With the trend in housing returning more to nature, knotty pine paneling is a natural choice for homes, cabins, offices, and stores. It is a versatile material for applications such as walls, wainscoting, ceilings, decking, and more. Its cost is less than half of hardwoods and imported varieties of paneling wood.
Knotty Pine Paneling Is […]
Log homes are an American icon we have learned to admire and love. According to The Log Homes Council, more than 30,000 log homes are built each year in the U.S. They include full log, log siding, timber frame, and other customized styles. The numbers are even larger when you add in all the […]
Most log cabin owners concentrate their planning from the floor up. What about under the cabin? Basements are great but they are expensive and many times underutilized. Building too close to the ground doesn’t allow much room to work under the cabin.
A good compromise is creating a crawl space under your cabin. A survey […]
Thousands of people dream of building a log home every year. Is it time to make your plans and get underway? The excitement of owning a new home, especially a log home, is hard to contain. Dreams of its rustic charm and relaxing atmosphere are a joy to contemplate.
It is much easier, faster, and […]
Some things seem like they have been around forever like Thanksgiving and Quaker Oats. Knotty pine is a wood product that has served us well for centuries. When it comes to walls in homes, knotty pine paneling is an attractive alternative to drywall. It has been used by Europeans for centuries and their descendants […]
A log cabin is a charming house for part-time or full-time use. We build them for different reasons to meet our goals and plans. You may want a weekend retreat, vacation home, full-time home, or a rental house. Others may want a fishing or hunting lodge or a place to hold meetings for colleagues […]
A lot of retail stores have taken a hit lately with low sales, higher costs of doing business, shoplifting, and government regulations. Sometimes it takes more to retain and attract new customers than increasing the advertising and promotion budget.
Many independent retailers and restaurants have discovered that constructing a log building or adding a log […]
There are several ways to add rustic supports inside and outside log homes. Homeowners’ two favorite woods are pine and cedar that add structural integrity and beauty. If you want to add an atmosphere of strength, peeled logs will provide it.
Peeled logs look terrific with log siding and full log homes. They can be […]
Log home construction has come a long way since our forefathers’ day. Many of them built a house or cabin with only an axe accompanied by an adze. Later, crosscut saws were used when they were available. As time progressed, logs were processed at simple sawmills. Today, huge mills operate like factories in turning […]
All homes will eventually need some maintenance and repair. Log homes are no different and present some specific issues that will need correcting. Comparatively, with traditionally-built full round or square log homes share some common potential problems, including:
Moisture
Settling and shrinking
Insects and critters
UV sun rays
Cracked and fallen chinking
Poor flashing […]
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