Myth : Wooden house demands a lot of repairs and maintenance.

Woooden house needs a lot of repairs and maintenance. True?

One of the popular myths. This statement may be divided into two parts. First, repair. Second, the maintenance. If maintained properly there is no need of repairs.
Wooden houses are durable in nature. If the house is properly constructed, then there will be no problem, it will serve “faithfully” for several decades, besides wood is an elastic and easy building material. There is a natural expansion and contraction cycle that happens to wood through the year as humidity rises and falls. Wood naturally tries to get its moisture content with the surroundings from humid air and expands, loses moisture to dry air and contracts.
The most important conditions to ensure the longevity of the house are a high-quality structural construction, good quality timber and proper polishing measures.
• Shrinkage of wooden structures and natural irreversible process is one of the maintenance measures to be taken every 6 months. In order to keep the geometry of the vertical component of the building, as well as avoid gaps in the construction, it is necessary to use special fasteners – adjustable screw supports. Appropriateness of the use of these devices has been widely spread around the world in the construction of wooden buildings.
• Pine wood is mechanically reliable with low heat conductivity. Pine wood can be distinguished by its bright distinctive texture pattern. It neither fades nor bleaches while the wood becomes darker with years tingeing with reddish colour due to large amount of resins.
• During the construction and operation of wooden houses there is a need for proper polishing and applying UV protection. Timely implementation of care for wooden structure, are able to make the house warm and durable. Polishing emphasizes the beauty and texture of the wood shows – the colour becomes brighter, more expressive and slightly darker and gets a noble golden hue; UV protection- Ultraviolet light has a devastating effect on lignin – a natural polymer part of the timber (the contents of 20-30%), which gives wood properties such as texture, colour, hardness, density. Therefore, an important property of coatings for wood is UV protection.
Therefore, there is less or minimal maintenance cost for wooden house constructed by The Maharaja Log Homes. We help in maintaining wooden house for years together by taking all necessary measures every year. We deliver 60-80 years guarantee of wooden structure constructed by us.