by Teresa Jones | Aug 1, 2023 | Advice Centre, Finance & Insurance
This depends on your own perception and whether you think bricks are “better”. Timber has a number of advantages over conventional build: It is a renewable resource. It has very low embodied carbon. It is much quicker to build in prefabricated timber and much less...
by Lyn Morton | Mar 31, 2023 | News, How-to, Planning Permission
All new homes need to obtain planning permission, whether speculatively built by developers or commissioned by self-builders. Much misinformation abounds about timber houses not being regarded as permanent and therefore not needing planning permission. Don’t believe...
by Lyn Morton | Dec 14, 2022 | News, Advice Centre, Maintenance
Advantages and Disadvantages of Log Houses This is intended to answer the questions many of you ask about log homes, but which most companies shy away from and try their best to avoid answering. We have to admit that we too have been guilty of this in the past. After...
by Lyn Morton | Dec 13, 2022 | Advice Centre
It might sound like an odd question. After all it’s obvious isn’t it? Most folks’ idea of a log house is what you’d normally call a log cabin, like these: You may love this style, but we wouldn’t expect planning to love it as much as you do. These days, log houses are...
by Lyn Morton | Aug 10, 2022 | Advice Centre
There has been a ‘perfect storm’ in the world timber market over the last couple of years, which has had a significant impact on the price of timber. This includes the logs that we use in our log home kits, and the wood used in the manufacture of the windows and...
by Lyn Morton | Jun 21, 2022 | News, Advice Centre, Maintenance
In most of our log home kits, we use laminated logs to form the structure of the building. But what is a laminated log and why is it important? Laminated logs were developed in Finland several decades ago as a method of making logs more stable and strong. Solid tree...
