Finnlife Hytti Log Cabin

The Finnlife Hytti Log Cabin is the workshop that lets you spread out as much as you want without getting in anyone elses way.

Perhaps you're a gardener or maybe you like to Do It Yourself. Either way you'll love that free feeling that comes from having your very own place to work - a place where everything is close at hand.

The Hytti has lots of room for tools, DIY equipment, and also comes with a workbench. Also, there isa door that you can shut behind you and let you get on with the things that are really important.

Why buy the Finnforest Hytti?

* Made from Scandinavian White Wood
* Workshop features 19mm thick logs
* A great building for storage

This shed is also available with underfloor heating from selected retailers. Shop around for extras and bargains!

DIMENSIONS:
Internal Width: 2.36m (7'8")
External Width: 2.60m (8'8")
Internal Depth: 1.76m (5'9")
External Depth: 2.00m (6'6")
Ridge Height: 2.05m (6'8")
Internal Area: 4.15m² (45 square feet)
External Area: 5.20m² (56 square feet)

How to build a Finnlife Log Cabin

Sumptuous, lazy sunshining afternoons might be beckoning, but don’t hurry to build yourFinnlife Log Cabin. Spend the time to understand how it goes together, and you will enjoy many years of hassle-free pleasure. No construction skills are involved. Anyone can build a Finnlife Log Cabin, although some jobs may require more than one pair of hands. Construction times will alter depending on your experience and the number of people who help you. Of course you don’t need to do it yourself!

It is possible to present this document to a handyman then sit back until he delivers the keys to your great new Finnlife Log Cabin. But, whoever does the job, the initial step is to read carefully these instructions. The knack is to be disciplined and to foresee the work ahead. Though Finnlife log cabins share many features in common, each model style is inimitable. These overall instructions cover the basics of log cabin construction and apply to all Finn Forest cabins.

For items that are unique to your own Finn Life Cabin – such as exact dimensions, part numbers, building plans and part lists – you should refer to the separate Building Plans and Parts List. If you are building cabins Finn Life Helppo, Finn Life Helsinki, Finn Life Joki, Finn Life Kesa, Finnlife Pori, Finn Life Seita and Finn Life Valo
be aware that certain instructions may be different slightly from those found here.

Concrete option: Get rid of organic material before you start work on the foundations. Concrete foundations must always be the precise base size detailed in the Parts List and Plans instructions to reduce the amount of water that the base will carry. It is recommended that the concrete base be 6 inches thick.

Foundations and preparation: You can erect your Finn Life Cabin on foundations of concrete or on dense gravel. Whichever option you choose, a firm and level base is important. Time spent on the foundations is well invested. An uneven or unstable base will detract from the end outcome of the Finn Life Cabin. Doors and windows will not fit exactly, walls may bow and joints may not match up.

Before you begin to construct you should make sure that you have a full set of parts. Check off each part against the part 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 part or that a part has been broken in transit get in touch with the distributor, quoting the Finnlife Cabin reference number displayed on the packing label of the transit packaging. As you check each part place them out on the ground around the site of the log cabin. Place each part close to where it will be utilized. Laying out aids you visualize how the Finn Life Cabin goes together and it means that parts 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 careful not to place parts too close to the Finn Life Cabin footprint. Give yourself adequate 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 arrange them to match the finished frame. The top and bottom jambs are not quite matching. 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 make sure THAT YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE DOORS before continuing.

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 stop adhesive smearing onto the frame. When you are happy that the frame is square, fasten all corners with the screws provided.

Continue laying wall boards according to the layout of the Building Plans and Parts List you will have received with your order. The last few layers of side wall boards in some Finnlife Log Cabin are longer. The lengths increase iteratively to give support to an overhanging canopy. Place angled gable boards in sequence beginning with the length-most. Be careful with the alignment of the angled gable boards. The sloped roof line should be symmetrical and even at both gable ends. Use nails at either end to fix each layer of gable boards to the layer below. Hammer nails in at an angle through the sloped ends of the gable boards.

Constructing the gable ends indicates a succession of gaps for the roof beams. As each gap appears, tap in a roof beam. Make sure that the angled side of each roof beam lies flushed with the angle of the gable. Nail through into the gable boards to fasten. Tap the ridge beam into place at the apex of the gable ends. Fasten by nailing into the top gable board. Slide ridge and roof beam extension pieces over the exposed ends of the beams at both ends of the cabin. Make sure that the upper surfaces of the beams and the extension pieces are flushed, then fasten by nailing from each side. Fix the wall board extension pieces to the ends of the topmost wall boards in the same way.

Place ridge shingles precisely over the ridge without creasing. Start 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. Place the second and each and every ridge shingles so that the green half completely covers the bitumen of the previous shingle. In each case, drive clout nails through the black bitumen to fasten. You will have placed 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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