Finnlife Susi Log Cabin

Observe as the Finnforest Susi Log Cabin transforms into the perfect outdoor games room.

The double doors with full glazing and single opening window ensure both easy access to the log cabin and a light and airy environment. The Finnlife Susi's strength is ensured by 44mm thick cladding and interlocking corners. The generous area makes it an ideal all-purpose building including outdoor games room or garden office.

# Interlocking construction
# Eye-catching shingle roof
# 1 opening window
# Glazed double door
# 44mm cladding

See individual retailers for such extras as underfloor heating

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Building Dimension Width Depth Eaves Height Ridge Height
Finnforest Susi 380cm 296cm 0cm 272cm
Finnforest Susi with underfloor heating 380cm 296cm 0cm 272cm

Windows
Finnforest Susi 1 opening windows
Finnforest Susi with underfloor heating 1 opening windows

Door Opening Size (w x h)
Finnforest Susi 0cm 0cm
Finnforest Susi with underfloor heating 0cm 0cm

Material Pine

Cladding Style Tongue and Groove Interlocking Boards

Glazing Material

Finnforest Susi Styrene
Finnforest Susi with underfloor heating Styrene

Floor Material Tongue & Groove

Roof Material Tongue & Groove

Cladding Width
Finnforest Susi 4.4cm
Finnforest Susi with underfloor heating 4.4cm

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Finnlife Log Cabin Construction

The lazy summer days may be enticing, but don’t rush to construct your Finnlife Log Cabin. Spend the time to understand how it is put together, and you will enjoy many years of trouble-free pleasure. No carpentry skills are needed. Anyone can build a Finnlife Susi log cabin, although some jobs may need more than one pair of hands. Build times will alter depending on your experience and the number of people who help you. Obviously you don’t have to do it alone!

It’s possible to present this document to a handyman then relax until he hands over the keys to your finished Finnlife Cabin. Having said that, whoever completes the work, the initial stage is to familiarise yourself with these instructions. The trick is to be orderly and to foresee the work ahead. Although Finnlife log cabins share many options in common, each model style is unique. This set of overall instructions cover the basics of log cabin construction and are applicable to all Finnlife 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: Get rid of all organic debris prior to starting work on the foundations. Foundations must always be laid larger than the footprint of your Finnlife Cabin – 300mm wider in all direction and 6” thick when using compressed type gravel. For compressed gravel foundations you should use retaining boards to keep the gravel in place and compressed.

Before you start to build you should make sure that you have a complete set of pieces. Tick 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 damaged in transit get in touch with the distributor, stating the Finnlife Cabin reference number shown on the packing label of the transit packaging. As you check each piece set them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Lay each piece close to where it will be used. Laying out aids you visualize how the Finnlife Cabin goes together and it means that pieces are ready to hand when you need them. You can utilize the Building Plans and Parts List as a guide to what goes where. Be wary not to set pieces too close to the Finnlife Cabin footprint. Give yourself ample space to work in.

Place 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 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 make sure THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS prior to proceeding.

Pull the frame apart again and squeeze PVA adhesive into the joints at the end of each frame piece. Push the sides together tightly. Ensure 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 completely between wipes to prevent adhesive smearing over the frame. When you are happy that the frame is square, fasten 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 right gaps so that the ends of the wall boards match the grooves. Tap the door frames lightly from above to make sure they go all the way to the bottom, but be careful not to exert too much pressure or to twist or distort the frames. Ensure that the doors open outwards effectively. Install door frames after you have laid 3 layers of short wall boards in the pertinent walls of your cabin. Ensure that the door frames are square and vertical before you continue to build up 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.Hit lightly from above to make sure they go all the way down. Be careful not to twist or distort the windows. Ensure that the windows open outwards and that the frames are square and vertical. Misaligned windows will not open properly.

Place ridge shingles carefully over the ridge without creasing. Start from the front of the cabin by placing 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. Place 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 fasten. You will have put the last ridge shingle when there is no black bitumen showing after you have trimmed it flushed with the rear gable. Nail it to fasten.

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