Log Cabins

I was thinking how fun it would be to live in a log cabin.  They can build them so they are pretty draft proof.  Supposedly, early settlers would build them by shaving the sides of the log.  They would fit exactly on top of the previous log which kept out the smallest draft.  It would still be pretty cold during the winter time.  They would still have to have a stove with a fire burning inside.  The stove in a log cabin is away from the walls.  The stove would have a long flue to accomplish this.  This would allow the stove to be in the middle of the room if necessary.  A log cabin can have windows made of glass.  Most of the ones in the early days probably did not have windows because the glass was hard to get into remote places.

They still build log cabins today.  But they are more of a luxury item now.  They have to be built twice.  Once when they are manufactured and once when they are finally built.  They have to build them twice because the logs are unique so they must be cut to fit on top of the other.  It's easier to build them twice in this way because it proves it can be done.  The pre-cut logs are then transported to the final location to be built for the customer.

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