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Soaring log prices expected to creep into Idaho

May 10, 2016

This might be of interest to some of our log home and timber frame home friends. Good news/bad news, depending on which side of the tree you are on. This will have an impact on the whole housing industry though, not just the full timber homes. From The Idaho Business Review by Brad Carlson Published: March 31,2011 A Russian-Chinese tax spat has driven up log prices on the Pacific Northwest coast, which means Idaho mills soon will be squeezed with higher prices that may force … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials/Methods, Timber and Log Tagged With: LOG HOMES, TIMBER FRAME LOG HOME

COLORADO CABIN RETREAT- #4

August 25, 2011

Now that the log walls are stacked out, it’s time to start on the roof system.  While setting the walls takes some skill, it is quickly learned, and repeated over, and over, and over again.  This cabin stacked out pretty quickly. With the roof system being set, comes an order of magnitude in complication.  In some log packages, we will have to cut the rake on the log wall for the gable.  We always want to go back to the “measure twice, cut once principle, and maybe double it, just for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Detailing, Featured, Materials/Methods, Timber and Log Tagged With: CUSTOM LOG HOME, LOG AND TIMBER, LOG AND TIMBER FRAME, LOG HOME, THE INDUSTRY

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