When choosing the log style and species for your home there are several factors to consider.
Western Red Cedar Homes do require more budget commitment than Pine Log Homes. This is due in part to the size and age of the logs harvested, the superior craftsmanship required to carve and notch each log by hand, and the distance the materials need to travel to your home site. On average, a Canadian Cedar Log Package will cost about double the package price of a locally harvested Beetle Pine package. Milled Log Packages can be value priced if you go with a stock floor plan from the log supplier. Some of these homes can ship in as little as 4 weeks from commitment date due to the blueprints already being programmed into their computerized milling equipment.
Larger Western Red Cedar Logs are best used in homes over 3,000 square feet on one level. Due to their large diameter and heavy timber beam and trusses they can make a moderate home feel small if the spaces are not open enough. Milled log homes lend themselves very well to more co mpartmentalized floor plans, and work extremely well in "hybrid" homes that are part log and part traditional framing and drywall. Their uniform size and shape allows for framed walls and log walls to marry beautifully at the transition points. Local Beetle Pine Logs are best with simple floor plans with limited corners...good shapes are rectangles, "T's" and "L's". If you floor plan has more complicated roof lines, foundation, corners, and angled walls you should consider a Log Timber Frame, Log Accented or Log Sided Home.
Posted on 03/02/2015 at 03:27 AM