This floor plan is a great option for a log house that is both affordable and practical. A rectangular floor plan for a log house is a great way to keep your budget in check when building a new cabin. This log house shows that you can get the wood cabin you want without breaking the bank. This open-plan layout allows for easy entertaining and is a good space for families. The log house design has a covered porch with log railings at one end. This is perfect for relaxing and entertaining friends and family. The log house plan has plenty of round wood and logs to give it that cozy log home feel.
You have chosen to live in or stay in an area surrounded by wood. Log houses are built with sustainable and renewable materials. You can feel good about the choice you made. Many wood species are used to build log homes in North America. Most of these logs are softwoods, including evergreens like cedar, pine fir, spruce cypress and hemlock. There are many different types of trees, and although each log house builder has a favorite type of wood. This shows that there is no one best log house design. Your choice will be based on the wood type that your log company uses, and what you prefer. Despite their many differences, all woods share some common characteristics.
The structure and composition of wood. The fibrous, hard substance under the bark of the tree is called wood. Wood’s character is largely due to the hollow, elongated spindle-shaped cells that make it up. These spindle shaped cells are arranged in parallel along the trunk of the tree. This arrangement of cells affects the wood’s properties, mainly its strength and shrinkage. The fibrous nature of the wood will also affect how it is used. Trees grow when they add new wood. Wood that has formed already does not continue growing, but each new year, a layer of wood called an annual ring is added. Earlywood is the part of the growth ring that is formed in spring. It is light-colored. The latewood is the darker portion of the growth ring that forms later in the season.
Wood has thermal properties. Wood has thermal properties. Wood has many thermal properties which help it to be energy efficient. Wood reacts similarly to stone to heat retention. Imagine a rock that has been sitting in the summer sun for hours. Bring the rock in as the temperatures start to cool at dusk. Depending on its size, the stone can continue to emit the heat it has absorbed for many hours. Logs also work in a similar way. Thermal mass is what we call this. Wood conducts heat slower than other building material. Wood has a very high rate of heat specificity compared to bricks or concrete. But because it doesn’t transfer heat as quickly as these materials, it isn’t used for heat storage.
