| As we start to research log homes, it
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| | is mostly because of the intense labor
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| quickly becomes apparent that there is
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| | required to construct a handcrafted home,
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| much more variety than one would ever
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| | and because of the larger diameter logs
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| think. Not only do log homes come in all
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| | that are normally used. The vast
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| shapes and sizes, but the logs themselves
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| | majority of homes built today are milled
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| come in as many variations as you can
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| | log homes.If you see a log home with
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| imagine. Once you decide on the look you
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| | round logs and chinking, that is a first
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| want, you can start eliminating
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| | indication that this is could be a
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| manufacturers that don't provide your
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| | handcrafted log home. Chinking was
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| system.There are two categories of log
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| | historically a mortar-like material that
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| homes: handcrafted and milled log homes.
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| | filled the gaps between the logs. Modern
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| Initially, you may not realize what you
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| | science has created an acrylic compound
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| are looking at, but there are some basic
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| | that expands and contracts with the wood;
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| guidelines that will clarify the
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| | it is applied as a wide white stripe. If
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| differences. A handcrafted log home is
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| | a handcrafted log is not scribed, then
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| just that; the logs are peeled by hand,
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| | chinking is a must because the logs leave
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| notched by hand, and in many cases, each
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| | gaps along their length. Some people do
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| log is scribed to fit exactly on top of
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| | use chinking as a design feature even
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| another log. In many handcrafted homes,
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| | when it's not necessary, though for the
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| the logs are stacked alternately, so the
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| | most part milled log homes are not
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| large end of a log is stacked on top of
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| | chinked.The characteristic corner of your
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| the tapered end of the log beneath. A
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| | log home will speak volumes to the person
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| milled log home will feature logs that
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| | who knows how to read it. The profile
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| are uniform in shape, and the logs will
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| | and joinery system of the log will
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| be cut to fit together, such as with a
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| | usually be reflected on the ends. For
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| tongue-and-groove or Swedish cope, so
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| | instance, on a handcrafted log home
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| that they stack easily and evenly. There
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| | you'll see the different diameters of the
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| is a big price difference between a
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| | stacked logs.
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| handcrafted and a milled log home. This
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