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The Development of Log Cabin Home

Just about everyone loves the beauty and wonderful atmosphere log cabin homes provide. Simply nothing compares to the beauty of natural logs cut from the forest. Today, building a log cabin home is easier and more affordable than you might think. And if you would like a log cabin garage to help supplement your current livingestablishment, you can have one affordably assembled to help bring out the beauty of your log cabin home and its surrounding area. While there are other options available, you’re probably reading this because you simply love the natural “Mother Nature” beauty of log cabins. If that’s the case, then there is no reason why you can’t have your own! If you have a dream of either making a log cabin part of your current living establishment or you want to build a new log cab… (More)
Features and Benefits of Wooden Garages

There are always advantages and disadvantages of any decision or purchase, and buying home garages is no exception to this. A home’s garage serves many purposes: from simply lending beauty and value to the home to adding security and protection for families and vehicles. It is important to do some research as well as contact a professional contractor before deciding or actually making a purchase. There are many options available on the market these days. One of the most popular choices today are wooden garages. Advantages In the past, garages erected from wood were the norm for families but recently technology has brought new choices in terms of different types of materials and pre-fabricated structures. Nonetheless, many individuals are revisiting the past for its nostalgia and remarkab… (More)
How to Ensure The Quality of Log Homes

Lithuania is The First European Union Country to Implement A Unified Log Home Standard This standard regulates the quality of log homes, defines their manufacturing, along with all aspects of construction. According to the representatives of the wooden house manufacturers association, in taking these steps Lithuania has shown an example for other countries to follow. For example, log home manufacturers in Estonia have already contacted the association regarding advice in the drafting of relevant standards because they are also facing the same problems pertaining to the quality of log homes. Companies in Western European countries are also interested in the standards because these companies outsource wooden beams from Lithuania and other Baltic countries. Companies that comply with the lo… (More)
The Key Features of Wooden Houses

In today’s rapidly changing world ecological building materials are coming back into the modern building processes. More and more people are choosing to build a house using wooden materials and logs every year, and there are a few specific reasons for this. Firstly, living in a wooden house is the best experience for those who want to live in a durable, environmentally friendly, warm, and beautiful house. Wooden houses have now become modern, prestigious, and unique homes for everybody. Wood, as the basic building material, has been used ever since humans began to build houses for themselves. Moreover, wood is a sturdy and reliable building material so an adequately constructed and looked after wooden house can stand for a very long time. There are lots of log houses standing in Eastern… (More)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Log Houses

Are you thinking about purchasing a new living space? Would you like to build a cosy, modern, warm house which wouldn’t cost a fortune? Then you need to think about a log house. Our modern life and everyday stress sometimes encourages us to look back to our ancestors who lived in log cabins, and to talk about long living old men and women who did not suffer from asthma and allergies. In many European countries, particularly Scandinavian ones, 80%-90% of houses are wooden. Nowadays, in Norway, wooden kindergartens are becoming more and more popular and in Western Europe a log house is associated with prestige, ecology, a healthy way of life, and is considered to be a cost-effective and stable structure. Germans, Danes and French all tend to build houses from profiled machine processed log… (More)
How to Choose The Right Place to Erect Your Log Cabin

Increasingly nowadays people are getting tired of busy metropolitan city life and are deciding to erect a log cabin kit to spend their weekends, holidays or even to use it all year round as a permanent residence. Some people choose to locate their log cabin in the garden, others - on a certain piece of land or on a land plot. If you do not have a plot yet, it is important to take into account the installation of public services and how convenient access will be when choosing one. The plot should be in a dry and sloping place, it is recommended that river and lake valleys and very damp places are avoided. When checking the suitability of the site, the ground water level should be taken into account: it should be at least 1 metre from the ground surface in the wet season (in autumn and spri… (More)
Useful Tips How to Finish Your Cabin

One of the main advantages of wooden log cabins is that they do not require any special finish on the outside or on the inside. The natural timber texture serves as a perfect decoration for this. As the timber used in the manufacturing process is a natural material, a log cabin made from timber 'breathes', eliminating the issue of a feeling of suffocating or dry air in it. Once such a structure has been assembled, it is necessary to paint it and treat it with wood preserver. Timber coated with wood preserver and then painted not only serves an aesthetic purpose but also ensures that the timber is resistant to moisture, rot, insects and fungus. So, it is important you choose a quality wood preserver and paint for your log cabin, especially the outside, and it is highly recommended that… (More)
About Wooden Log Cabins

Wooden log cabins usually catch one's eye thanks to their low price, quick and easy installation, simple construction and the fact that they can be easily erected and do not require planning permission or if for some reason they do, it is not that difficult to get. Log Cabins' Features Wooden log cabins are very versatile constructions which can be used as a sauna, a residential cabin or guest accommodation, a garden office, gym or a place to store equipment and tools. One of the major advantages of such buildings is the fact that you will either not need planning permission at all or if it is necessary, the procedure of applying for planning permission will be simplified and won’t take long. According to general planning permission requirements, if the building is up to 4 metres high (… (More)
5 Ways to Prepare Your Wooden House for Winter

As winter approaches frozen guttering, a thick layer of snow on the roof or large hanging icicles can become a reason for concern. Below you can find a few tips which will help you avoid the many problems and expenses that are all related with the winter period in a wooden house. 1. Insulate Water Pipes It is highly recommend that all cellars, garages and other non-heated rooms in which a water pipe system is installed are inspected thoroughly ‒ there could be broken windows, gaps in the walls, doors or shutters which cannot be properly closed. Exposed water pipes in non-heated rooms should be insulated with insulation material. However, insulation material is not always helpful, sometimes it’s a good idea to attach heating cables to the water pipes. 2. Adjust Plastic Windows In… (More)
How to Prepare Your Garden Cabin for the Winter Period

Timber is a natural material which is sensitive to atmospheric changes. The autumn and winter periods can be the most harmful for any garden cabin wooden construction. The influence of rain, snow, frost and strong sun all affect timber and can damage its structure, shape and exterior look. Melting snow and ice can get into the interior structure of timber. The water freezes again quickly (sometimes within 24 hours), which contributes to the widening of the cracks inside and outside of the timber. This process constantly repeats during the whole period of winter thereby negatively affecting all aspects of the timber and also providing good conditions for mould and rot to emerge. How to Protect Your Garden Cabin? It all starts from the proper preparation of the base of the wood. First… (More)