to the peculiarities of the resin impregnating it, it is not attacked by insects - wood, and also allows it to be used without any chemical processing in cases where other breeds are exposed to rot. In particular, the relative biological resistance (exposure to the destruction of mushrooms and insects) larch wood is twice as higher than that of pine wood.

In physical and mechanical properties, the durability of larch occupies an intermediate position between soft conifers, like pine, and solid deciduous, the most famous of which is oak. Fire resistance of larch wood is roughly higher than that of pine. The volume of larch wood heat capacity is 30% higher than that of pine wood. This means that the deciduous house has a greater amount of accumulated heat. This manifests itself that in the heated period, the room temperature is more evenly distributed during the day, and a feeling of coolness is preserved in the summer hot time.

The house of the Siberian larch decreases the likelihood of migraine, neuroses associated with vessel spasms. Throughout the term of operation, larch evaporates natural phytoncides, which, falling into the respiratory pathways of a person, prevent colds and viral diseases. With hypertension, positive results are observed to reduce blood pressure, the resorption of hemorrhages is accelerated, visual acuity increases, the metabolism is normalized. A comparative analysis of the physical and consumer properties of larch and pine wood shows that for the majority of the main indicators of the building and structures from larch wood, including those built from rounded logs, are superior to the quality of similar structures of pine wood.

CEDAR, or Cedar Pine, Lives 200-300 years. Its straight line, reaches a diameter of 1.8 m and a height of 40 m. Cedar from the sound rocks has the easiest and soft wood. The narrow core differs from a wide yellowish-white sickness with a pinkish tint. Late wood is weakly developed and goes into early gradual. Numerous smallest moves in it are larger than other conifers, the location of the bitch is mutual, with a large number of individual shoots aimed up. Rack to rotting and cracking. Easily cut in all directions. It has a beautiful texture, easy to handle.

Cedar It belongs to the noble breed of wood due to its unique properties. That is why the population of the Urals and Siberia at all times preferred the Siberian cedar for the decoration of the dwelling. The amazing smell and the healing effect of the impact on the human body of this breed of wood is unique. And, nevertheless, cedar as a wall material is not available for everyone to build a wooden house for the same reasons as larch. Therefore, most stop their choice on the pine and ate.

PINE Refers to coniferous wood. Lives 400-600 years and in adulthood (120-150 years old) reaches a height of 30-40 meters. The trunk has a straight line, even it is easy to strive and saw it.

The tree has a core of the trunk, which is almost no different from the yellow-white wide swirling. When drying and storing the kernel darkens and takes a brown-red tint. Early wood lighter late. The bitchs are located in the core at the ends of the annual increase in growth. The shoots are directed up at an acute angle to the axis of the barrel, so in the context (on lumber) have an oval shape. Smith strokes are large and numerous. The wood is soft, easily processed, not cracking when dried. Thanks to its beautiful color and a clearly pronounced structure, it is widely used not only in the construction of houses, but also in the production of carpentry products, in the manufacture of art carved and lathes.

Depending on the degree of resinness, two varieties of pine - the resistance are highly cleaned, and the drying unit containing the minimum number of resins. The drying unit was fused along the rivers, and there is no resist, since it can sink and on the way.

The resor can fly at the bottom of the river for a dozen years. Therefore, it was used where it was very raw: when building berths, marins, bridges, wooden ships details. Three or four crowns of carpenters were trying to put in Srub first.

The dry dryness is on the manufacture of products that are not able to withstand large loads. It easily cuts out and planes, well gives to brave and staining.

SPRUCE In terms of prevalence, ranks second after pine. She lives to 300 years old and in adulthood (120-150 years old) sometimes reaches a height of 50 meters. The trunk is round and straight. Wood - light, soft, unomedic, uniform and white with a slightly golden tint, for a long time is capable of keeping natural color. Late wood has a narrow light brown strip, which goes into the early gradual. The bitch onto the ate is a rutty, almost at a right angle to the axis of the barrel; Because of this, they seem round on a tangential section.

Wood has a small resinness, it is a rack to cracking. Wood fir is difficult to process because of the great hardness of the bitch, but in some areas, the horses were erected completely from ate. It was believed that in such an outbreak, it was breathing easily, even told the saying: "Izba Elov - a heart is great."

OAK Lives on average 1000 years. The diameter of the trunk can exceed 2 m. The larger the age of the tree, the higher the quality of its wood. From the wood of oak, our ancestors were erected the logs of the wells - the water in them did not "bloom", was a jetty and clean. Piles in the river also scored oak. In a word, the oak is not subject to time - it does not rot in the water, it does not hit the fungus, it does not spoil the wind or the sun.

On the value of wood they say the historical information that have come down to us. If for the protected tree of any breed under Peter 1, a fine of 10 rubles was attached, then for the oak the rod was subjected to the death penalty. At the beginning of the XVII century, chopped oak, it was forbidden throughout Russia. The wood of the oak kernel is dead and filled with special poisonous substances, which, as if preserved wood, protecting it from the defeat of the rot. The most valuable wood is closer to the core, it does not breed and moderately cracks.

The color of the nucleus - from light - to dark brown, Collot - yellowish-brown. Crochine narrow - 8-10 annual layers. Small vessels in the late part of the annual layer are located radial rows. The core rays are strongly developed and clearly visible on all cuts. Wood is very strong, it strives hard. Trying to cracking. Good short. It has a beautiful large texture. Easy painted, stains to black. In the comleva part of large trees there is a link. In combination with the radial saw, the texture of such an oak board is very beautiful. In the processing of a fragile cutter, requires solid and acute tool and caution, well withstands a large thread. Small profiles from oak are inexpressive.

For joinery, it is necessary to use oaks aged 15-20 years. The eck of the oak board is darker of pay, it must be considered when choosing a type of connecting to face.

LINDEN - A wood with a soft, homogeneous structure, white with a light pink tint having numerous heart-shaped rays, which in the radial section give the material noticeable shine.

It has sufficient viscosity, it is equally easily cut along and across the fibers, almost does not breed and not cracking, it is well painted and polished. From the linden struck the barn, baths: barns because this wood did not hit rodents, and the baths are well holding warm. Easy and soft wood when drying does not crack and does not breed, it cuts easily and clean. Lipa is the main breed of wood for artwork.

In conclusion, it should be noted that for almost any breeds of trees can be used, if only wood was healthy. However, there are certain traditions of wooden architecture, according to which the bath is best to build from Linden or Osin, and if there is no such possibility, it is at least to finish with steam materials, manufactured from these trees, and a residential building - from coniferous woods: spruce, Pines, cedar or larch.

Materials made of coniferous wood, due to their characteristics, are very widely used in the construction of not only houses and baths, but also when the arbor and other objects are erected. Such material is also highly popular in the decoration finishes, for example, the most popular material for trimming the bath is the lining. However, it is worth noting that coniferous breeds are different.

The properties of pine and cedar are largely very similar, but still there are differences. Pine is strongly susceptible to drying, which makes it less durable material, and also after drying, strong, deep furrows appear. If we consider cedar from the point of view of the finish, then many positive moments can be noted. The main ones can be called: preservation for a long time, initial appearance and beneficial effect on the human body.

Having decided to build houses from cedar, choosing a material so as not to be a deceived consumer needs to know the differences in coniferous materials. After all, the wooden house, depending on the material used, will have different characteristics.

The main differences of the cedar from pine is:

• Cedar (average) are several pine;
• This tree of wood has a longer lifespan, up to 800 years, unlike a pine that lives to 120 years.
• Blossoming at the cedar also occurs later pine;
• Cedar has a small amount of furrow unlike pine.
• Cedar is a more porous tree (as a plug) thereby its thermal conductivity is 30% less than that of pine, and therefore the cedar log is 30 cm. It will also keep warm as the logs of a diameter of 40 cm.

In addition, cedar has a warm shade of pinkish tone, and over time it acquires a reddish color. Circuit cuts are pleasant, light fragrance with a number of healing characteristics. The most popular type of cedar is Altai. Germinating in the Altai. It is such a variety of wood possesses a unique tint and aroma incomparable with any other cedar of Siberia.

Often, hand-held houses are performed from Canadian wood, as it has dark tones that can be remotely compared with a brown or red tint. This tree of wood practically does not allocate active, therapeutic elements. The smell is also weak, but many are stronger than pine, but inferior to the position of the Siberian cedar. This material will be optimal for the construction of a boat from a boat.

The house of the public builder cedar of the material will have coloring something mean between the red and brown tint. This material is quite weak amber, but in strength is not inferior to the Siberian cedar. Unlike pine, on this material, drying appears relatively shallow grooves.

When you read information on the websites of the manufacturers of gluedroom profar, we often see the information about the rocks and the place of growing wood, from which they are manufactured by lumber. But not every inhabitant is clear what Angarsk pine is different from the usual and what is the hardness and density of the Siberian cedar. What to choose - spruce, larch or wood with an unfamiliar, but attractive name. Let's deal with this issue more and find out what wood will become the best raw material for the production of lumber.

The valuable properties of the tree for the manufacture of glued timber

The value of raw materials is determined by the set of properties that will benefit during the operation of the product. This is understandable to everyone. But what properties should wood for glued timber?

1. Strength - Resistance to atmospheric, mechanical and bio-approximations. This depends on the service life of lumber in the finished building. Often, wood species with high density density indicators are considered durable: oak - about 700kg / m3 or hrybro - 810 kg / m3.
2. Crowded- For the manufacture of glued bars use better wood. In the array there is no defects - wormochin, lesions of rotting (blue, sieve or core), traces of vital activity of insects - wood and others. The number of bitch has less importance in the manufacture of profar than in the production of other types of lumber.
3. Availability - The tree does not apply to a rare, ideally - a vast raw material base near the manufacturer is located near the manufacturer. But sometimes log swabs are brought from other regions.

These are the main three qualities that the tree has a tree for glued profar. It seems simple, but in fact the nuances pop up. It is difficult to choose raw materials with high indicators on these three signs. The same oak (even the usual, not to mention the chestnutal) at high density is not so common in the regions of our country to use it as raw materials. Maximum - oak beams, and in a very immogal price - this is what they find in warehouses of woodworking companies.

Therefore, we consider the rocks from which such a valuable sawn timber produces more often.

Wood common among breed

At trading bases and warehouses, you will be likely to find the timber from two types of trees - spruce and pines. And well, if the raw material is verified. It is possible for the manufacture of summer (less dense) forest from environmentally unfriendly areas. The best proposals are considered glued professional from cedar and larch.

How to distinguish a sawn timber from one breed from the same bar geometry, but already from another?

Color. Some breeds of wood differ in the color of the crook and kernel, it is worth considering:

• oak - light swath, intensely brown central part;
• pine - pale yellow swamp, core from pink to brownish red;
• spruce - white-yellow, sometimes with a reddish tint (because of this, spruce is called red fir);
• cedar - a pronounced pinkish tint and an intense pattern of texture;
• larch - the kernel is reddish, the swamp is light yellow or whitish, lumber from this tree often have a red-brown color.

Weight.Weigh different samples of the same size - the path is not easy, but larch or oak is experiencing heavier than pine or cedar. Spruce and pine sawn timber are sometimes similar to each other, but to distinguish them simply - check the ram on the resininess. Pine - dry, and spruce contains a set of resins, which gives the surface of treated wood silky shine.

Siberian cedar, or great delusion

Did you know that cedar in Russia, nor in all the former CIS (except for the Crimean coast, where it was imposed artificially) does not grow? But something they are sold under the guise of a cedar glued bar. Let's deal with.

Cedar - Pine Family Tree, growing in the Mediterranean and in Himalayas. Wood is used as raw materials for furniture production, shipbuilding and building buildings.

A tree, which is called the Siberian cedar, although it belongs to the same family, in fact it is a pine Siberian. Canadian cedar for this even less refers - this is a car from the cypress family - both for white, and for red varieties.

For the manufacture of a "cedar" timber in Russia, two types are used - Siberian pine (called cedar) and Sosna Korean. Both wood breeds have a pleasant intense aroma (some argue that it keeps in the house for decades), pinkish color and beautiful pattern of texture.

Funny fact: Some people love cedar nuts, but they are not nuts in the literal sense, and they have no relation to the cedar. These are Siberian Pine Seeds. But the real cedar seeds are inedible.

Positive qualities of the "cedar" timber

Despite this "great hoax" with a cedar bar, non-cedar, developers and already consisted of homeowners are perfectly belonging to the glued bruus from cedar pine. Why?

1. The density of cedar pine is smallFrom this wood often make pencils and it is easy to sharpen. But the thermal conductivity at the level, in the array there are many air channels - respectively, which ensure the safety of heat.
2. Cedar beam looks nice- pinkish color and soft unobtrusive texture please eye.
3. Cedar phytoncides increase immunityUseful for respiratory diseases. In addition, the substance that is distinguished from the array at the plus temperature is pleasantly smelling.
4. Cedar Profbrus is not resinous, Therefore, in the summer heat he does not "cry."
5. Insects and microorganisms are striking cedar pine wood to a lesser extentthan other breeds. The reason why phytoncides again.
6. Despite low density cedar logs are durable. This is due to other wood quality, carpenters are called "viscosity". Fibers are securely intertwined with each other, due to which the strength is achieved.

But this wood has and cons. And the first one is the cost. Cedar Bar on 15-30% more expensive than pine (depending on the manufacturer, delivery and place of gravity of raw materials). In some may develop allergies to volatile substances allocated during heating.

What is Angarsk pine and how does it differ from any other?

On the sites of timber manufacturers and construction companies, there is a mention of the use of this tree, and in a positive way. What is so good Angarsk pine?

Let's start with the fact that this is not the kind and subspecies. Angarsk pine is an ectype of the pine of ordinary. Groans in the vicinity of the Angara River. The main difference is a lot of thin and dense annual rings. It is due to this grieving in conditions of long winters and short summer days.

In winter, wood contains the smallest amount of moisture - the array is obtained dense, but the pore in the tree is also enough, so the thermal conductivity of this raw material is low. In the manufacture of a profar - both glued and solid - this pine value is valued for a high degree of strength, ease of processing and a beautiful texture pattern.

Larch - pros and cons

There is another tree that producers and developers appreciate. The glued lumber from it turns out to be so solid that it is compared with the metal. it larchHer density is so high that the river alloy in the places of logging in the example of delivery of other breeds is impossible. Larch in the water is simply sinking. This wood is embroidered in the production of furniture, construction and finishing. More plus - larch is resistant to rotting.

The trunk of the fallen tree can fly under water for many years, and then wood is used for construction and other needs as fresh. Such material has cons. The high density of wood leads to an increase in thermal conductivity, so lumber from larch are used for the strapping or the first chip crown, and the walls are collected from the more "warm" cedar or pine.

What to choose from the timber on the market presented in the market is to solve the developer and the future owner, the main thing is to consider everything in advance.

But finally, one small advice: you want a warm house that will have 100 years or more, so so that in it also the cedar smelled - choose a combined log house from the glued bar. The first crown of larch, the main material - pine, and in the middle of the walls a couple of crowns from a cedar bar.