Finnlife Teeri Log Cabin

The Finnlife Teeri log cabin is a part of the Finnforest Finn Life range.

Think about it: right now you could be outside enjoying the sunshine, or in your Finnlife Teeri Log Cabin enjoying games and drinking a cool juice. You could be spending time by yourself in the Teeri's secluded rear room; instead you want to be the focus of attention in the L-shaped main room. During the week it's back to business - your able to use the Teeri for hosting events too! Never a dull moment.

Finnforest log cabin components are precision-cut from top quality Scandinavian softwood for an immaculate fit. The timber comes from well-managed forests where indigenous wildlife and forest industries co-exist. Building your Finnlife Teeri log cabin using the excellent plans supplied is simple and straightforward. The result is a professional-looking job that you'll be happy to call your own.

· 28mm Log Thickness
· Square Roof Shingle Tiles
· Perspex Glazing
· Made from Scandinavian White softwood
· 38mm wall logs
· Timber joists
· Pre-cut floor & roof boards
· Roofing shingles
· Reinforced corner and wall battens
· All necessary fixtures and fittings
· Illustrated instructions

Look out for optional extras:

· Guttering Kit
· Underfloor Heating

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Teeri Log Cabin building - a brief how to

Wonderful long summertime days may be coming, but don’t hasten to build yourFinnlife Log Cabin. Take the time to understand how it is put together, and you're guaranteed to savour many years of trouble-free pleasure. No specialist knowledge are required. Everyone can build a Finnlife Log Cabin, although some jobs may need more than one pair of hands. Build times will vary depending on your skills and the number of people who help you. Of course you don’t need to do it without any help!

You may show this document to a carpenter then sit back until he hands over the keys to your great new Finn Life Log Cabin. Having said that, whoever does the job, the initial step is to familiarise yourself with these instructions. The knack is to be methodical and to plan ahead. Although Finnlife log cabins share many options in common, each model style is distinctive. These overall instructions cover the basics of log cabin construction and apply to all Finnlife cabins.

For items that are unique to your own Finnlife Log Cabin – such as exact dimensions, part numbers, building plans and part lists – you should refer to the individual Building Plans and Parts List. If you are building cabins Finn Life Helppo, Finn Life Helsinki, Finn Life Joki, Finn Life Kesa, Finnlife Pori, Finn Life Seita and Finn Life Valo
be aware that certain instructions may alter slightly from those found here.

Concrete option: Remove all organic matter prior to starting work on the foundations. Concrete foundations must always be the precise base size stated in the Parts List and Plans instructions to minimize the amount of water that the base will carry. It is suggested that the concrete base be six inches thick.

Foundations and preparation: You are able to erect your Finnlife Log Cabin on foundations of concrete or on compacted gravel. Whichever option you choose, a firm and level base is crucial. Time given to the foundations is well invested. An uneven or unstable base will detract from the end outcome of the Finnlife Log Cabin. Doors and windows will not fit exactly, walls may stoop and joints may not match up.

Before you commence to erect you should ensure that you have a complete set of parts. Check off every part against the part 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 part or that a part has been damaged in transit get in touch with the distributor, quoting the Finnlife Log Cabin reference number displayed on the packing label of the transit packaging. As you check off every part put them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Put every part near to where it will be utilized. Laying out aids you visualize how the Finnlife Log Cabin is built and it means that parts are available to hand when you need them. You can utilize the Building Plans and Parts List as a scheme to what goes where. Be wary not to put parts too close to the Finnlife Log Cabin footprint. Give yourself sufficient space to work in.

Place 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 complete frame. The top and bottom jambs are not quite the same. 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 ensure THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS before continuing.

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 onto the frame. When you are happy that the frame is square, fix all corners with the screws provided.

Install 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 appropriate gaps so that the ends of the wall boards fit the grooves. Tap the door frames gently 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. Make Sure that the doors open outwards properly. Install door frames after you have laid 3 layers of short wall boards in the pertinent walls of your cabin. Make Sure 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 simple to figure out which way round your windows should go: the outer face has a wider cross-section and the top 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 finished units with wide grooves the same 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. Make Sure that the windows open outwards and that the frames are square and vertical. Misaligned windows will not open properly.

Place ridge shingles precisely over the ridge without creasing. Begin 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. Place 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 fix. You will have laid 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 Teeri Log Cabin

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Teeri Log Cabin building - a brief how to

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