Originally Posted By: Chuck S.
Wife and I were originally going to put a log home on the montana property. The more I researched them ... the less I was interested.

The maint. alone makes me say no thanks.



There's a vid somewheres of some old dude who built a log cabin up in Alaska back in the 60's and taped it with a Super 8. The logs have to season a full year.

Cool tape.

Anyway, having seen enough hand-hewn log cabins that were intended to be actual residences and not hunting shacks, even the pioneers cut the timbers down to a rectangle shape and stucco'd them over.

One option to consider---

If you've ever been back east and have seen those beautiful native stone houses that are about 2-300 years old, they're still rock solid, stay cool in summers and hold heat in the winter, and the construction allows for the frost and heat expansion of the seasons without cracking.

The problem with that in WA?

Earthquakes.