Loading ...I’m sure there are many techniques for making a “log Cabin” into a modern log home…. and more than one way to do it. I never built a log cabin; only modern log homes. We used fiberglass insulation bats to fit into the V-Grooves and corner notches before we rolled the logs into place….and we used long drill bits whenever we had to drill through the logs for wiring or plumbing….. but under the floor and above the ceiling were used much more than the log walls to run the wiring and plumbing to their outlets…..and special care had to be taken when the boxes had to be cut into the log walls. Also lots of hammer and chisel work. to seat and secure the electrical boxes.
I grew up with a dad who was a carpenter, so basic carpentry was never a problem for me. All I had to do was adapt what I already knew to also be able to be used when working with logs. Mainly it required the ability to think ahead…to foresee what was coming or what was going to be needed before you got there…because if you had not anticipated all the moves beforehand, you now had created new problems you had to resolve. LOL!!!
There is so much more to it than meets the eye. One major thing is that all log homes settle after they are built, and you have to anticipate how much they will settle and leave enough space above window and door frames etc for that settling…and only experience will tell you how much space to leave….and that varies depending on what time of year the trees were cut, how long the logs have aged before construction, how good a fit between the logs, location of doors and windows, etc etc. Also, logs “breathe”, so you never put ANY kind of sealer on the ends of the logs after the house is built. If the logs can’t “breathe” they will begin to rot (decay) within a few years. Always something to learn it seems. LOL!!!