Log homes
The importance of a log house in our life!
Today ecological construction is becoming more and more important and log houses are in high demand. Wood is a material that does not pollute the environment and a house built from wood retains the life energy of the wood.
The interest about log houses has become huge in the last few years and log house construction is booming.
What is a log house?
A log house is a corner joined log building made from logs.There is various technologies for log house. There is a technology of Cross corner – when the logs in the corner overlap each other, Smooth corner – corners without logs overlapping and other technologies which differ according to various craftsmen – Russian corner, Norwegian corner, Canadian corner, blind corner and others
The history of log house
Log house is one of the oldest house construction methods. Throughout the centuries the log house has endured the test of time and even now days you can find log houses in major cities that are built in the beginning of the 20th century. In rural areas still you can find log houses that are hundred and more years old and still fulfil their function.
Log residental house
In before war in Baltic states there were more that 150 000 wood houses and the most part of them were log houses. All these houses were made by local craftsmen. During the war and the Soviet times most of these houses were destroyed.
Log house saunas
Our fore fathers started to build their houses with a construction of a sauna where they lived at the beginning. For them the sauna was holy. Children were conceived and were born in the sauna as well as funerals took place in a sauna. The sauna procedure was a holy, but at the same time a cheerful activity.
Although historically log houses were made by handmade logs, now days various industrial methods are used: turned logs, cut logs and other methods. Various methods are offered starting from the historical till the most modern..
The traits of a log house
- In winter a wooden house is the warmest, but in summer heath its is the coolest.
- A wooden house lives and breathes, it fits in every environment
- If the owner of the log house is unhappy with it can be disassembled and sold. By disassembling a log house it does not loose nor its visual appearance nor its functionality.
What should be taken in account when living in a log house
- If you would like to use the main trait of a log house – its connection with the nature it would not be wise to put the heat insulation on the inside walls and there won’t much possibilities to change the interior.
- Wood in comparison with other construction materials is subject to decay if it is not protected with chemical substances.
- Wood is a flammable material. This can be averted with various fireproof paints and chemical substances making the wood fire – resistant.