You want a log home lifestyle, you deserve to know the details
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Since you’re investing your life savings into this decision, it’s wise to understand how the industry operates. That's why we created The Perfect Path To Your Dream Home, to provide consumers with a map of the buying and building process.
Log and timber homes have come along way from their pioneer beginnings. Today's homes are crafted with precision, using modern milling methods. Manufacturers sell their homes in a variety of ways. This can include: • In-house representatives directly employed by a log home manufacturer • Builder/dealers who are self-employed independent sales agents • Builders or contractors who are independent sales agents but also build homes
What Are My Choices in Logs or Timbers?
To start, there are more than 17 common tree species used in the log and timber home industry, each with its own unique properties—grain pattern, color, size (diameter and length), thermal performance and resistance to decay. Plus, logs can be fashioned into a host of different corner styles and profiles, using different fastening and sealant systems. In general, though, for sustainability, reliability, and efficiency of cost, White Pine is the right choice as timber for log homes. If you have any doubt visit any lumber company or big box store and try to buy another material to build your home with. It's Kiln Dried PINE, period!
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Discover What Styles Delight You
Since many companies specialize in one particular style, the process of elimination should start with what you find attractive. Here’s how to tell the styles apart:
• Manufactured or milled: This is how the vast majority of log homes are constructed today, accounting for a full 90% of the market. Logs are milled to a specific profile (D-log, round log, etc.) and precut to fit a particular home design. Identify these by the uniform diameters on the corner profiles. • Handcrafted: These custom homes account for 10% of all log homes constructed annually. Detect these by noticing larger logs with varying diameters at corners or a hand-hewn appearance. • Half-log: This log siding is applied over conventional 2-by-4 or 2-by-6 framing. To maintain the illusion of full log, the corners sections can be full log. Log siding is often used for second story applications or for garages or outbuildings. • Timber Frame: Also known as post and beam, this style includes large horizontal or vertical beams on the interior. Beams can either be handcrafted or milled. |
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