The very old Norwegian "lafte" technique that was utilized to make houses and logs centuries ago have survived as a craftmanship and is still utilized by a few craftsmen in Norway. This very old craftsmanship is very unique and goes hand in hand with a very eco friendly philosophy. You might have seen log houses outside of Norway that will look similar to the ones presented on this website, but most likely they have quite other features and functionalities.

The Norwegian craftsmen you can buy houses from at this site have aspects in their craftmanship that are unique in a number of ways:
1- The techniques involved in their treatment of the wood aren`t industrial, but based upon an old technique where all the knots are handcarved - the logs are made to last for centuries and through rough and changing weather
2- The wood material are from a very special pine only. Scandinavia has a long and very impressive forestry politic worked out between the owners of the forests as a group. The forest is very good taken care of and it is growing in size, even in regions trees grow slow. It is from slowgrowing regions the pine is choosen by our craftsmen. This pine has an extremely strong core and is one reason for the long life of the log houses
3- The isolation material is wool, no synthetic materials at all. The combination of building technique, wood material and isolation material makes these houses suitable for both warm and cold temperatures
4- The process of production is timeconsuming but necessary. A crew of 3-5 craftsmen are working together on each house all the way until it is finished inside the factory. Customers are invited to the fabric to see the becomming of their future house and to make adjustments they couldn`t think of in the design and drawing face. For a foreigner this might not seem attractive, but it is still possible. You can even supervise the construction on the web live. When they are finished, the logs are put inside containers and then rebuilt in their new surrondings by the same crew that carved it
5- The carvings that can be made on the house and on additional products also have special features... norse mythology...

Ecologigal and Healthy Housing

A house made this way is breathing. The wood doesn`t need to be treated, and the wool doesn`t release any unhealthy gases. We haven`t fully researched the possibilities of the climate inside these houses but several customer feedback reports has pointed out the possibility that it reduces astma trigging factors. The whole massive that the house is made of is breathing, it consume the CO2 the inhabitant produce and produces the Oxygen the inhabitant consume, it produces a stable inner climate
In the relatively cold climate you find in Norway, these houses cut the electricty cost down 5-10% And as opposed to several other ecohouse projects, these Norwegian houses do not have a moisture problem





    "Let the clean air blow the cobwebs
    from your body. Air is medicine."
    Lillian Russell (1862-1922),
    quoted in Reader's Digest, March 1922



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