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| A. | In more than 20 years, we have never built exactly the same house twice. Use our floor plans as starting points; then with use our Computer-Aided Design System, we’ll create your home from the ground up. We can even show you what it will look like before a single log is cut.
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| A. | Logs are a natural insulator. Millions of tiny cells in the wood trap air to provide one of the most efficient insulators known to man. Logs are even more effective than other kinds of insulators because they radiate back warm air in the winter and cool air in the summer. Conventional walls or ceilings in your home will use standard insulation.
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| A. | As with all houses made of wood, there will be settling around windows and doors in a log home. But unlike other log home manufacturers, Rocky Mountain Log Homes have a policy of using timber that has been seasoned naturally. In addition, without affecting the structure, we design each home to absorb the small amount of settling that naturally occurs.
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| A. | Once the log shell is up, a preservative is applied to the outside by brush or airless sprayer. We can recommend and supply many good products that give you a choice of color and other properties.
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| A. | Rocky Mountain Log Homes have been built on basements, crawl spaces, concrete slabs and wood foundations. Local codes, soil conditions, cost and personal preference will determine the actual size and style.
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| A. | Give us a call here at Northwoods Builders in Gaylord, MI. We can arrange to show you several Rocky Mountain Log Homes in our area.
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| A. | Our warranty is the best in the business, because it is backed by a third party. Everything Rocky Mountain Log Homes manufactures is covered for a full 10 years after your home is constructed. This includes all logs and timbers, the Weather Lock system, factory milling and joinery.
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| A. | There are many factors involved. While we can tell you the price of a specific plan, your construction and furnishing costs will determined your ultimate cost. Log homes can be highly competitive with custom conventional buildings of similar quality.
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| A. | Wiring is generally run through the logs, so only the outlets are visible. The plumbing, as in conventional houses, is installed in the interior stud partition walls.
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| A. | Due to superior insulating quality of log walls, any system you can put in a conventional house will work as, if not more, efficiently in a log home.
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| A. | It doesn't have to be, it depends on the design of the comparing homes. Some designs are not meant to be log homes because of numerous corners and complexity. The main cost difference in a log home is the vaulted ceilings with log perlins and the extra amount of work involved to fit the components together compared to a truss roof on a framed home.
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