Maintenance - How do you prevent settlement and crack formation in the logs?
Wood is a natural product - so-called settlement is therefore a natural and unavoidable process. Thanks to the high quality wood and processing of GoodWood log houses, this is reduced to a minimum. The log walls lose a maximum of 10-40mm per metre of building height through the process of settlement. This height reduction is caused on one hand by the adjustment of the wood's moisture to the ambient moisture, and on the other hand by the joints slowly compressing.

Two key processes are used to prevent settlement and crack formation in logs, and to achieve a high degree of shape stability - Wood Drying and Wood Laminating.

Wood Drying involves drying the wood to an average wood moisture content of 15%. Technical wood drying is a precondition for doing without chemical wood preservatives and prevents attacks by wood pests.

Wood Laminating is the joining of two core logs of wood using a two-component adhesive, which does not impair the wood's natural breathing. All kits supplied by GoodWood Solutions use laminated logs unless otherwise requested.


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