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EagleRock Log Homes is dedicated to producing the finest log homes the industry has to offer.
Our experience combined with the high quality of the EagleRock Log Homes product allows for our clients to receive the best that exists in the log home industry.
EagleRock offers many different log home plans in various sizes and styles, from the traditional look to our more contemporary models. If you find something you like, but want a few changes, no problem. All of our plans can easily be amended to suit your style and the size of log build that you require.
EagleRock Log Homes has an excellent team of architects, engineers and artisans that work alonside the company as a team to ensure your vision goes from concept to final drawings.
Log Styles
    
8 Inch Round 8 Inch "D" 10 Inch Round 12 Inch Round 6 x 12 Inch Hand Hewn Dove Tail Corner
EagleRock Log homes have access to a, 75,000 square foot, climate-controlled facility. Thanks to this and our state of the art production equipment we believe we are at the forefront of modern log home technology and builds.
We are able to produce log home packages with greater speed and efficiency because of this precision.
For centuries, East White Pine has been the wood of choice for quality log home builders. At EagleRock Log Homes, we continue to believe that white pine is the most suitable wood for log home construction. All of our logs are cut from the heartwood, which is the strongest part of the tree. Heartwood minimizes wood checking, less prone to shrinkage and is more resistant to insects.
Energy Efficiency
The National Bureau of Standards conducted a 28 week test and found that it costs about 30% less to heat and cool at house built with logs. Many people are knowledgeable about the R-value of insulation used in a home. In a log home, the logs are the insulation itself and operated on Thermal Mass. It takes longer for temperature to move through a log wall than a framed, insulated wall. Therefore, heating and cooling units cycle less often. We often hear from our customers how pleased they are with their power bills once they live in a log home.
What does this mean for you?
•No more worries about air-infiltration.
•No concern about your logs fitting and staying tight throughout the life of your log home.
•No concerns about your logs expanding or contracting properly with fluctuations in humidity and moisture levels.
•No worries about the RIGHT way to join logs together - This is it.
EagleRock Log homes has successfully incorporated an engineering innovation into our log wall construction process. The idea of Thru Bolting itself is not new, just difficult to incorporate into an existing system. This advanced system won't work on just any log home. If a company hasn't invested in the necessary time, money, and quality control measures, major problems can occur. Just trying to get the pre-drilled holes to line up on all the logs can in fact prove very difficult.
At EagleRock Log Homes, we use the latest engineering technologies available to improve the original log homes that our country's settlers relied on. These advanced homes have set the standard for log wall construction.
Our latest improvement involves the way individual logs are linked together to form the log wall. In the past, logs were spiked or lag bolted (threaded screws) together to erect log walls. EagleRock Log Homes has developed and implemented a new technique; a spring loaded, self-tightening, maintenance free thru bolt system with our new patented anchoring system. This method replaces spikes and lag bolts with a spring-loaded continuous threaded-rod running through the entire log wall. This forms a very strong log wall, and keeps the log wall very tight as it settles over time.
Benefits of our self-tightening, maintenance-free thru bolt system:
•Faster to build and less labor intensive than old-fashioned spike and lag bolt systems. There is no need to pound several 8", 10", 12", or even longer spikes into every log. Just start stacking.
•Structural strength is significantly improved. Thru Bolts lock the log wall together. It becomes a solid unit instead of several logs nailed together. Thru Bolting helps maintain uniform settling over the entire log wall system.
•Studies backed by independent research have proven the thru bolt (or through bolt) process is vastly superior to spiking or lag bolting the logs together.
•Thru-Bolts are without a doubt THE greatest engineering advancement in the log home industry.
With our improved self-tightening, maintenance-free version with our patented anchoring system... we just set the standard even higher.
Log-Lok Spline & T-Jamb SystemLogs must not only fit tightly with each other, they must be snug with adjoining windows and doors. The tricky part is that if these joints are too rigid, then normal log settling can add stress to or even damage adjoining components.
That’s where EagleRock Log homes’ Log-Lok spline and T-jamb system saves the day. Our log butts, window jambs and doorjambs are outfitted with perpendicular strips called “splines,” which fit into grooves that are mill-cut into the butt ends of adjoining logs.
That way, log wall segments are allowed to settle naturally, leaving the splines to float freely up and down within the grooves. The result is a flexible joint that also provides an excellent seal and minimizes air infiltration.
DoubleTongue-And-Groove At EagleRock Log homes, our double tongue-and-groove, saddle notch corners virtually eliminate air infiltration at corner joints, allowing your home to maintain maximum energy efficiency.
Each log is milled with a pair of parallel ridges (tongues) that run the length of the timber and are covered with strips of foam gasket material. When two logs are stacked, the gasket-covered ridges on top of the lower log fit tightly into precision-milled grooves that are cut into the underside of the upper log.
EagleRock Log homes is unique because we are the only log-home company in the industry that incorporates this patented double tongue-and-groove feature into corner joints, which means your home is tightly sealed from top to bottom and side to side.
Saddle Notch Corners At EagleRock Log homes, our double tongue-and-groove, saddle notch corners virtually eliminate air infiltration at corner joints, allowing your home to maintain maximum energy efficiency.
Each log is milled with a pair of parallel ridges (tongues) that run the length of the timber and are covered with strips of foam gasket material. When two logs are stacked, the gasket-covered ridges on top of the lower log fit tightly into precision-milled grooves that are cut into the underside of the upper log.
EagleRock log homes timber of choice. Eastern White Pine
All trees are made of wood. But that doesn’t mean that just any tree is suitable for log-home construction. At EagleRock log homes, we believe that if your dream is to create a home of strength and beauty, it only makes sense to start with the wood that best fits the bill.
We custom-mill our log components predominantly from Eastern White Pine timber, which for centuries has been the wood of choice of quality-minded log-home builders. The Eastern White Pine is recognizable in nature for its height, ruggedness, durability, beauty and even its relative resistance to fire (compared to other tree varieties).
The timbers arrive at our milling facility in squared lengths called “cants,” each of which is cut from the heartwood—the innermost core—of the tree. Because of its tighter grain pattern, heartwood is the strongest part of the tree, and its minimal knotting enhances both structural integrity and aesthetic beauty. Heartwood also minimizes wood checking (cracks), is less prone to shrinking and is more resistant to insects.
Note: Although Eastern White Pine is the standard utilized at EagleRock Log homes, we are able to accommodate special requests for log components milled from other types of timber.
Drying all logs are seasoned, or dried to the point when the log’s moisture content is stabilized. There are two ways to do this, naturally or in a kiln. Many log home companies kiln dry their logs but EagleRock believes in a natural process. Kiln drying is fine for lumber that is not exposed to the elements. Exterior logs, however, are exposed to the changing humidity. EagleRock allows timbers to dry on their own. This helps preserve the wood’s fiber strength. Even after the logs are used in the construction of a home, they will continue to dry. The logs will settle, at they do in all log homes. As the logs dry they contract naturally and are compressed by the weight of the logs stack above them. EagleRock offers its patented, self- adjusting Thru-Bolt system. This mechanism allows the logs to contract and expand during settling which guarantees that your logs stay tight during and after settling. In addition, the Thru-Bolt adds extra strength to your log walls.
Wood Preservation as strong and durable as log timbers are, they do require some added protection to ensure a lifetime of reliable service in the face of their strongest enemies:
•WATER - Excessive water absorption leads to stains caused by mold, mildew, sap and other types of grime.
•THE SUN - Over time, its ultraviolet rays cause bleaching and wood discoloration.
•INSECTS - Termites and powder post beetles are just a couple of the pests that can cause damage to wood.
Once they go through the milling process, all logs at EagleRock Log homes are dip-treated with an EPA-approved anti-sap preservative that protects against mold and discoloration during storage, handling and construction.
After your home is completed, we then apply a nontoxic, water-repellent preservative that protects your logs and wood siding for years, not just from water but from the sun’s rays and insects as well. Best of all, the products we use will not form a film on the log, which allows the wood to breathe so that it does not trap moisture, crack or peel.
It also leaves your surfaces with a rich color and clean, beautiful appearance. Our products are available in clear, but it can also be tinted to a variety of attractive colors, including pecan, cypress, honey and iron gray. And its easy, one-coat coverage means less cost, time and trouble during application.
Depending on your home’s location and exposure to the elements, you will want to apply a protective wood stain/preservative every 3 to 5 years. Our maintenance specialist will help you decide what treatment plan will work best.
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