better old timmer than new timmer?

[smallfarmers]

hej!

for restoring our seriously damaged timmerhus, we are thinking that it's better to use old timmer, recuperation material from an old building, than new timmer.

but ... would there be any chance to find old timmer at all??

[TW]

If you can find good rather straight and slow grown trees they will yield a technically superrior result with less work than recykled old logs. The only drawback is than new logs are green and will shrink as they dry. That may cause some gaps towards the adjoining old structure. I once overcame that by building the new wall a wee bit too high and once everything had dried and settled the new wall had it's intended height. Another way is to let the logs dry beforehand.

Just my thoughts.

[smallfarmers]

If you can find good rather straight and slow grown trees they will yield a technically superrior result with less work than recykled old logs. (...)

guess you're right. main difficulty is that slowly grown trees are (as far as we know) no longer to be found in lower part of sweden. and we are unable to find old timmer here as well, despite several annonser : (

[jörmundur]

maby you can buy an old barn or something that noone is intrersted in and use some from that?

but the best way is perhapes to buy some from a dealer: http://www.blocket.se/varmland/Hustimmer_14497841.htm?ca=15&w=3&last=1

[Landet]

What surface does the timber have? Is it "bilad" yta with an axe. It´s really hard to "bila" old timber. But if you can find some timber that have the same width as the old a lot of work is already done.
Go to the library d borrow some books about how to make and repair timber houses would be another tip.