Is just what is says. Log home manufacturers assemble log home kits with logs of random length and you the consumer end up paying more. A log home manufacturer calculates the total length of a wall length and height and sends you all the logs for the area. They do not take into consideration that you will have to cut doors and windows out of that wall producing expensive fire wood for the consumer.
For example: you have a 20’ wall 8’ high using an 8” round wall log. This is 260 linear feet of log you pay for. Now the log home builder has your walls up and takes a chain saw and tries to cut a straight line with his chain saw for your 3’ x 6’-8” door and a 6’x 6’ window and what do you get to use this wood for. You have just spent money for nothing of value, so where is the savings you thought you received from the manufacturer.
Look for a log home manufacturer that backs out the openings in your walls to save you money. **Note see section on milled logs.
Log home manufacturers of random length packages fail to tell you that their log homes are very labor intense to build due to the amount of cutting that has to be done, the waste factor and the cost of the screws and spikes that have to be placed every 18” on every log on every course to the height of your walls.
Before you sign any contract be sure that the log home manufacturer makes it perfectly clear of “What doesn’t come in the log package price” What do you have to purchase additionally to be able to erect your log home. Too many manufacturers give you just the cost of the logs in the package and after the signing of a contract they come back and charge you for additional materials. The contract will clearly state that the package only included the logs and no other materials. So what they are doing is making their package look very attractive when compared to other log home manufacturers and you the consumer will have to pay. Log home manufacturers that work this way also have it clearly stated in the contract that there is zero refund and you have no alternative but to go forward with them or lose tens of thousands of dollars.
Do your home work and do not get burned.