What can be made from a slab?

Slab is a piece of wood that is waste from the production of lumber. The croaker is divided into business and wood-fired.

Small size wood logs are suitable for wood chips. No further benefit can be derived from this species, as it is heterogeneous and defective.

Slab has many advantages over planks, logs or beams. It is inexpensive, can be used almost anywhere you need to build something, and is lightweight. You can make decorative trim from the slab, which is really inexpensive.

Of course, this material is not without its drawbacks: it has an ugly appearance. You need to work hard to make something aesthetic out of it.

While a wood slab is only suitable for fuel chips, a business one can be used for many purposes:

• in the construction of premises for domestic needs such as a change house, woodshed;
• for the construction of baths (panel board or frame);
• in the construction of fences;
• in solving the dacha issue with fencing flower beds and beds, for the construction of greenhouses;
• as formwork;
• in the manufacture of all kinds of furniture and pallets;
• in the design of structures intended for keeping animals (goat's house, aviary).

If you give the slab a decent look, then you can build a veranda or a gazebo for the garden out of it.

The croaker is an excellent substitute for timber or planks in the construction of houses. For example, if it is used in the construction of load-bearing structures or at the stage of cladding of buildings.

If it is planned to store things in the utility block that are not susceptible to the influence of drafts, low temperatures or high humidity, it is necessary to sheathe the structure only from the outside. However, if the materials in the utility block require special protection, then it is constructed in the same way as the shield structures.

When building a garage, the requirements are much stricter than when building a greenhouse or utility block. For this reason from the slab, only the supporting frame, roofing, panel sheathing and ceiling lining are made.

Making pieces of furniture, all kinds of household items or cladding facades with wood has many advantages. To make an object from a slab with your own hands, you first need to properly process the raw materials. First of all, the slab is divided into strips of the required thickness. Then you need to stitch them from beginning to end. The planks are assembled into shields, usually consisting of several layers.

Various furniture such as beds, tables, benches, chests of drawers, shelves and others are often made from such an impartial material as a slab. Such furniture is considered extremely environmentally friendly, and the least toxic glue is used here.

The croaker is used not only in the construction of houses, but also for the construction of fences.

The croaker is useful for the construction of load-bearing pillars, as well as for cladding. For the cross member, as a rule, they take material processed on a thicknessing machine. All sides of it are flat, and therefore there are no problems with it when assembled. The racks are installed with the flat side to the cross members.

With a very small difference in the width of the boards, you can build a good and aesthetic fence that can compete in beauty with fences made of other materials.

When designing formwork, the material in question may be useful as lintels or supports (in this case, preparation is not required), as well as for creating shields (then boards of the same parameters are necessarily formed).

The boards are placed as close as possible so that the concrete does not leak. Sometimes the inner side of the shield is sheathed with polyethylene - firstly, the shields in this way will last longer, and secondly, during disassembly they will not have to be torn off the concrete.

Animal houses do not require the use of first-class materials, so any kind of slab can be used in their construction. In this case, the croaker does not need special preparation, but if the owner wants the wood to serve for a long time, then the bark must be removed from it. It is often inhabited by pests that feed on cellulose.

In the event that you want to make the pen for animals beautiful, you need to pick up a croaker of the same size and process everything with the help of special equipment and tools.

The croaker is also used if a budget access road is needed. The croaker is laid across the path, and drainage is done along the sides. From above, the road is covered with sawdust or earth.

The paths, as a rule, are not covered with fine material (chopped wood, crushed stone). This is ineffective, since in wet weather the earth becomes limp, that is, a significant part of the dump goes into the soil.

Slab paths are convenient and beautiful at the same time. If you have imagination, you can lay out drawings from it (for example, alternating boards of different lengths).

There is a significant difference between decorative slab, fuel and business. The first board is usually of the same size and shape. The decorative croaker perfectly imitates debarked logs, while also having a lower price.

The procedure is as follows:

• holes are made in the material, into which nails or screws are then sunk;
• round pins are machined, after which they are glued into the holes using PVA;
• at the final stage, the protruding part of the dowel is removed, and the built-in plug is sanded with sandpaper.

This method can be used for cladding both outside the building and inside it.

The finish will last a long time if it is soaked in a water-repellent solution, as well as a preparation that prevents the growth of unwanted microorganisms. But it is worth remembering that in humid rooms only larch croaker should be used. Such a finish can also be carried out from other materials, for example, fir, cedar, pine, spruce, but it must be treated with natural oils or resins. Otherwise, high humidity will destroy the material in a short time.

The croaker is also rarely used in the production of lining.

Slab lining is used both as facade cladding and to decorate rooms from the inside. For this, the boards are fastened with clamps to a wooden crate or nailed with nails.

First of all, a marking is carried out in order to indicate the location of the support pillars. The materials needed for the line are twine and stakes. It is also determined in advance where the gate will be located. Calculations for a slab fence should be carried out based on its grounds.

The size of the well for the post directly depends on the thickness of the post. 200-250 centimeters is the recommended span. 150-220 centimeters is the optimal fence height. Next, the size of the spans of the fence is taken to calculate its area.

Its construction does not require special knowledge, it is quick and easy.

If desired, some design ideas can be embodied in a fence made of a nondescript slab. Vandals will never shame on it: it cannot be disassembled and sold, because such a fence is not suitable as a recyclable material.

However, this material also has its drawbacks, because choosing suitable boards of the same size will take a long time and carefully, and then process them properly. Processing is carried out several times. It is mandatory, otherwise the service life of such a fence will not exceed 5 years.

When making garden benches, all elements are covered with bark-free material. So that the furniture does not deteriorate from external influences, it is treated with varnish. Slab products are very often made specifically for summer cottages, for example, you can put together bases for a mattress, bedside tables, and also interior partitions and doors to a country house.

If the owner of the house is a lover of the loft style and beautiful unusual things, then the croaker will definitely come in handy in the arrangement. In the interior, this material looks fashionable and interesting. For example, slab countertop will wonderfully fit into a modern home.

For those who like to feel close to nature, you can sheathe the inside of the house with a croaker. On the planes, a lathing of slats or timber is installed. The boards are nailed down with small nails at the edges. Treated boards are used for finishing walls, floors and ceilings, especially in rooms with high humidity. The pine needles give off their characteristic resinous scent.

Short pieces of slab can come in handy in making crafts and various knickknacks for the interior (a clothes hanger, for example).

In general, the croaker is an irreplaceable thing in the household. In addition to the aforementioned uses, they can also cover the roof, build a greenhouse or greenhouse from it for successful crop cultivation, make a children's house or even interior items such as a lamp or a clothes hanger.

How to make a facade from a slab with your own hands, see the video.