Rob entered the log home industry just as the Log Homes Council was being formed.  The Council has supported and fulfilled many of the efforts over the years.  Rob has contributed to many of the documents posted on their website.

Log & Timber Homes Council White Papers and Tech Notes

This page contains articles pertaining to the following aspects of log building.

  • Care & Maintenance of Log Homes
  • Fire Resistance of Log Walls
  • Moisture Content and Settling
  • Structural Considerations
  • Thermal Performance
  • Visual Stress Grading of Logs

Avoiding Termites

[pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AFT_Construction.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Seasonal Home Maintenance

Log Homes Illustrated, 9/2007 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0907-LOGOLOGY-RP.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Fire Resistance of Log Walls

Wood Design Focus, Fall 2008 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WDF-Fall-2008-Fire-Resistance-of-Log-Walls.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Understanding and Dealing with Settlement

Log Homes Illustrated, April 2007 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0407-LOGOLOGY-AC.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-View

Drying Time

Log Homes Illustrated, March 2007 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/0307-LOGOLOGY-EJB.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page  

All You Need to Know About the Water in Wood

Log Homes Illustrated, Nov. 2006 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1106-LOGOLOGY-EJB.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Log Fastening Solutions – Part 2

Log Home Design Ideas [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Log-Fastening-Solutions-II.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Log Fastening Solutions – Part 1

Log Home Design Ideas [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Log-Fastening-Solutions.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Hold Everything — Fasteners in Log Construction

Log Homes Illustrated, May 2008 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0508-LOGOLOGY-AC.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Fasteners Turn Logs into Walls

Log Homes Illustrated, April 2008 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0408-LOGOLOGY-AC.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

The Value of Structural Design

Log Homes Illustrated, May 2007 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0507-LOGOLOGY-AC.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

How to Choose a Roof System

Log Homes Illustrated, Sept. 2006 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0906-LOGOLOGY-RP.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

‘Green’ Log Mansion in Black Mountain

Read the citizen-times.com story here  

Energy Upgrades for Existing Log Homes

See this article and more posted at http://loghomes.org/energy-upgrades-for-existing-log-homes/. [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Upgrades.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Yukon to Exempt Log Homes from Energy Efficiency Rules

Yukon News, by Jacqueline Ronson, January 16, 2015 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Yukon-Energy-Code-for-Log-Walls.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Implications of Current and Future Canadian and US Energy Codes on Log Home Construction

FPInnovations Technology Profile, January 2013 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/TP2013-Log-homes.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

DOE Warms Up to Thermal Mass in Log Walls

[pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DOE_Warms_Up_to_Thermal_Mass_in_Log_Walls.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Log Homes Are Naturally Energy Efficient

Log Homes Illustrated, July 2007 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0707-LOGOLOGY-RP.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Officials Calling from Minimum Width of Logs

Building Systems Magazine, July 2004 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Officials-Calling-for-Minimum-Width-Logs-BSM.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Log & Timber Homes Council Log Grading Program

The Log Homes Council retained Steven Winter Associates in the late 1970’s to establish a standard for the visual stress grading of non-rectangular timbers used in log construction. The result was ASTM D3957. With that the standard and accreditation by the National...

Heart of the Matter

[pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/0708-LOGOLOGY-RP.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page

Making the Grade

Log Homes Illustrated, October 2006 [pdf-embedder url="http://robpickett.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1006-LOGOLOGY-Making-the-Grade-EJB.pdf"]   Open PDF Full-Page