Log House - Construction Methods

Construction Methods

  • Scandinavian Full-Scribe (also known as the "chinkless method") is naturally-shaped, smoothly-peeled (drawknifed) logs which are scribed and custom-fitted to one another. They are notched where they overlap at the corners, and there are several ways to notch the logs.
  • In the flat-on-flat method, logs are flattened on the top and bottom and then stacked (usually with butt-and-pass corners).
  • Milled log houses are constructed with a tongue-and-groove system which helps align one log to another and creates a system to seal out the elements.
  • With the tight-pinned butt and pass method, the logs are not notched or milled in any way. They are in a single course and do not overlap; vertical pairs of logs are fastened with tight, load-bearing steel pins.

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