There are many log home manufacturers in Canada, and this site is intended to document some of the issues a home buyer would want to discuss prior to making a purchase. This site will start with observations drawn from the following list of 14 log house manufacturers:

1) Log Homes Canada (www.loghomescanada.com) is a division of Chilliwack Mountain Log Homes Inc. They are located in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

2) Discovery Dream Homes (www.discoverydreamhomes.com) is located in Peterborough, Ontario.

3) Pioneer Log Homes of BC (www.pioneerloghomesofbc.com) is located in Williams Lake, British Columbia.

4) Maisons CanadaLog & Hybrid Timber Homes (www.canadaloghomes.ca) is located in Gatineau, Quebec.

5) Norse Log Homes (www.norseloghomes.com) is located in Lantzville, British Columbia (three miles north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island).

6) John DeVries Log & Timber Homes (www.jdvloghomes.com) is located in Tweed, Ontario.

7) High Mountain Log Homes (www.highmountainloghomes.com) is located in Clinton, British Columbia.

8) Original Log Homes (www.originallog.com) is located in Williams Lake, British Columbia.

9) Sitka Homes (www.sitkaloghomes.com) is located in 100 Mile House, British Columbia.

10) True North Log Homes (www.truenorthloghomes.com) is located in Bracebridge, Ontario.

11) Coyote Log Homes (www.coyoteloghomes.ca) is located in Barry's Bay, Ontario.

12) Brian Moore Log Homes (www.brianmooreloghomes.com) is located in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

13) Confederation Log Homes (www.confederationloghomes.com) is located in Bobcaygeon, Ontario.

14) Pacific Log Homes (www.pacificloghomes.com) is located in Lone Butte, British Columbia.

Two of the issues of interest to this site are settling and rot intrinsic to log home design. "Settling" in the sense that manufacturing processes, along with how "green" the logs are, can amplify the natural shifting over time, especially in the extreme environments found in Canada. The concern over rot can come from many sources, but one that tends to be controversial is the role that capillary action exert have when broad wood-on-wood surfaces are exposed to unwanted moisture