Log and Timber Home Living

Window of Opportunity

Over the past decade, the efficiency level of windows that building codes require for residential construction has substantially increased. This is important for buyers to understand because windows produced today have to meet government-backed Energy Star-rated standards, which can reduce energy consumption and increase potential long-term cost savings. This also creates an opportunity for more window-design creativity in modern log and timber homes.

The reason many dwellings of the past didn’t have a lot of windows incorporated into the design wasn’t that the residents didn’t want

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