About Logs for Log Home Building

Contemporary log homes should not be confused with nostalgic musings of pioneer log cabins or little homes on the prairie. Today's log homes are typically constructed of locally or regionally produced timber, designed with energy efficiency in mind, and logs used for building these homes have a significantly lower impact on the environment than their framed home counterparts, making them fit squarely with the environmentally aware mindset of the emerging generation.

Significance

Logs used for log home building are produced from timber, which is a fundamentally renewable resource.

Features

Logs used to build log homes require significantly less processing than their frame home counterparts, resulting in less energy consumption.

Geography

In many areas, local forest logs are used to construct log homes, which require a shorter distance between the harvest site and the building site. This results in lower transportation costs.

Benefits

The logs used for the exterior of log homes provide roughly the equivalent amount of protection from outside heat and cold to a similarly built frame house.

Considerations

Logs from abandoned or demolished log homes can recycled more easily than timber from a similarly built frame house.

Resources

• Homepage of the Log Homes Council