Built a log house

27/07/2009 - Read 2915 times

Since thousand years, wood was used for many different kind of construction. The oldest log houses are nearly 1000 years old. This kind of construction has many advantages and the used techniques are old and tested. Every house that we built is unique. We can build your customise dream house according your wishes.

The average living duration of a log or a square house is minimum 4 to 5 centuries. Some have more than 1000 years and passed the centuries without any fungal treatment and insecticide. It is an excellent investment with a high resale value. The house will pass the years with less maintenance and problems than a modern construction.

For us, every construction is unique and we put all our knowledge and our experience in it. It is very important for us to furnish a high quality construction that will satisfy you.

The construction of a log house has unique particularities that we don’t find in other kind of construction:

It is ecologic and durable:
Wood is a renewable resource. We work with lumberjacks who don’t over cut the lots and verify the regeneration of the forest. The average living duration of a log or a square house is minimum 4 to 5 centuries. Some have more than 1000 years. Wood is lighter and imposes less constraint than steel and concrete. The conception of a log house allows also resisting to earthquakes than other kind of construction.
It is safe:
A log house has no dust, no particles, and no noxious chemical substance than we can find in much other modern construction. Massive wood is a living product which regulates the humidity in the air. It products no static electricity and has not the Faraday cage effect of the reinforced concrete. This kind of construction is ideal for the one who takes care of the environment and Health.

Perfect insulation:
Log houses are particularly adapted for cold regions thanks their isolating properties. Logs absorb heat and send it back by radiance to the heat source (interior in winter and exterior in summer). That’s why such a house is warm in the winter time and fresh in the summer time.
More comfortable and pleasant to live:
Thanks its aesthetic and beauty of the used materials, thanks the quality of the thermo regulation, the absence of pollutant. Living in a log house offers an excellent quality of life which is difficult, and even impossible to find in any other kind of construction.
Realisation

GHISLAIN MORIN wants to give you the best and offers you the perfect construction. That’s why we are working with the most prestigious builder of Canadian log houses. Woods are chosen by the lumberjacks according very strictly quality criteria. Only masts wood and without any fault are used. Heiress of a century knowledge but trained with the most current techniques, the construction is done by hand. The tracing, the cutting, the adjustment, the assembling are made by hand with precision. We are working with the best handcrafters, selected for their skills and knowledge.
Every house that we built is unique. We will help you to realise your dream with the best quality of the business. Our architect can realise draft from your draw. We have also a library of drafts that we can show you and that you can modify.
Characteristics:

- Scandinavian Scribe Fit Technique

- All premium logs (no visible butt joints)
- Available from 12” to 16” mid span diameter wall logs, Eastern White and Red pine
- Shrink-to-fit saddle notch joinery at log corners
- Shallow cove Swedish cope lateral grooves
- Log beam and joist flattened to receive upper floor
- Door and window openings cut, with bevelled edges
- Spline (keyway) cuts for door and window openings
- Wide slab cut on base round to cover foundation wall
- Colored metal flashing between logs and floor
- Top round flattened for roof framing
- Flattening and ledge cuts (slots) to receive dimensional framing
- Sanding of all butt ends, knots and logging scars
- All interior arches, as per plan, cut and sanded
- Arched or specialty cut exterior log ends trimmed and sanded
- Mortising and drilling of logs for electrical boxes and wiring
- Rubber sealant gasket and insulation between logs
- All fastening hardware (bolts, screws, wooden dowels)
- All logs receive one coat of latex based log preservative
All of our logs used in construction are dried in a modern kiln. This process reduces the moisture content in the logs insuring that the skilfully crafted joinery remains the same as the day it was fitted.