Why a log house from MMGR
Every log house we build is an original, made for a particular family and a particular plot. What sets it apart is the timber we choose piece by piece, carpenters qualified to the highest level, and the care we put into the build from design to occupancy approval.
Six reasons to build with us
You’re building a log house for yourself, but also for your children and grandchildren. So we take care over every step that decides how long it will last.
An original, not a catalogue house
We don’t offer catalogue houses. You’ll plan the layout with our architects to suit your ideas, and with a feng shui specialist too if you wish. We won’t show your design to anyone else.
Timber chosen piece by piece
We use only healthy, straight, sturdy trunks with as few knots as possible. Any piece with surface or cosmetic defects is rejected in production, so the walls look beautiful inside and out.
Winter felling
We build from what’s known as moon wood, felled in winter while the trees are dormant. It holds its shape better and is far more resistant to insects and rot.
Carpenters qualified to the highest level
Our building crew includes carpenters qualified to the highest level. The people who assemble the log house on your plot are the same ones who test-assembled it in our workshop.
Natural wood protection
We treat the timber with natural oils and waxes that protect it from the weather, let it breathe and keep its visible grain and unique character.
From design to occupancy approval
We’ll help with financing and take care of the permits and the occupancy approval. Most companies leave occupancy approval to the client; we handle it for you.
Quality starts with the choice of tree
The ideal tree for a log house is tall and straight. All the trunks for one building need to be almost the same diameter, as straight as possible, healthy and free of natural defects. Only someone with many years’ experience can spot a tree like that, so we leave the choice to our most experienced carpenters.
- We fell in winter, between November and mid-March, choosing trees roughly 110 years old or more.
- We fell moon wood on a waning moon, when the trees hold the least sap.
- We leave the felled trunks lying for several weeks with their crowns pointing downhill so the water drains out.
- One log house can take hundreds of cubic metres of timber, and every single trunk goes through our inspection.
A house we build twice
First we put the whole log house together as a trial assembly in our workshop. Only once every beam, post and girder fits perfectly do we number the parts, record their positions in tables and take the building apart again. That way, assembly on your plot is quick, with no rework.
- We send photos of the key joints and details to both the site manager and you for approval.
- Once you’ve signed the contract, you can watch your house being made at any time on our camera system, and on the building site too if you’d like.
- Before we take it apart, we’ll invite you to come and see it, and hand you a scale model of your log house as a symbolic gesture.
- The crew leader puts his signature to the quality of the materials and the workmanship.
Why live in a log house
Living in a log house is nothing like living in an ordinary building. The house smells of resin, and every day the timber shapes the environment you live in.
A healthy environment
Timber regulates humidity and creates a pleasant microclimate, which people with sensitive airways especially appreciate.
Low energy costs
Timber is both the load-bearing structure and the insulation, and heating savings can be as much as 50%.
Built to last for generations
With the right structural design and proper maintenance, a log house will last hundreds of years with very few repairs.
Kind to nature
Timber is the greenest building material there is, and we lay natural sheep’s wool insulation between the logs.
Award-winning log house in Těptín
Our two-generation log house in Těptín, surrounded by nature yet within easy reach of Prague, won an award from the Austrian company Isolena in the family house category.
Have a look at its photos and specifications, or arrange to see it in person.
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