How are corners made air tight?
What effect will corner and sealing technology have on air tightness over time? These were a few of the many questions I had as my wife and I began the process of choosing a log supplier for our new log home. I spent a few weeks of evenings researching the subject. I quickly found three types of companies: those that supply plan catalogs, those that supply materials for homes built of log or wood siding over conventional framing, and those that supply actual logs for a log home, the latter being our area of interest. I also quickly learned that each wood species has distinct characteristics. For our home in the mountains of southern Colorado, insulation value was a major concern. From what I learned, no species was better than air dried western red cedar in that regard. This species is also more resistant to insects and decay than other popular species and is lighter than pine, fir, and cypress. There are almost as many ways to build a corner in a log home as there are log suppliers. I
