A log home (or log house) is structurally identical to a log cabin (a house typically made from logs that have not been milled into conventional lumber). The term "log home" is preferred by most contemporary builders; a "log cabin" generally refers to a smaller, more rustic log house such as a hunting cabin in the woods.
There are two types of log homes:
Handcrafted: Typically made of logs that have been peeled, but otherwise essentially unchanged from their original appearance as trees
Milled (also called machine-profiled), made with a log house moulder: Constructed of logs that have run through a manufacturing process which convert them into timbers which are consistent in size and appearance
Handcrafted log homes have been built for centuries in Scandinavia, Russia and Eastern Europe, and were typically built using only an axe and knife. The Scandinavian settlers of New Sweden brought the craft to North America in the early 18th century, where it was quickly adopted by other colonists and Native Americans. Possibly the oldest surviving log house in the United States is the C. A. Nothnagle Log House (circa 1640) in New Jersey.
During the 1920s the first milled log houses appeared on the market, using logs which were pre-cut and shaped rather than hand-hewn. Many log homes today are of the milled variety, mainly because they require less labor-intensive field work than handcrafted homes.
There are about 500 companies in North America which build the handcrafted, scribe-fit type of log home.
There are two types of log homes:
Handcrafted: Typically made of logs that have been peeled, but otherwise essentially unchanged from their original appearance as trees
Milled (also called machine-profiled), made with a log house moulder: Constructed of logs that have run through a manufacturing process which convert them into timbers which are consistent in size and appearance
Handcrafted log homes have been built for centuries in Scandinavia, Russia and Eastern Europe, and were typically built using only an axe and knife. The Scandinavian settlers of New Sweden brought the craft to North America in the early 18th century, where it was quickly adopted by other colonists and Native Americans. Possibly the oldest surviving log house in the United States is the C. A. Nothnagle Log House (circa 1640) in New Jersey.
During the 1920s the first milled log houses appeared on the market, using logs which were pre-cut and shaped rather than hand-hewn. Many log homes today are of the milled variety, mainly because they require less labor-intensive field work than handcrafted homes.
There are about 500 companies in North America which build the handcrafted, scribe-fit type of log home.
I prefer milled. It would be nice and you can have the design you want with the log. I always wanted to have a log home.
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I didnt know that there where different types of log homes. That is pretty cool. I want one i guess i have to do some research.
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