FIRST, NOT EXPENSIVE

Log homes are in the same range as a quality built custom conventional home.

True North log homes range from cost effective small cabins in the woods to 14,000 square feet plus and everywhere in between!

SECOND, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

A log home is the most environmentally friendly home you can build.

The logs are sustainably harvested in the prime of their lifestyle from FSC certified mills. Sustainable logging reduces carbon released into the atmosphere and allows smaller trees to flourish. This along with planting new trees increases the number of trees in the environment.

Wood is a recyclable natural insulator and the environmental benefits from using them by eliminating the need for harmful chemical insulating products. These chemical products will most likely end up in a land fill as they are not recyclable and there are studies that show the amount of energy used to manufacture them will far outweigh any energy savings.

THIRD, NOT HIGHLY FLAMMABLE

If you’re camping and trying to start a fire, do you start with a solid log or kindling?

When considering the construction of a conventional home using 2x materials with cavities in between. These cavities allow the fire to transfer rapidly between walls and floors and will burn at a faster rate than solid log construction. The large dense log home does not have these cavities to allow this transfer and require an extremely hot fire to burn. The burn times on a log structure are much longer than a conventional home and in a fire situation every second count.

FOURT, ENERGY EFFICIENT

According to the National Bureau of Standards, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Research Center of the National Association of Home Builders homes built with solid log walls are typically 5% to 15% more energy efficient than standard stick frame construction.

FIFTH, NOT DIFFICULT TO BUILD

Building a Nordic Timber Systems log home isn’t complicated. The cut drawings of your home label each individual log by wall, course, location, and direction. If you are building it yourself or have a local crew that is not familiar with our construction methods, we would suggest hiring a Technical Advisor to assist in the log and timber frame portions. If you would like an experienced crew to assemble the foundation, logs, shell, or even services please don’t hesitate to contact our company Log Project Management.

Come and learn exactly how we build our homes? Visit us at our upcoming Model Home & Factory Tour for a hands-on experience.