Custom Log Cabins
If you are looking for an alternative to the traditional American home, you may want to consider building a custom log cabin. Custom log cabins are made almost completely out of logs, creating a charming rustic exterior for your home. If you live in a mountainous or wooded area, a log home would fit in perfectly. If you do not, a log cabin would set you apart from your surroundings.
Custom log cabins are often called "luxury homes." The builder typically has free range to build any type of custom log cabin he/she desires. Custom log cabins do typically run more expensive than an average home. This is because the large logs and roof materials that are used are more expensive than typical siding, framing, and roofing trusses. Many custom log cabins also feature large decks and/or porches that set them aside from other houses. These decks and porches are a defining feature and can boost the price of the home being built. However, these features make for great additions to the custom log cabin.
Many people have reservations when it comes to log homes. Some common concerns include the general safety of the structure of the home and the home's resistance to natural disasters such as fires and earthquakes. However neither of these issues should bring rise to concern. Professionally built custom log cabins are structurally sound and safe. The logs are securely connected and any gaps between logs or around windows or trim are securely filled with caulking material. A log cabin is just as, or possibly more structurally sound than any other home. Fire is often a concern since the homes are made almost entirely out of wood. However, the logs used to build custom log homes are extremely large and would take some time to burn. Given the secure structuring of professionally built custom log cabins, earthquakes would have no greater effect on log homes than on homes built of any other material.
Custom log cabins create great ambiance and offer a refreshing alternative to the standard home. When planning to build your home be sure to look into the possibility of a custom log cabin, you will likely be pleased with what you find.