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Building timber frame?

Considering building timber frame?

Considering building timber frame for your new house? About 50% of new houses in Ireland are timber frame. And timber frame is becoming more and more popular be cause:

it is a cheaper method of building.
Building timber frame is a lot quicker than building with block
The site impact of a timber frame house is less
Building timber frame makes achieving a higher BER lot easier.

Is building timber frame sustainable?

People worry about timber frame in Ireland because we are not familiar with the technology. But because we are not familiar does not mean that it is bad technology: it just means that we’re not informed enough about the benefits of building timber frame. Timber frame houses are built all over Europe and the United States. If we take a look at scotland, which has a climate very similar to ours we can see how popular building timber frame is.

Estimates suggest a very high percentage of houses in Scotland have timber frames, somewhere between 80% and 88% for new builds. Here’s a breakdown:

Data suggests over 80% of new builds in Scotland are timber frame (sources like NHBC and government reports).
Some sources claim the number could be even higher, reaching 83% or 88%.

Scotframe, a leading supplier of timber frame kits, states that 83% of the housing market in Scotland utilizes timber frame construction.

Benefits of building timber frame

Timber frame houses offer a number of advantages over traditional construction methods like brick and block. Here are some of the key benefits:

Speed and Efficiency:

Faster construction: Timber frames are prefabricated off-site, allowing for quicker assembly on-site compared to traditional methods. This can significantly reduce build times, potentially by up to 50%.
Reduced labor costs: With faster construction, fewer workers are needed on-site for longer periods, leading to potential cost savings.
Less site disruption: Prefabricated sections minimize on-site work, leading to less noise, dust, and disruption to the surrounding area.

Environmental Friendliness

a timber frame bungalow with a patio and trees

Renewable resource: Timber is a naturally renewable resource, making it a more sustainable building material compared to concrete and steel.
Reduced carbon footprint: Growing trees actually absorb carbon dioxide, making timber a carbon-negative material during its growth cycle.
Energy efficiency: Timber frame houses can be highly energy efficient due to their excellent insulation properties. The cavity walls allow for thicker insulation layers compared to traditional methods, leading to lower heating and cooling costs.

Design Flexibility

Diverse architectural styles: Timber frames can be adapted to various architectural styles, from traditional to contemporary, offering design flexibility.
Open floor plans: Timber frames can easily accommodate open floor plans with large spans due to the strength-to-weight ratio of the material.

Other benefits:

Lightweight construction: Timber’s lighter weight reduces foundation requirements and overall building weight, making it potentially suitable for certain soil conditions.
Improved health and safety: Timber frames are generally considered to be a safer construction method with less risk of on-site injuries compared to heavy masonry construction.
Potential for lower lifetime costs: The combination of energy efficiency, reduced construction time, and potential for lower insurance costs could lead to lower lifetime ownership costs compared to traditional builds.

Overall, timber frame houses offer a compelling option for those seeking a faster, more sustainable, and energy-efficient building method.

We have an excellent range of 4 quality timber frame homes which are fully priced for you to view and consider. Please take a look here at the Linden, the laburnum, the Ashton and the OakRidge. We have designed these four bungalows to suit the demands of the market today. We can also produce frame homes to passive standards. With our experience in building log cabins we can produce and build timber frame homes to passive in excellent short time and at the best market price. Take a look at the web pages for these bungalows and you will see the full range of what we offer for the price, and also a list of what you need to do outside of our price. We have done our best to help you fully price your overall build and consider timber living as your supplier. Talk to us if you are going for a mortgage on a timber frame.

Building Timber Frame – Technical

What’s included:

Walls; External & internal; including all timber frame, insulation, felt membranes, cement boarding externally, plaster board internally & window sills; U = 0.15 (m2K/W)
Roof & ceiling timber, with insulation, felt membranes, outer roof cover, inner plaster board, upvc soffits & fascias, gutters & down-pipes; U = 0.16m2K/W)
Windows & external doors; double glazed upvc U = 0.14 (m2K/W)
Damp proofing
Fixings securing building to the base
Delivery & Build on pre-prepared foundation base.

Project does not include:

Base & Finished floors
Internal/External Plaster Skimming
Electrics
Plumbing & Heating
Internal Joinery
Kitchens & Sanitary Ware

While building timber frame is a lot more technical than building with block, it comes in a lot cheaper because of labour costs. Cost of hiring someone to lay block on block unblock to build a house is huge compared to the erection of timber frame walls. And of course the length of time that it takes to build with block will have a serious impact on the completion of the project. Financially, the waiting time for your new house is going to cost you money in rent and bridging loans amongst other things. And then there is the difficulty of quotes and financing. You get a quote for a kitchen at the start of a block built building and by the time the building is ready for the kitchen (say 18 months later) the kitchen has gone up by 20%.

Posted on July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

Log Cabin or Timber Frame Walls

Timber frame walls or log cabin – what’s the difference?

a timber frame house with a patio and trees

what’s the difference between timber frame walls and a log cabin?

If you’re seriously considering building a house with timber frame walls, you should take a look at our range of fully-priced timber frame homes. We have a full collection of technical drawings available for all of our quality timber frame homes, and we can also price your own bespoke timber frame home design. If you’re interested, we can build frame homes to passive standards.

A timber frame building generally has a lot more layers in the walls and roof then you will find in a regular log cabin. These extra layers mean, in effect, that a timber frame building is going to be more expensive than a log cabin. Coupled with the fact that our timber frame buildings are specified with a minimum of 6 inches of insulation, bumping the price up even further.

Section through our timber frame walls

Within our timber frame buildings we have a number of layers as you can see in the graphic above. The most obvious difference at first glance between timber frame walls and a log cabin is that the exterior of the timber frame section that we use is cement board and the interior is plasterboard. Along with these two layers we have 6 inches of insulation Aqua board, A50 millimetre well ventilated void and other layers of material for weather protection.

Weather protected timber frame

Weather protection and longevity are very important to us at timber living, so we have had our timber frame walls specially designed. You will notice a PVC vent with insect mesh at the base of our walls how long with Aqua board which is a cement board and highly weather resistant when rendered.

Log Cabin Wall Options

We offer our log cabins in 2 variations: exterior timber and exterior a cement board.

Timber or Cement Board Exterior?

For some customers this choice is very clear, while for others it is a difficult choice to make. A lot of people come to us with the idea of a log cabin with its timber exterior, and that is of course the traditional cladding for log cabins.

Posted on June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

We build Timber Frame Bungalows

a timber frame bungalow with a lawn and trees

We are very excited to announce that we are building timber frame bungalows. Based on the techniques, technologies and materials of our excellent log cabins, these timber frame bungalows are high quality and meet all building and fire regulations.

Market conditions have changed in Ireland. There is a huge lack of affordable housing and rents have gone through the roof. So we decided to look at the options for producing long lasting homes two building regulations, at the right price.

A2 BER

Energy and cost of heating is a very important factor in housebuilding these days. Timber frame construction lends itself to lower house heating costs. With our technology and construction methods, we can offer an A2 BER rating off your plans.

We currently have a range of four different timber frame bungalows available on our website. They vary in size from 101 square metres to 182 square metres, and of course the price varies correspondingly.

The Laburnum (121.5 sq.m.)

The LABURNUM Bungalow, with it’s vaulted ceiling, surprises and delights the visitor, the openness of the ceiling going against the norm, with welcoming results.
The LABURNUM offers three beds, kitchen/living area, en suite, utility and hallway.
A2 BER. Ready for planning.

The Linden (155 sq.m.)

The LINDEN welcomes the visitor with its spectacular full height corner windows in the living area.
A large, contemporary designed bungalow, with four bedrooms, en suite and large bathroom.
A2 BER. Ready for planning.

The Oakridge (101 sq.m.)

If you’re looking for a contemporary
design bungalow built with energy
costs and space efficiency in mind, the
Barrow Timber Frame is the model
for you.
Sleek, modern bungalow design.
Perfect three bed size. A2 BER. Ready
for planning.

A2 BER. Ready for planning.

The Ashton (182.5 sq.m.)

Dynamic, diverse design. That’s what the ASHTON offers. A new way of looking at house design, where the quieter, sleeping quarters are separated from the daytime, living area by an airy. well-lit corridor.
Impressive, spacious and flowing, the ASHTON is first choice for those looking for a new, fresher take on modern living.
A2 BER. Ready for planning.

Technology Best Practices

To build our low energy, sustainable timber frame bungalows, we work off a 45 millimetre think timber wall, as we do in our log cabins. But we have multiple extra layers of insulation, cladding and membrane to improve the quality and insulation levels of our timber frame buildings.

Posted on May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

Our 3-bedroom log cabin range

Are you looking for a 3-bedroom log cabin? The Timber Living 3-bedroom log cabin range offers a great choice of different sizes and prices, bound to suit your needs.

Who is our 3-bedroom log cabin range for?

Our 3-bedroom log cabin range is ideally suitable suited to two main groups: the young family starting out and looking for an affordable, reliable and easy to heat residence. Or the older couple who are downsizing from a big, four or five bedroom house that’s hard to heat and costly to maintain.

We have all sorts of 3-bedroom log cabins

Our 3-bedroom log cabin range starts at about 80 square meters with basic layout of living room/kitchen, 3 bedrooms and bathroom and extends to buildings with on suites and utilities as well such as our Adare model.

Wide range means wide choice for you

Let’s take a look at a few of our three bedroom log cabins. Our best seller is the Tullow 3-bedroom log cabin, which is ideally laid out for most of our customers. With an excellent spacious living and kitchen area along with reasonably sized bedrooms, it is a no-brainer for many buyers. The Ashford is based on the Tullow, but with a sheltering portico at the main door.

Flexible 3-bedroom log cabin

We based our flexible 3-bedroom log cabin model on the Tullow because it is so popular. You can extend the bedrooms or the living room area and add a veranda if you wish.

The Ashford – 3-bedroom with Utility and Ensuite

a 3-bedroom log cabin under construction with a black roof

The Adare is based on the Tullow log cabin but it has been extended in length by about four meters to include an en-suite and a utility room, following many requests from our customers over the years.

Pick a cabin and take a look

In the gallery below you will see a number of different 3-bedroom cabins. You can also see this full range on our three bedroom log cabin page on the website where you will also get all the prices you are looking for. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have in relation to our log cabins.

3-bedroom log cabin gallery

Westmeath

Offaly

Laois Log cabin

Rathdrum

Sligo

Posted on April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

Fabulous two-bedroom log cabin range

Are you looking for a high quality two-bedroom log cabin? We have a wide range of two-bedroom log cabins, starting small and cosy with our flagship model, the Sutton log cabin, and going all the way up to our to this writer’s favourite log cabin, the Easkey, the biggest of our two-bedroom log cabin range.

Who is the two-bedroom log cabin for?

Our two-bedroom log cabins are the optimum size for many. Presuming you have enough space, this could be the perfect solution for you. Usually our two-bedroom log cabins are purchased by couples or single people, who don’t really need it, but use it as an office.

Do I need a second bedroom?

Oftentimes a second bedroom makes a lot of sense. This extra room can be used for storage and other activities. Ideal as a small music room or office, it can also be used for art or a small gym. The extra room is a huge leap from a one bedroom to a two-bedroom log cabin but it’s something that should be considered.

Our range of two-bedroom log cabins

Click on the links below to see our different log cabins: Limerick , Sutton, Extendable, Charlie, Cavan with extra big windows, the Spiddal which is modelled on a traditional cottage floor plan, the Waterford, The Blarney, the Blackrock, the Easkey and the Kylemore.

Two Bedroom Log Cabin Grey — Limerick Two Bedroom Log Cabin

Waterford Two-bedroom log cabin

Waterford log cabin built — Waterford cabin with veranda

Kilmore Two Bed Log Cabin

Kilmore Two Bedroom Log Cabin — Kylemore Two Bedroom Log Cabin

Posted on April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

One Bed Log cabin Range

We have a fantastic range of one bed log cabins, from our smallest, delightfully proportioned DOWN one bed log cabin, through the variable multi-choice one bed log cabin, to our largest Mayo One bed log cabin with veranda. Of course, if one of these models isn’t ideal for you, we have plenty more on our web page for one bedroom log cabins. And then if you want to go more unique, we can of course build you a bespoke design log cabin.

Down One Bed Log Cabin

Our smallest one bed log cabin, the Down log cabin, is ideal for anyone who has a restricted site size. This cabin is perfect as a granny flat where the main function of the cabin is privacy, comfort and warmth. While this granny flat is of course ideal for granny, it is also perfect for weekend visitors, or a den for Dad, or Mam (or both!) or the teenagers. If you are looking for extra space, this might be the ideal solution for you.

A Studio Apartment in your Garden!

Again, because it is so small, it might make sense not to include the bedroom wall. This will open up the interior space to over 20 square meters. This is the equivalent of having a studio apartment! All you need to include is a fold away bed and you are sorted.

Big Beautiful One Bedroom Log Cabin

Mayo One Bedroom Log Cabin

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Mayo Cabin Plans

Mayo Cabin Dimensions

The Mayo One Bedroom Log Cabin

The Mayo log cabin is the biggest off the shelf one bedroom log cabin that we offer. If you have the space, it is the perfect job for you. It has a fine, spacious bedroom and a very well proportioned living area along with a decent sized bathroom. Who would not feel at home in a dwelling like this?

You also have the option of adding on a veranda to the front. This is not everybody’s first choice, although it gives the log cabin great character from the outside. Also, you can go for rails and decking which adds even more to the character of this fabulous log cabin.

Multi-choice One Bed Log Cabin

One Bedroom Log Cabins Ireland — Timber Living Range of One Bedroom Log Cabins

We took a standard 5 by 5 log cabin and decided to offer choices to our customers in order that we could supply them with their optimal log cabin for their garden. So what you can see in the gallery below are the main choices in this multi choice log cabin option. We have the basic 5 by 5 model, With alternative of extended to the back by 1 meter in order to make the bedroom and living area bigger. The second option is to include a veranda with decking and rails at the front of the cabin to give the cabin more character. And then finally you can take both of those options together- bigger cabin with more character!

A standard one bed log cabin

Add a metre at the back

Add Veranda and decking

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Come and visit us at our showrooms in Tullow, Cork, Roscommon, Galway or Limerick. Give us a call before you travel, and we would be delighted to go through the ins and outs of buying a log cabin. Unfortunately, we don’t have the complete range of cabins available to view at all of our showhouses, so ask questions before you travel so that you know what to expect when you get to us.

Hope to see you soon!

Posted on April 9, 2024April 9, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

Log Cabin Planning Decision

Tipperary Court Case – Log Cabin Planning

We have received a number of links to the article about the court case in county Tipperary which is currently adjourned to allow Sean Meehan to apply for retention planning permission for his log cabin. You can read the article from TipperaryFM here.

Why don’t they give log cabin planning permission in Ireland?

This question about log cabin planning, we get asked all of the time, and we are as frustrated about the answer as everybody else. There are a few reasons that will be given by the planners, and some of those in fairness are valid. But lots and lots of people, parents with young adults, and young adults themselves, are very very frustrated at the cost of housing and the cost of rent. And they’re very very frustrated at the government’s building of modular homes for certain immigrants when they won’t build them for homeless people in Ireland. Or when they won’t give log cabin planning permission more easily, and enable lots of our young people to move out from under Mammy and Daddy’s feet!

log cabin planning decision adjourned — Meehan’s log cabin. (Not a Timber Living log cabin)

Why not give planning permission to log cabins?

Well, we have to ask the purpose of planning permission and planning policy in the first place. Naturally, there should be some control on what is built where, because we don’t want for instance, thousands of houses and no schools or shops, or four story ancient built on top of a scenic hill, or somebody’s dream home built in front of a round tower. These things make a lot of sense. But when it comes to restricting people from building affordable residences, then questions really do have to be asked.

Log cabins are quick to build, sustainable and easy to heat.

Log cabins are the perfect solution to the housing crisis in this country. If it was more straight-forward to get log cabin planning, we at Timber Living could build excellent quality, sustainable, affordable and well insulated log cabins in a matter of weeks. Imagine, placing an order today for A2 bed log cabin and walking into a completed, fully furnished, wired and plumbed and painted residence in three months time! But!, they say, “what about the building regulations”? Power log cabins have a standard 4 inch insulated cavity with a total wall thickness of seven inches or 175mm. By putting 6 inches of external insulation on our cabins with a cement board finish and increasing the insulation levels in the roof on floor, we can reach a BER of A2 level. Of course, the banks won’t like it because these buildings are very very affordable. But wouldn’t you think that the politicians would like it because they are a serious fix for an awful lot of people.

What style of house should get planning permission?

The planners will tell you that they won’t can’t give log cabin planning because it does not fit in with the vernacular. In other words, it doesn’t look like a land commission house from the 40s! Well, look at the picture below. A load of boxes thrown together and absolutely no artistic merit. Let’s give a planning!

This house got planning permission…

You need to match the vernacular

But when somebody comes along with a cozy log cabin, Scandinavian look, affordable, sustainable, built quickly and giving somebody a home, will they get planning? But no, no planning for you. And Why Not? I’m afraid I can’t answer that because there’s no sensible answer…

Doesn’t match the vernacular…

Posted on April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

Buying a log cabin

What to look for when buying a log cabin

There are many details to keep an eye out for when buying a log cabin, in order to ensure that your log cabin lasts a lifetime, is cosy and easy to heat. Let’s start at the bottom and work our way up.

Weatherproof base construction

It is really important that your log cabin cannot does not end up sitting in a pool of water and soaking up rain. That is why we at Timber Living log cabins always insist that the base concrete base of a log cabin is 20 millimetres shorter than the log cabin itself. This ensures that the log cabin overhangs the base and that there is no possibility of water pooling under the cabin.

We also include a rain cill all around the cabin to throw any rainwater away from the base.

You can see perfect examples of all of our log cabins at our log cabin showrooms in Tullow, Boyle, Cork, Limerick and Galway. Just click on our Log Cabin Showrooms page for addresses and opening times.

Note: You need to phone ahead to Cork and Boyle to make an appointment.

Log cabin base/foundation details

This video goes through all of the details you should look for when checking out the foundations of a log cabin base.

Quality Log Cabin Timber

Our a log cabin timber is from Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland – not usually from Denmark). While it is Norway Spruce, it is often referred to as Arctic Spruce, since it is grown in or near the Arctic Circle. Timber that is grown in the Arctic Circle grows at a lot slower rate than timber grown in Ireland. That means that has a three month growing season, which makes the grain very very tight. This means there will be no bending, warping or splitting in your log cabin timber. Make sure that your supplier is using Arctic spruce in the construction of your log cabin. It is the most important fundamental element to your cabin and if you get this wrong you will see problems down the line.

Hard Floor Insulation

I have come across a number of cases where amateur log cabin companies have installed Rockwall in the floor of a log cabin. This has been a complete disaster for the owners. You need to use hard Kingspan insulation (or equivalent) in your floors. Rockwool insulation, lying on a cold concrete base with only a thin deep PC barrier will soak up condensation at a massive rate leading to a very very cold floor and also the potential for lots of rot in the floor Timbers. Even a whisper of this bad practice and you should turn on your heels and run from this supplier!

Quality Timber of uPVC Windows

We offer you the choice of timber windows or uPVC windows for your log cabins. If you go for uPVC windows, you can have a wide choice of colours. Timber and white PVC windows are the same cost while a colored PVC set will set you back a little bit more financially. Please ask our reps when discussing your window choice. Interestingly, the timber windows, which come from our supplier in Latvia, open inwards while they weather glaze windows open outwards. Hi I sometimes think we should have an EU law to make all windows open inwards. I have windows in my house upstairs that have never been cleaned on the outside! You would take your life in your hands going up that high to clean them! There’s a lot more detail about the windows available to you in our blog post Which Windows for you log cabin?

Durable Roof Cover

Your roof cover is a hugely important element to the durability of your log cabin, and needs to be looked at closely when buying a log cabin. You need a long lasting, weatherproof roof covering, which will not require replacement after a number of years. We use a pressed aluminium, tile-effect roof cover which looks very very well and lasts a long lifetime. In fact, we have a cabin on the iron islands for 10 years now and the roof is as good as the day we built the cabin. If that is not a stress test, I don’t know what it is!

Because of the inherent construction of a log cabin, it is not possible to put a heavy roof covering on the building. That is why lighter tiles and tiling panels are used. This also means that they are cheaper and installed in a shorter time, saving yet more money. But although they are cheaper, they are just as durable and in fact, more storm proof than smaller individual tiles.

Clear Pricing – no extras!

Last but not least, make sure you know exactly what the full price iswhen buying a log cabin. Oftentimes there are a list of extras and other log cabin supplier websites. Choice of roof cover, quantity of insulation, type of base, window type etcetera. We at timber living only offer one price, and that is the price for the complete timber building including windows, doors and roof cover and insulation, delivered and built. There are no extra costs for further mileage outside a 50km radius, or in accommodation costs if the guys have to stay over.

Guilty as charged, we do not supply gutters. But if you have them on site when we are building and you are nice to the lads, I’m sure they’ll throw them up for you!

Posted on March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

What is a Scandinavian log cabin?

Timber Living Scandinavian Log Cabins

Timber living log cabins supply the best quality Scandinavian log cabins Ireland has on the market, at the best prices. Scandinavian style, waiting for you at our nationwide showrooms.

To be honest, our log cabins are not made in Scandinavia! They’re not made in Denmark, Sweden or Norway. So you would agree that we do not sell a Scandinavian log cabins per se. But we do sell a Scandinavian style log cabin. In fact our log cabins are made in Latvia. But that is not a bad thing. We have been sourcing high quality log cabins from northern Europe for over 2 decades. At one stage we imported log cabins from Russia, believe it or not!

Scandinavian log cabins from Latvia?

Yes, we import our Scandinavian log cabins from Latvia. We need to supply our customers with top quality log cabins at an affordable price. (You just have to take a look at our two bed log cabin , three bed log cabin and one bed log cabin pages to see for yourself!) That is why we use our current suppliers. We have been working with this company for over 10 years now and they have never let us down quality wise. And of course, their prices are good which means we can offer excellent prices to our customers.

What makes a Scandinavian log cabin?

We feel we can call our log cabins Scandinavian log cabins because they have so many Scandinavian characteristics.

Scandinavian style: Our high quality timber log cabins with their verandas and low pitched roofs and timber windows exude a certain Scandinavian style which is very very appealing to our customers. The minute somebody walks into a timber living log cabin for the first time, they always comment on the smell of the wood, the height of the ceiling, the atmosphere in the room. It is very satisfying to see them smile and appreciate our product.

Scandinavian cool: When I say Scandinavian cool, I’m really talking about how well insulated our cabins are and how easy to heat they are. We have high quality insulation in the walls, floors and ceilings of our cabins. Our Scandinavian log cabins are also reasonably airtight but not overly so. This means they are not draughty, which also means they are pretty well soundproofed to exterior noise.

So why not come to our showrooms around the country and take a look at our Scandinavian log cabins? We have showrooms in Tullow, County Carlow, Carrigaline County Cork, and Boyle, County Roscommon. You can all you can also come and see our cabins in Limerick in Rathkeale, and Galway city. Check the website for showroom locations by clicking on this link and give us a call if you’re going to Boyle (086 8170429) or Carrigaline (087 6464 280) in order to make an appointment.

Posted on March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 by admin — Leave a comment

Low Maintenance Log Cabin

What about low maintenance log cabin? We’re all so busy nowadays. It seems like everywhere you turn there’s something to do. And that is why you should really consider a low maintenance log cabin.

Timber or cement board exterior?

All of our residential log cabins are double wall insulated constructions. Our standard log cabins have a 35 mm interior wall and a 45 mm exterior wall with 100 mm of insulation in between. Our low maintenance log cabins use the 45 mm wall and we put 100 mm of insulation outside that wall with a vapour barrier and an air gap before installing cement board on the outside of the building.

I hope the illustration below shines a bit of light on that.

Low maintenance log cabin benefits

A low maintenance log cabin offers numerous benefits, especially in today’s busy world. With our hectic schedules, it often feels like there is always something demanding our attention. That’s why investing in a low maintenance log cabin is a wise choice.

Benefit One: Cost

The initial cost of a log cabin with cement board on the outside is cheaper than a log cabin with timber on the outside. But you have to get your builder to skim the final building, and that is going to make your low maintenance cabin a little bit more expensive. Of course, you will make up the difference quite quickly because the cost of Sikkens wood stain is higher than the cost of a standard exterior paint. So, after your second time staining the exterior of your cabin you have broke even. And hat back-of-the-mind Whisper that keeps reminding you that you have to stain the log cabin is gone.

Cutaway version of low maintenance log cabin wall.

Benefit Two: peace of mind

Peace of Mind is important to us all. And with a cement board exterior on your log cabin, the added onus of regular maintenance every four years is removed. You could leave your cement board log cabin untouched for 20 years and not be worried. It would look terrible! But it would be fine as a structure.

Admittedly, a cement board exterior might not be to everyone’s taste. The timber exterior on a log cabin exudes charm and is definitely a big reason for people buying log cabins. But the practicality of a cement board exterior outdoors the looks of a timber exterior for a certain buyer. If you are that buyer, talk to us today.