{"id":277,"date":"2020-03-05T09:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T09:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladogaloghome.agv.mediaweb.ru\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2020-05-16T21:57:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T21:57:30","slug":"log-frame-houses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladoga-log-home.com\/en\/log-frame-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Log frame houses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Log frame houses using the Canadian post and beam construction are modern houses that combine attractive appearance with the highest degree of living comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post and beam building technology has come a long evolutionary path and has undergone many improvements. You can trace how it changed along with the home builders in Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland) and migrated to the New World where the immigrants\u2019 first log houses were no different from Scandinavian tradition. It then continued to evolve in Canada and in the northern states of the USA until it finally turned into the renowned post and beam design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As\nthe name implies, the post and beam homes and structures are\nbasically based on a frame of vertical posts connected by beams. The\nbeams are made not only of timber, but also logs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quite\noften you can find Canadian log and timber frame homes which combine\nthe log basement with a frame second floor and are made of large logs\n(38 cm in diameter or more). \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large logs are used for external (and some internal) walls of the basement floor of a home. The same logs are used as the frame for the second floor, whereas the rafter system may use full round logs or bar-shaped timber. Full round rafters complete the interior of the second floor, while the bar-shaped rafters are hidden in the roofing pie, and the supporting frame of the building is firmly connected with the wallplate system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nCanadian log and timber frame homes typically use a large number of\nlong logs (about 12 m long) which helps to avoid non-bearing cuts in\nthe walls and to enlarge the internal space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nadvantages of log and timber frame homes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n