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Today's log cabins are generally more energy efficient that concrete or brick buildings from 50 years ago.
Currently, more and more people are choosing log cabins/houses to be their homes. It is fast becoming popular among the more practical ones and even for those with money.
Log cabins were traditionally built from logs laid horizontally and interlocked on the ends with notches.
Years ago the availability of logs as well as that of labour were two of the most important factors affecting the size of the log cabin.
Log cabins can be diverse in their design, quality of build and workmanship. When you build your own log cabin, make sure you satisfy yourself that it is going to be suitable for your needs.
Building your own log cabin as a second home gives you the option to erect your log cabin wherever you want (subject to planning permission).
There are parts of Europe that use log cabins as summerhouses or as an extra room in a garden.
Although log cabins and log houses are constructed from the similar materials they do have some differences; log cabins are usually built with round rather than hewn or hand-worked wood where as log houses tend be a one story building, with an almost "less finished" appearance (unlike the log cabins) as these were initially constructed with the intention of being short-term.
Log houses have again become fashionable, many as vacation, retirement or weekend houses.
To protect the log cabin from moisture of the soil, they are built with huge rocks as a base. These rocks serve as a strong foundation for the log cabins.
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