Eastern White Pine is considered the premier eastern wood for log home construction. With a tight grain and few knots, white pine is easy to dry and maintain. For Swedish Cope, we offer Douglas Fir and Lodgepole Pine harvested from high altitudes and dried slowly for up to 10 years. Or, we offer Western Red Cedar-prized for its rustic beauty, decay resistance, and longevity. Only the finest northern grown heartwood logs are used in our homes.
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First, lumber is cut from the outer sections of the log (the sapwood) leaving the boxed heart center-the most stable part of the tree. These heart logs are then slowly seasoned and stablized before being milled. This process allows us to produce truly outstanding homes that age gracefully with minimal settling.
Every part of the tree used in the manufacture of our log homes is utilized-from the bark to the saw dust. There is virtually no waste.
