If you have ever spent time in Montana in December or January then you probably experienced a taste of one of our winters. As the snow blows by my windows and the little red man climbs down his ladder, our thermometer soon read -20 F. These conditions really show if a home is cold or a warm Montana log home.

Snowy winters also give snowy Montana log homes a chance to show how warm they can be. Recently some owners of a handcrafted log home, one we finished last year, gave us a call. They were concerned that the gauge on their propane tank was broken. The propane supplier had visited the house in April and then again in November and the tank read 80% full both times. The owners live out of state and wanted us to go and check on everything for them. We turned the thermostat up from 60 to 65 and came back a week later.

A week later the tank gauge read 77 percent. Just slightly lower than the week before, we were assured that the gauge was in fact working and the house was just really holding the heat.

Montana Log Home Builders

As Montana log home builders we have built gorgeous log homes in the summers as well as the middle of the winter. We have found that thick logs are a help in making the house warmer. Very energy efficient windows also makes a big difference. Part of the construction of a full scribe log home makes it remain tight. The insulation gaskets between the rows, coupled with the full scribe channels work together to keep the drafts out and the heat in.

Log Homes In Montana

But don’t despair, often in Montana the weather has warm spells. We have had 45 degrees in January last year. This year we had the warmest October and November on record. We are a land of extremes. The dry cold is much much different than a moist cold. The winters here have stunning scenery, brisk cold, and snow.  But we also get days where the temperatures move from -20 to 30 degrees in a matter of 24 hours. Yesterday were one of those type of days.

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If you ever plan to have snowy Montana log homes as your future destination be sure that you are OK with the change of seasons and  some snowy days. And remember the great satisfaction of seeing your cabin sitting on a snowy landscape with a crystal clear blue big sky behind it that only a Montana setting can provide.

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