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Your
Log Home | Take
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A close look at the big picture
Each home is complete and perfect in every way. Here you will find
that a great deal of attention has gone into handcrafting your world.
Open spaces inside the home lead and flow into each other creating
a perfect environ for the whole family to relax and enjoy each other's
company. If there's a certain personal touch that you would like
to add, go ahead, we welcome your participation in designing your
perfect second home.
The fully fitted kitchens are a delight and make for an entertaining
family experience. Each lodge also contains a utility room. The
bathrooms are fitted and you will be thrilled with the log burner
in the lounge that makes for cozy nights in. A spacious covered
veranda is another plus and gives you ample room for spring and
summer barbeques and for rest and relaxation. The doors and windows
are all double glazed with integral security locks, whilst the attractive
timber lends itself to low maintenance and no need for decorating.
Roof structure is purlin construction
notched into internal/external walls. Internal ceilings are
planed T&G
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Salient
Features
 Fully fitted kitchen - cooker,
hob, extractor, washer- dryer, dishwasher
Fitted bathrooms, including floor
tiles, bath-shower tiles & under-floor tile heating system
Log burner in lounge
Spacious covered veranda Internal
sides of all internal walls are dry lined on
self-adjusting fixings to accommodate
settlement; partition walls and ceilings are natural pine*
U-Values 0.32 W/m2k for 135mm
x 92mm PSE log with 50mm of thermal insulation
Timber used is red pine/spruce
cut from the heart of the log kiln dried to 14-18% humidity
Rafters/purlins treated to the
same specification as wall logs, Proctor Roof-shield breathing
system 100 mm of PC10 insulation board. This is standard when
roofing with Decra Tiling system.
Conforms to fire resistant F30
Floors are on 45x45mm floor joists.
Floor cavities are fully insulated with PE foil the floor covering
is with 28mm Pine floorboards as standard
Doors and windows are German design
of glued pine. Windows have sealed panes with a U-Value = 1.6
W/m2k. All windows are supplied with all furniture
All heating, plumbing and electrical
work will be undertaken to the highest standards by CORGI and
NICEIC engineers
All materials used are of the highest specifications and conform to building regulations
Full gas-fired central heating system as standard **
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Energy Tests
During the three-week spring heating
period, the log building used 46% less heating energy than
the insulated wood frame building. During the eleven-week
summer cooling period, the log building used 24% less cooling
energy than the insulated wood frame building.
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* Internal sides of external walls can
be matched - pine or dry-lined.
** For an additional cost, the entire lodge can have state-of-the-art
poly plum under floor heating.
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