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Log Home Architecture
Log Home Architecture — In timber-rich areas, builders use logs as excellent building material. A log house consists of stacked timber logs forming walls. The logs often continue from interior to exterior, creating unique corner features.
Builders interlock logs at the corners using notches. They use milled or roughly handcrafted timber, shaped round, square, or otherwise. Log houses thrive in areas rich with straight, tall coniferous trees like pine and spruce. Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Baltic States, and Russia widely adopted log house construction for centuries.
Builders in eastern Central Europe, the Alps, the Balkans, and parts of Asia followed log house principles due to similar climates. In warmer western European regions, builders favored timber framing because deciduous timber was widely available.
Corners define a typical log house. Different corner types affect aesthetics and structure. Builders use interlocking, intersecting, or overlapping corners. Logs resting only at corners create gaps, which builders fill with chinking. Over time, chinking became an aesthetic highlight. Today, chinking also weatherproofs the horizontally stacked wooden logs.
Log homes display exposed timber logs, allowing owners to easily check the house’s condition. Regular visual inspections prevent wood problems like mold, mildew, and insect infestation. Conventional homes often reveal such damage only after it becomes severe. Therefore, log homes help owners detect issues quickly and repair them faster, reducing structural hazards.