Laminated Logs virtually eliminate the typical problems associated with log home construction
No Cracking, No Warping, No Twisting |
| Glu-Lam-Log three years after Manufacture | Typical traditional milled log. |
No ifs, ands, or buts, even the best traditional logs, milled from solid timbers often twist and crack. It’s simply Nature’s way of relieving stresses as the wood dries and shrinks.
Since this process can take years, it’s not unusual for traditional logs to continue to crack, shrink, and settle…even after the construction of a home is complete. Laminated Logs, on the other hand, are milled from uniformly dry wood that is essentially “pre-shrunk”. You don’t have to predict how much your logs will shrink between now and a point in the future. Original purchasers of our laminated logs tell us that they remain crack-free after more than eighteen years.  | |
| We never pull laminated logs from inventory. Every log is milled to order and is then individually inspected for straightness and consistency. | |
Straightness and Consistency
Properly manufactured laminated logs are dead straight…and stay that way. That’s because individual laminations are glued together under pressure, locking the laminations in place. You might say that the strength of the bond is greater that the ability of the wood to bend and twist. Add precise milling and these logs stack plumb and true every time.
Strength/Lam Beam Integrity
When it comes to laminated beams, the whole is truly greater than the sum of the parts. That’s because the bond between laminations is stronger than the wood itself, and the total strength of a laminated beam is markedly greater than the wood from which it was built. These traits are passed on to laminated logs.
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| When we laminate, we hand pick the most visually appealing wood surface for the visible interior surface of your logs. The resulting walls often look like hand finished furniture. |
On a linear foot basis, laminated logs cost somewhat more than traditional milled logs. However, the overwhelming sentiment of builders and their clients is that laminated logs may actually cost less in the long run. Ease of construction, dramatically reduced waste, and long-term maintenance savings easily offset the initial cost difference.
Furniture-Like Quality
Ask anyone who knows about milling and they will tell you that dry wood mills better than wet wood. Cuts are clean and precise because the knives don’t drag. The resulting furniture-like quality highlights grain structure and makes the application of finishes easy.
Most builders find that cutting our laminated logs on site is remarkably easy. They keep overhead to a minimum while retaining the flexibility to make design modifications on the fly.