Trout Creek International Homes (TCIH) produces a full round, consistent diameter, “Swedish Cope” log profile with or without a hand-peeled textured finish. Logs are profiled in a consistent diameter from 8” through to 15” with full-length logs up to 60’ long. Wall sections are designed to maximize the use of full-length logs rather than shorter, butt-jointed logs with their potential weaknesses and complications.
The Swedish cope curved, lateral groove is machined along the base of each wall log. This approach is an excellent full, weight-bearing system that has been proven within the log building industry to be a superior system for fitting logs together. The fit between each log, one on top of the other, is a precise, immediate, tight fit with no lag time required — waiting for the logs to settle down upon one another.
The corners that TCIH produces are a precision cut Saddle Notch. This particular corner design provides a very traditional look to the log home even though the notches are produced with modern manufacturing equipment that results in a precise, consistent fit with no hand variability. The machined notch perfectly overlaps with the consistent diameter log below giving the customer an extremely sound, stable, attractive, energy-efficient log wall system.
Most customers choose a hand-peeled textured look — rather than a machine-finish — to be applied to their finished logs. They therefore achieve a hand-hewn, rustic finish to their log home — while still benefitting from the preciseness and fit advantages of the manufacturing process.
Please refer to the Building System tab for a more detailed explanation of the above features — along with a description of the many other advantages of TCIH’s log building approach.