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A log house, is a building built with horizontal logs interlocked at the corners by notching. In most cases logs of different shapes and sizes are used in construction of houses; the logs can be milled or handcrafted. People used logs of different plants depending on the climate of the area. For instance, coniferous trees, such as pine and spruce are widely used in large areas of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia and the Baltic States since they are widely available in those regions. Besides, regions of Europe, Balkans and the Alps also use the coniferous trees to construct their buildings. In the warmer regions of Europe, the logs of deciduous trees are widely used to construct buildings. The following are the main types of milled logs, they include D-shaped logs, square logs, full-round logs, as well as Swedish Cope logs. The D-shaped logs, for instance, are flat inside and round on the outside, while the full-round milled logs are fully round inside and out unlike the Swedish cope logs that are round inside and out, with a half-moon-shaped groove on the bottom. The logs houses are constructed using different approaches. The main methods include the Scandinavian Full-Scribe is naturally-shaped, smoothly-peeled logs which are scribed and custom-fitted to one another while the In the flat-on-flat method, logs are flattened on the top and bottom and then stacked, however, Milled log houses are built with a groove system that assists in aligning one log to another and creates a system to seal out the elements.
The following are the reasons why log and timber buildings are better that the brick buildings. Besides, the trees are renewable resource implying that there will be effective circulation of air over the entire life of the home. The log houses are also long lasting. Furthermore, when you construct a log house, you do not have to incur cost in installing heating system since the timber itself provides good thermo insulation. Homes that are made out of logs are strong enough to withstand storms and other natural calamities. If you are staying in a cold area, then you need to construct a log house since the log walls are able to collect and store the sun’s energy during the day, then radiate it back into the home in the evening. The building and taking care of a log house seems to be expensive when one first hear all the numbers, however, the building of a log cabin is no more expensive than the building of a brick house, furthermore, it is faster to build the log home hence the building expenses will be less. It is vital to use high quality materials as well as to employ experienced professionals to build it.
