Why Homes Aren’t As Bad As You Think
Benefits of Having a Log Home
While it is true that having a timber frame log house bring you nearer mother nature and its rustic ambiance, there is more to it than just that. There is much more than just the artistic taste one gets that even well-meaning prospective owners might not be aware of, and the reason why it is important to spell out in order to develop in them a more thorough appreciation of this choice – when compared to the conventional construction of either stick or brick homes.
It is the impression of many that the best and the most durable home is one made of bricks since it will not attract termites and insects as wood does. Well, first of all, wood boring insects are not attracted to large quantities of wood. And, added to that, the logs being used for log homes are air or kiln dried logs which are sent through profiling machines, and insects don’t really get attracted to these dry logs. There are timber houses still standing in Europe for 800 years now and in Russia there is a log made church that has been there for more than 1700 years.
Other than boring insect problem, the log and timber homes industry has countless stories of these homes successfully weathering the worst hurricanes since they are similarly constructed with a brick home which are load-bearing,and a locking system that is just marvelously better. With log homes, the walls of the house bear the weight above them and it is not like conventional construction where posts bear the load, and with this you have a really solid mass that strong winds will have a hard time to break. Other than that, during hurricanes, falling trees that land on this load bearing walls would hardly crash this solid mass other than knocking them loose or dislodging them, but when they are interlocked to form a solid equilateral side, it is hard to displace them.
The Essentials of Timber – 101
Provided the home is sealed properly, you can have a super energy efficient home that goes beyond what building codes call for. And especially today, we can build a log and timber home to be 15 to 20 percent more energy efficient than a conventional home. No need to insulate them which will wear out after a few years and the inconvenience of replacing them altogether since with log or timber, as long as your wall last your built-in insulation is on board.
Getting To The Point – Services
It is more expensive to build a custom log home with using eight to ten inch logs than building a 2×4 framed home with vinyl siding. But what most people do not account, is that logs will go up faster saving labor. Logs are simply piled one by one, compared to constructing a conventional home which requires a lot of carpentry.