Finnlife Helppo Log Cabin

Western USA-style lifes brings the big west to the back of your house!

The Finn Life Helppo Log Cabin's views are incredibly wide, so much so you may think you're in Texas. Here, the possibilities are totally endless. There's plenty of room for storage and also room for play - the Finnlife Helppo Log Cabin also gives you all the time in the world to enjoy the views. If you want, you can still keep yourself busy. Walk around the veranda and see the world from a different angle.

Why buy the Finnforest Helppo Log Cabin?

* Made from precision-cut top quality Scandanavian White Softwood
* 34mm wall logs - provides additional strength, insulation and resilience to cope with extended year-round use
* Timber joists
* Floor and roof T&G
* Roof shingles
* Ready made, fully glazed doors
* Reinforced corners and wall battens
* All necessary fixtures and fittings
* Illustrated instructions
* Roof colour is Green and shingles are square

Dimensions:

Width:
Internal: 3.73m
External: 5.70m

Depth:
Internal: 2.83m
External: 4.50m

Ridge Height
External: 29.70m

Area:
Internal: 10.57m²
External: 25.65m²

This log cabin is also available with underfloor heating from selected stockists.

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Building your Helppo Log Cabin

Beautiful, lounging summery days might be beckoning, but don’t hurry to erect yourFinnlife Log Cabin. Take the time to get to know how it is put together, and you will savour many years of hassle-free pleasure. No carpentry skills are needed. Everyone can erect a Finnlife Log Cabin, although some tasks may require more than one pair of hands. Build times will vary depending on your experience and the number of people helping. Obviously you don’t need to do it alone!

It’s possible to show this document to a handyman then take it easy until he delivers the keys to your finished Finnlife Cabin. But, whoever does the job, the immediate step is to read carefully these instructions. The knack is to be disciplined and to plan ahead. Although Finnlife log cabins share many options in common, each model style is exceptional. These general instructions cover the basics of log cabin construction and apply to all Finn Forest cabins.

For features that are unique to your Finn Life Log Cabin – such as dimensions, component numbers, building plans and component 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 may differ a slight amount 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 minimize the amount of water that the base will hold. It is suggested that the concrete base be 6 inches thick.

Foundations and preparation: You can build your Finn Life Log Cabin on foundations of concrete or on dense gravel. Whichever option you make, a solid and level base is crucial. Time given to the foundations is well spent. An uneven or unstable base will affect the final outcome of the Finn Life Log Cabin. Doors and windows will not fit properly, walls may stoop and joints may not fit together.

Before you begin to erect you ought to make sure that you have a complete set of components. Tick off each component against the component 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 component or that a component has been broken in transit get in touch with the distributor, quoting the
Finnlife Cabin reference number displayed on the packing label of the transit packaging. As you check every component lay them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Put each component near to where it will be used. Laying out aids you visualize how the Finn Life Log Cabin is built and it means that components are available to hand when you need them. You can utilize the Building Plans and Parts List as a guide to what goes where. Be careful not to lay components too close to the Finn Life Log Cabin footprint. Give yourself sufficient space to work in.

Set 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 finished frame. The top and bottom jambs are not quite identical. Place the one with the Lock RECESS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. Ensure that the door cills go behind the doors. Put the joints together loosely and make sure THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS before continuing.

Take the frame apart again and squeeze PVA glue into the joints at the end of each frame piece. Push the sides together tightly. Check that the frame is alignrd correctly 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 prevent glue smearing over the frame. When you are happy that the frame is square, secure all corners with the screws provided.

Set up door frames after you have laid 3 layers of short wall boards in the pertinent walls of your cabin. The door frames come as complete units with wide grooves cut into the architraves. Slide the frames vertically into the suitable 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. Set up door frames after you have laid 3 layers of short wall boards in the pertinent walls of your cabin. Check that the door frames are square and vertical before you continue to erect the cabin walls. Mis-aligned doors will not open properly. Attach handles to the doors.

It’s easy to tell 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 alike to those on the door frames. Slide them vertically into the gaps between the wall boards.Knock 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 correctly.

Set ridge shingles carefully over the ridge without creasing. Start from the front of the Finnlife Log Cabin by putting 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. Fasten by driving two clout nails through the black bitumen on either side of the roof ridge. Set the second and each and every ridge shingles so that the green half completely covers the bitumen of the previous shingle. In each case, drive clout nails through the black bitumen to secure. You will have put the last ridge shingle when there is no black bitumen showing after you have trimmed it flushed with the rear gable. Nail it to attach.

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Finn-Life Helppo Log Cabin

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Building your Helppo Log Cabin

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