Finnlife Jarvi Log Cabin

Finnforest Jarvi Log Cabin

The Jarvi would be totally perfect for use as a small workshop in your garden, but like all cabins in the Finnlife range, it can be a very flexible building.

The Finnlife Jarvi Log Cabin features 28mm thick logs for the walls, a single door, and a window. One of the interesting features is the pair of lockable window shutters. During the day you can shelter from the sun and rain underneath the Jarvi's wide canopy; at night you can secure your possessions behind the shutters.

Finnforest log cabins are built using the highest quality sustainable softwood from Scandinavian forests which are well managed and where industry and wildlife coexist harmoniously. The wall logs are layered alternatelytogether with windproof tongue and groove joints, which results in a building thats weatherproof.

Well illustrated, step-by-step instructions come with with your log cabin making assembly easier and simpler to follow. The doors and windows come fully glazed saving you a lot of work. The wood comes packaged in a protective plastic and is in the right order for assembly, thus negating any time consuming reordering.

Finnforest 'Jarvi' Log Cabin Specifications

* Made from Scandinavian White softwood
* 28mm wall logs
* Timber joists
* Pre-cut floor & roof boards
* Roof shingles
* Ready made, fully glazed doors
* Reinforced corners and wall battens
* All necessary fixtures and fittings
* Illustrated instructions
* Wide canopy across the front

Dimensions
Internal: 2.70m x 2.24m (8ft 10in x 7ft 4in)
External: 2.96m x 2.50m (9ft 9in x 8ft 3in
Ridge Height: 2.25m (7ft 5in)
Internal Area: 6.05m² (65 ft²)
External Area: 7.40m² (79 ft²)

This log cabin is also available with underfloor heating from selected retailers.

The Finnforest Jarvi provides:

# A comfortable cabin in your garden that will create a home office away from the hustle and bustle, a guest hideaway, somewhere to chill out - even a sauna.

# Superior 28mm tongue and groove timber wall boarding.

# Pre-hung door and one opening window supplied with styrene glazing.

# Window shutters lockable from the inside.

# Felt shingle roof.

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Instructions on construction of a Finn Life Log Cabin

The lazy summer afternoons may be enticing, but don’t hasten to erect your Finnlife Log Cabin. Spend the time to get to know how it is put together, and you’ll get pleasure from many years of hassle-free pleasure. No specialist abilities are involved. Everyone can erect a Finnlife Log Cabin, although some jobs may need more than one pair of hands. Build times will change dependant on your experience and the number of people helping. Of course you don’t have to do it alone!

You may show this document to a handyman then sit back until he hands over the keys to your completed Finnlife Log Cabin. But, whichever person finishes the task, the initial stage is to get to know these instructions. The knack is to be disciplined and to foresee the work ahead. Although Finnlife log cabins share many options in common, each model style is unique. These overall instructions cover the basics of log cabin construction and are applicable to all Finnlife cabins.

For items that are unique to your Finnlife 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 be different slightly from those found here.

Gravel option: Remove all organic matter prior to starting work on the foundations. Foundations must always be laid bigger than the footprint of your Finnlife Log Cabin – 300mm wider in each 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 commence to erect you should check that you have a complete set of pieces. Check off every 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 Finnlife Log Cabin reference number shown on the packing label of the transit packaging. As you check every piece put them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Lay every piece near to where it will be used. Laying out helps you see how the Finnlife Cabin goes together and it means that pieces are ready to hand when you need them. You can use the Building Plans and Parts List as a guide to what goes where. Be wary not to put pieces too close to the Finnlife Cabin footprint. Give yourself adequate room to work in.

Set out the four sides of the door frame on a dirt-free and level area so that the doors open outwards. Loosely arrange them to match the built frame. The top and bottom jambs are not quite identical. 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 check THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS prior to proceeding.

Your built Finnlife Log Cabin rests on a series of parallel beams known as floor beams. They give a firm base and raise the cabin off the ground for ventilation. Do not block the flow of air on the underside of the cabin by covering the uncovered end. To disallow damp rising into your cabin every floor beam should be covered by two strips of damp-proof membrane, one on top and one below. The polythene transit packaging provides a perfectly acceptable damp-proof course when cut into thin strips. Else you can buy 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 Finnlife Log Cabin
model; please refer to your individual Building Plans and Parts List.

When laying the roof boards, you will need to temporarily stick an eaves face board to the ridge beam as a guide batten, and use it to make sure that all roof boards finish in a flushed ridge line. Mark the mid-point line on the front and rear faces of the ridge beam. Begin nailing roof boards on one side of the roof, starting from the front. The leading edge of the first roof board should be set 5mm from the ends of the ridge and roof beams. The top end of the roof board may be flushed with the temporary ridge-beam guide batten. Nail each roof board to the ridge beam (V-Joint facing downwards) and every roof beam, driving 2 nails per board - per joint in at right angles to the roof slope.

Nail an eaves face board temporarily with nails to the ridge beam so that one edge is flushed with the marked mid-point line. Do not hammer in all the way. You will have to remove it later on. When erecting the Finnlife Log Cabin during the summer periods, we advise that you leave small gaps between the roof boards to allow expansion of the boards during the period when it's colder. Where constructing during the winter months we would advise hitting the boards together, to minimize any gap appearing during the hot and dry periods.

Work through, board-by-board to the rear gable. Make sure that the eaves line
created by the lower edges of the roof boards is as straight as possible. The final roof board may stick out beyond the rear gable. Nail it down lightly and mark on the beneath where it meets the ends of the ridge and roof beams. Remove the final roof board and cut it length ways 5mm inside the marked line. Set it back on the roof and nail down. Remove the temporary guide batten from the ridge beam, then repeat steps for the opposite side of the roof.

Check that the eaves line created by the roof boards is roughly straight. If necessary use a cut to remove it flushed. Attach the eaves face boards perpendicular to the roof boards, and flushed with their upper surface. You need one piece for each side of the cabin. Fix by nailing into the ends of the roof boards with 50mm nails.

Set ridge shingles carefully over the ridge without creasing. Begin from the front of the Finnlife Log 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. Fasten by hammering two clout nails through the black bitumen on either side of the roof ridge. Set 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 fix. You will have put the final 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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