| Log homes are very different from other wooden | | | | so you will profit a huge deal if you are choosing a |
| structures and there is a point called thermal | | | | log home over any other wooden structure solely |
| efficiency that is to be considered when it comes to | | | | because of its energy efficiency. |
| choosing log homes over any other wooden home | | | | R-value is the amount of heat that a material resists |
| structure. | | | | to pass through it and log homes resist more heat to |
| Log homes are able to restore more energy than | | | | pass than any other material - even any other |
| any other wooden structure and this has been | | | | wooden structure and that is how log homes store |
| proved in the studies that have been conducted over | | | | more warmth within the homes. Therefore you |
| the last few decades. There are many wooden | | | | would not need to heat the home more than you will |
| structures that are not as energy efficient as a log | | | | have to. The temperature within the house remains |
| home is and this is one of the main reasons why log | | | | steady even though you might not use the power of |
| homes are getting more and more popular these | | | | the heating or cooling machines for that purpose. Of |
| days. Both from practical experiences as well as from | | | | course one of the major determinants in the factor |
| the computer generated models it has been seen | | | | of energy efficiency of a log home is the thickness |
| that the log homes are about 2.5 to 5 % more | | | | of the log walls. |
| energy efficient than similar wooden structures. | | | | You will need to calculate the R-value of the log |
| The R-value of the log homes are lesser and that is | | | | home that you are about to build according to the |
| the reason why these homes are more energy | | | | thickness of the wall that you are planning and if you |
| efficient. Therefore if you are thinking of getting a | | | | are good with the calculations then you will know |
| log home for you and your family then you should | | | | already how much money you will be able to save |
| know that you are going to be saving around $150 | | | | because of getting log walls rather than walls built of |
| to $200 per year for the heating and cooling costs | | | | any other material. So as you can see now that |
| that you will need to spend otherwise and when this | | | | people tend to build log homes not only because of |
| adds up it accounts to a huge amount of money | | | | the beauty and because of nature but also because |
| indeed. In future, as the value of money will surely | | | | of the thermal efficiency of the logs. |
| increase, this amount will go up even more than that. | | | | |