The faster industry develops, the more more people trying to get closer to nature. He surrounds himself with nature not literally, but by creating the illusion of being in the air, even if he is relaxing in the living room. This is the desire not only to live in a house that is built from natural raw materials, but also to come up with an appropriate interior design. Therefore, everyone strives to use hand-made wooden decor in their home in order to feel like a real owner.

The fashion for wood appeared a long time ago, but now not everyone can furnish their own home in the style of the TV series “Twin Peaks”. The room should not be oversaturated with wooden furniture, furs and animal heads. This already speaks of the bad taste of the owners. These blanks are available for forest areas, but for steppe areas, finishing a house in this style will cost a pretty penny. There is an option to dilute the usual surroundings with rare inclusions of wooden cuts, which result in absolutely any image. You can create such a design yourself, spending only on fastening materials.

Advantages of decorating the interior with wood cuts

Wood cuts surprise at the same time with their visual appeal and the complexity of their creation from a technical point of view.

Now let’s see what advantages wood finishing has:

• Durability. If the wood lends itself correct processing, and will be protected from moisture and various mechanical damage, then it will last quite a long time. If it's a whole wooden wall or floor, you can save on annual repairs.
• Thermal insulation. Firewood is a source of heat not only in a fire. The raw material has the ability to hold temperature, so for cold concrete apartment This best view insulation, albeit partial. In winter, such an insulated floor will warm any feet.

Decorative tree from branches

• Uniqueness. You can, of course, hang wallpaper with images of wood cuts, or lay laminate flooring, but in such pictures a pattern is used - a simple repetition of one module. Natural finish saw cuts is a composition where each element is unique. The pattern on the saw cut and its shape are unique.

Creating a designer wall

For decoration, it is advisable to choose one side of the room. The design of all planes is a sign of bad taste, and the room will look overloaded. Any room needs to be given air, and it’s not about the windows. It should breathe space, and light empty planes give this effect. Only one “woody” edge of the room will become a kind of accent, which will become its mood. You can lay out the “wood puzzle” yourself, and now we’ll talk about how it’s done.

Everyone has a dead tree in their yard that needs to be removed. Now it's time to chop it down. We take a branch and cut it into bars of medium thickness. You can remove the bark from the resulting “pancakes” and then sand it. Thanks to this, you will not drive a thorn when touching the wall. The resulting wood layers should be treated with a special insect repellent, and then placed on glue. It is advisable to varnish the resulting relief - varnished wood can last a long time.

On a note! Create a composition from branches of different sizes, starting from a massive trunk and ending with the thinnest branches. The composition breathes due to the voids formed between the cuts of different sizes.

Wall panel - a piece of nature in the interior

You can find a panel made from any components, but you haven’t seen a canvas made of wood, have you? Contrasts are welcome here, so feel free to even use hemp. The picture should not look like a pattern, but a full-fledged composition with a dominant and secondary elements. Make tonal gradations and place accents using tone. For the proposed product specifically, it is better to leave the bark - it will make it more attractive. The careless terrain will create the atmosphere of an endless forest and transport you into it.

It is advisable to sketch out a rough sketch, but if you like to improvise directly during the work, then go ahead. For a bright contrast, assemble the canvas frame from simple planks, this will give the picture lightness. The cuts are sanded on the side that is adjacent to the wall for better gluing. Leave the other side untouched - this will add naturalness to the overall picture. The wood cuts limited to a frame in the interior will look like a window overlooking the forest. The frame collects the composition into one whole and groups it.

Difficulties in laying out a modular floor

This type is quite complex, so it is better to be patient and get to work. Choose thick trunks to avoid the formation of large voids when laying out circles. Hardwood logs are selected to make the floor, because the floor is exposed to impact every day.

There are two reasons that will make you sweat:

• Solution. If you put all the parts on glue, then the floor will not last long, even if you cover it all with varnish. Modules will begin to fall off due to constant pressure. You will have to use a solution, possibly cement-based.
• Leveling the surface. If in the design vertical plane the thickness of each element does not play a big role, then for the floor this is the main condition. It is necessary to adjust all the modules to the overall thickness, and start grinding after installation. The procedure will take quite a long time, because to achieve flat surface not easy.

Next, start covering the finished surface with varnish. It will protect it from pests and external influences. The floor is easier to clean, and it will last longer in a “protected” state. An unprotected surface can be attacked by pests or it will simply begin to rot due to excessive moisture.

Creating home comfort with homemade furniture

Furniture looks completely different depending on the type of raw materials available. Tables and chairs are made, since the silhouette of the cut itself already resembles a small table or chair.

There are two basic principles for creating furniture:

• Modular - assembly of an element from small parts (modules). Actually, we are already familiar with this method. It allows you to create a product of absolutely any shape. Here it is also necessary to achieve a perfectly flat surface. The dishes will be placed on the table, and to prevent them from overturning, the surface of the table must be perfectly polished.

• Solid - a solid element is taken as a basis. This option is much simpler than the previous one in technical terms, but it is more difficult to find a large diameter bar. Things are better with chairs, but if you want a table where the whole family would dine, you’ll have to tinker with finding the cut large diameter. The price of a dimensional cut is quite high.

It doesn’t matter what principle you apply to creating a product, the main thing is to immediately assess your capabilities so as not to spoil the material. Any way is good, because wooden furniture famous for its strength and durability.

Kitchen ideas based on semicircular cuts

This figure is an unusual decorative item and reliable assistant in the kitchen. The material can withstand high temperatures and does not heat up as much. From saw cuts you can create simple one-piece stands and modular ones, the material of which is easier to find. Everyone has seen such stands in a store and thought “No, you can’t do this yourself” - a wrong opinion. Why pay more if you do it yourself?

The kitchen will be complemented by fancy semi-circular shelves, which can be put together from solid cuts of wood, dividing them into two parts. The illusion is created that the “round block” is in the process of sinking into the wall. An interesting technique is if the shelf is round, this creates visual movement. The effect is achieved due to the dynamic relief on the bark. Cookbooks or personal collections of the housewife's recipes will harmoniously be placed on the shelves. And the product will withstand it enough heavy weight, although its size may not inspire confidence.

Remember! If this is a stand specifically for dishes, then it is better to make it one piece. Joining small parts involves gluing, and glue is incompatible with high temperatures. The stand will simply fall apart into several parts.

Wood detail as an accent in the interior

Small inclusions of “forest” in your usual surroundings will mentally bring you closer to nature. Saw cuts in the interior are used as decoration and perform certain functions.

We create fancy accents with our own hands:

• Watch. Unusual use A wooden cut looks nice in any interior. Especially if it is an uneven circle with bark on the surface. The bark is fixed, because it can deteriorate over time. The more careless the wooden “pancake” looks, the more interesting the watch will be.

• Flower vases. Give free rein to your imagination and use different kinds branches. An ornament made with your own hands from small branches looks expensive, and no one will guess that the vase cost you pennies. It will harmonize with the design and will resonate with items with similar decor.

Remember! There should be few things made from identical material in the room. They should resonate with each other, but not look like too much.

• Frames for mirrors. When creating a product, it is important to adhere to rhythm or metricity, but chaos will be inappropriate. Alternate large cuts of wood with small ones, or make the entire frame from circles of approximate size. Any of the options will be correct.

Making a floor from saw cuts yourself is quite possible. Not to mention small items interior design projects that can be made in a minute using wood, glue and your imagination. Surprise your friends with a tastefully decorated home and make your life more comfortable. This is an environmentally friendly product that will benefit your health. If the product is made of pine needles, then the light pine aroma can even help you treat a cold.

If you can handle the floor, then decorating an entire wall with wood will seem like a matter of five minutes. You will need to use your own taste and knowledge of composition, although most people trust their instincts.

Everything will work out, just “assemble” these products and secure them with glue, or simply cut out a solid object. Create an image in your head and try to bring it to life. You do not need special knowledge or skills; adhere to the basic rules for choosing materials and processing tools. After all, why spend a lot of money on a designer’s work if you can handle this task yourself without spending a penny.

Just give a true designer free rein - he will decorate something like this! Someone chops wooden logs for firewood, and an interior designer brings them home, carefully saws them into thin plates and makes a wall or floor out of them.

Wood cuts look unusual and stylish in the interior of a house. Eco-friendly, natural, unusual appearance– this is what attracts eco-style lovers.

Design with wood cuts

No lining can compare in design with such wall decoration in country house. The forest-smelling wall will make you feel like a hermit, surrounded by centuries-old trees. Unusual design Making walls is quite simple, you just need to cut thin plates from a tree trunk, then carefully attach each “tile” to the wall with glue.

In this way, you can lay out the entire surface, circle by circle, or just part of the wall - in both cases, the effect will be amazing. The designers called this decor “an inverted wall” - it leaves the feeling that a woodpile of logs that have not yet been split has been laid in the room.

Of course, before decorating a wall with wood, it needs to be leveled; the cuts can be laid in any order - each tile will have a unique pattern, due to which the originality of the design is achieved.

Wood cuts in the interior

After attaching the saw cuts to the surface of the wall, it must be treated so as not to accidentally injure yourself due to the roughness of the wood and to avoid splinters. You can sand the surface, then cover it with stain or varnish. In addition, wooden saw cuts need to be treated with antifungal and insecticidal compounds.

This design is possible in a room decorated in the appropriate style, and the wooden cuts in the interior must be supported by at least a few more decorative elements, otherwise they will look alien. Properly selected materials for finishing the remaining walls, colors and furniture will create a harmony of space that emphasizes the unity of man and nature.

The use of wood cuts in the interior

Design with wood cuts

DIY room decor using wood cuts

Floor carpet made from wood cuts

If wooden slats can be placed on the wall, why not use them as a floor? This will take more time than decorating a wall, and more forest material will be needed.

To finish the floor, only tree trunks are taken, and the cuts should not be thin - the floor is larger than the wall, subject to loads, thin tiles will not withstand it. Instead of glue, a special solution is needed. The base needs to be leveled, the tiles from the saw cuts must be laid so that the surface is smooth.

The next step is to thoroughly sand the entire floor surface until perfectly smooth. Check the level during the laying of cuts and when sanding so that there are no unevenness or differences.

Just like walls made from saw cuts, the floor is treated with compounds that protect it from fungi and insects, then covered with several layers of varnish - you need to choose compounds for wood with a protective effect. The varnish will not only add shine and improve the appearance of the floor, but will also make it easier to clean.

Wood cuts in the interior

Apartment interior with wood cuts in the form of a tray

Furniture made from wooden saw cuts

In the skillful hands of a master, a piece of wood turns into... Yes, into anything:

• into the tabletop;
• into a chair;
• on a hanger;
• in the regiment.

All these pieces of home furniture can be made from wood cuts, you just need to choose different diameter, the thickness of the trunk from which the blanks will be cut.

For a small decorative table you need a wider log; the cut is not too thin. The table will turn out original if you leave the bark of the tree. The effect of naturalness and naturalness will be complete. Choose the legs to your taste, they can be metal or wooden, the table can be made very low, put a wooden tub with a flower on it, or higher - for magazines and newspapers. To protect against harmful bugs, treat the countertop with varnish with protective additives.

The use of wood cuts in the interior

Design with wood cuts

Room decor with DIY wood cuts in the form of a clock

It’s easy to make a decorative shelf from a cut tree, sawing it off from the trunk yourself or purchasing a ready-made one. From one round piece you will get two semicircular hanging shelves:

• cut a circle with a diameter of approximately 30 cm in half;
• take 2 corner fasteners for wall shelves, attach them with self-tapping screws first to the shelf and then to the wall.

All! The resin-smelling piece of furniture is ready.

Decorative elements from saw cuts in the interior

For those who create with their own hands, wooden cuts are an inexhaustible source of inspiration, a rich material for creativity. What can small and large wooden circles, sawn from a tree trunk or branch, turn into!

Wood cuts in the interior

Apartment interior with wood cuts

Panel from saw cuts

There are many options for making such decorative panels.

• You can place a thin cut cut in a baguette on a burlap or canvas base, complementing it with decorative elements.
• A panel of any shape, if desired, is laid out with thin plates cut from branches (as the creation of a wall was described above). Such a panel can be placed in an opening on the wall or framed in a baguette.
• The saw cut can be supplemented with a knot or a snag of an unusual shape - in this case you will get a voluminous composition unique design– it is impossible to find two identical snags or two saw cuts with the same pattern in nature.
• Small-diameter cuts from branches can themselves become the design of a baguette, photo frame, or composition made from natural materials. They are carefully laid out on the base, glued and varnished.

An interesting combination of two natural materials was invented by Ural craftsmen - a decorative design is applied to a wooden cut using finely ground stone chips. The Ural land is rich in gems, and the most interesting compositions are created without adding paints - the colored eyes of the earth, as gems are called, are so bright and varied that no paints are needed.

The use of wood cuts in the interior

Design with wood cuts

DIY room decor using wood cuts

Decorating the house

You can use wood cuts to decorate ordinary objects in an unusual way, laying them out like a mosaic, for example, mirror frames, hangers, flower pots. To do this, take thin branches, from which you need to cut them to the same thickness, but different diameters circles. Glue, varnish - and a stylish piece of furniture will decorate your home.

Eco style kitchen

You can make hot coasters for the kitchen.

• The central round element is removed from a large-diameter round piece, it is filled with small-diameter saw cuts, all this is attached to each other and to the base, and the top is coated with varnish.
• More can be done simple design, but two-layer - several small ones are attached to a saw cut of a larger diameter in a chaotic or specific order.

In the kitchen in rustic style Shelves decorated with twigs and saw cuts of small diameter would be appropriate. You can issue them kitchen apron, just pre-treat the wood with fire retardants. Cover the surface with varnish.

Wood cuts in the interior

Apartment interior with wood cuts

Unusual watch

You can make a clock for a rustic or eco-style home. The mechanism and hands are sold in craft supply stores; a ready-made saw cut can be purchased there, or a barrel of a suitable shape and design can be sawed. If you leave the bark on it, the unusual decor item will look even more original.

Drill a hole in the center and secure with front side hands, and on the back – a clock mechanism. You can paint the dial, or you don’t have to – this will make the watch look more stylish, just cover it with varnish to preserve it.

If, in addition to woodworking, you know the decoupage technique, you can combine these classes and decorate the surface using decoupage napkins or special decoupage cards:

• several elements that match the style of the interior are cut from a napkin;
• the elements are applied to the surface of the cleaned, sanded saw cut (to brighten the decor, you can cover it with acrylic primer);
• Using decoupage glue, the plot is glued to wooden surface, smoothed out so that there are no air bubbles left inside;
• the entire surface is covered with varnish - the more layers there are, the more spectacular the object will be.

In the same way, you can make kitchen stands, cutting boards, and decorative tabletops from wood cuts.

The use of wood cuts in the interior

Design with wood cuts

DIY room decor using wood cuts

Knick-knacks for the home

It seems that functional purpose they have nothing, but they please the eye of everyone who enters the house, and if they are also made by your own hands, then accept compliments:

• Fridge magnets are a fashionable feature: a small saw cut is taken as a base, a magnetic tape is attached to it on one side, and the surface is decorated on the other using the technique of decoupage, leather applique, wood carving.
• Using an embroidery hoop, small cut circles and twine, you can create unusual panel. The basis can be linen, burlap, gray fabric or vintage canvas.
• Decorative wreaths are another fashionable interior item. Saw cuts are used as a decorative element, along with other natural materials– twigs, dried berries, flowers.

Wood cuts in the interior

Apartment interior with wood cuts in the form of a clock

Stylish, fashionable, unusual

Using wood cuts, you can lay out a composition on the wall, decorate a vase for flowers or fruit, or make an unusual frame for an embroidered painting or photograph. And how impressive the cover of a notebook or photo album, lined with small round pieces of wood, will look. There are many options for using saw cuts; human imagination is limitless, and there is no need to stop it. Compose, create, admire the fruits of your labor!

Video: Panel made of timber - decorating the wall with your own hands

Nowadays, such seemingly very simple at first glance floorings made from wooden sections of logs - such unique stumps - have become very popular. They are used as decorative elements, objects for various arts, as well as for more major projects, such as paving paths in the garden and at the dacha, finishing whole or part of the walls of premises.

Some craftsmen have long tried to make floors from wood cuts with their own hands for own dacha or even apartments.

They claim that the work is not at all as difficult as it might seem, but the result is striking in its natural expressiveness of texture and design.

Almost all materials that surround us in modern house, perhaps beautiful and comfortable, but, let’s be honest, they are artificial, not always environmentally friendly, and sometimes even toxic. Nowadays, it has become very fashionable to use more natural materials, in particular wood, both in room decoration, crafts, pieces of furniture, and in the manufacture of entire walls, floors, ceilings, even paths in the garden and on the plot.

As you know, everything new is well forgotten old. End cuts have been used in home and garden decoration for a long time. Both in rich houses and in simple village ones.

They were laid in outbuildings, forges, on the streets, in houses in the form of parquet, but not the kind we know now, but end parquet. It was done in the large halls of palaces, from the most different breeds wood, even interspersed soft species, looked great.

Do-it-yourself wooden floors from saw cuts

The advantage of floors made from saw cuts is “naturalness”, as well as low cost. The floors are very strong and hard, durable, and have an excellent appearance. They claim that you can do it yourself. They are warm, accumulate and retain heat well from the radiator, stove and just sunlight from the window.

It is a durable material, especially if used special means. For example, there are impregnations for the protection and preservation of wood.

Real wooden parquet will never go out of style. Today we will think about the production of floors from wood cuts, radial or transverse cuts, otherwise they are also called end cuts.

The idea of ​​making an original wooden floor with your own hands is in the air. As far as I know, there is far more than one option for implementing this idea.

I made a selection of photographs, as well as information on one topic - sawing logs as “flooring”. Maybe someone will be inspired by this idea and make an exclusive floor for their home from wood cuts with their own hands.

You will never get tired of looking at such beauty - the structure of the tree on each cut is so unique, it is a drawing of nature itself.

As you can see in the photo, cracked logs and what is called “substandard” - tree trunks that are not quite round in cross-section - will also be used for the work. In the intervals between the large ones, small ones will fit well - cuts of small branches and twigs.

Someone decides to use round saw cuts (“rounds”), some even take them with bark, but one must understand that this raises the problem of filling the empty areas between the wooden circles and attaching them to the floor. This floor looks very decorative.

You can make the cuts yourself, many have summer cottages There is such an opportunity, and you can also buy it; now such blanks are very popular, in particular for making various crafts and interior decor.

Some people want to get around this problem by using wooden blocks strictly geometric shape- for example, squares, rhombuses, hexagons in the form of a “honeycomb”, while the parts will be adjacent to each other with virtually no voids. But here more work on processing source material, but you will need a lot of it.

In our age of new technologies, some have found a solution. Everyone knows self-leveling floors, which were first made in production premises, as well as in wet conditions. Now there are hobbyists who have this type of flooring at home, it is good for the bathroom or kitchen and does not require special care.

Its advantage is that under transparent self-leveling coating you can place a drawing, a collage with some interesting subjects, I even saw floors with small coins along the entire length. I don't know how much money this attracts, but decorative element in such a floor there is undoubtedly.

Wooden saw cuts - laying and pouring technology

Now let's talk about the most interesting thing - the technology itself. Almost any tree species is suitable for the job, but it is better if they are plants with a dense, solid structure. As we know, for example, hard wood is found in oak, beech, and hornbeam.

In addition to hardness for wood, there is also the concept of stability, this is also important for what we are going to do. We do not take into account exotic species, but if we consider traditional species, then oak and walnut have these two indicators at their best.

Trees such as linden, spruce, poplar, pine, aspen, cedar, and fir have soft wood and are not suitable for flooring. There is a measure of wood hardness, it is measured on a certain Brinell scale. So, for the manufacture of parquet, only those trees are used that have at least average hardness on this same Brinnell scale.

I think it’s already clear that the saw cuts should be very well dried. No humidity is allowed.

Method 1

Here is a description of one technology. End cuts of logs 10-12 cm thick are suitable, but it’s a matter of imagination, you can take absolutely any, lay circles of different diameters in one floor. Lime will also be needed sawdust, wax, clay, linseed oil, lard, water.

Laying as for mosaic, with minimum distances between adjacent elements. Sand with small pebbles is poured onto the surface in a layer of up to 10 centimeters. Then they lay the saw cuts, pressing them into the sand, making sure that the top level is approximately the same for everyone.

How to fill the space between the round logs? The “holes” are filled with a composition of the consistency of paste: 1 kilogram of fat, 5 kg of sawdust, 1 kg of lime, and about 2 kg of wet clay. They say that it is a good idea to add marble dust or small glass fragments to the composition.

Carefully fill all voids, as well as cracks in the saw cuts, and allow to dry for 2 days. After which the surface should be well polished; a sanding machine will not hurt. Polishing with wax and oil.

Method 2

Here's another description of the process. Sawing wood sections band saw. Place them on the plywood, gluing them construction glue. Fill the seams with a specially prepared solution containing 20% ​​sawdust. After hardening, it is sanded using a machine, and the floor surface becomes smooth and the cuts are clean.

The top of the floor with saw cuts is covered with sealant. I think that the solution is 80 percent a solution for a self-leveling floor on epoxy based, self-leveling mixture. It is better to take a dark color, but then make sure that dark color did not stain the surface of the wood.

I think at the end you can apply finishing coat, varnish, epoxy, polyurethane-based self-leveling floor.

By the way, some people place saw cuts on liquid concrete, probably for greater reliability, as in the very first photo. So here everyone decides for himself what will be more convenient for him to work with.

By the way, if you want the visible wood surface of the floor to have a certain shade, then this can be done, for example, with stain, immediately after leveling and sanding, before applying the final varnish coating.

In interior design nowadays, saw cuts are widely used to create very beautiful countertops, chairs, decorative wooden wall panels in eco style. Remember the cartoon about the hedgehog in the fog? There the hedgehog talks about juniper branches. It is better not to cover crafts or artistic compositions made from juniper with anything on top, or with any varnish - they have an amazing aroma that lasts for many years.

Cutting down a tree - most interesting material for creating all sorts of crafts, and it is beautiful in itself. Children enjoy burning and drawing on them.

What else I would like to add is that the end parquet made of transverse rounds does not necessarily have to consist of round mosaic components.

If you have a beam, square or rectangular in cross-section, then it will also be interesting, only here there are certain specifics - the gaps between the parts will be smaller. It looks like real parquet. However, this is parquet, only made using a different technology.

Floor mosaic with examples of geometric design elements

There are different types of floors; sawn wood floors are also a kind of “mosaic”, since they are laid according to the same principle. But then we will talk about the classics. Simple as well as more complex patterns and ornaments with two, three, four color combinations tiles Samples were photographed in the museum; these are the works of old masters.

To such unique wooden floors in the best possible way will do unusual furniture, also made by hand, on our own. It will perfectly complement the interior. If you follow the link ( large selection different options), then there, in addition to those in the picture, you will also see several examples of tabletops for tables with wood cuts.

The saw-saw floor is made from natural materials, which have no negative consequences for good health. Due to the fact that it is made from natural resources

Advantages of floors made from saw cuts:

The saw-cut floor is made from natural materials that do not have any negative consequences for health.
Due to the fact that it is made from natural resources, it can be very cheap.
Contrary to the opinions of skeptics, this floor is more durable than expected.
Exceptional aesthetic appearance and pleasant to the touch.
Easily done without the need to hire a specialist.

Flaws:

Unfortunately, this type of flooring requires quite a lot of wood good quality, so it is recommended to cover only small areas(to protect forests).
Require frequent Maintenance(once every 2 years)

Construction stages:

Before you start creating such a floor, it is very important to read information about natural houses, floors in which can not only be inexpensive and healthy, but which are also very effective because they form thermal mass and act as a heat store for sunlight or any other energy source.

Materials:

Pieces of logs are about 10-12 cm thick (the diameter may differ from everyone’s imagination).
Sawdust, limestone, clay, linseed oil, beeswax, water, lard.

Note: it is important that the cuts are very, very well dried (not to mention work, no moisture).

The process of making such a floor is relatively simple and very similar to laying paving slabs or paving stones. You need a hard, well-compacted surface, on top of which we pour a layer of river pebbles (about 6-10 cm). Then using rubber mallet Let's start laying the cuts. We tap and check with a level that the floor is level and that none of the cuts stick out or go too deep. As a rule, after laying, the distance from the surface of the cuts to the sand level is about 4-7 cm, and the distance between the cuts should be approximately one to one and a half centimeters.

Mixture for filling joints:

For a floor area of ​​about 5 square meters In a 15-liter bucket, add 1 kg of lime, 5 kg of sawdust and 2 kg of clay with water to 1 kg of melted pork fat. After thorough mixing, you should get a paste-like mass. You can also add marble dust or glass shards with grease to help the mixture become waterproof.

We introduce the mixture into the distances between the cuts and rub it well, as much as possible, without leaving air pockets. It should fill the gaps up to the magazines. It is very important that there are no voids left, otherwise cracks and water leakage cannot be avoided in the future. The remainder of this mixture can also be used to fill cracks in saw cuts (if applicable). After the last seam is covered, we leave our floor to dry for 1-2 days. Check, if you have any cracks, fill them. After completely dry(another day or two) polishes well. It is even recommended to do curettage. You can rent a cycling machine to achieve the perfect effect. After that, check again carefully, very carefully, to see if you have any cracks. If you find one, fill in the gaps, hand sand and leave until completely dry. This usually shouldn't happen after scraping, but especially if you're using this kind of bathroom floor, it never hurts to be more careful.

And finally the time comes for the most enjoyable stage of finishing. Since our floor is made of natural materials, we will polish it with natural materials, namely beeswax and linseed oil.

Advantages of floors made from saw cuts

The saw-cut floor is made from natural materials.
Relatively cheap.
Very beautiful and pleasant to the touch.
Easy to do (relatively).

Flaws

Unfortunately, this type of flooring requires quite a lot of good quality wood, so it is recommended to cover only small areas.
Floors made from saw cuts need to be serviced approximately once every 2 years.

What will you need?

Round stones 10-12 cm thick, sawdust, limestone, clay, linseed oil, beeswax, water, lard.

Note: It is important that the cuts are very, very well dried (not to mention working, no moisture).

The process of making such a floor is relatively simple and very similar to laying paving slabs or paving stones. You need a hard, well-compacted surface, on top of which we pour a layer of river pebbles (about 6-10 cm). Then, using a rubber hammer, we begin laying the cuts. We tap and check with a level that the floor is level and that none of the cuts stick out or go too deep. As a rule, after laying, the distance from the surface of the cuts to the sand level is about 4-7 cm, and the distance between the cuts should be approximately 1-1.5 cm.

Mixture for filling joints

For a floor with an area of ​​about 5 square meters, add 1 kg of lime, 5 kg of sawdust and 2 kg of clay with water to 1 kg of melted pork fat in a 15-liter bucket. After thorough mixing, you should get a paste-like mass. You can also add marble dust.

We introduce the mixture into the distances between the cuts and rub it well, as much as possible, without leaving air pockets. It should fill the gaps. It is very important that there are no voids left, otherwise cracks and water leakage cannot be avoided in the future. The remainder of this mixture can also be used to fill cracks in saw cuts (if applicable). After the last seam is covered, we leave our floor to dry for 1-2 days. If cracks appear, fill them.

After complete drying (another day or two), we polish the floor from the saw cuts well. It is even recommended to do curettage. You can rent a scraping machine to achieve the perfect effect. After this, check very carefully to see if there are any cracks.

Finally, polish with beeswax and linseed oil.

p.s. And this is an ancient “pavement” made of saw cuts, which the craftsmen gave a hexagonal shape (the shape of a honeycomb), it is more than a hundred years old.

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