A square house

The square house is constituted by square beams thanks channel system. Their construction is industrialised and the assembling is faster and easier than for log houses.
To built your dream house, we are using only the finest quality hand selected eastern white and red pine logs for crafting superior log structures. 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.

Custom Milled Log Technique

• All premium custom sawed heavy timbers
• Available in 6”x 8”, 8” x 8” and 8” x 10” v-joint or D profile double tongue and goove notch and pass joinery Eastern White or Red Pine
• Mortise and tenon notch and pass joinery at log corners
• Rubber sealant gasket and insulation between timbers
• Door and window openings cut
• Spline (keyway) cuts for door and window openings
• Timber beams and joists to receive upper floor
• Base round sawed flat to meet floor
• Sanding of all ends and scars
• Arched or specialty cut timber ends trimmed and sanded
• Mortising and drilling of logs for electrical boxes and wiring
• All fastening hardware (bolts, screws, wooden dowels)
• All walls receive one coat of latex based wood preservative

Square houses have comparable characteristics as log houses but has a different aesthetic.

It is the traditional construction of the region. The first settlers built a square cottage in one piece without any windows. Many among them had a great knowledge about woodworking. The logs were laboriously gathered. The log pieces fit together like dovetails in the corners. Lime and sand mortar were used to fill up the holes between the logs. A floor put directly on the ground gave a little comfort and insulated against the cold and humidity. This first house was enlarged with the years. As soon as the settler gets richer, he built a new house more comfortable and bigger and the first house became a barn or a cowshed. Many houses from that period still exist but they are recovered by siding.