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Samstag, 19. Dezember 2009

Garden Log Cabins

By Spencer Wilkins

The best place to start searching for information on log cabin kits is by going online. As you will soon discover there are plenty of companies who now sell such kits and which can prove to be much more cost effective than having one built from scratch.

As you will soon discover these kinds of kits have their logs cut, milled, dried and then shaped so that you have a much wider selection of cabin designs to choose from. There are some kits that are inexpensive because they only consist of the logs and fasteners which make up the buildings exterior walls. But there are others, which include all the necessary components to complete the interior of the house (make up the rooms inside) as well.

Although the thought of having a log cabin made by professional craftsmen sounds wonderful there are plenty of advantages to be gained from using those that come in kit form instead. The biggest one of these being that generally these kits cost far less to purchase and can be assembled far more quickly.

The other benefit of buying a log cabin kit is that the manufacturer of these types of homes ensure that the logs are more uniformed in shape. Plus you are not restricted on the shapes of the logs as the manufacturer is able to mill and cut them to any shape that you want. Plus they place a tongue or groove into each log so each one interlocks with another and helps to stop air or water from actually penetrating through its walls.

Before you go out and buy a log cabin kit there are a few things which you need to think about in order to make the right choice. By doing this you will then be able to keep down the cost of the kit that you purchase along with the cost of actually having the kit built. Below we look at what some of these things are.

1. The first that you need to decide upon is the size of the cabin and how many rooms that you want in it. If you can keep the size and number of rooms down as this will also help to keep your costs down. Plus keeping the size down also will help in the future with saving on the costs of heating, furnishing and maintaining the cabin.

2. Next you need to take into consideration how much the actual cost of assembling the kit is going to be. Remember you need to not only think about the cost of employing people to build the cabin, but also the cost of specialist equipment (cranes for example) that you will need to hire as well. If you do not use the right people or the right equipment then you will not be able to assemble the kit correctly.

3. Although an elaborate design for log cabin kits may look nice on paper they can be prove to be extremely expensive. If you go for a much simpler design you will end up saving yourself money as less material and labour will be required to make it.

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