re: Has anyone here had a log cabin built?

What’s it worth to you? To some people that would be a total waste. I think it’d be cool as a camp.

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If the wood is not properly kiln dried, you will have 2" - 4" gaps all through the house.

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You fix that by putting chinks in your log cabin.

I knew a guy in Plaquemines down the road who has one built. I think all of the wood was pre cut in Canada and shipped down. I think they even sent a Canadian to supervise construction. Awesome house though.

My wife wanted one when we moved from California to Toledo Bend.
We had a company out of Texas build it with concrete stained floors.
Dollar for Dollar it was a little cheaper per sq ft than a traditional stick built home.
It is a lot of upkeep maybe an area like Colorado it would be a lot less upkeep.

I lived in one for 6 months, loved it. I'd love a cabin size log house to live in.

Like so many centuries old houses in East Tennessee, ours started as a log cabin (two stories high) and then there were additions.

As we were renovating the old farm house, we lived in that log cabin. Its heat retention in winter and cool maintenance in summer were remarkable. Ours is of old growth pine, and if you need to know about chinking between the logs, and surface treatments for the logs, I have done both, and learned as I worked.

Like others said rot is a big issue in Louisiana, you'll need to reseal/stain the logs every five years.

My home owners insurance was double what a normal house cost and during the summer my electric bill was $400. It's going to be dark in the house so you want as many windows and skylights as possible.

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It's going to be dark in the house so you want as many windows and skylights as possible.

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Yep. I had to have lights on during the day with the dark walls. Being in the woods, surrounded by tall trees, didn't help that.

I liked it at night as the dark colors gave it a very warm feel. During the day it was like a cave.

Interesting. Saw this too that I never knew

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Nancy Hanks is a third cousin four times removed of actor, producer, writer and director Tom Hanks.[51]

Through his mother's Hanks bloodline, George Clooney is related to Nancy Hanks through Lucy Hanks Sparrow and Henry Sparrow's daughter, Mary Ann Sparrow, a half-sister to Nancy Hanks. Mary Ann Sparrow was Clooney's fourth great-grandmother.[52]

Camille Cosby, wife of Bill Cosby, was born Camille Olivia Hanks, a distant cousin of Nancy Hanks.

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