By Depending on where the log house is located, the maintenance will be different.
Exterior Level
In places where the weather is very hot, the treatment of a log house should receive a mineral oil every year. In cold places, this treatment will last from a year and a half to three years.
Interior Level
It should be treated with the same product or varnish every five or six years. With the passage of time, progressively applying the maintenance will allow an effective duration of the wood.
The Base of the Log House
A typical house of log that is located on a base of stones, covering the filling that was effected before placing the house, in this way, it gained in height on the ground to have more view from the house.
This house with sloping roofs was made to gain space in the attic, in which rooms are located.
The typical windows of this type of construction and the chimney give the rural touch to the construction, next to the terrace, in the form of gallery, around the body of the house, making it the ideal place to enjoy the afternoon with the family.
Houses with Boards
This model house is very popular in the United States and Canada and it is characterized by its high value due to the type of material used to build them.
These models depend entirely on the type of insulation that is used in them for the reason that the construction is not with logs, but with a frame where a sandwich board is fixed, with an insulation material inside.
House Style
For every taste, there is a log home style, so you will find many models of different logs. It could be with large glass windows that give a slightly modern air, mixed with the rustic style to suit a more modern version of rural American or English style.
When you are choosing or building your house of wood, you have to find out that all the guarantees of quality and safety that the builder makes meet in reality.
It is important to know every detail and not let escape technical specifications such as those related to the electrical and sanitary systems in a log house as well as the treatments that were given to the wood before and during the construction process, and they must be delivered and verified in writing.
The guarantee must consider the fumigation of pests, fungi and the house has a completely anti-seismic system. Once you have completed the procedures and installed your log house on the land you have, you will only enjoy it for sure for many years to come.
