Log House Plans
A log house is typically made from logs that have not been milled into conventional lumber. There are two kinds of log homes: “handcrafted” and “milled.” A handcrafted log home is typically made of logs that have been peeled but are essentially unchanged from their original natural appearance. A milled log home is one constructed of logs that have been run through a manufacturing process to remove natural imperfections and convert them into timbers that are consistent in size and appearance. Handcrafted log homes have been built for centuries in Scandinavia, Russia and Eastern Europe, and appearing in North America in the early 1700s. In the 1920s, the first milled log houses appeared on the market, using logs that were precut and shaped. Most log homes today are of the milled variety mostly because they require less labor-intensive fieldwork, and there are many more options available than with handcrafted alone. |
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