Living within a log country house?
Answers: I built and lived in a log home (at 2000 sq foot is it really a cabin?). It wasn't desperate but I'd never do it again. Much more maintenance than a conventional house.
Factors to consider.
1- Shape of logs.
The cross-section of the log make a difference. If they are Swedish cope (bottom of the log carved to fit the to of the next log) next the larger diameter log the better. More surface area near less opportunity for curl and water to come through. That shape requests a bit of dusting of the interior logs. It's better it the interior of the log is sanded and hermetically sealed. D-shape is better in my evaluation. It gives the exterior the look of colloquial log, has an interlocking mate surface, and the interior is flat, yet inherent wood.
2-Age of the house
When the house is built it will settle and the logs will dry and twist. Older houses will own already settled and have the problems exposed - and hopefully repaired.
3-Maintenance
How have the house been maintain, with precise attention to the exterior sealing. Was it only sealed or be it coated also? Was the sealant used UV reflective? Was it chinked (sealant in between the courses of the logs)? When it be built was the courses of logs fitted to the window and doors or were the window and doors cut out? Fitted would be better.
I was within the high desert of southwestern Utah and have central grill and the house stayed warm.
how l would love tp live surrounded by one of those log cabins but l never hear of any kind of setbacks
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