Shrinkage?
Living trees have a huge amount of water in them. When constructing a log home you must, must, MUST take this into consideration. Some places cut the logs and dry them in the mill yard. Some build with relatively green wood. Some kiln dry their logs. If the logs are not really dry they will shrink after they have been used for you house walls. Some of our competitors have developed an elaborate system of bolts to tighten down the walls and sliding joints to allow the doors, windows, plumbing and kitchen cabinets to be fastened to outside walls. This requires constant maintenance as you periodically check the bolts and tighten as needed.
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We solve the shrinkage issue by Kiln Drying all of our logs. They are placed in the Kiln and heated to 180 degrees F and kept there for 28-34 days. This will drive 10,000 pounds of water from the logs that make up the average home. This is not the cheapest way to solve the problem, but we feel it is the "RIGHT" way to solve the problem.