Green logs are used, so the fit gets tighter as the logs shrink. "We use compression to our advantage. As the building goes together, there's more weight on the logs.

Building a house of the same size with EverLog concrete logs, on the other hand, could cost as much as $600,000, Hansen said, which is close to the cost of a real log home, and about 25 percent ...

Lynne and Chris Burt weren’t sure a log home was their style. The idea of building with sustainable northern white cedar logs appealed to the environmentally conscious Burts. Northern white c… ...

There’s something deeply satisfying about building a home from the ground up,especially when it’s crafted from massive, natural logs that stand the test of time.Building a house out of large ...

Discussion of some of the first log building tools you will need to build a log home — debarking spuds and drawknives.

In this episode, we build the full structure of our front porch roof using logs sourced from our land. We cut several trees and utilized already-downed trees, peeling the logs and creating ...

Indeed, log homes in the Upstate and elsewhere have come a very long way from the small, drafty cabins that previous generations used for fishing or hunting trips.

If a home is built with green logs, the foundation can literally twist and tear itself apart. Just getting dead standing timber can be a trick.

Rick Kinsman started 1867 Confederation Log Homes 35 years ago in Bobcaygeon, where he hosts regular seminars for people interested in building log homes You can save this article by registering ...

David Janczak is moving the log home out of the wilderness, into the suburbs and around the world. ”We`ve had interest from Japan, Israel and Saudi Arabia,” said Janczak, 42, president … ...

LITHOPOLIS, Ohio - Officials plan to celebrate the log-cabin heritage of the Fairfield County village of Lithopolis by building a new log cabin using the beams salvaged from three historic log ...