Snow? You already getting snow, or are they old photos? Either way, some lovely pictures. I've grown to love your wooden houses. They're both solid and delicate at the same time.
all of these are from before this summer (i scan film rarely). russian log houses are called 'izba'. mine is about 50 years old and that's still pretty young. the sad thing is that once an izba is left behind shut and unheated wood fungus destroys it within a few years. so most of the houses around here are in ruins now.
We have strict building codes, except for when they were made less strict and resulted in the Leaky Homes Crisis.
I doubt you could treat an izba after it's built though. But starting from scratch, it should be possible to make them last a long time. (Yes, I know this isn't on the cards for you at the moment. Just saying...) Could only find a pdf explaining how timber's tanalized...
i don't think the wood is treated in any way, but there is a house in a nearby village that is said to be from the 19th c. and is still in great shape. the leaky homes crisis shook me. if that happened in Russia, everyone would be saying that such a thing could happen in Russia only. that is, if this leakiness is really something serious and not just a minor inconvenience. might as well be that crises of this scale just pass all but unnoticed in Russia.
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Date: 2010-09-09 11:45 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-09 12:33 pm (UTC)russian log houses are called 'izba'. mine is about 50 years old and that's still pretty young. the sad thing is that once an izba is left behind shut and unheated wood fungus destroys it within a few years. so most of the houses around here are in ruins now.
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Date: 2010-09-10 03:33 am (UTC)We have strict building codes, except for when they were made less strict and resulted in the Leaky Homes Crisis.
I doubt you could treat an izba after it's built though. But starting from scratch, it should be possible to make them last a long time. (Yes, I know this isn't on the cards for you at the moment. Just saying...) Could only find a pdf explaining how timber's tanalized...
http://www.archchemicals.com/Fed/WOOD/Docs/Tanal_E_process.pdf
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Date: 2010-09-13 08:59 am (UTC)the leaky homes crisis shook me. if that happened in Russia, everyone would be saying that such a thing could happen in Russia only.
that is, if this leakiness is really something serious and not just a minor inconvenience. might as well be that crises of this scale just pass all but unnoticed in Russia.
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Date: 2010-09-13 10:26 am (UTC)