The Safest Home on the Market Today!

There is only one home that surpasses all other homes in these areas. Let's consider FOUR things that can cause harm to your family. Let's go over each of the four areas that can cause harm.

EARTHQUAKES: In some parts of the country, earthquakes can destroy almost everything! Only those buildings that flex and still stay together will keep people safe. You would think solid concrete would do the trick, but it cannot withstand constant movement. It simply breaks down. Most stick-framed construction in the 1989 quake in San Francisco was compromised or simply fell down. That quake registered 7.4 on the Richter Scale. What about log homes? Some did not stay together very well, others did exceptionally well, but one did better than most. It was produced by Lodge Logs, log homes. Why? Because instead of spikes or lag bolts, it used through-bolts that were attached to the J-Bolts in the foundation and extending up through the top 8 courses of the log wall. There were four of these homes near the epicenter that did not even have a window broken. These homes were by Lodge Logs out of Boise Idaho.

TORNADOES/HIGH WINDS: Log homes outperformed all other homes in the 180 mph winds in Florida. The only types of buildings left standing were log homes.

FIRES: Fire presents more serious problems since it affects everybody, and can happen anywhere. The leading cause of home fires is electrical, which usually starts in the wall. When a fire starts in the wall of a stick-framed home, it gives off toxic fumes from the insulation or other plastics commonly used. One breath of these fumes is enough to disable a person. Any fire in the wall of a Styrofoam block home will give off toxic smoke. All fires need oxygen to burn, so a tight home with no plastic or fiberglass is a safer home. Log homes don't need extra insulation because wood works better than any material on the market. Wood smoke is not toxic, and log homes are exceptionally airtight. Metal-framed homes are even more hazardous. Metal studs will become liquid and melt at 600 degrees and collapse. Whereas. a log wall will take extreme temperatures up to 1000 degrees. but will never collapse until it burns the wood completely. In a 'Lodge Log' home it takes two hours to burn 1/4" deep at 1380 degrees. A solid log wall that does not have holes or cracks will not let in enough air to burn very fast. After charring about 1/8" the burnt material tends to suffocate the air to the unburned wood.

ENVIRONMENT: This is a huge subject! Many things can cause an unhealthy environment. Inside the home there are molds, mildew, toxic fumes, high humidity, pollens and dust. We talked about glues, plastics, and formaldehydes, which can cause physical harm. Molds caused by high humidity trapped within too tight walls, or pollutants that
come into a home with too much air infiltration. On the other hand, log homes that have a solid exterior log wall will conduct humidity OUT of the home. Thus reducing molds and mildew. Many log homes have a very low air infiltration rate, reducing pollen and dust pollutants coming into the home. To meet energy codes, homes built today are much tighter, resulting in less air infiltration.