About Jim Barna Log Systems: People are the most important ingredient to any industry. Since the log home industry is relatively new, this fact becomes even stronger. Jim Barna Log Homes is named after its founder who is still active in the day-to-day operation of the company. Who is this man, Jim Barna, and what does he have to offer the industry? This question is best answered in Jim's own words, "When I founded this company in 1976, I made a personal pledge that I would devote my full time and energies to building a company that would become the leader in the manufacture of log homes and products and that I would set the standards for our industry, year after year."
When the company was established in 1976, Jim was not at all pleased with the antiquated joining methods which were prevalent in the log home industry. His first step was to design equipment that would lock the logs together to give the finished home structural integrity. This equipment cuts a tongue and groove configuration on the top and bottom of each log. This was a giant step forward and is still the basis for locking together most log structures. The Jim Barna log home building process is a complete system because it integrates the proven log building elements with modern building techniques. Modern techniques, coupled with age-old building concepts, equal a system that will last for many generations.
The next important ingredient necessary to assure a completely stable home is the wood species from which the home is constructed. Jim Barna utilizes southern yellow pine, white pine, and western red cedar as its primary wood species. The leading species is slow grown, short-leaf southern yellow pine. This timber has a high tensile strength and an average tree age of fifty years. The timber is kiln dried to aid in the reduction of a high shrinkage factor.
Please visit the Jim Barna Web site to discover the benefits of Jim Barna Log Systems Telephone: 1-800-962-4734.
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