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In the construction of modern housing, the "second light" is often used - an original architectural technique that gives an increase in natural light due to the absence of part of the ceiling and interfloor ceilings. In the "Domamo" catalog you can see the most interesting finished projects of houses with a second light according to a number of characteristics, layout and photos, as well as order an individual design.

Second Light Benefits

Houses with a second light look European, reminiscent of the palace decoration of ballrooms, luxurious living rooms and large libraries that are freely visible from the stairs and galleries of the upper floor. At the same time, windows can be made high and with panoramic windows, giving the cottage a stylish look. Such projects provide several advantages at once:

Visual space and free air circulation,
Maximum lighting, allowing you to decorate the room with light-loving house plants,
Aesthetics of the facade with the possibility of arranging original windows and stained-glass windows.

In addition, the construction of houses with structures of additional light allows you to save on daylight for interior stairs, balustrades, winter gardens.

Project Features

A house with a second light is quite complicated in design, therefore, for an accurate calculation of all the subtleties and nuances, the participation of specialists is required. When ordering a project, you should consider that:

Rooms with a similar architectural feature are impractical in a small house.
The price of heating will be slightly higher than for cottages of a standard storey form. To exclude heat loss, better thermal insulation of the roof, installation of a fireplace or “warm floors” are needed here, making housing not only warm, but also cozy.

A log house is a great opportunity to bring the most daring design projects to life. Many extraordinary architectural solutions allow the implementation of various building materials. However, none of them can be compared in terms of environmental friendliness, unique beauty and a combination of positive qualities with natural wood, especially if it is processed by the old and traditional in Russia method of manual cutting.

One of the original architectural solutions that has recently become quite popular in the construction of turnkey wooden houses is the second light. A project of a log house with such a remarkable design feature will create a unique atmosphere and demonstrate the good taste of the owner. Let's take a closer look at this approach to construction and the actual advantages of hand-cut houses.

About the second light in a house made of chopped logs

A log house with a second light is distinguished by the presence in the project of a large room in which there is no ceiling on the second floor, and when looking up, you can see the roofing.

Most often, living rooms or dining rooms are designed in this way, which makes them especially spacious and brings a sense of freedom. In rooms with a second light, they usually make large beautiful windows on two floors, including an unusual shape, which add more light and a special architectural zest to such a room in a log house. And do not believe the rumors that the second light will make the room cold, and you will have to spend more money on heating.

A log house has a particularly low thermal conductivity, so even in the most severe Russian winters, in order to heat a large house with a second light, only a warm floor on the ground floor or a standard competent heating system with radiators will be enough. In addition, you can bring warmth and comfort to the living room of a log house with a second light with the help of a large beautiful fireplace, which look especially harmonious and stylish in such an interior. Such an atmospheric and, at the same time, functional design element will not go unnoticed by your guests and will put everyone in a hearty tea party around the fireplace. Otherwise, a project with a second light has the same characteristics as a regular log house, which we will talk about in more detail.

Advantages of log houses with a second light

1 In terms of architecture and ease of processing, chopped logs are truly a unique material. The original uneven shape and natural pattern on the cut become a distinctive feature of any project and a unique design solution. In addition, only chopped logs can reach a length of 12 meters, which allows them to be used in complex architectural projects with large load-bearing structures, for example, projects of houses with a second light, with large windows of a non-standard shape. A log house with a second light is just one of the many architectural solutions inherent in projects made from this material. Spacious terraces and balconies emphasize the closeness to nature and expand the functionality of the premises, offering excellent places for outdoor recreation.

2 If we consider cutting techniques, they also differ in unique features, which leave their mark on the image of a finished house made of chopped logs. As a result, each project becomes a unique and truly original decoration of the backyard and a wonderful place to live.

3 Any project of a log house with a second light, for example, our Levitan and Benois, is distinguished by a set of characteristics inherent in the material as a whole. Since wood “breathes”, the optimal microclimate is always maintained inside the house, with a humidity level that is comfortable for a person and his health. Properly processed hand-cut wood perfectly resists moisture, blue discoloration, insect and fungus damage. Log houses made of such species as cedar and larch do not seem to be at all subject to the inexorable action of time. At the same time, an atmosphere unique in its properties is created in the premises, due to the fact that the material releases antioxidants and saturates the air with the aromas of resins. This factor will be appreciated by city residents, because it not only allows you to clear your lungs, but also enjoy the healing effect of the created atmosphere. One of the first benefits experienced by the happy owners of a log house project is a general improvement in well-being and sleep.

About materials for the construction of a log house

When building any house project from chopped logs, only natural materials are used, including insulation and connecting elements. Thus, it is possible to practically eliminate the impact on humans of artificial building materials. After all, they often contain harmful compounds, up to carcinogens that stimulate the development of cancer.

To seal the interventional joints of a house project from a chopped log, flax or jute is laid in the grooves. There are several types of materials with different properties, including varying ease of installation. What they have in common is that during construction it is necessary to caulk the log house several times, taking into account the shrinkage of the wood.

It is worth emphasizing that at all stages of the construction of a turnkey wooden house by our company Vityaz-Stroy, the work is done manually. Only in this way a log house with a second light acquires its unique positive characteristics. For example, when removing the bark from logs, craftsmen use a special hand tool. Thus, it is possible to preserve the natural protective layer of wood, which largely affects the durability of the entire structure. In addition, a log house acquires a very special appearance, distinguished by its originality and good taste.

Conifers are used as wood species, which most often act as materials for projects of houses with a second light. Spruce and pine are quite common among other species in harvested logs. This is due to their availability. The properties of these materials are less pronounced than those of such species as cedar and larch. They are not so dense, but light enough, and therefore reduce the load on the foundation.

A log of more expensive breeds will not be exposed to the harmful effects of natural factors and microorganisms. Cedar is distinguished by its medically recognized benefits from antioxidants that practically do not disappear over time. Larch is very dense, and when exposed to moisture, its structure is further strengthened.

Among the projects of our company, log houses with a second light are especially popular, which will serve for many years and delight you both when building them from pine, and from cedar or larch. These include "Repin", "Aivazovsky" and other original projects, which you can also find on our website.

In our company "Vityaz-Stroy" you will find not only the highest quality of the house made of chopped logs at all stages, but also a variety of shapes and sizes, which will satisfy the most demanding taste.

The construction of log houses with a second light implies the absence of interfloor ceilings and the formation of a single space with ceilings. Combining the first and second levels leads to an increase in natural light and an extension of daylight hours.

Features of double-height houses

In addition, the second light technology has the following advantages:

Free air circulation. The room creates a feeling of freshness, which is combined with the smell of natural wood.

Increase in usable area. This makes it possible to create a "winter garden", decorating the interior with sprawling and tall plants.

Energy Saving. Increasing the flow of natural light reduces energy consumption.

Aesthetic appeal. Double-height buildings are made with large windows, which gives the buildings an original and sophisticated look.

To heat the room, it is best to use underfloor heating technology or infrared heaters, which provide uniform circulation of warm air.

Our advantages

Company " Log cabin Ecostroy» builds houses from logs with a second light, which have a long service life and high thermal insulation. This is achieved through the following factors:

To connect the elements of the log house, a wooden dowel is used, which excludes the displacement of the structure after shrinkage;

Mezhventsovye joints are insulated with jute fiber;

The house is built from the wood of the northern forest, which is characterized by high density, resistance to cracking and decay;

In production, the tree is impregnated with antiseptics that increase resistance to fungi and mold.

We carry out a full cycle of works - laying the foundation, assembling the log house and installing the temporary roof. At the request of customers, we will make a fine finish and lay communications.

Projects of houses with a "second light", implemented in a wide range of architectural options and various materials for the construction of private low-rise housing, are especially loved and popular among customers of such real estate.

The second light, the projects of log cabins with which are also presented in the catalog of the MariMagnat company, is a special architectural technique.

Its specificity lies in the removal of part of the floors between one or more floors, as a result of which the house acquires a number of certain advantages.

Projects of cottages with a second light: advantages and disadvantages

Cottage projects with a second light offer their owner the following benefits:

due to the lack of overlap, the room becomes more spacious (allowing, for example, to place a winter garden with tall decorative trees there);
in the room where the second light is made, the intensity of natural light is enhanced. The latter advantage can be emphasized and enhanced by increasing the glazing area. Moreover, the second light is usually brought to the side that is subjected to increased insolation;
an increase in the presentability and aesthetics of the room by obtaining high ceilings;
a country house with a second light provides an excellent opportunity and ease of installing a fireplace.

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The homeowners who have chosen houses and cottages with a second light immediately face the question of the functional purpose of the premises with this architectural solution. As a rule, this is a living room with or without a fireplace, a winter garden with appropriate landscaping, extremely rarely - an empty hall with a staircase and multi-level lighting.

But with all these advantages that are characteristic of this architectural technique, it is not a panacea for ennobling the appearance of any private house. In addition to many advantages, the second light also has certain disadvantages, including:

the obvious loss of usable area, which was provided to the upper floor by the part of the ceiling removed during the implementation of the second light;
additional heat loss, since it is more difficult to heat a room with high ceilings;
certain technological difficulties if a second light is made in a wooden house made of logs.

Speaking about cottage projects with a second light, one cannot fail to note the increased acoustics of such a room. This factor cannot be unequivocally attributed either to the number of strengths or to the number of disadvantages of the second light - it all depends on what functional room is located on the first floor and what kind of rooms are adjacent to this “loud corner” of the log house. So, if live music (piano or guitar) sounds in the living room, then log houses with a second light will provide it with improved sound. If the TV is on in the living room, then its sounds will be very audible in the rooms of the second or attic floor.

Log cottage with a second light: a task for the pros

A log cottage with a second light, in comparison with fire monitors or houses made of timber, needs additional measures to strengthen the rigidity of the structure. Moreover, such work has a number of its own nuances that are unknown to self-taught builders. Therefore, real professionals who work with this building material every day and know its specifics thoroughly should implement projects of houses and cottages with a second light from rounded or chopped logs. It is for this reason that projects of houses with a second light - from development to turnkey construction - should be entrusted to the specialists of our company, which has relevant specialists and experience in this field.

If you are interested in projects of wooden houses with a second light, we recommend not only to familiarize yourself with the catalog of our standard projects. Projects of wooden houses with a second light are quite few in comparison with typical projects of wooden cottages with a classic layout, so you should contact our managers about ordering an individual project for such a log house.

1. What does “second light” mean?

The second light- this is a room in a house without ceilings on the second (third, etc.) floor. In the professional language of architects, this technique is called double-height hall. In the educational literature on architecture, this definition sounds like this: “DOUBLE HALL (see. HALL), a front room, a hall with a wall height of two floors (not separated by a ceiling) and two rows of windows. "Second light" is called the upper tier of walls and windows".

2. The history of the construction of buildings with a second light.

This architectural technique in construction has been known since the construction of palaces and estates of the Middle Ages. Both in European and in the architecture of the Russian Empire there are many examples of the use double-height halls during the construction of the royal choir of past centuries.

For example, the Banquet Hall Banquet House) at Whitehall Palace (now defunct) in London was built in 1619-1622 in the style of English classicism, where a single double-height hall. By noble solemnity and magnificent composition of the building, this palace was the first of its kind in Great Britain.

A magnificent monument of the 18th century rises in St. Petersburg - the first building in the northern capital, which was decorated with 32 types of marble. The halls of this palace amaze with richness and elegance, the main staircase led to the upper floors. The main premise of which - the Marble Hall was reconstructed in the 19th century, the interfloor ceilings of the second and third floors were removed and the Marble Hall became two-light as we see it now. The ceiling of wonderful beauty was raised to the ceiling of the third floor and crystal chandeliers appeared.

In the history of architecture, they are also known with a second light. This was the case with Elizaveta Petrovna, who lived remotely during the reign of Anna Ioannovna in Pokrovsky-Rubtsovo, not far from Moscow. According to legend, Elizabeth lived there cheerfully, arranging holidays, dancing and festivities. The wooden palace was located on the shore of the pond: one-story, on a high basement, with a central double-height hall. This monument of wooden architecture has not survived to this day, it is only known that it was finished in Japanese and Chinese style.

To most of our readers, the buildings second light known from an early age. Indeed, many of us in childhood attended various circles on astronomy, aircraft modeling, knitting, cutting and sewing or music studios in the Palace of Pioneers or the House of Culture, went to the pool in the swimming section. It was there that we could first meet this architectural technique. two-light space with tiers of windows in many rows. Of course, the majority did not even pay attention to the design features of various public buildings at that time, but they certainly could not help but notice the spaciousness of the internal space, since these public institutions were very different from our standard apartments.

For example, the Palace of Pioneers on the Lenin Hills in Moscow is the most successful building of the Khrushchev “thaw”, as the embodiment of the ideas of constructivism. The main building is the largest object of the complex, divided into several buildings, adjacent to the ends connecting them with an extended volume, where a spectacular space is created two-light winter garden. It is possible to treat our common Soviet past in different ways, but it is worth recognizing that at that time the state did not save on the education, development and health of children, therefore, magnificent palaces of pioneers and palaces of culture were erected for the future builders of communism, in which various architectural techniques were used, most memorable of which was double-height space.

It is no secret that many of the historical buildings of the Russian capital were once repaired or reconstructed, and eventually lost their original function, suddenly turning into offices or apartments. But still the buildings remained, and to this day they have retained the purpose for which they were created a century ago. One of them is the former Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills with two-light room in the winter garden.

Organization two-light space is also often found in other public buildings: railway stations, airports, sports halls and indoor stadiums, in institutions of mass cultural organizations, restaurants, cafes, pavilions, etc.

4. Why do modern developers like a wooden house with a second light?

What is it that attracts a modern developer so much in this rather "state-owned" architectural technique today? Probably, it is this increase in space and the feeling of airiness, freedom, which is so lacking in our rather cramped apartments, limited by a box of walls from ceilings. The second light visually enlarges the room not only because of the absence of ceilings where they usually are, but also the upper row of windows in the second tier gives additional natural lighting to the room with a second light.

Each developer, planning his second light, probably, represents it in the form of a manor, a family nest, secretly dreaming of having something like a palace choir, in order to feel in the personal possession of a status owner of respectable housing: if not a marble palace, then at least an estate, the second light in which, undoubtedly, gives representativeness.

In the peasant "double-fat huts", so that the heat did not go upstairs, the stairwell, together with the stairs leading upstairs, was tightly sewn up with boards. Thus, in the lower room, and most often it was a large kitchen with a Russian stove, there was such a structure in the form of a cabin, in which there was a ladder for climbing to the upper part of the house. This suggests that in the peasant house they cherished heat very much and in such a simple but effective way they tried to evenly distribute it throughout the house. Indeed, according to the researcher of Russian architecture M. Krasovsky, two-story huts were built “especially in the northern provinces, where there are still a lot of forests ...”(admittedly, there is still "a lot" of it in the "northern provinces", and especially in the Kostroma region), and even in the north, a person appreciates warmth more than anywhere else and builds wooden houses, taking into account the maximum preservation of it in his home.

D) acoustics in a wooden house with a second light;

There are some other features in a house with a second light that some may find inconvenient - this is the propagation of sound from below throughout the house. If there are intermediate floors in a wooden house, they significantly muffle the sound coming from below. In a log house with a second light, the sound from the lower room echoes throughout the house. The second light is traditionally made in the living room, where the TV is located, where all family members and their guests gather. Thus, if there are children in the house and they are already going to bed in the evening, and you hear sounds from TV or conversations in your living room, then this noise will be carried throughout the house, going upstairs, preventing the younger members of the family from falling asleep. In this case, you need to take care of additional soundproofing in advance, especially in the children's rooms upstairs.

E) the second light in a wooden house and children's pranks;

With children in the family, there is a danger of having a second light in a wooden house. You can often hear from the owners of such houses that boys and girls sometimes like to play, jumping from top to bottom over the railing of the second floor, come up with descents “like on a parachute” with an umbrella and other fun - children's ingenuity is inexhaustible! In such cases, injuries to children or breakage of various pieces of furniture are inevitable, since it is almost impossible to predict what your child will invent (especially without parental supervision, left alone) in a house with such an interesting layout with a second light, where there is space and where there is room for children's imagination to roam .

6. What should you pay attention to first of all if you decide to build a wooden house with a second light?

If the future developer is not stopped by any of the negative arguments above, he is ready to overcome them, then first of all, attention should be paid to heating the house. A very correct decision would be to equip a warm floor, in which the heat will be forcibly kept below. And the larger the area of \u200b\u200bthe warm floor, the greater the effect will be from it. Thus, the increase in costs from the operation of a warm floor in a room with a second light about 6 m high will be 20% higher than in a room with a ceiling about 3 m high. If you use only convectors for heating a house from a log house, then the increase in costs can even be 80% - it's a lot or a little, it's up to you. According to the heating efficiency of a wooden house with a second light, the following rating can be made: warm floors come first, then registers, then cast-iron radiators, aluminum radiators, and lastly convectors. If the frost is -20 degrees outside the window, and the temperature of the warm floors is +24 degrees, then the measurements from the floor will be as follows: 1cm from the floor +21 degrees, 2cm from the floor +20 degrees, 4m from the floor +19.5 degrees, 5m (almost under the ceiling) + 16-19 degrees.

Thus, for the cost of heating a wooden house with a second light, a significant increase in the budget is required. And houses from a bar with a double-height room, as a rule, are built large, where, for the sake of a spectacular view of the front room, they sacrifice additional living space on the second floor, therefore, its inhabitants must be wealthy people who can afford the maintenance of such an expensive house. A log house with a second light, due to its non-standard layout, is included in the category of elite houses compared to other wooden houses of the same area.

In any case, if the time comes when you get tired of living in such an elite house or you get tired of overpaying for its expensive maintenance, you get tired of living in a "palace" or "house of culture", then in a wooden house there is always an opportunity to correct the situation: contact honest construction company with qualified craftsmen who will professionally make inter-ceiling ceilings. Then your house will have additional rooms on the second floor and the heat will be more evenly stored at the top and bottom of the house.