The concept of log homes kits does not mean uniformity of house plans or designs. There is a sense of uniformity, but it all lies in the cut of the logs, how they fit together, and in their ability to be custom created to fit according to the individual designs of each log home. This is not only to provide ease of construction, but also to reduce by inordinate amounts the time it takes to complete the construction of a log-built structure. Basically, when you receive a kit, you get a complete package of all of the parts needed to build your log home – the logs themselves, the flooring, all windows and doors, and if not gotten separately, even all the “built-ins”, such as kitchen cabinetry, for example. All parts are marked for proper placement and in the order they are to be constructed in.

Now, imagine building a log home not from a kit, but from scratch, with an amount of logs to be shaped and fitted on-site. This represents a huge amount of labor and time consumption. To lay down the first set of logs, and then to cut and shape the next logs to conform to the contours of the previously laid ones, all one log at a time in succession, would make the building of your home take up to many months to complete. With log homes kits, all of that work has already been completed for you before the materials even arrive at the building site.

You simply lay the pre-cut, pre-shaped logs in order as marked, and… well basically, that’s pretty much it in a nutshell. Now what would have taken months to accomplish has now become a much simpler undertaking that can take just a few short weeks to finish. This is what’s so appealing about log homes kits – simplicity, ease of construction, and speed of accomplishment. Ordering pre-shaped log cabin kits is also much less expensive as well.

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on this, take a look at this video showing a few log homes kits, and check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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Another great thing about pre-shaped logs for building log cabins, kits generally represent a large decrease in costs for the same structure built in the more time consuming way. Being shaped to precise dimensions in a factory setting makes log cabin materials much less expensively procurable and it also results in a greatly reduced amount of labor and time consumption.

It should also be kept well in mind that in the planning of the construction of your home, there are some factors which can push the planned completion date further and further into the future which we have absolutely no control over. Consider that if the logs are to be cut into shape and contour in order to fit atop previously laid logs one at a time, it can take quite a few months – and during which time, there is plenty of chance for any amount of bad weather to impede or completely halt construction for weeks or months more.

Some people may be of the opinion that the concept of log cabins kits sounds very “mass produced” or like “cookie-cutter” log cabins with very little individuality in design. You know, like a group of many of the same house design as though pushed out of moulds. This however could not be further from the truth. The fact is, due to the logs and other parts being pre-shaped to specific designs and for interchangeability, there are many shapes, lengths and pieces of various placement functions, and this allows for a wide variety of plan designs.

While there are basic plans you could go by, there is much room for conforming to specific design tastes, and changeability is a very simple thing from design concept to design concept. You could choose existing floor plans, use them as a basic form and add your own changes, or come up with a plan of your very own. With log cabin kits, you can build what you desire with simplicity and ease and be enjoying the comforts of your very own log home in a relatively much smaller amount of time than it would take to move into one being built from logs shaped on site.

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on this, take a look at this video showing a few log cabins kits, and check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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This is where small log cabin kits come in. With each log pre-shaped in the factory and all shaped perfectly to fit with each other, and all marked according to order of placement and where each one goes, the greater part of the work is already done before the parts even get to the construction site. It’s all rather like a wooden Lego set, and yes, it really is that simple overall. All parts and pieces are shipped in one package made to order, including flooring, doors, windows, and unless ordered differently, the built-in parts as well, such as kitchen cabinetry and the like.

The most appealing part of the whole concept of small log cabin kits is the simplicity – the ease of construction and the short amount of time that’s needed for building it all. What may have taken many months to complete can now only require a few short weeks of construction work. And this is one of the biggest advantages – time. Consider also that the longer it takes to complete building a house of any type, the more opportunity there is for bad weather to sneak up and push completion dates further and further into the future while you wait and wait to move into your yet uncompleted home. Is that what you want? Yeah, me neither.

This is why small log cabin kits just make more sense to invest in. Even more common sense is the fact that buying kits with pre-shaped logs is more cost effective. It’s less expensive in materials, and much less in labor as well. When you look at it this way, it’s easy to see that among the two choices, getting it done more expensively in a way that takes longer time and eats up more labor, or having a kit of pre-shaped logs to simply fit together in very little time for less, the latter is clearly the more logical choice. Build your dream home and move right in and enjoy it soon.

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on this, take a look at this video showing a few small log cabin kits, and check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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The genius of this concept which has the most appeal to everyone who desires to have such a home, is that with log home kits, all of the pieces are made to precise specifications before hand and brought to the construction site to be simply and easily put together. This can prove to be an enormous saving of both monetary expense and time. It’s all kind of like getting a giant puzzle made of wood, with a convenient map to show exactly where each piece gets placed in the structure. All that is needed to construct the home completely is brought on site… windows, flooring, doors, as well as various structures to be built in, such as in most cases, cabinetry. With all having been pre-made according to set specifications for each individual piece, this allows for a considerable decrease in cost for building materials, and provides more simplicity of piecing everything together at the site in a minimum of time. As a result, what otherwise would have taken months can now be completed in only weeks.

Imagine if you will… as for doing things the long and hard way (and as is most often the case, more costly in both time and expense), with shaping each individual log on site as it needs to be fit into the structure, much time gets consumed. As each progressive piece is set into place, a huge amount of time is lost as trial and error runs the whole operation in joining all of the pieces, as each part is shaped and fitted into each other one individual piece at a time. Doing it all this way, shaping the logs on site, each piece must be made in successive order to fit the previous piece. Unlike with pre-made pieces in log home kits, you cannot make a part which comes a few pieces ahead of time until the very part previous and its shape has been established – you must go one piece at a time.

There is another thing to consider; the more time that is required in the building of your log cabin, the more chances there are that things such as weather conditions can suddenly jump in to slow things down even more. Why take months when all that is really needed is weeks? With log home kits, these prefab log homes can be built simply and in very little time because all of the shaping and fitting work has already been done to all of the pieces for you before it even gets to the construction site. Now, isn’t that a wonderful thing?

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on this, take a look at this video showing a few log home kits, and check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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The beauty of this idea which appeals the most to those who dream of having such a home, is that with prefab log homes, having all of the pieces made in advance and shipped to be immediately pieced together can represent a huge saving of both time and money. It’s a bit like receiving a wooden puzzle, with cheat notes to show precisely where everything goes, and what fits with what. Everything necessary to build the home arrives on site; doors, windows, flooring, as well as built-in structures in most cases, such as cabinetry. Everything having been pre-manufactured according to set plans allows for lower cost in building materials, as well as both less time and more simplicity of piecing everything all together on site. With everything pre-cut and pre-shaped as required, what might otherwise have taken months may now take mere weeks.

Now, picture this – with constructing the individual logs to fit into place on site, as each successive piece comes into play, a great deal of time is eaten up and trial and error is involved in piecing everything together, as pieces are created and fitted into each other one at a time. Also, the more time that is needed in construction, the more opportunity for things like on-site weather conditions exist to slow things down further. Why take months when all that is really needed is weeks? With prefab log homes, these log cabin kits can be systematically pieced together with most of the work having already been done before it even arrives on site, plain and simple.

Some may assume that the concept of prefab log homes or log home kits necessarily means a “cookie-cutter” approach to log home building, where there are identical homes that look exactly alike everywhere that they are built. This is just simply not the case. While certain set plans and designs exist, there is still a lot of room for changes here and there in such plans in order to conform to anyone’s individual personalities and tastes, particularly due to the interlocking piece types being prefabricated and interchangeable. Some may also assume that prefabricated pieces would necessarily mean cheap or inferior quality materials and lack of attention to detail. This also is a misconception as any amount of research into various companies which provide this service on this subject would show. Asking questions of those who manufacture log home kits will result in a wealth of information for those who seek it.

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on this, take a look at this video showing a few prefab log homes, and check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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Manufactured log homes are actually a brilliant choice for anyone who desires the life of living in a log cabin of their very own. They excel in many areas, but especially three – lowest building expense, fastest construction time, and diversity of design. No, they don’t all look exactly alike and go through a factory assembly line pressed from cookie-cutters. The amount of designs are vast, can be mixed about, and you can even add your own ideas or full design. The “manufactured” part of it all is in the individual pieces, the logs themselves. In custom log homes, as with any cabin, there are different measurements and cuts and shapes that need to be made to each piece, according to the nature of the placement within the entire finished structure.

Some pieces need to be in unbroken lengths for large wall spaces, others need to be cut a certain way to allow for the placement of windows and their sills, then there are the cuts to be shaped for the joining of corners, and the shaping cuts to allow for the placement of doors, or any combination of these, and the list goes on. Each log, each part, is carefully pre-measured and pre-cut to exact specifications according to design. They are also all numbered in the order in which they are to be placed in construction of the log home. Some companies even go so far as to guarantee their work by actually building the custom log homes on site at the factory to see to it that everything fits perfectly with no mistakes, then they disassemble it again and pack it for shipping to the construction site.

Along with the plans and directions, building can start immediately, and take just a matter of a few short weeks – then it’s time to move in! With manufactured log homes, it really can be that simple and easy. Instead of building your log home the old way, costing phenomenal expense and taking the better part of a year to accomplish, do yourself a favor and do it the quick, easy and less expensive way.

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on this, take a look at this video showing a few manufactured log homes, and check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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See, with log cabins kits, the “kit” part of the concept is that all of the parts, every log and connecting piece, is pre-measured and pre-cut according to the specifications of the design of the finished product, your very own log home. Tongue and groove joints, corner connections, cutouts for the placement of windows and their sills, shaping for areas where cabinetry is to be installed, roofing beams according to roof type and shape, all of that is incorporated into the production of the pre-cut parts, which are then all numbered in order of construction for better ease of putting it all together in a matter of a few short weeks, not the better part of a whole year.

Some companies providing log cabins kits even guarantee the efficiency of construction by actually putting it all together in the factory to check and see to it that everything fits perfectly into place, and that all is included with nothing left out. Then it is all disassembled once again, arranged into packages to then be shipped to the construction site, and all is brought to you with specific, simple instructions on how to piece it all together, not unlike that age-old toy some of us out there remember, called “Lincoln Logs” – remember those? Yes, the concept really is that simple. This is why putting one of these together takes such an inordinately short amount of time.

This is the beauty of log cabins kits in a nutshell. The designs are also superb, because such companies offer a vast array to choose from, and while parts are interchangeable and can be pre-cut and pre-shaped to design specifications, you can even find that parts of their designs are interchangeable as well. Mix up some design parts to create your own unique plan, or even add your own design ideas.

You might even have everything planned out already, and that’s just fine as well. Since everything is pre-cut to piece together according to nearly any plan that can be imagined, you’ll be able to create something absolutely unique and one-of-a-kind. If you dream of living in your very own log cabin and would like to see that dream become reality within a few weeks, and for the least amount of expense, building from a kit is the perfect way to go.

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on this, take a look at this video showing a few log cabins kits, and check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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With building custom log homes from kits, just the sound of the word “kits” may give the impression of some factory pumping out cookie-cutter type designs where each and every log home is exactly the same. First off, let’s get that idea out of our heads, because it simply isn’t true. The fact is that the term “kits” refers to the fact that all of the logs are pre-cut and pre-shaped in a factory setting, so that those that need to be unbroken lengths are such, those that need to meet at corners are such, those that need to have breaks in their length for windows and window sills and thus need certain cutting shapes are such, and so on and so on.

In truth, as far as designs, there is a multitude to choose from when you build from a log home kit – and as pieces are interchangeable, you can mix different designs together to come up with something completely unique, and even ad a design aspect of your own, should you have a creative idea. This is what custom log homes should be all about – freedom of design, yes?

Further, building custom log homes from kits have superb advantages – number one, being cost. Since all parts are pre-measured and pre-cut according to your specifications in a factory setting, everything is inexpensively made and packaged… all pieces are numbered in the order of how the structure is to be constructed, and this also equates to a phenomenally lower cost.

Why? Because what would have taken many months of labor and costs to pay out to builders and/or contractors, can now take but a small few, short weeks. Time is money as they say, and the longer it takes to build something, the more opportunities arise for delays – whether it’s to create or order more parts that would otherwise be provided in a kit, or to make changes in design on the fly since nothing is pre-measured or pre-cut, or due to the obvious inevitability, bad weather and workers calling in sick. If you’re interested in custom log homes, do yourself a huge favor and build one from a pre-made kit that you can design and put up within weeks, as opposed to the whole operation taking the better part of a year.

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#1 – History;

Perhaps your ancestors lived in a log cabin in the old days? This type of iconic home was built and enjoyed by many settlers and pioneers of different new lands, and some still stand today. Some log-build structures in Northern and Eastern Europe are still standing today and have stood for many centuries, even since the 14th century.

#2 – Individuality;

Would you want the same-old, simple, just-like-all-the-others home? Or would you rather stand out from the masses with something as rustic and stately as a log home? Living in such a unique home adds a wholesome and historic feel to your life, filled with the age-old pioneer spirit, as well as to the whole neighborhood.

#3 – Glamorous Beauty;

Obviously, the rustic beauty of a log home is alluring enough to almost pull you into it by force. There’s just something timeless about such construction, and the natural beauty outshines homes built in the more modern, conventional way. Finding a beautifully well-built log cabin amid other hum-drum style homes is like finding a unicorn amid a herd of wild mustangs. And the beauty isn’t only just “skin-deep” – such natural rustic beauty is on the inside as well.

#4 – Contentment and Satisfaction;

You can have any kind of home that you’d like, and make it comfortable, but log home living is the coziest you can experience. Picture having your family over for the holidays, and sitting all gathered around at the fireplace after an evening meal. Imagine how cool the interior would be in the summertime, and how warm it would be in the wintertime. Imagine waking up and opening your eyes to log-constructed walls and hopping over to the kitchen for hotcakes and maple syrup for breakfast with your family in your log cabin home – ah, yes… that’s the life!

#5 – Environmental Issues;

The insulative properties of log houses are perfect for keeping the interior cool in the summer heat, and warm in the winter cold. Not much energy is required at all for this, due to the log construction. Also, many log cabins and log homes kits are milled from reclaimed timbers so that there is no cutting down of forest resources.

#6 – Insects;

Termite damage, winter-nesting bees, ants, spiders and so forth can infest any modern conventionally build home… but whereas most log homes are constructed of types of wood such as cedar, this would never be a problem. Cedar and other aromatic type woods of a similar kind, have natural insect repellent in the oils which naturally permeate such woods. Much like a cedar chest is used to stow away woolen things to keep moths from consuming them.

#7 – Expense;

In the case of log homes kits, which by the way is how most log-built structures are made today, the expense of both time and money is drastically reduced. Construction time used to take many months, perhaps more than a year – but with pre-milled logs shaped to precise specifications in a factory setting, parts numbered in the order of construction, and all delivered to the construction site with most of the work done for you, building it can now take a mere few short weeks. Due to the way such pre-milled logs are produced, it also creates the situation of the lowest per-log cost there can possibly be. This is why log cabin kits are the most sought after means of achieving log home living today.

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on log home living, check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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When your building a log cabin the “old” way, you have a truckload of logs delivered, take them down, measure out each one a log at a time, cut them each a log at a time, notch them each a log at a time, and fit them in succession, a single log at a time in order to conform to the contours and shapes of the logs laid down previously before them. Cumbersome logs being cut and shaped on site are heavy, and can be quite dangerous to work with – accidents can, and will happen, rest assured. During such a time-consuming effort, with the span of time it takes towards completion, there arise countless opportunities for delays of all types; accidents, needed design changes due to the “personality” of some logs, ordering more supplies as needed, bad weather, and the list goes on. It may take more than a year to be able to move into your new home, realistically speaking.

But if you decide to take on building a log cabin the way that most are built today, through the use of log homes kits, almost all of the work has been done for you. Each individual log gets pre-shaped in a factory setting. Working with pre-milled logs is a lot less dangerous because there is no cutting required, and all is packaged in a special way; at the factory, the structure is pre-built to ensure a perfect, precise fit all around, and then disassembled. When the package arrives, everything is found to be numbered – all of the parts – in construction order, so that fitting everything together is a simple breeze that takes a mere matter of weeks. What’s more is that due to the fact of all of the logs and other parts have been pre-shaped in the factory in assembly line fashion, this creates a brilliant situation of an exceedingly low per-log cost… it truly is the most inexpensive, best quality build, super fast constructing way to go about log home ownership.

The beauty of a log home is something that must be experienced first-hand – the beauty of rustic nature that can be observed in a log cabin built from a pre-cut log home kit is something that really must be seen to be appreciated. If you’d like to find more information on log cabin building, check out all of the information to be had at http://www.junctionloghomes.ca.

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