RM> In any case what you end up with are walls that are solid
RM> wood about 6 inches thick, so it's fairly heavy..  and has
RM> lots of cracks for the cold air to leak through...   B)

AA>So.. no type of vapour or insulation barrier except for the
  >logs themselves?   Don't logs usually get chinked to close the
  >gaps?

The flat to flat surface where they are nailed did a pretty good
job of sealing them fairly well, but after 80 or 90 years some
twist a bit and you can get open cracks. We do use some sort of
sealant on those, but the cracks are fairly narrow, usually
under 1/2 inch, most closer to 1/4 inch..

AA>I've only ever been inside two log homes. They had no other
  >wall insulation other than the logs themselves. I thought that
  >was kinda neat.  But they *were* rather large logs.

These buildings were originally intended for summer rental use
only so they didn't worry too much about insulation and such.
My place, I have added some framing to the outside and put in
a vapour barrier and 3 or 4 inches of fiberglass insulation, all
covered in aluminum siding many years ago.. Some of the efficiency
of that is suffering a bit since I did that in the early 80's and
it could all use some work.

Plus I added a ceiling which was closed in and insulated, and
rolls of vinyl sided fiberglass was put under the floors as
well, although a lot of critters like stealing the insulation
if they an get at it and the chicken wire helping to hold it
in place is rusting and failing in some areas under the floor.

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