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A log home is similar to a log cabin which is made up of logs. This term is generally used by builder to refer to a smaller and more rustic log house. Log houses are very common in areas like Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia because coniferous trees which are tall and straight and found in loads in these areas. There are a large number of logs which are used for the construction of log houses. One, handcrafted- these logs are peeled but their remaining part is untouchedand unchanged from their original appearance. Two, Sawn logs- these logs are sawn to a standard width but are retained at their original height. Third, hewn logs- they are cut into oval, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular sections. Fourth, milled – they went through a manufacturing process that converts the timber into pieces of consistent size and appearance.

These different types of logs have different levels of moisture content in them. All the logs have high amount of moisture when they are cut. In case of handcrafted logs moisture will leave the timber naturally and thus making the timber dry until it stabilizes with the environment. On drying, the timber shrinks and thus its diameter reduces. Only a few selected timber logs are milled after checking the quality of the timber logs. There are several types of milled logs. Green logs is a kind of milled log in which the logs are cut from the butt forest and are then brought to a mill or construction yard where their bark is removed and then is used to construct log home. Next is Air-dried logs in which the log companies cut the freshly cut logs and keep them outside in the open air to be get dried naturally.

Kiln Dried logs is another kind of logs in which the freshly cut logs are kept inside a large oven where they are dried at a very fast rate or moisture is removed from the timber logs very quickly. Log Homes Lake Pendoreille is a beautiful log home which has hydraulic heated floors. The log home has various facilities like 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, boat lift etc. There is no place better than this to enjoy summer vacations. In fact it is the best place during winters as well because people are offered luxurious and cozy cabins to enjoy skiing and snowshoeing.

The rates of log homes are very nominal. They charge about $350 for one night. Once the logs are fabricated and assembled, the parts may be shipped to the building site after disassembling the shell of the log house. This leads to quick construction of the log house and that too centralized. This task of constructing a log house requires highly skilled people because the cuts in the logs should be carefully made so that the logs fit tightly with each other and these are of one of the best assurance quality that you will not get anywhere else in the America.