Bozeman Log Cabins, Luxury Log Homes – Cabins For Sale Near Bozeman, MT
Listings Below – Some Benefits of Owning a Log Cabin or Log Home in Bozeman, Montana
Log homes can be engineered and constructed to be up to 20% more energy-efficient than a “stick-built” home.
Often, log dwellings are quieter than conventional homes: external sound transmission is lowered because of the round shape and mass of a log, both of which serve to deflect sound.
Timber is a renewable resource. Timber harvesters often buy and cut standing dead timber because it is inexpensive compared to living timber.
Lumbermen also purchase timber from sustainable forests, a sophisticated, timber-management system, ensuring the forester replaces harvested timber with new growth for future generations to harvest.
It is reported that an extant Russian log home is approximately 1,700 years old, indicating log cabins can last many lifetimes if well-maintained!
Because of their naturally rustic look, log cabins tend to fit better into the natural land than do conventional houses.
A natural property of logs, or any wood for that matter, is “thermal mass.”
Thermal mass helps a log naturally absorb and retain heat energy, ensuring interior temperatures are comfortable in both hot and cold climates.
Log homes are generally built from conifers–softwoods–whose R-value of ~1.4/inch is twice that of hardwoods, about .7/inch.
Paper on Energy Performance of Log Homes or Use the NAHB Log Home Library
