A bit about Red Cypress A bit about us

A bit about us
P
aul and Charlie of MC Custom Log Homes thank you for you visiting our booth at the Log Home Show recently held in Atlanta,
Ga. We hope you had a good time at the show and found the show
informative to help you with your dream home decisions.
Our log homes are all custom designed. What does that mean? It
means our homes are not a standard “kit” that you have to settle for.
While we do offer kit designs we expect you to change it or better yet
come to us with a design of your own. After all this IS your home, a
home you have dreamed about. Since this log home will be the last
home you buy you should live in the home you dreamed about, don’t
settle for someone’s kit because you don’t have to.
MC Custom Log Homes is quite unique from other log home dealers. We not only design and sell log home packages, but we “build”
them. Yes you read that right, we are builders of exceptional log homes.
Giving you the quality and most importantly the building experience
that your typical dealers lack. We don’t deliver a kit and disappear,
leaving you to find a builder that understands how to build a log home,
for they are very different to erect than a conventional home. We are
there from conception, to handing you the key to your home and every
step in between. Providing you with quality, experience, value, and
customer service above the rest.
If you have already purchased your log home through another dealer
but are in need of a builder, give us a call. We can and have built other
companies homes
A bit about Red Cypress
M
C Custom Log Homes constructs its homes from the
heart of red cypress trees. Part of
the redwood family and considered
a hard wood, it has numerous other
names given to it. Known also as
bald cypress, southern cypress, gulf
cypress, yellow cypress, swamp cypress and white cypress.
Cypress trees grow mainly along
the southern coastal and inland
areas predominantly found near
swampy regions and wetlands. The
tree produces cypressine, a saptype oil that preserves the wood
naturally resisting decay, repelling
insects and mold.
Sought for its natural ability to
withstand moisture and temperature variations, cypress has been
commonly used for years on coastal and resort homes and is used to
construct sturdy structures. Red cypress is often used to make docks,
boats and bridges. The Seminole
indian tribe used the wood to make
canoes. Pines do not possess any
natural insect or decay resisting
abilities after logging, they are usually treated with chemicals.
Wood from cypress is relatively
lightweight for its strength and ranks
It
Catch
From
January, 2012
The Davis
Heated
Sq. Ft. 2316
between about 450 and 600 on the
Janka hardness scale. By comparison, eastern white pine rates only
380, while red oak has a hardness
between 1060 and 1290, depending on species and growing region.
This moderate hardness makes cypress relatively easy to work without predisposing it to easy denting
or scratches.
Cypress grows slowly, so the rings
are much closer with very few knots,
making the wood more energy efficient, decreasing shrinkage, which
makes it more durable and stable,
the choice of log home builders and
MC Custom Log Homes.