Imagine yourself in a cozy log house on a piece of land far from the hustle & bustle of the city. Cascade Handcrafted Log Cabins provides a variety floor plans for cabin building, or you can create your own plan to suit your needs and lifestyle. Log cabins can be used full-time, as a vacation getaway, or as a coffee house. There is a log cabin for every budget.
Cascade log cabins buildings are handcrafted with the finest Western Red Cedar or Douglas fir available. Cascade logs are handcrafted, which is what distinguishes them from machined logs. Handcrafted logs preserve the natural contour and character of the logs, making your log cabin unique. Handcrafted logs are more appealing than machine-milled logs. Handcrafted log cabin buildings are the only true log building. The log in a handcrafted log cabin is still a natural log. However, the log has had the bark removed and some or all of its inner bark removed. Every handcrafted log retains the character and unique qualities of nature. Machine-cut logs are profiled mechanically to be identical to all other pieces in the building, which is a contrast to handcrafted logs. It is no longer a log but a piece of lumber from a factory. This gives the handcrafted log cabin a distinct aesthetic advantage. Each log of each cabin building is unique and distinctly unique from every other log, creating a unique log building.
While automated log milling costs less than handcrafting natural logs by comparison, the cost of a finished log product manufactured by an automated mill is still very comparable to handcrafted log products. This is because handcrafted log houses are easier to assemble and save crane time and crew time at your site. When you look at log house performance over time, and consider the thermal mass lost in the creation of machined milled logs as well as the character, you will see that handcrafted log houses offer greater value and higher resale. Many log house contractors believe that handcrafted log houses are less expensive than the total project cost.
Log houses might be considered environmentally friendly. Log homes that are built with good log house design and maintain their log houses will last for many generations. Many log homes have been in service for 60+ years. This allows the forest to re-use the building materials it used to make the original. Log houses are also less dependent on synthetic building materials than conventional home construction. This reduces the industrial footprint of waste, pollution, and energy consumption.
