| "How Much Does a Log Home Cost?" is the
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| | kitchen drawer. These also require more
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| single most asked question in the
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| | precision equipment and are a little more
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| industry, and also the most difficult one
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| | expensive to build.There are other corner
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| to answer. The customers aren't the only
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| | systems, but these three are the most
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| ones who are frustrated; dealers and
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| | common. Just bear in mind that the
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| manufacturers are fully aware that not
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| | corner creates one of the big
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| giving an easy answer could lose a sale.
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| | differences between one milled
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| However, in reality the answer is "That
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| | manufacturer's product and another's.LOG
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| Depends", and the sooner the homeowners
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| | PACKAGES. After you have decided on the
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| accept this statement the sooner they can
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| | corner system, you'll find that every
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| start looking in the right place.WHAT DO
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| | company quotes their logs differently.
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| I MEAN BY THE RIGHT PLACE? Like everyone
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| | To get a real apples-to-apples
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| else, my husband and I started our search
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| | comparison, you must ask for a quote on
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| by oohing and aahing at the majestic,
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| | the logs ONLY. And remember that the
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| multi-faceted homes with numerous peaks
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| | logs constitute 1/4 to 1/5 the cost of
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| in the roof, giant trusses, huge windows,
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| | the eventual house. I think you're going
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| and big logs. What we didn't realize
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| | to find that within the same size,
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| right away is that every one of our
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| | species and corner system, the basic
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| favorite log homes were hand-crafted, and
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| | costs will not vary all that much from
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| so far out of our price range that we
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| | one manufacturer to another... not
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| might as well have been shopping for a
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| | including shipping, of course.Many
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| castle.The first thing you need to do is
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| | companies quote on a Weathered-in Shell,
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| distinguish between a handcrafted log
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| | which means all the components for a
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| home and a milled log home. Handcrafted
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| | weather tight house: logs, windows, roof
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| log homes will cost anywhere from 2-4
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| | sheathing, doors. It's tempting to get
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| times as much per square foot as a milled
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| | this kind of quote, but remember that you
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| log home, when you take into
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| | may be paying thousands of extra dollars
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| consideration the size of the logs and
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| | to ship generic lumber across the
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| the intense labor required from the first
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| | country. And when the extra stuff is
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| day the logs are selected. If the logs
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| | delivered, it's up to you to store it all
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| are not evenly sized, you know right away
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| | safe and dry on site. If your contractor
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| you are looking at a handcrafted
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| | buys the lumber locally, you can get it
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| home.MILLED LOG HOMES: If you select a
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| | delivered when you need it, rather than
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| handcrafted log home, you don't need to
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| | months ahead of time.IT'S A CUSTOM HOME.
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| be reading this article! For the rest of
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| | Once you get past erection of the log
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| us, there are other basic factors to
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| | walls, you're going to discover that your
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| consider if you are looking at price: log
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| | log home is not a whole lot different
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| diameter, log species, and log corners.
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| | from any other custom home. The roof
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| The first two factors speak for
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| | materials are the same, the heating
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| themselves. The corner system, however,
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| | systems are the same, the windows are
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| can make a big difference. For instance,
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| | basically the same. Most of your
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| think about how the logs are stacked. If
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| | decisions are on the inside of the house:
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| you remember your Lincoln Log toy, you
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| | stock kitchen vs. custom cabinets,
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| had to find the half-log to start the
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| | granite vs. Formica, wood floors vs.
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| first course. This is the way a
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| | carpeting, tongue-and-groove vs.
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| Saddle-Notched corner system is
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| | sheetrock, antler chandelier vs. wagon
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| constructed. The courses are staggered
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| | wheel... here's where the wild
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| and logs are notched to fit snugly
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| | differences in price can add up. It's a
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| together, and when you look at the corner
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| | custom home, remember, and the choices
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| you will see each log end lying on top of
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| | are up to you. In the mid-Atlantic
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| the one below it, creating a continuous
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| | states, the square foot price of a custom
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| unbroken stretch from top to bottom. The
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| | framed house and a custom log home will
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| notches require another run through the
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| | be pretty equivalent. When looked at
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| mill, and will add to the eventual
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| | from that point of view, the whole
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| cost.When you look at a Butt-and-Pass log
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| | pricing equation starts to make more
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| home you will see a gap between each log
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| | sense.BOTTOM LINE: This is where we all
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| past the corner. This is because all the
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| | get into trouble. There's no agreement
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| logs are laid on the same plane; the
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| | as to a budgeting price, because local
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| first course is started with a full log
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| | costs vary so much. Four years ago, when
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| and it butts up against the other wall
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| | I started designing my home, the
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| log which runs past it. The next course
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| | magazines said to budget $150 per square
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| reverses the process. There is no notch
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| | foot. I thought this was outrageous, but
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| to hold them together, hence a less time
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| | in the end, we spent about $157 per
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| in the mill. If you compare a
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| | square foot for a saddle-notched home
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| butt-and-pass house to a saddle-notched
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| | with 8" pine logs and some upgrades, so
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| house, dollar for dollar the
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| | I'm glad I paid attention. If you start
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| butt-and-pass house should be less
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| | there, you'll at least be in the
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| expensive. This is where aesthetics
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| | ballpark.Mercedes Hayes is a Hiawatha Log
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| kicks in.A home with logs that are flat
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| | Home dealer and also a Realtor in New
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| inside-and-out will probably be joined
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| | Jersey and Pennsylvania. She designed
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| with a dovetail system, where the logs
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| | her own log home which was featured in
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| are notched at an angle and snugly fit
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| | the 2004 Floor Plan Guide of Log Home
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| together. Think of the corner of your
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| | Living magazine.
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