Wooden houses made of logs and beams are as popular now as they were many years ago. This is a simple, affordable and environmentally friendly housing. Architraves for windows in a wooden house are considered a rather necessary attribute, which serves not only as a decoration, but also performs certain functions.
Why do we need platbands
Frames for windows in a wooden house are installed to bridge the gaps between the wall and the window frame. This feature allows you to keep the heat in the house, even if there are seals and heaters. The platband has the ability to protect even the insulation itself from damage under the influence of the sun's rays and moisture. It should be noted that they can be placed on the windows of not only wooden houses, but also those built from other building materials. Currently, there is a wide variety of them on sale. They may differ both in form and style, and in material. The installation of platbands gives the window a complete look, emphasizes the style of the house, is an ornament that makes the windows individual, hides the flaws that were made during their installation, and also protects against moisture, dust and dirt from entering the room.
What material are platbands made of
Currently, platbands for windows in a wooden house are made from a variety of materials. They can be made from steel, aluminium, PVC, plastic, MDF, polyurethane, plywood and wood. However, it is worth noting that it is the wooden platbands on the windows that are among the representatives of the timeless classics.
Advantages of wooden platbands
These products have an impeccable aesthetic appearance and are one of the most environmentally friendly materials. They very effectively emphasize window openings. Wood has been a traditional and almost the only natural material for making architraves for decades.
Types of wooden platbands
platbands can be of several varieties:
- Flat. This is the simplest kind. Due to the simple technology of their manufacture, which does not require large expenditures, the cost of such products is relatively low.
- With shaped surface. Such products have a convex surface on the outer part, on which the relief can be located in any shape. The production of these wooden architraves requires large expenditures, in contrast to the manufacture of flat ones, and therefore their cost is more expensive. They can be decorated along their entire length with various protrusions, cuts, grooves. The production technology of products requires the presence of shaped cutters and other special equipment.
- Curly(carved) window frames are the most expensive. They are practically a work of art. Such a curly surface is performed on special machines with vertical cutters. The machines are controlled by computer programs.
Carved window frames
The tradition of decorating windows with carved platbands has existed for more than a century. And at present there are a considerable number of fans of such decoration of window openings, and wood carving masters have not yet died out. Modern advertising offers many proposals for the production of platbands using machine carving, however, carved wooden platbands for windows in a wooden house, which are made by hand and have absorbed the love and warmth of their craftsman, remain the most valuable.
If you have certain skills in working with wood and a love for this type of decoration, as well as a desire to decorate your home with carved platbands made on your own, then you should definitely make your dream come true. The slotted carving of the platbands is performed using a hand saw, a manual or electric jigsaw, or using a hot wire according to a life-size pattern. To facilitate the work, the template can be additionally divided into fragments.
Patterns of carved platbands for windows are made either with your own hands or made to order. There are two types of thread: slotted and laid on.
A distinctive feature of the slotted thread is openwork, it is similar to lace.
Applied thread stands outthe fact that the cut out elements are glued or nailed to the board and form a continuous three-dimensional pattern. To give contrast, the upper carved parts of the casing are often painted in a different color from the background.
Material for making carved architraves
Everyone knows that wood is not durable enough. Due to the influence of precipitation and temperature changes, after a certain time, it begins to lose its original appearance, dries up and darkens. In order for the platbands on the windows in a wooden house to last as long as possible, they are made of wood species that are most resistant to external influences. Larch is the least susceptible to rotting, but it is rather fragile and unsuitable for slotted carving. For carved architraves, it is recommended to use linden, as it is a soft rock, it is easy to work with it. But since it absorbs a lot of moisture, it must be protected with a special impregnation. Oak is considered the best material. Despite the difficulty in processing this type of wood, its service life is eternal.
