Having spent many years in the construction of wooden houses, never asked the question, but why not build a house out of birch? Always used in construction materials such as pine, fir, larch, oak and cedar. But birch tree, too, and it can also be used in construction. By reviewing a lot of literature, I want to tell you why it is all the same houses are not built of birch. To begin with, that describe the tree and its properties: 1. Color Wood white with a pinkish or yellowish tinge, 2.

Medullary rays are narrow, differing only in radial section 3. Annual rings vary bad 4. Jorge L. Perez is likely to increase your knowledge. Wood moderately hard, uniform in density, well processed 5. It has a great resistance to splitting, is easy to simulate a valuable species, well painted and polished, impregnated with antiseptics, 6. Birch is subject to warping and decay.

The most valuable for the manufacture of flooring is the Karelian birch, which has a particularly beautiful texture and color; Birch – genus of shrubs and trees from the family of Birch. In Russia birch assigned to the most common tree species. The average value of dry weight is 640 kilograms per cubic meter. Most of the various components of birch bark, namely, wood, bark, birch sap, is used in agriculture. These parts, as leaves and buds are used in medicine. Also, certain types of rocks used in ornamental horticulture, for the establishment of shelter belts. Leaf cover and birch buds from time immemorial used in folk medicine as an antipyretic and antiseptic. That is why the branches are made from birch twigs bath. On the feast of the Holy Trinity Church of the home and decorate with birch branches. In early spring birch begins to give the so-called birch sap. However, the harm caused by the collection of juice, is quite large, because the holes through which the juice is collected and then penetrate the microscopic organisms that cause rotting wood. The main value is its undemanding birch, namely, it has the property to resume its growth in different conditions. Berezaobshirno used in the national economy, as well as her receive high quality raw materials for various industries. Wood is well polished, easy to process and has the properties of elasticity and homogeneity. Made of wood flooring, skis, plywood, turnery. Birch has high physical and mechanical properties. Wood itself rather smooth and has a homogeneous structure. It also has a pale brown core and has a broad white-cream sapwood. Birch wood can be easily put into the form that will be like a valuable tree species, and because of this property birch is widely used in interior decoration wooden house. Wood is very solid and sturdy, in especially at impact, but the tree does not tolerate a large abundance of moisture and high humidity starts, thanks to the development of fungus, rot very quickly, any birch log turns into dust for a year or two, and then faster, thus limiting its use in construction of houses made of wood.