Pros
- Provides owner with a comforting sense of informality, simplicity and security.
- Can be built to comply with any building code.
- The wall mass provides heating and cooling benefits.
- Reduced noise transmission.
- Log homes have a record of surviving natural disasters better than framed houses:
- A log home was the only beachfront home in Carolina to remain standing after Hurricane Hugo,
- Florida log homes managed to survive the winds of Hurricane Andrew, with only minor damages,
- Log homes were among the few dwellings that escaped major damage during a California earthquake,
- Log home survived a flood in Vermont, by floating down river after its foundation had been undercut by flood waters.
