Finnlife Suoja Log Cabin

The Finnlife Suoja Log Cabin is the many-function hall that never closes.

The Souja log cabin is from only the finest quality softwood from highly sustainable Scandinavian sustainable forests. It features wall logs in alternate layers together with windproof tongue and groove joints which give a weatherproof building.

Why buy the Finnforest Suoja Log Cabin?

* Made from precision-cut top quality Scandanavian White Softwood
* 44mm wall logs - provides additional strength, insulation and resilience to cope with extended year-round use
* Timber joists
* Roof shingles
* Ready made, fully glazed doors
* Reinforced corners and wall battens
* All necessary fixtures and fittings
* Illustrated instructions

Dimensions:

Width:
Internal: 3.1m
External: 3.8m

Depth:
Internal: 5.07m
External: 5.36m

Ridge Height:
External: 2.7m

Area:
Internal: 17.81m²
External: 20.36m²

See your preffered stockists for extras such as underfloor heating.

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Build your Finnlife Suoja Log Cabin

The lazy summery days might be enticing, but don’t hurry to construct yourFinnlife Log Cabin. Allow the time to understand how it is constructed, and you're guaranteed to enjoy many years of hassle-free pleasure. No construction knowledge are involved. Anyone can build a Finnlife Log Cabin, although some jobs may need more than one pair of hands. Construction times will change dependant on your skills and the number of people who help you. Of course you don’t have to do it alone!

You may present this document to a professional builder then relax until he delivers the keys to your completed Finn Life Cabin. However, whichever person finishes the task, the initial step is to get to know these instructions. The knack is to be disciplined and to foresee the work ahead. Although Finnlife log cabins share many options in common, each model style is inimitable. This set of overall instructions cover the basics of wooden cabin construction and apply to all Finnlife cabins.

For features that are unique to your own Finn Life Cabin – such as exact dimensions, piece numbers, building plans and piece 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 alter slightly from those found here.

Gravel option: Get rid of all organic matter before you start work on the foundations. Foundations must always be laid larger than the footprint of yourFinnlife Log Cabin – 300mm wider in every direction and 6” thick when using compacted type gravel. For compacted gravel foundations you should use retaining boards to keep the gravel in place and compacted.

Before you start to erect you ought to make sure that you have a full set of pieces. Tick off every piece against the piece 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 piece or that a piece has been damaged in transit get in touch with the distributor, quoting the Finn Life Cabin reference number displayed on the packing label of the transit packaging. As you check each piece set them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Lay every piece near to where it will be utilized. Laying out aids you see how the Finn Life Cabin is built and it means that pieces are ready to hand when you need them. You can use the Building Plans and Parts List as a scheme to what goes where. Be wary not to set pieces too close to the Finn Life Cabin footprint. Give yourself adequate space to work in.

Put out the four sides of the door frame on a dirt-free and level surface so that the doors open outwards. Loosely place them to match the built 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. Slot the joints together loosely and make sure THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS before moving on.

Take the frame apart again and squeeze PVA adhesive into the joints at the end of each frame piece. Push the sides together tightly. Make Sure that the frame is square by measuring the cross-diagonals. Wipe away all excess adhesive from the frame. Use a damp cloth and rinse it out thoroughly between wipes to stop adhesive smearing over the frame. When you are happy that the frame is square, secure all corners with the screws provided.

When laying the roof boards, you will need to temporarily tack an eaves fascia board to the ridge beam as a guide batten, and use it to make sure that all roof boards finish in a flushed ridge line. Mark the mid-point line on the front and rear faces of the ridge beam. Start nailing roof boards on one side of the roof, starting from the front. The leading edge of the first roof board should be set 5mm from the ends of the ridge and roof beams. The uppermost end of the roof board must be flushed with the temporary ridge-beam guide batten. Nail each roof board to the ridge beam (V-Joint facing downwards) and each roof beam, driving 2 nails per board - per joint in at right angles to the roof slope.

Tack an eaves fascia board temporarily with nails to the ridge beam so that one edge is flushed with the marked mid-point line. Do not hammer in all the way. You will have to take it out later on. When erecting the Finn Life Cabin during the summer periods, we advise leaving small gaps between the roof boards to allow expansion of the boards during the colder periods. Where constructing during the winter time we would recommend tapping the boards together, to reduce any gap appearing during the hot and dry periods.

Work through, board-by-board to the rear gable. Make sure that the eaves line
fashioned by the lower edges of the roof boards is as straight as possible. The ending roof board may project beyond the rear gable. Tack it down lightly and mark on the beneath where it meets the ends of the ridge and roof beams. Remove the final roof board and cut it length ways 5mm inside the marked line. Put it back on the roof and nail down. Take away the temporary guide batten from the ridge beam, then repeat steps for the other side of the roof.

Make Sure that the eaves line fashioned by the roof boards is approximately straight. If needed use a cut to remove it flushed. Attach the eaves fascia boards perpendicular to the roof boards, and flushed with their upper surface. You need one piece for each side of the cabin. Fix by nailing into the ends of the roof boards with 50mm nails.

Put ridge shingles carefully over the ridge without creasing. Start from the front of the Finnlife Log Cabin by placing 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. Secure by driving two clout nails through the black bitumen on either side of the roof ridge. Put the second and subsequent ridge shingles so that the green half completely covers the bitumen of the preceding shingle. In each case, drive clout nails through the black bitumen to secure. You will have placed the ending 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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