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FINNISH DESIGN HOUSES
Open the catalog to page 1LUMI POLAR LUMI POLAR IS A FINNISH ECO-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Open the catalog to page 2LUMI POLAR Is the world leader in quality and design! Design, manufacture and construction of eco-houses using the most advanced and energy-saving technologies • Integrated design of any buildings and territories • The most advanced robotic production in Finland • Energy efficient eco-construct
Open the catalog to page 4SINCE 1918 Avant-garde finnish brand with 100 years of experience! • European and American architects of world renown • Revolutionary non-settling technologies - timber houses don’t settle • We create the most complex and large-scale objects in the world in a
Open the catalog to page 5LUMI POLAR Is at the forefront of global development! • Trendsetter of style and world design trends • 100 years of Finnish experience, “know how”, innovative • Stylish interior design, landscape
Open the catalog to page 6THE BEST FINNISH QUALITY - FROM THE START TO THE END! The largest and most complex wooden private house – 5 000 m2
Open the catalog to page 8EXTENSIVE GEOGRAPHY OF CONSTRUCTION • The high quality of raw materials and technical achievements allow us to build houses everywhere in the world, in any climate, in any national tradition. • More than 1000 wooden houses around the world. Perfect reputation - all customers are 100% satisfied with the quality! • First people of states, government members, sport and show business stars from the Forbes list entrusted us with the construction of their hou
Open the catalog to page 9MORE THAN 500 MODELS OF HOUSES IN CHALET
Open the catalog to page 10ADVANTAGES OF FINNISH ECO-HOUSES BY LUMI POLAR 100% Environmentally friendly - from raw materials to the finished house! The World Association of Timber Industries recognized Finnish wood as the most environmentally friendly and high-quality in the world! • Finland is the most environmentally friendly country in the world: 188 000 lakes, 90% of the land is covered with forest - it grows in ideal northern conditions: weather (border of different climatic zones) and soil (dry hills and sandstones) • All forests in Finland are in private hands. People take care of it like it’s their own...
Open the catalog to page 11MOST HEALTHFUL Timber eco-houses by Lumi Polar are not treated with any means of protection - high-quality wood doesn’t require impregnation with either antiseptics or any other means, and this is very important Antiseptics and other antiseptic substances contain a huge amount of chemicals that kill its natural properties in the tree and turn it into a poisonous construction material.
Open the catalog to page 12ECO-TIMBER, ECO-GLUE AND OTHER ECO-MATERIALS • There is always clean air in the houses. Wood, like everything natural, «breathes», and having a porous structure, filters carbon dioxide, removes microbes from the house The most useful air humidity for health and at the house is always from 35% to 55%, because the tree immediately absorbs high humidity and gives it back when the air dries up In houses with a constant 35-55% humidity, viruses and bacteria don’t multiply, fungus and mold don’t originate, so the houses don’t deteriorate People feel well, rarely get sick, because the tree has...
Open the catalog to page 13In Finland, kindergartens, schools, hospitals and even multi-storey buildings in the center of the capital are being built from eco-glued timber. This is a real investment in a healthy future that will be passed down from parents to children for centuries.
Open the catalog to page 15THE WARMEST AND MOST ENERGYSAVING • Wood has the highest thermal insulation properties due to its porous structure. Even to the touch, the wood is warm, which cannot be said about other building materials. Design of a general plan of the site and the location of buildings on it, taking into account all the energysaving benefits of the natural landscape, sides of the world, rose of wind Construction with the latest technologies, ideal construction density, the latest sealing system, eco-insulati
Open the catalog to page 16THE COOLEST IN SUMMER Due to its porous structure, wood allows air to pass through in both directions, preventing the house from heating up in hot summers.
Open the catalog to page 17MOST DURABLE The oldest houses in the world are wooden. The maximum age of houses still used for living is more than 1 000 years
Open the catalog to page 18MOST EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT Timber houses can survive the most destructive earthquakes on the planet, quakes of magnitude 9 and above thanks • Relative lightness of the walls and a small load on the foundation The ability of the timber capitals of the beam to «walk» among themselves and at the same time being in a strong bond (timber capitals move as a whole, without cracking, without collapsi
Open the catalog to page 19MOST FIRE RESISTANT • It is believed that a wooden house is the most flammable. In fact, the opposite is true. Wood resists fire better than brick, stone and many other materials If from the ignition of metal and other structures the constructions are destroyed almost immediately, then dense wood slowly chars and retains its bearing capacity for a long time. Finnish timber has been assigned by a high level of fire resistance – R6. It takes 45 minutes for the fire to ignite. After 60 minutes (at temperature 1 200 С) timber is charred by only
Open the catalog to page 20A TREE SAVES A PERSON IN A FIRE • A person can stay in a burning house made of natural wood for a long time. In a house made of other materials - he can suffocate for 1.5 minutes From burning wood, the body is not poisoned in the same way as from poisonous smoke coming from synthetic materials in the walls, mortars, paint, wallpaper, glue, etc. Fires don’t start from burning walls! Finishing, curtains, furniture, carpets, etc. begin to burn. Remember: without paper and twigs it is difficult to set fire to even fir
Open the catalog to page 21FINNISH WOOD OF THE HIGHEST GRADES A AND B We use only the highest sorts A, B - a guarantee of the highest quality of the house, a perfect appearance. We do not use low sorts C, D (with a violation of the structure, density, the presence of diseases, defects, many knots, etc.) TREES 60 TO 90 YEARS OLD We glue timber from trees of the best technical maturity (from 60 to 90 years old - trunks are strong, healthy, beautiful) - a guarantee of strength and durability of the house, FINNISH SPRUCE AND PINE HOUSES Spruce and pine in terms of beauty and all technical characteristics are the best...
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