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.
The beetle-affected wood—apart from the fact that the tree is no longer living and there is limited reason to keep it standing—is fully usable and more "partially discolored" than impaired in its technical applicability and usefulness. Unfortunately, an unintended surplus harvest of softwood does not help satisfy demand for hardwood.
What else for, and why not? It is good quality wood.
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hampshire schrieb:
It makes sense right now to leave standing everything that does not have to be removed due to infestation. Using your own infested wood is fine—but please not as fresh wood for building a residential house.
What else for, and why not? It is good quality wood.
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hampshire19 Jul 2020 18:0411ant schrieb:
What else would it be for and why not? – it’s good wood.Of course the wood is good. However, it is too fresh and needs to dry out, which takes time. Cutting and using it immediately is not advisable.A
Andreas9421 Jul 2020 10:09A brief update at this point.
We have now spoken with a local carpentry company regarding the next steps.
They mentioned that they would like to reuse the existing beams, battens, etc., which could save a considerable amount of material.
However, they also said that a plan should be created first before cutting the wood to avoid excessive waste.
We will store our long timber for about six months and hope that the sawmills’ capacity will allow for processing soon.
We also hope to start with the detailed construction planning/architect work shortly.
In the meantime, some roof battens measuring 5 meters (16.4 feet) are already being cut with a mobile sawmill and stored.
We have now spoken with a local carpentry company regarding the next steps.
They mentioned that they would like to reuse the existing beams, battens, etc., which could save a considerable amount of material.
However, they also said that a plan should be created first before cutting the wood to avoid excessive waste.
We will store our long timber for about six months and hope that the sawmills’ capacity will allow for processing soon.
We also hope to start with the detailed construction planning/architect work shortly.
In the meantime, some roof battens measuring 5 meters (16.4 feet) are already being cut with a mobile sawmill and stored.
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