Do-it-yourself log home owners
Affordable Log Home Quality, Built to Last Longer
"So easy, even a housewife can do it!" P.S.
"Build it just like the popular Leggo blocks".
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"Innovative, Stylish, Economical, Eco-Friendly"
The manufacturing of our logs starts with quality Douglas fir, western red cedar, or pine taken either from small logs or pre-milled lumber. The lumber is then dried in kilns until the moisture content is stabilized at around 12%.
Our patented sawing technique is used to produce quarter-sawn, all vertical or straight grain wood strips from the lumber, with their internal stress relieved. The strips are then laminated with non-toxic glue to form one side of the log. Two laminated "'walls", with their wanes and imperfections turned inside, are then joined together with wood spacers and metal fasteners to form a single log assembly.
The quarter-sawn, vertical grain laminates give the log its remarkable dimensional stability -with virtually no shrinking, checking or splitting.
Design Flexibility, Economy & Easy to Build
It is very difficult for average log homes to exceed 8 feet in height due to the settling problem. Our Log homes often reach beyond 30 feet high. Think of our Log homes as Lego blocks --your imagination is the limit! It has the most variety of styles.
Our Log Homes help to eliminate many conventional building processes and materials; such as exterior, siding, vapor barrier, sheathing, framing lumber, batt insulation and drywall--less labor and less material. Out Log Homes on the average are assessed at more than 15% of the average frame home of equivalent size.
Compared to traditional and milled log homes, our homes are easier to build because they are square, tongued-and-grooved and not as heavy. Compared to framed houses, the built-up wall assembly has been reduced to pre-assembled blocks with interior and exterior wall ready at the same time. Many of our homeowners built their dream homes with little professional help.
Patented Technology is Eco Friendly
All of our home building products are manufactured with untreated, natural wood, wood fibers and non-toxic glue. They replace many conventional building materials that often contain toxic chemicals or offgas obnoxious fumes. As more and more people are suffering from asthma, allergies and indoor air quality related health issues, our log homes have become a preferred choice.
Conventional log homes are often regarded as natural and healthy homes. Yet the log's inherent settlement and shrinkage often create crevices where moisture can seep through, resulting in mold, fungus and pest problems. Our logs are dimensionally stable, smooth planed surface will minimize such negative impacts.
Our patented quarter sawing technique allows us to make use of lumbers rejected by regular lumber mills. These otherwise fine lumbers are often considered unusable or "defective" by other mills because they are too small in diameter and /or containing wanes. Instead of heading to the chippers, they were salvaged and turned into the remarkable building blocks for your fine home.
All of our home building products maximize the strength and function of natural wood fiber with less consumption of energy during the manufacturing process. It is created to last longer than other materials commonly used in housing projects --which means less waste to the landfill.