: : log homes

History in the Making

When you build a log or timber frame home, you become a part of a long legacy of construction spanning many centuries (and still evolving today).

Pioneers built their cabins without scribing. This meant their cabins required chinking. The gaps between logs would be packed with branches, straw, moss, mud, manure – anything that would fill the gap and keep out the wind. Today, chinking consists of polystyrene backer rod, with high tech caulking.

All log homes settle over time. Modern log home technology uses a method that works with the gravity and settling of logs. This involves scribing, where a lateral groove is cut into the bottom of a log, allowing it to fit snugly around the log below.

Timber frame construction differs from log home design. Logs are used to frame the house (interior beams are generally left exposed, for aesthetics), but structural insulated panels are used to envelope the building. This could be vinyl siding or stucco finish.

Log Home Under Construction by Angels Log Homes - 2009

Building Design : : Customer comfort is paramount for Dave

Dave is able to work with existing plans, but he really believes that every house should be designed to suit the land. He can design a home for you that will truly be part of your land – and your lifestyle.

Our preference is custom-design, built to suit your land and your particular needs – including size and log species-preference. Your family and your land are unique, and your home should reflect that. We can work to any plan, however, if you have already found one that you like best.

In the following section, you will find our tribute to some of the cabins of yesterday, and the people who built them and lived in them. Today, these cabins would likely fit in the category of “cottage bunkie”. Few amoung us would be comfortable living in something as snug as these designs represent. However, for those of you looking for something small and different, or needing “just a bit more space” for “just a few more relatives”, or even simply a “room of one’s own”, maybe such a small design would do nicely.