And manufactured homes continue to be an option for many residents. What is most important about any of these methods is that they can all work well in the Methow Valley given attention to special requirements of weather, soil and other natural characteristics of the area. In the end, it's mostly a matter of taste. For some people, moving to the country is synonymous with building a log home. Today's log homes are far from small, cold, dark wooden boxes of many years ago.
Log construction is now a nice mix of old log and new technology.
The natural wood of log construction is attractive, but also extremely practical. In log construction, all open cells in the thermal mass are in the logs themselves, making the home cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Imagination is one of the few substantive limitations on log home design. No matter how it is designed, it is critical to plan ahead when building a log structure. It is vital for the contractor to know where plumbing and electrical fixtures are to be located prior to actual construction, since a large portion of the infrastructure is placed within the log walls.