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Log House Accessories to Increase Décor and Functionality

Log house is a complete structure in itself, with all the facets of a conventional home. They look extremely catchy and appealing and once installed are in ready to use. But, similar to how you need some accessories and products to increase the beauty and comfort of your fully built brick and mortar house, for log cabins also some accessories are extremely important and are must have in every house. Here we will be discussing about some accessories that you can use to increase beauty and durability of log house, in addition to increase utility and for great space management. Treatment: Residential log cabin treatment is vital and can’t be overlooked. It is not only required to prevent rot but also for number of other things. It is done to prevent discoloration of the timber, warping and… (More)
Staining a Log Home

Log homes were once a necessity, but now they have become a beautiful tradition. While many people are building log homes for vacationing in the mountains, others are doing this in order to live in on a permanent basis. Regardless of the reasoning, these old time structures lend a rustic magnificence to any piece of land. There are several steps to take to ensure that a log home lasts for generations. One of the most important of these steps is the process of staining it. Firstly, it is best to ask some questions and do some research on the various stain manufacturers. The options are numerous and quality is essential. The colour options for stain extend far beyond brown with choices including natural wood tones such as tans, smokes, and reds. There are also more adventurous colours of s… (More)
The Development of Log Cabin Home

Just about everyone loves the beauty and wonderful atmosphere log cabin homes provide. Simply nothing compares to the beauty of natural logs cut from the forest. Today, building a log cabin home is easier and more affordable than you might think. And if you would like a log cabin garage to help supplement your current livingestablishment, you can have one affordably assembled to help bring out the beauty of your log cabin home and its surrounding area. While there are other options available, you’re probably reading this because you simply love the natural “Mother Nature” beauty of log cabins. If that’s the case, then there is no reason why you can’t have your own! If you have a dream of either making a log cabin part of your current living establishment or you want to build a new log cab… (More)
Insulating A Log House

Today, ecological materials are coming back, not only into our lives but also into modern building processes as well. More and more people are trying to live a healthy lifestyle and to live in eco-friendly houses. Over the last years the demand for log home and timber frame buildings has increased significantly and today more consumers choose to live in a house which is built of logs. Some of the main benefits of a log house are its simple and fast building process, inexpensiveness, and ecology because log houses are made from renewable resources only. There are many people who choose not to insulate their houses in order to maintain the natural log look inside and outside of the house. Nevertheless, in order to keep your log house warm in winter and cool during the summer, thermal insul… (More)
How to Ensure The Quality of Log Homes

Lithuania is The First European Union Country to Implement A Unified Log Home Standard This standard regulates the quality of log homes, defines their manufacturing, along with all aspects of construction. According to the representatives of the wooden house manufacturers association, in taking these steps Lithuania has shown an example for other countries to follow. For example, log home manufacturers in Estonia have already contacted the association regarding advice in the drafting of relevant standards because they are also facing the same problems pertaining to the quality of log homes. Companies in Western European countries are also interested in the standards because these companies outsource wooden beams from Lithuania and other Baltic countries. Companies that comply with the lo… (More)
Multilayer Beams

Today buildings constructed of engineered wood beams are becoming more popular. Modern wood gluing technology allows for the use of engineered wood for many elements in the production of wooden log homes. These multilayer wooden beams can be used in the construction of walls, rafters, and ceiling beams. In glued wood technology, a log only constitutes a raw material in order to produce engineered wood. It is also worth noting that engineered wood is a better building material than hand-planed or processed timber. The use of engineered glued wood is significantly broader than that of simple timber. First of all, engineered wood provides the ability to create a greater variety of architectural designs and combine wood with glass, masonry blocks, and frame structures. Which Timber Beams Are… (More)
Common Mistakes in The Construction of A Log House

The average log houses buyer has tended to focus on the log house price through the recent economic downturn, but often they haven’t thought about how the house will look in 2 or 3 years time. The relative quality of log houses may be affected not only by the failure to comply with quality standards, but also through the lack of basic technological knowledge. Experts at the Wooden Houses Manufacturers Association, point to the most common mistakes in the construction of log homes. 1. Incorrect joining of the logs. In some cases, the joint where the logs intersect (longitudinal groove shape) is irregular in shape. According to the Wooden Houses Manufacturers Association’s quality requirements, the width of the joint cannot be less than half the thickness of the log. The picture shows that… (More)
The Key Features of Wooden Houses

In today’s rapidly changing world ecological building materials are coming back into the modern building processes. More and more people are choosing to build a house using wooden materials and logs every year, and there are a few specific reasons for this. Firstly, living in a wooden house is the best experience for those who want to live in a durable, environmentally friendly, warm, and beautiful house. Wooden houses have now become modern, prestigious, and unique homes for everybody. Wood, as the basic building material, has been used ever since humans began to build houses for themselves. Moreover, wood is a sturdy and reliable building material so an adequately constructed and looked after wooden house can stand for a very long time. There are lots of log houses standing in Eastern… (More)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Log Houses

Are you thinking about purchasing a new living space? Would you like to build a cosy, modern, warm house which wouldn’t cost a fortune? Then you need to think about a log house. Our modern life and everyday stress sometimes encourages us to look back to our ancestors who lived in log cabins, and to talk about long living old men and women who did not suffer from asthma and allergies. In many European countries, particularly Scandinavian ones, 80%-90% of houses are wooden. Nowadays, in Norway, wooden kindergartens are becoming more and more popular and in Western Europe a log house is associated with prestige, ecology, a healthy way of life, and is considered to be a cost-effective and stable structure. Germans, Danes and French all tend to build houses from profiled machine processed log… (More)
The Heating System in A Residential Log Cabin / Garden Office

As it is getting colder and colder outside, we’ve decided in this article to talk about heating. However, here we don’t intend to write about how to heat the house in the most cost effective way, instead we'll focus on how to heat your residential log cabin or garden office in order to make it cozy and warm all year around; in particular, we'll focus on electric heating systems. Electric heating is usually chosen for its reliability. It can function as the main heating source or as an additional one. The systems which employ electrical energy are not usually complicated and rarely break down. This type of heating can be easily programmed and adjusted. The Advantages of Electric Heating. Electric heaters do not emit smoke around the house and the surrounding area and do not require any pr… (More)