Cedar Altai: features and application in construction

After being in “concrete jungle” everyone wants at least some time to be in nature. Not surprisingly, the majority of country houses and baths are not built from cold concrete or stone, and of wood. Those who have the ability to spend exorbitant amounts of money, prefer the Altai cedar. There are many reasons, because this material has many advantages both for construction and for the person.

Cedar

House made of this wood have many advantages:

• High level of environmental performance. Cedar produces a large amount of oxygen which is enriched with negative ions.
• Antiseptic properties. In the wood Altai cedar contains volatile oils that saturate the atmosphere with phytoncides, killing all the germs in the house or room. Due to this, the air is practically sterile.
• Increased frost resistance. Wood can tolerate sudden changes in temperature. Even when – 55^O cedar retains all its useful properties.
• Resistance to insects. Because of the aroma of the essential oils secreted by the tree, in the room no mosquitoes, moths, midges and other pests.

Owing to numerous advantages of Altai cedar (photo of the baths of him shown above) was especially popular in the construction of houses in the Siberian region.

Interesting facts about cedar

It is Worth noting a few features of the timber, which will be interesting for those who are planning to build a house or a bath of this tree:

• Country of construction typically use only Northern wood.
• In the process of production of laminated veneer lumber made use of only Mature trunks, whose age is not less than 220 years. However, their diameter can reach 2.5 meters.
• Altayskiy Kedr has a solid homogeneous structure and has a lovely pink tinge. Wood is easy to handle, and profitable to look great in any room.
• The houses from this tree, sleep tight. The next morning people are experiencing an incredible influx of energy. Saunas made from cedar are the best, as when the temperature of the wood stands out even more volatile, a positive influence on health.

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Features tree

Aside from the obvious useful properties of timber from Altai red cedar has excellent performance characteristics:

• Density, which is 410 kg/m³. Most interesting is that this index increases with higher humidity.
• Strength. Strength limit Altai cedar is to 40.6 MPa in compression on the order of 65 MPa in bending and 90.2 MPa tensile.
• Maximum water absorption moisture cedar can grow up to 220%.
• Due to the special structure and the content of various organic substances in the wood, this material has a relatively low weight. Depending on the varieties of its UV can be from 360 to 570 kg/m³.
• In Addition to volatile in cedar contains vitamins C and A. In the core of the tree is more than 17% protein. It also contains starch, cellulose and oil. Evaluation of this material chemically is 5 points.
• According to its mechanical properties similar to cedar, fir and spruce.
• Lateral surface of the wood thinner than its end portions by approximately 40%. If you evaluate the toughness of the cedar on the Brinell scale, it belongs to the category of soft materials (4 NV). However, do not confuse this parameter with the strength of a tree, which in this breed is quite high.
• The thermal Conductivity of the material is 4.3 KW/hour, and index fire resistance does not exceed the rate of 1.5. Because of this house from Altai red cedar can be considered a safe place.

However, despite the huge number of advantages of this material, he has one drawback-it is very rare in the free market.

Why the material is hard

There are several good reasons.

The Tree listed in the Red book, so it is strictly prohibited to cut down.

In the Altai without railroad connection, so unloading lumber becomes impossible. The tree is transported only by trucks, which makes transport very expensive and time consuming.

According to the law of the Republic of Altai cedar is prohibited to export in logs, boards, lumber, and carriages.

The Wood of this breed can rightly be considered one of the most expensive. Just build a bath or a country house, using this material will fail.