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Is it Easy to Add Onto a Log Home |
Question:
Is it easy to add onto a log home?
 Is it easy to add onto a log home? We hear this question all the time, especially from people considering buying a smaller home. The answer is … Yes! You can easily add on to a log home many times. We help numerous people ach year design an addition to their existing log home - even if they didn’t purchase their original home from us. Naturally, your chief concern when planning an addition should be the intention for the added space.
Do you need an extra bedroom or two?
A home office?
A suite for parents to move into? 
Once you are clear on why you are building an addition, start planning on where you will enter the new space from your existing home. Do you want to expand upward or outward? How will this change the flow of traffic in your home?
Remember, if you decide to move outward, your basement will grow as well. Will you add a full basement or a crawl space? How will you enter this added space —another staircase, or will you add an entryway from your existing basement? As your living space grows, so do your heating and cooling requirements. Be sure to plan how you will adjust your current heating/cooling system.
When the time comes that you are ready to build your log home addition, you will get the most accurate quote if you go prepared with with the dimensions of your current home and foundation, as well as the details for your planned addition.
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