Log Cabins Vs Home Extension How Does One Decide?

Jan 13
09:53

2010

Robert Morris

Robert Morris

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There are many factors for consideration when looking to buy a log cabin or a home extension.

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It's hard to say whether located or any home extension would be this. That is because each person's taste must be taken into consideration. Not every individual likes the look of a log cabin,Log Cabins Vs Home Extension How Does One Decide?  Articles while others like them very much. Log cabins can carry with them a reminder of days gone by, those days, when our predecessors were building our nation. These reminders sometimes keep us grounded to some of the more important things that we value above all else.

However, log cabins are not the only thing that contributes to our patriotism and love of country. Contemporary homes as well carry with them the foundations needed for keeping us connected to the values we hold dear.

When it comes to building homes, it is understood that the materials available in what will be used to build those homes. Long ago, the materials that were available for building were not those coming straight from lumberyard. Instead, they were often trees that were chopped down, delimbed, stacked and held together with notches or pins. These old-style log cabins are nostalgic to look at and envied by some. However, their functionality leaves much to be desired in this modern day.

Contemporary styles of homes are built using modern day technology, which addresses not only function, but ease of maintenance as well. It is possible, though with our new technology to build log cabin that stands up to the standards of most contemporary buildings. This makes it possible to have modern day style with nostalgic appeal.

We all know that better insulation makes for more efficient, climate control. With that in mind looking toward a log cabin, one would consider the sheer mass of a log would offer an insulation factor much greater than afforded by siding and sheet rock alone. Of course depending on the size log that is quite possible.

On the other hand, with the newer methods of building homes insulation factors are meant by adding specific types of insulation between siding and sheet rock which itself increases the efficiency of heating and cooling of the home.

When considering a log cabin versus new construction using newer methods as an extension to a home maintenance as well as insulation and style must be considered before embarking upon such project. Improving one's home is one of the most important investments that an individual can make. So getting all the information training to such an investment must be done prior to that decision