Luxury log homes: four facts about log homes

Luxury log homes: four facts about log homes

These are the homes made up of wood. In these houses log is given different shapes and designs according to customs needs. These specially shaped logs are known as milled logs. There are also different types of logs as well like d shaped log which is flat inside round outside; another one is square shaped log which is flat from outside as well as inside.

Several factors are also considered while selecting the right lo for log home like types of log , availability of log, toxin level present in tree etc. Not all types of logs are present everywhere therefore availability factor is very important. Toxin level is checked to know the resistivity level of tress against insects and bugs.

Let us take a look on some facts related to log homes

  1. There is a mansion in montana made of logs which costs about $3.2 million. The area of this property is about 20 acres and was built in 2003.  This mansion consists of five bedrooms along with five bathrooms. It has a kitchen, western style bar, two master suites, it also has guest house that has its own kitchen above the garage. There is another mansion in idaho and its current price is $2.2 million. It was built in 1989. Its price has down about 11% which was $2.5 million in june 2013.
  2. Some immigrants from sweden and finland were the first to build log house in america. These people wanted to built house for their family where plenty of trees would also be present therefore they built house with the help of wood and logs. A stone fire place was built inside the log house to keep them warm. This fire was also used for cooking. In starting families built the house containing only one room. The whole family would live in that room. If they roof of house was very high, people used to build a loft there so that any of the family member can sleep there. The door was usually built on the south of the house so that the sun light can each inside the house during day time.
  3. Log cabins have been considered as a humble symbol in us history. Seven president of usa were born in log cabins including abraham lincoln, james buchanan and andrew jackson.  William henry harrison and whigs during the presidential elections of 1840 used log cabin as their symbol. They were the first to use this symbol. They wanted to show people of north america that they are one of them. After about half century adlai stevenson said that he would not use this symbol and would not pretend that he had risen from rags. He lost presidential elections in 1952. Dwight d. Eisenhower. Won that election.

There is a very popular toy in us named lincoln logs. It consists of dowel rods, these rods can be fitted together to form a small log cabin.

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