Getting the Dirt on Your Soils
If you’re planning to build your log home in a rural setting, you’re probably familiar with the perk (or percolation) test required for your septic system. The perk test can determine how slowly or quickly liquids percolate down through the soil in the area where your septic field will be located. The type of soil—sandy,… Read more »
Bring Your Ideas to Katahdin’s Buyers Seminar and Log Home Shows
If you’ve got questions about your dream log home, we’ve got answers—including the newest energy saving requirements for homes in your state. Our experts can help you with all the aspects you’ve been wondering about, both big and small, as well as how we can work within your budget and price to meet energy requirements… Read more »
Katahdin Cedar Log Home
This home, recently featured in magazine, will be toured as part of the Gaithersburg Seminar October 31, 2009.
BTU Bricks Offer a Fuel Alternative
If you’ve stacked you last cord of hardwood in advance of winter, you might want to take a look at an alternative fuel. One type of product now available is made of compressed sawdust and wood shavings that can be burned in a standard fireplace, wood stove or wood-fired furnace. The blocks are about the… Read more »
Green Tip: New Options for LED Outdoor Lighting
If you’re looking for new ways to illuminate your log home and highlight landscaping, walkways or pool areas, one lighting manufacturer has a solution. Kichler Lighting has developed an LED lighting collection that produces a warm, precisely distributed circle of light for an inviting effect in landscaping and security. LED lighting has several advantages when… Read more »
Katahdin Well Prepared for New National Energy Efficiency Codes
Log Home Manufacturer Meets 2009 IECC Codes for All Climate Zones Oakfield, Maine (August 31, 2009)—Decades of commitment to new energy- and money-saving solutions has paid off for Katahdin Cedar Log Homes with the sweeping changes to national and state building code requirements through the 2009 IECC residential codes. Today, Katahdin’s log home packages meet… Read more »
Meet Katahdin Cedar Log Home Experts this Fall
One sign that fall is on the way is that we’ve finalized our schedule of log home show and Home Buyer Seminars. We’ve posted our anticipated schedule of events where Katahdin will be exhibiting this fall on the events page. Date Event Location Sept 11-13 North Carolina Log And Timber Frame Show Raleigh, NC Oct… Read more »
New Website Offers Rustic Furniture and Accessories
If you love the “rustic” style of decorating because it works so well in your log home, you probably have spent some extra time to shop for just the right look. Many of the craftsmen who make the camp and lodge style of furniture and accessories are small family owned operations and scattered all over… Read more »
Pebble Tiles Bring Nature Inside
Log home owners enjoy bringing elements of the outdoors into their homes: natural stonework, hardwood floors and beautiful windows that open out onto nature. We were delighted to spot these natural pebble tiles that provide a smooth, yet textured finish to many areas where you would normally apply ceramic tile. They can add a special… Read more »
Woodland Management is Important but Often Overlooked
When planning for the construction of your new log home, many details seem to arise all at once. Some details, if unattended, can have consequences that will affect the value and enjoyment of your property. One important aspect of owning a rural property is woodland management. Even if your parcel is small, the trees and… Read more »
Green Tip: Graywater Systems
You may not realize it, but the bathrooms in your home consume about 75% of the water passing through your house. Now you can easily recapture and reuse the water from bathroom sinks to flush toilets. The AQUS® reservoir is an easy-to-install unit that filters “gray” sink water from the drain and feeds it to… Read more »
Our Green Today, Saves Your Green Tomorrow
Welcome! Thank you for your interest in Katahdin Cedar Log Homes. Katahdin has been crafting our cedar log homes since 1973 and is family owned and operated in Oakfield, Maine. Our log homes are constructed from the finest Northern White Cedar logs from nearby forests in northern Maine. Why Northern White Cedar? We work exclusively… Read more »