ᐅ Harvesting your own construction timber or hiring a company
Created on: 16 Jul 2020 09:58
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Andreas94
Hello dear forum members,
We are currently facing the question of whether to harvest the timber ourselves for our upcoming single-family home due to beetle infestation in our own forest.
We need to fell several cubic meters of wood in the next few weeks. This timber can be used for the roof structure, etc. (beams, battens, boards, rafters, and so on).
The situation is as follows:
We plan to start construction around early 2022 / late 2021. The house will have a gable roof in a T-shape with a double garage. The floor plan is approximately (8x10 + 5x6) meters ((26x33 + 16x20) feet).
At the moment, we do not have a building plan, so we will either have to store the timber temporarily or cut it roughly to approximate dimensions.
The main question for us now is also the financial aspect.
Is the work worth it at all? We will fell the trees ourselves and then have the timber sawn at a sawmill. We will also build the roof with the help of friends who are carpenters.
Is it worthwhile to harvest and have the timber sawn ourselves, or is it better to go directly through a company (carpentry firm) that sells the timber to me or even constructs the entire roof structure?
Does anyone have experience with this?
With potential savings of only 2,000 to 5,000 euros, I would need to carefully consider whether the extra effort pays off.
What do you think about this project? I look forward to your helpful advice.
Thanks in advance.
We are currently facing the question of whether to harvest the timber ourselves for our upcoming single-family home due to beetle infestation in our own forest.
We need to fell several cubic meters of wood in the next few weeks. This timber can be used for the roof structure, etc. (beams, battens, boards, rafters, and so on).
The situation is as follows:
We plan to start construction around early 2022 / late 2021. The house will have a gable roof in a T-shape with a double garage. The floor plan is approximately (8x10 + 5x6) meters ((26x33 + 16x20) feet).
At the moment, we do not have a building plan, so we will either have to store the timber temporarily or cut it roughly to approximate dimensions.
The main question for us now is also the financial aspect.
Is the work worth it at all? We will fell the trees ourselves and then have the timber sawn at a sawmill. We will also build the roof with the help of friends who are carpenters.
Is it worthwhile to harvest and have the timber sawn ourselves, or is it better to go directly through a company (carpentry firm) that sells the timber to me or even constructs the entire roof structure?
Does anyone have experience with this?
With potential savings of only 2,000 to 5,000 euros, I would need to carefully consider whether the extra effort pays off.
What do you think about this project? I look forward to your helpful advice.
Thanks in advance.
Joedreck schrieb:
Good logs are also often auctioned, aren’t they, or am I mistaken?At the moment, there is a huge amount of beetle-infested wood, and prices are really low.A
Andreas9417 Jul 2020 07:52Good standard materials are currently being sold well below their value, which is why I asked my question.
Selling is therefore not really an option.
Selling is therefore not really an option.
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hampshire17 Jul 2020 12:07The price of timber is at an all-time low. Currently, you barely recover the transportation costs for beetle-infested wood. What’s worse is that some forest owners, including many municipalities, are putting good-quality timber onto a broken market, which is severely damaging the forest stands. It makes sense right now to leave everything standing unless it has to be removed due to infestation must. Using your own infested wood is fine – but definitely not as fresh wood for building a house.
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fach1werk17 Jul 2020 12:10If it could at least be left for a while with the treetops and, if possible, some branches, it would dry a bit better – but with beetle-damaged wood?? Maybe the quality improves slightly if cut during the waning moon phase, especially if winter is not an option. I would also feel sorry for the trees. They don’t grow back quickly enough to be carelessly burned in the stove.
Kind regards
Gabriele
Kind regards
Gabriele
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