Finnlife Reikko Log Cabin

The FinnForest Riekko Log Cabin

The Finnlife Riekko Log Cabin is an beautiful looking log cabin offering a decent-sized space inside and the scope to create something truly lovely for yourself and your garden.

Like all log cabins in the Finnforest range it is constructed using top quality Scandinavian White softwood. This comes from sustainable forests which are well managed, and where industry and the wildlife live in harmony.

Why buy the FinnForest Reikko Log Cabin?

Well illustrated, step-by-step plans are supplied with your log cabin making assembly more simple and more straightforward. The doors and windows come fully glazed making life easier for you. The wood is packed in protecting sheeting and comes packed in the right order for assembly

FEATURES

* Made from Scandinavian White softwood
* 28mm wall logs
* Timber joists
* Pre-cut floor & roof boards
* Roof shingles
* Ready made, fully glazed doors
* Reinforced corners and pre-cut wall battens
* All necessary fixtures and fittings
* Illustrated step-by-step instruction manual

DIMENSIONS

Height:9'5" (2.9m)
Width:9'7" (2.96m)
Depth:14'11" (4.34m)


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How to build a Finnlife Riekko Log Cabin

Gorgeous, lounging summer days might be coming, but don’t hurry to build your Finnlife Log Cabin. Take the time to get to know how it is put together, and you’ll savour many years of trouble-free pleasure. No specialist abilities are required. Everyone can erect a Finnlife Reikko log cabin, although some jobs may require more than one pair of hands. Construction times will vary depending on your skills and the number of people who help you. Of course you don’t have to do it without any help!

You might show this text to a handyman then relax until he presents you with the keys to your completed Finnlife Cabin. However, no matter who does the job, the first step is to understand fully these instructions. The plan is to be systematic and to foresee the work ahead. Although Finnlife log cabins share many features in common, each model style is inimitable. This set of general instructions cover the basics of log cabin construction and are applicable to all Finnlife cabins.

For features that are unique to your Finnlife 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 maydiffer slightly from those found here.

Concrete option: Remove all organic material before you begin work on the foundations. Concrete foundations must always be the accurate base size stated in the Parts List and Plans instructions to lessen 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 build your Finnlife Cabin on foundations of concrete or on compacted gravel. Whichever option you choose, a firm and level base is crucial. Time spent on the foundations is well invested. An uneven or unstable base will affect the end outcome of the Finnlife Cabin. Doors and windows will not fit exactly, walls may bow and joints may not match up.

Before you begin to erect you should check that you have a complete set of parts. Tick off each 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, stating the Finnlife 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 each part near to where it will be used. Laying out helps you see how the Finnlife Cabin is built and it means that parts are ready to hand when you need them. You can utilize the Building Plans and Parts List as a scheme to what goes where. Be careful not to put parts too close to the Finnlife Cabin footprint. Give yourself sufficient room to work in.

Put 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 the same. Place the one with the Lock RECESS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. Make sure that the door cills go behind the doors. Slot the joints together loosely and check THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS before proceeding.

Pull the frame apart again and squeeze PVA glue into the joints at the end of each frame piece. Push the sides together tightly. Ensure 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 onto the frame. When you are happy that the frame is square, secure all corners with the screws provided.

Persist with laying wall boards according to the layout of the Building Plans and Parts List you will have received with your order. The final few layers of side wall boards in some cabins are longer. The lengths increase in steps to give support to an overhanging canopy. Put angled gable boards in sequence beginning with the longest. Take care with the alignment of the angled gable boards. The sloping roof line should be symmetrical and even at both gable ends. Use nails at either end to fix each layer of gable boards to the layer below. Hammer nails in at an angle through the sloping ends of the gable boards.

Building up the gable ends shows a succession of slots for the roof beams. As each slot appears, tap in a roof beam. Make sure that the angled side of each roof beam lies flush with the angle of the gable. Nail through into the gable boards to secure. Tap the ridge beam into place at the apex of the gable ends. Fix by nailing into the topmost gable board. Slide ridge and roof beam extension pieces on top of the exposed ends of the beams at both ends of the cabin. Make sure that the upper surfaces of the beams and the extension pieces are flush, then secure by nailing from either side. Fix the wall board extension pieces to the ends of the topmost wall boards in the same way.

Put ridge shingles carefully over the ridge without creasing. Begin from the front of the cabin by putting a ridge shingle evenly across the roof ridge so that the tip of the green edge is flush with the leading edge of the roof boards. Fix 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 final ridge shingle when there is no black bitumen showing after you have trimmed it flush with the rear gable. Nail it to secure.




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