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

Gorgeous, lazy summer evenings might be calling, but don’t rush to build your Finnlife Suoja Log Cabin. Spend the time to figure out how it goes together, and you’ll savour many years of trouble-free pleasure. No specialist skills are needed. Anyone can erect a Finnlife log cabin, although some tasks may require more than one pair of hands. Construction times will vary depending on your skills and the number of people helping. Obviously you don’t need to do it without any help!

It is possible to present this text to a carpenter then sit back until he delivers the keys to your finished Finn Life Cabin. However, whoever finishes the task, the initial stage is to understand fully these instructions. The knack is to be systematic and to foresee the work ahead. Although Finnlife log cabins share many features in common, each model style is distinctive. This set of general instructions cover the basics of wooden cabin construction and are applicable to all Finn Forest cabins.

For items that are unique to your Finnlife Log Cabin – such as dimensions, piece numbers, building plans and piece lists – you should refer to the individual 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 differ slightly from those found here.

Gravel option: Remove all organic matter before you start work on the foundations. Foundations must always be laid larger than the footprint of your Finn Life Cabin – 300mm wider in all 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 should ensure that you have a complete set of pieces. Check off each 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 broken 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 lay them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Lay each piece near to where it will be used. Laying out helps you visualize 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 lay pieces too close to the Finn Life Cabin footprint. Give yourself adequate space to work in.

Lay 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 complete frame. The top and bottom jambs are not quite matching. Place the one with the Lock RECESS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. Make sure that the door cills go behind the doors. Put the joints together loosely and ensure THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS before moving on.

Your complete Finn Life Cabin rests on a series of parallel beams known as floor beams. They provide a firm base and raise the cabin off the ground for ventilation. Do not obstruct the circulation of air underneath the cabin by blocking the open end. To stop damp rising into your cabin each floor beam should be covered by two strips of damp-proof membrane, one above and one below. The polythene transit packaging offers a perfectly good damp-proof course when cut into thin strips. Instead you can purchase a sheet of commercial damp-proof membrane and make that into strips. Floor beams are simple to recognise. They are impregnated with a long-lasting preservative that makes them darker. The layout of floor beams depends on your Finn Life Cabin model; please refer to your individual Building Plans and Parts List.

Continue laying wall boards according to the layout of the Building Plans and Parts List you will have received with your order. The last few layers of side wall boards in some cabins are longer. The lengths increase in steps to offer support to an overhanging canopy. Lay angled gable boards sequentially beginning with the longest. Take care with the alignment of the angled gable boards. The angled 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 angled ends of the gable boards.

Constructing the gable ends reveals 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 flushed 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 flushed, then secure by nailing from each side. Fix the wall board extension pieces to the ends of the topmost wall boards in the same way.

Lay ridge shingles carefully over the ridge without creasing. Start 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 flushed 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. Lay 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 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 secure.

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Build your Finnlife Suoja Log Cabin

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