Do cedar log homes catch on fire easily?
While cedar is a wood product imagine trying to start a fire with no kindling and only large logs. It is very difficult! The same is true with a log home. Also, there are no “chimneys” in the exterior walls between the 2×6’s, as there would be in a framed house. Therefore, the fire does not have an avenue to spread. Most log home fires are relegated to a single area, like a kitchen grease fire that burns some of the logs. The good news is, by using post and beam construction, if the logs are burned, they are replaced more easily than in other log homes because the logs themselves are not load bearing.
