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Why log cabins are one of the most popular buildings?

Author: Ruta Dru
by Ruta Dru
Posted: Mar 14, 2014

Every building has his own history. Log cabins was the most popular building in Norway, Finland and Sweden. Regions were you could find these buildings was very large. It was founded in Baltic states and Russia too. In these days you still can find these buildings which are standing longer than up to one hundred years. Sometimes it is hard to believe, that wooden constructions could stand for this long. Nowadays log cabins are still one of the most popular buildings, especially among citizens. A lot of people want to run out from the town, somewhere where they could have a rest, enjoy the silence and nature. The most important questions are how to build a good log cabin and what benefits it will have for you.

If you are going to build it, you should know that wood is a natural and organic material. It will not cost you lots of money, will be friendly for your health and environment. By the way, it does not require some special decorating, because it looks beautiful by itself.

Log cabins are one of the most cozy buildings, because they are always keeping warmth inside. In cold winter unheated house will always keep a normal temperature. If you want to live here only in summer – wood will not let to get the heat inside. So if there will be a hot day, you could hide here in your house where will be cooler than outside.

There are a lot of people which builds their houses in a year and longer. To build a log cabin it will not take longer than three weeks. It depends from building`s size. If you want a small one – building could take maximum one week. This is because wooden constructions are collected easily and very fast. You do not have to be big specialist to build these wooden constructions by yourself.

If you do not like wooden exterior – you can decorate it with bricks, concrete or other materials. It depends from your imagination.

One of the most important thing in wooden log cabins is that wood can make ventilation by itself. Walls are breathing, so you will not have to feel dry weather inside of it. Wood can take a humidity from the air when it is damp and give it out when the air is drying. So in that way there will be less possibility to appear mold or mildew here.

A lot of people afraid, that if they build a log cabin, it could burn down very quickly. Not at all. If you use some special chemical materials to cover the surface, there will be very small possibility of fire spreading. There are a lot of other materials to protect your wooden walls from outside affects like sun, rain, snow. You should paint it one time in two or three years.

I should mention that wooden constructions are very stable. If you take care of it from time to time it will stand you longer than one hundred years. It is hard to believe, but wood is long lasting material.

There are much more advantages of log cabins. You only have to decide what benefits of it is the most important to you by choosing what building you want. Log cabins could stand in a lot of places, it does not mater if there is a forest, fields or property near the lake. If you decided to build a log cabin, you should need to interest more in it and you will see, that wooden house is one of the best choices.

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Author: Ruta Dru

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