ALASKAN YELLOW CEDAR AND COASTAL RED CEDAR:

Our good  location enables us to select the finest old growth, fine-grained woods from our nearby forests.  We have pioneered the use of, extremely high quality, old growth, Alaskan Yellow Cedar in milled log home construction.  This wood only grows at high elevations, on the north coast, mountain tops, where the extreme cold produces tight fine grained wood. In addition, its dense fine grained properties  reduces shrinkage, twisting, and cracking and  stabilizes the wood. As well, this renowned wood is also well known for its high resistance to both moisture related decay and insect decay.  Ayrewood Log Homes has secured a supply of this  rare, very high quality wood, from nearby north coastal mountain tops.  Quality conscious log homebuyers also prize our dense fine grained, north coastal,  Western Red Cedar, which also  has similar inherent characteristics of high resistance and stability.. 

LODGE POLE PINE AND NORTHERN WHITE SPRUCE:

We winter log (Pine and Spruce) from northern Canada. The extreme cold climates slows the growth, resulting in dense high quality building logs. Our winter logging practices, further improves the wood quality, as well as protects the environment.  In the extreme cold winter, the trees sap and moisture retreats into the trees root system and the ground.  This results in wood that has a lower, and uniform moisture content. Winter logging, slow growth wood, therefore alleviates the problems associated with kiln drying or air drying wood that is super saturated.  The problems associated with fast drying (Kiln Drying) saturated wood, include  cracking and case hardening of the exterior, while logs are still  wet at the core.

Ayrewood Log Homes believe that the quality of the wood, in the logs,  is  the single most important issue relating to the performance of your log home logs..  There is a lot of talk in the log home industry about using dry wood, and who has the best drying techniques.. The reason  is that the companies involved are using fast growth (none dense) logs that are susceptible to high shrinkage rates and instability. Many use spring and summer logging practices which compounds this problem.  By using dense high quality woods with inherent characteristics of stability and low shrinkage, we immediately overcome the problems associated with using this type of wood.