Did you know you can have a cement board exterior to your log cabin in order to make it look like a conventional cottage build? Couple this with a steeper roof and nobody will know that you’ve just built a fantastic log cabin at a great price!
Cement board or timber exterior?
While the bulk of our log cabins have a timber exterior, we are increasingly providing cabins with fibre cement board outside walls. There are a number of reasons for this. Some people are not overly keen on the amount of maintenance required on a large cabin, even though it only requires re-staining every four years. Some people just prefer the conventional concrete look of a house. And some people are concerned, particularly in the West of Ireland, with the horizontal driving rain and how it might affect a timber build.
The higher ceilings look great
Don’t these ceilings look fantastic! He increased slope on this roof makes it look much more conventional. It also gives you better grounds if you have to go for retention on your build, which is not an uncommon thing to do and actually turns out to be quite successful in the most part. This article will give you a great idea on how straightforward it is to get retention.
Some planning retention statistics
Of the 1,260 retention applications made to Dublin City Council between 2019 and 2023, only 193 were refused.
Tipperary County Council granted 1,222, while 40 were refused.
In Clare, 664 were approved and just 18 were refused.
Leitrim County Council granted 192. Only two applications were denied.
Thinking about a heat pump and under floor heating?
It’s a common question from an awful lot of our customers and the answer is yes – You can put on the floor heating into a log cabin. Actually, our price should go down as you’re not going to need our timber floor. Here are a couple of images, one of the heap pump itself and if you look closely at the 2nd one, you will see the under 4 heating coils in the left hand side of the image.
