Protecting the wooden house on fire

In the past, one of the worst disasters in urban areas and villages was considered a fire. However, the events of summer 2010, when, due to forest fires, exchanging numerous localities in various regions of our country, many people were left homeless, confirmed that "red rooster" everything is just as dangerous in this age of technological progress and high technologies. Especially painful, he is able to "bite" of those who chose to build his country house or villa from this, no doubt, a beautiful and environmentally friendly, but very flammable material like wood. Can I avoid this trouble, or at least make the damage from the fire of wooden construction was minimal?

In order to avoid becoming victims of the fire, care should be taken in advance and in any case, do not neglect the fact that the design and construction of wooden houses, as well as their further use should be made in strict compliance with fire safety. First of all, we should take care of the reliable protection of wiring, because the majority of fires linked to its failure. If you decide to get a log house, the better to hide the wires in a special non-combustible box, which is mounted on top of the walls. In buildings of timber wiring is usually laid at the special cable channels, made of materials that are absolutely not subject to fire.

It should be remembered that the smaller adhesions and twists will have your home electrical system, the lower the risk of short circuit. In addition, local branch wiring is recommended to put special breakers, disconnecting the electricity in the network congestion.

In the event that a wooden house has a furnace heating or fireplace is installed in it, you need to ensure their safe isolation from the timber elements of the structure with fire-proof coatings. Nor should we forget that the cause of the fire may well become the lightning (especially if the building is situated on a hill), and thus better equip the building of a reliable lightning rod.

Flammability of wood can be significantly reduced or even completely negate using special impregnation-retardants. In this case, if your house is built of timber, it is likely already passed the processing of these compounds still in the process of manufacture, but the owners of log buildings need to take care of it yourself.