| There is nothing like the warm ambiance
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| | their clients' needs. Eco-Log Building
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| and enduring quality of a Log Home.
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| | Concepts and Haliburton Forest have
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| Eco-Log Building Concepts is a unique
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| | teamed up to offer the best nature has to
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| Builder and supplier of Log Home and
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| | offer-preservation of forests and
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| Cabin Kits. Unlike other Log Home
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| | wildlife. The foundation is built on the
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| Builders, Eco-Log Building Concepts has
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| | theory, "good forestry is good business."
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| tapped into an un-discovered market by
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| | By carefully selecting the timber used on
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| constructing environmentally-friendly,
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| | the Log Home Building Kits, preventing
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| "state of the art" Log Homes.
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| | wasted materials, and selecting
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| Furthermore, this Log Home Construction
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| | high-quality, long lasting wood such as
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| company seeks out high-quality wood from
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| | hemlock, the eco-system is able to be
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| the 60,000 acre, privately-owned
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| | protected and preserved. "Because hemlock
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| Haliburton Forest Wildlife Reserve,
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| | is often overlooked by today's builders,
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| located about 2.5 hours north of Toronto
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| | the price is lower than many other
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| Ontario to develop various, charming Log
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| | species, an advantage we pass on to our
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| Home designs. Haliburton Forest Wildlife
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| | customers for their Log Home
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| Reserve ( got started when owner and
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| | Construction," says Schleifenbaum.
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| Forestry graduate Peter Schleifenbaum
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| | Eco-Log Building Concepts ( was a natural
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| moved to Ontario from his native country,
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| | fit for the Haliburton Forest Reserve.
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| Germany, in 1987. He moved in an effort
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| | There are specific quantities of mature
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| to take over and manage the land left to
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| | hemlock that come due for harvesting
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| him by his father. A quarter of a century
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| | every season - some measuring up to
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| earlier, in 1962, the elder Schleifenbaum
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| | thirty inches in diameter. Each tree is
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| purchased the large tract of wilderness
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| | individually selected, carefully felled
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| from a Logging Company that had depleted
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| | and skidded by horse before
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| the timber resources and moved on. Over
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| | transportation to the nearby Haliburton
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| the past four decades the land has been
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| | Forest Mill. Using state of the art saws,
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| transformed to become a thriving
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| | each board is squared for timbers or sawn
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| operation. Today, Peter Schleifenbaum
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| | into boards for planking. The Eco-Log
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| continues to contribute economically and
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| | Home and Cottage Building Kits utilize
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| environmentally to the long-term
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| | the Haliburton Forest hemlock. The Log
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| ecological stability of the forest. As a
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| | Homes boast steep pitched roofs, spacious
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| leading provider of conservation and
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| | lofts, and heavy timber walls. Standard
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| sustainable resource management, in 1998,
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| | logs come 8" x 8" squared but there are
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| under the stringent guidelines of the
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| | other options for seasonal buildings.
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| International Forest Stewardship Council,
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| | Although Eco-Log has many standard plans
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| Haliburton Forest was certified as the
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| | available from 100 to 3000 square feet,
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| "First Sustainable Forest" in Canada.
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| | Log Homes can be built to any design. "We
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| This recognition was certified by the
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| | have developed many Ontario Log Homes and
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| Boston based Smartwood / Rainforest
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| | have shipped a number internationally.
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| Alliance, the agent at that time. Eco-Log
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| | All of our customers agree that Log Homes
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| Building Concepts has tapped into the
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| | look like a home should-welcoming,
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| resources and ecological preservation
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| | comforting and enduring", says Gord
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| theories of Schleifenbaum and Haliburton
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| | Higgins, Sales Manager for Eco-Log. One
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| Forest. They have gone to the heart of
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| | thing is for sure - Log Homes are back in
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| the Wilderness to develop Log Homes that
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| | fashion. There are many Internet based
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| will be environmentally-friendly,
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| | resources for Log Building Construction
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| attractive, and charming-suited to meet
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| | techniques.
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