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Canadian Home on Ontario's Lake Rosseau proves that the smallest touches make the biggest impact. More...

 
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Equilibrium Moisture Content of wood for log homes in North America and throughout the world. More...

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Call Of The Wild - The whole package of having a log home on a lake that makes this lifestyle so appealing. More...

log building standards Log Building Standards These are minimum Standards for residential, handcrafted, interlocking, scribe fit log construction... More
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Love At First Draft: Childhood memories of family vacations inspired Jim McKinney to build his dream home... More

log-maintenence Preservation & Maintenance of Log Structures Prepared by the Technical Committee of the Log Homes Council, More...
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log-home-avitar1 Log Home Builders - If you are looking for the right log home builders, you should know that you can choose either a certain log home kit they provide and decide on standard log home plans, or you can bring your own plans and go for a custom log home. A log cabin is usually built according to a special log home design, so that the log home should have a rustic appearance and blend in well with the surrounding landscape. More...
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Timber Log Homes - It is almost certain that wooden house has specific aesthetic especially its rustic look. It brings warmth ambiance and natural look surrounding the environment. Wooden house is built in many several types of home i.e. log home and timber frame home. At times, some people want to built their wooden house but wish its appearance were “not too much wood”. Timber frame home gave them a similar feel of rustic elegance but with a more varied, less monochromatic, palette on the inside as well as... More...

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Log Home Building - Building and living “Green” is good for your health, conserves energy and protects the environment. Log homes are the original green building solution made directly from the earth’s natural resource. This abundant, beautiful and renewable natural resource is 100% green. Building green is a hot topic among building professionals and consumers – for good reason. The exposure to toxic chemicals in our every day lives is resulting in significant increases in... More...

 
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Log Home Plans and Designs - Find the Perfect House Plan in this collection of 24,000 unique house plans selected from the archives of leading architects and home designers.Our Log Home plans design system allows you a great deal of flexibility and customization when you work with our architects and draftsman. This means that we can build any floor-plan as a log home plan and you'll get the home that suits your needs. More...

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Log Home Inspection List - What you need to know before buying a new log home. Don,t buy a log home without knowing the facts!  Try to determine if it was built with green logs or dry logs (meeting TPI standards of less than 19% moisture content). This is important since an 8-foot wall of green logs may settle up to 6 inches whereas a dry log wall will usually settle 1 to 2 inches. The settlement is mostly from shrinkage of the log as it dries to... More...

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