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For years, I had wanted to make a screen house or pagoda at the back of my property. Tuire was showing me some Finnish cottage pictures, one with a Finnish laavu. I thought this would be ideal for the area in my backyard near my firepit.
No not a wooden spaceship from stargate but our new backyard laavu
A laavu is a Finnish lean-to. It is typically a 3 sided leaning tripod structure used as a shelter in the woods. One side is open to the elements. It could be used for boaters, hunters, hikers, whatever, and is usually paired with a fireplace or BBQ. Ideally you rest in the shelter, cook some sausages/hot dogs over the fire with a couple of beer or mickey of vodka (when available!).
Our laavu was constructed for less than $200. The base is 4 railroad ties I found in my yard. The main structure is based on 3-4x4 posts, two 10ft and the middle one 12ft. Spruce is best, cheaper than cedar, and safer than PT wood which I really try to avoid. I used tongue and groove pine for the walls/roof, as home depot had it discounted. You could use plywood and shingles or even cheap aspenite. Mounting the tripod on the ties was done with cheap deck type post metal brackets. You could also bury the post if you don’t have anything for a base.
You would need longer posts in that case (2-12 and 1-14ft posts). The inside bench was also done with my favorite wood - 4x4x8 spruce posts - about 7 of them. We stained the structure with a small can of cherry stain. Looks good.
We are happy with the results - next the firepit.
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