Archive for October, 2009

Infrared Log Cabins for the Garden and Your Wellbeing

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Infrared Log Cabins for the Garden and Your Wellbeing

Imagine coming home after a hard day’s work knowing that your aches and pains will soon disappear, once you have jumped into your infrared log cabin (also known as an infrared sauna).

Unlike traditional saunas that need to warm up the air to a certain temperature before the body is heated, an infrared cabin only heats approximately 20% of the surrounding air, and the remaining 80% is converted to heat within the body. In addit (more…)

Go Green in Your Log Cabin

Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Go Green in Your Log Cabin

Green building technologies are becoming more and more popular as concern for the environment grows. From creating new methods for utilizing solar energy to developing plug-in cars, we are all looking for ways to make a difference. If you are just beginning the construction of your log home, consider employing additional green technologies in the building phases, such as using northern white cedar for the exterior. Northern white cedar is known f (more…)

Log Cabins-build or Buy It’s an Affordable Housing Deal

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Log Cabins-build or Buy It’s an Affordable Housing Deal

A log cabin is both attractive and cheaper than any traditional home. Different log cabins are built from logs with varied thickness as thick logs are used in large cabins to add extra strength and insulation. The type of logs used in the log cabin give a different appeal to the log cabin home. There are two types of logs, one is the rough cut round logs and the other one is milled logs which easily fit together due to their uniformity. Now pre-m (more…)