Discovered new log home company

Grizzly log homes

Mike HOmpertz, during his morning coffee, often surfs Craigs List  looking for whats new, during his travels he cam across Grizzly log homes  ad HOME OF THE  $10,000 log home kit!. What he found was exciting, this seems to be a new budding company out of Tennessee who has the primary purpose of selling affordable log home kits with out the frills. It is ideal for homeowners who have the adventure and skill, to do some of the building themselves.  Never hearing of them before , he called 1-888-261-9884 and spoke with Eric where he learned that the owner was rigorously searching for failing mills/log home companies to acquire with the intent to keep them up and running. Grizzy log homes has  a rather altruistic  approach to this companies philosophy...In there welcome statement it reads

 

"Our company was created to bring jobs back to our rural community"

 

Appalachian mountains

In about us it states
"Our company is your best source for professional, value driven low cost service. 

We cut the logs,  We mill the logs.  We sell the logs.  

You save the money!

There is no reason your dream home should be out of reach.  

2 reasons we exist (besides God's grace); 

1. Affordable housing.

2. Help the Appalachian economy.

We can set a home on your property for what others just sell the logs.

Pick on of our plans, or design your own.  We want to be part of building your dream1-888-261-9884

and futher on we read:

  " These homes should be around for your grandchildren.  Our society is changing & with the current economic climate, this allows you to have more home for less money, &..." this statement Mike found particularly to his liking and beliefs " control debt instead of debt controlling you!"

 

apparently Grizzly log homes specializes in Tulip polar

Tulip Poplar 

We specialize in Tulip Poplar logs which are perfect for log homes.  These are not a poplar log but tulip poplar log.  Tulip poplars are weather resistant, & termite resistant.  The Indians used these trees for canoes.  Pioneers preferred these logs to other logs for homes.  In fact they were exported to Europe because they were recognized as a superior log. 

The tulip tree is the state tree  of Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

It is native to eastern North America from Southern   Ontario and Illinois eastward across southern New England and south to central Florida and Louisiana. It can grow to more than 50 m (165 feet) in virgin cove forests of the Appalachian Mountains, often with no limbs until it reaches 25–30 m (80–100 feet) in height, making it a very valuable timber tree. It is fast-growing, without the common problems of weak wood strength and short lifespan often seen in fast-growing species.(thank you Wikipedia-liriodendron)

I learned that it is not an actual poplar, the Tulip Poplar but a member of the magnolia family. The  name is derived from the greenish-yellow tulip-like flowers that bloom spring. (Also, the leaves look like silhouettes of a tulip ) . Seeds are eaten by  birds and small animals, but aren't great favorites of any, except  cardinals. Once the seeds are blown away or devoured, the cones remain throughout the winter.

Tulip Poplar wood was  used by American pioneers and they last ! This log home  is from the 1830s and still standing! This is

Dog Trot House - A double pen log house separated by an open passage way covered by a single roof.

Finding this log home company has given Mike a new perspective on the value of poplar as a viable wood for log home building.