Milled Log
Wall Systems

Log Profiles, Species & Grades

Starting with detailed construction blueprints, we then provide all building material components needed to construct our full log walls, including fasteners to meet local engineering requirements, joinery gasketing and spline material.  For complete information on what's included in a home package, see our Custom Home Packages page.

Log Species and Grades

Our raw material is typically dead-standing western white wood (pine, spruce and Douglas fir).  These logs generally come out of the mountains in the Northern Rockies through thinning or fire-devastated clean-up operations.  This type of material has been naturally air-dried on the stump from one to 5 years.

Harvesting soon after its lifecycle allows us to take the material out of the uncontrolled environment after it has had an opportunity to naturally air-dry, yet before it has undergone unbeneficial degrade.  Moisture levels are generally around a very favorable 15-22%.

Our cedar logs come out of the mountains of the northwest (Western Red Cedar) or Northern California (Incense Cedar), also through thinning operations, and are air-dried prior to being milled.

With Alpenglow’s log specifications, wall settling is minimized because of our dryer raw material and with proper construction technique’s, joinery materials we provide, and maintenance air and moisture infiltration can virtually be eliminated.

If you have any questions about our construction systems, log styles, species or grading, please call us at our toll free number or use the Comments/Questions form to email us for a prompt reply.

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