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ake our Temperance Landing log home trivia quiz and see how much you know about log home building.
  1. The type of log used to build Temperance Landing homes is:
    1. 8” Douglas Fir
    2. 10” Lincoln Logs
    3. 12” Ponderosa Pine
    4. 9” Blue Spruce

  1. How many total logs are used to build one Temperance Landing log home?
    1. 110
    2. 263
    3. 318
    4. 600

  2. True or False: Temperance Landing log homes are made with timber that is dead, dry and cut while standing?

  3. The logs used to make Temperance Landing log homes come primarily from what state?
    1. Illinois
    2. Idaho
    3. Minnesota
    4. Wyoming

  4. The Temperance Landing log homes are built using what log profile and corner style?
    1. Swedish cope design with saddle notched corners
    2. Double round with saddle notch corners
    3. Swedish cope half log design
    4. Rectangular with dove tail

  5. True or False: The structural strength of a log home is unequaled in conventional housing?

  6. What is chinking in log home construction?
    1. The process used to bolt one log to the other
    2. A synthetic material used like caulk to seal out moisture and air between logs
    3. A joinery method used on paneling and other wood structures
    4. The areas extending from the normal wall to the roof ridge of the home .
Answers
  1. C – 12” Ponderosa Pine
  2. B – 263 logs
  3. True. Air dried logs have a much lower chance of unexpected cracking and deformities. These logs have less settling problems than a kiln dried or green (not dry) log home. Now this is recycling!
  4. B – Idaho
  5. A – Swedish cope, saddle notch corners
  6. True. The Temperance Landing log homes with notched overlapping corners has each log locking to the next and each log screwed to the adjoining logs so the walls become one solid unit.
  7. B – synthetic material used like caulk
 

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