Log Cabin

[woodelf]

What would the roof of a log cabin be made of?...I've never seen one or if I have, it was so long ago I can't remember. Ta Muchly.

[mikey4444]

er.....wood perhaps ?

I stayed in a real log cabin, in Bryce Canyon National Park, in Utah ::

http://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/lodging.htm

One of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. The cabin was really dinky, with a swing on the porch, and the roof was made of logs, plastered on the inside and painted. Wish I could go back one day !

[mushroom25]

Integer (1/cabin) = log cabin + c

:-)

[-Talbot-]

Wooden shingles.

[wolf63]

woodelf (does your reader translate smilies like :-) ? )

Are you planning on painting one, building one or just being curious?

I hope that you are well.

Wolf

[woodelf]

Hi Wolf and All. Yeah, I guessed the roof would be of logs, but just logs?...not topped by tiles or summat similar?
I'm thinking of doing a painting of a log cabin beside a lake at the edge of a wood or forest.
My screen reader reads a smile as :-) and just says it as colon dash right paren.

[Clanad]

Simple log cabins, here in the western U.S. usually had split Western Cedar shingles as the final covering on the roof. These would have been built during a time when no insulation was though of since they were often in mountains that would have been inaccessible during winter anyway. The roof construction was sturdy enough, being made of logs that tied the oppoaite walls together called joists and then the "peak" roof, also made of smaller logs that supported a structure of boards sufficient to support the aforesaid shingles. The "pitch" of the roof was often pretty steep, being about 8/12 or even 12/12 so as to shed snow more easily.

The shingles were adequate and being cedar were fairly weather resistant. Problem inherent in cedar shigles is they are not fire resistant and one needed to consider the placement of the cabin... whether it was netled in the woods or in a more open place.

We have nearby cabins here that are in excess of 100 years old. Most required replacement of the bottom row of logs since they rotted out from the groud moisture over the years...

[Baldric]

Have a look here, when you're logged on!

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=log+cabins&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7PRFA_enGB424&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=pXBkVZqGF4eT7Aa4vYLACg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1231&bih=503