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e-log - Log Siding Projects Around the Country

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This is a 10-minute video of the e-log log siding being installed on an existing cabin in Northern Michigan.  The video is very informative as it provides a good example of what is required to install the log siding.  Regardless if the application is on new construction or a remodel, many of the e-log log siding installation techniques are the same.  As you watch the video, take note of any questions you may have and be sure to ask us when you you contact us.  We will be happy to provide further insights...

     

 

 

Talk about great Monday, let me explain...


Sundays 8/7c on ABC

It was a normal late August Monday morning when Don Neill (Director of Sales) walks in my office and says, "Guess who I was just talking to", of course I said "I have no idea" and he said "One of the producers from the ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and they want to use e-log on an upcoming "Hearts and Hands for Heroes" project in Toledo". My immediate reaction was, "yeh sure whatever, who was it really?". Well he said it again and I had no choice but believe him, and that's where the story begins...


 

 


Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - Log Home - North Carolina...


Sundays 8/7c on ABC

Well it happened again...

Once again the call from the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition producers came and e-log was there to answer with a resounding YES, what can we do to help! As always, energy-efficency and ease of maintenance is a goal of all the Extreme Makeover homes so that the home owner can manage for years to come. That is one of the reasons, e-log was chosen for this log home project.

     
 

Bass Pro Shops - "Santa's Wonderland" uses e-logs for log cabin...

The Bass Pro Shops have an amazing Christmas display in all their stores across the country. "Santa's Wonderland" offers a variety of childrens games and activities as well as an opportunity to have their pictures taken on Santa's lap. The best thing about this (as far as e-log is concerned) is that Santa is sitting on the porch of an e-log log cabin. Isn't it amazing that the e-log log siding system can even be found on the North Pole...

   
 

Georgia Home Remodel

This home is located on the top of a mountain ridge in Northern Georgia.  An absolutely beautiful location.  The homeowners were truly a visionary as they were able to see the potential in an already very nice home.  What they were able to accomplish was an amazing transformation of a nice traditional home into a contemporary log home utilizing the latest in log siding technology namely the e-log.

     
 

Tennessee Resort Chooses e-log Siding

This is a great opportunity for Pine River and the e-log system. "Westgate Resorts", the nations largest privately held time share company chose the 14" e-log system using Pine River's revolutionary new saddle notch corner system to adorn their Welcome Center in Gatlinburg. The resort has a log theme through out...

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Expresso Hut Choses e-log Log Siding

What goes better together then a hot cup of coffee, or steaming expresso and warm and cozy log cabin? The only way to make it better is to have the energy efficiency, easy to install and ease of maintanence of the e-log log siding system. The business owner chose to have the e-log system help him bring in more business. The beautiful and realistic look of a large logs helps bring customers ready to buy...

   
Michigan New Home Construction  

Michigan New Home Construction

The desire to have a Northern Michigan log home runs to the very core of many folks coming from the hectic lifestyle of city living.  The owners of Vacation Property North in Bellaire, Michigan offer this opportunity to many families that choose to purchase a great get-a-way site, many times on a golf course just for the purpose of building a dream home.  This is just the case for this family.

     
 

Full Stack Log Home Addition Using e-log Log Siding

This is really a pretty amazing story.  Pictures are required to show the beauty of e-log matching up with existing full stack log home.  A home owner in the Garland Resort, one of  Northern Michigan's premier golf course communities wanted to build an addition on their existing full stack log home.  A combination of using the 12" and 14" e-log is a perfect match for the application....  

    
 

Charlevoix Ice Skating Warming Hut "Makeover"

"The City of Charlevoix couldn't be more pleased with the renovation of the 'Warming Hut'. We have received many compliments from the neighbors on improving the neighborhood. They love the log cabin look, they think we spent a fortune re-building while in reality it was a simple remodel, (with the help of the e-log team). The city management also likes the fact that it has reduced the heating bill by 50% due to the energy efficiency of the e-log siding. This is certainly a project worth repeating and we plan on using the e-log on our ski hill lodge as soon as we are authorized for the expansion project." - Ike Boss, City Recreation Director for City of Charlevoix

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Virgina Brick Home Remodel into a Log Cabin

This home project can answer the the commonly asked asked questioin; can the e-log siding system be installed on an exisitng brick home? The anwer is obvioulsy, YES! This home owner had a vision to make a standard brick home a warm and cozy log cabin. The beauty of using the 12" e-log gives the home a full stack log cabin look not a log sided look...

     
 

A Typical Home Being Remodeled using the e-log Log Siding System

Once again the e-log log siding system is the perfect solution for a home remodel.  A retired school teaching couple owned a home on a beautiful lot on a secluded road right in the middle of a relatively high population area.  They have lived there there entire careers and really loved their location.  They have always wanted a log home but didn't want to relocate and didn't have the energy to rebuild, especially with real logs and the cost and associated maintenance. 

    
e-log Lobby Remodeling Project  

e-log Lobby Remodeling Project

Pine River is proud to present our new lobby remodel.  We were looking for an opportunity to showcase the e-log siding options, including some of our hardwood selections and pre-stained tongue & groove white cedar paneling we offer when we realized the place was right in our own facility.  It didn't take long to do and we are really pleased with the outcome.  As you ca...

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Arizona Log Home with exterior log siding  

Arizona Log Home

This Arizona mountain home is ideal for the “e-log”, settled perfectly in the mountain side with a beautiful deck surrounding the entire home and large over hanging eves.  The owner and designer / builder did a great job remodeling this home using the “e-log” system.  At approximately 4500 feet above sea level, the home will experience moderate temperature swings of ...

   
 

Northern Michigan Log Siding Remodel

The owner of this Northern Michigan home wanted an authentic log siding look.   He wanted it to appear that his home was a full stack log home, not simply a home with log siding on it.

After the long and cold winter this year in Michigan, we were very pleased with the energy savings reported by the homeowner. Even though he didn't have the finished stain completed the e-log went to work saving energy. The homeowner reported "From November until April I burned 1 1/2 tanks of propane compared to the 2 1/2 from the previous year". ...

     
 

Ogden Utah River Log Cabin Remodel Project

A homeowner in the Ogden, Utah area wanted to remodel an existing home on a beautiful river.  This is a home where location is one in a million.  There aren't many homes where the home owner can enjoy a peaceful fly fishing experience from his deck. Remodeling was a clear choice as the prime location of this home was a key decision factor on what to do.  The e-log log siding system was a great option for this river side home...

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Remodel Ratskeller Restaurant  

Ratskeller Restaurant

Less than an hour’s drive from Portland, Oregon, The Ratskeller is a 1930’s landmark building located in the village of Government Camp at the base of Mt. Hood.  After a day on the mountain skiing, climbing, snowboarding, or hiking, it has always been a gathering place for folks to eat, drink, and share stories of the day.  The new owners wanted a complete e-log remodeling of the interior ...

     
Resort Cabin Remodel  

Resort Cabin Remodel

Be sure to view the 10 minute video showing how the e-log siding is applied in this remodeling project. This is a single room resort cabin that needed a makeover.  The owner was looking for a quick way to improve the look and energy efficiency of this little cabin.  So the “e-log” was the obvious choice due to its easy installation and the additional insulation R- factor ...

     
Business Remodel  

Business Remodel

A local coffee shop in Charlevoix needed an e-log interior change.  They are located in an excellent location downtown and needed to update their interior decor.  The shop owner purchased the business a couple years prior and to stay ahead of their competition felt a complete remodeling of the interior was in their best interest.  They wanted an "up north cottage" feel to encourage customers to come in, buy ...

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Remodeling Outbuilding  

Remodeling Outbuilding

An often overlooked e-log opportunity is that of garage outbuildings or pole barns complimenting a full log home.  For home remodeling owners or commercial building owners that have made the significant investment in large full stack log structures, they want their outbuildings to have a large log look to match.  Before the introduction of the 12", 14" or 16" diameter ...

     
 

Northern Georgia Home Remodel Using e-log Log Siding

This an example of the work done by one of the e-log log siding builders in the Northern Georgia area.  Actually, this is the same builder that completed the work done on the Georgia home remodel on the home page of our website. 

You can see that any home is a potential candidate for an e-log remodel makeover.  Age or size doesn't make any significant difference to the e-log log siding system,...

   
Charlevoix High School  

Charlevoix High School

Charlevoix High School has established a fine and ongoing tradition of educating a comprehensive workforce by offering students a variety of career paths.  The educators realize that every student is an individual and each should have the ability to make independent continuing education choices.  In that regard they understand that to provide the community they serve a well rounded education ...

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Remodel Dry Harbour Marina  

Dry Harbour Marina

The Marina business was a perfect place to show the interior remodeling possibilities of the e-log log siding system.  Boaters are often very much in tune with the natural beauty that logs provide and when they come into the show room and walk into the offices that have the e-log log siding system installed they are amazed at how realistic the e-log looks.  Many times people assume they ...

 
e-log log siding is proudly made in America in the Northern Michigan  

Cement Block Cottage Remodel

An existing small cement block cottage was a  perfect candidate for an e-log makeover.  The owner of this cottage just happens to be the Sales Manager of the e-log system working for Pine River.  He purchased this little "get away" a year before he began working at Pine River and was looking for a way to warm it up....

 
 

Pennsylvania cabin remodel

"Since I have installed your product on my cabin in New Milford, PA. I have been flooded with people stopping by asking where I purchased the logs I installed. I purchased your logs last year and had my neighbor install them, as he is a general contractor in upstate Pennsylvania, near the New York border where my cabin is located. I actually found your company by accident, as I was surfing the web looking for information on the web concerning log siding. I must have looked at dozens of companies, and decided on yours because it was exactly what I was looking for. All the other companies' logs looked like log siding; I wanted something that looked like a log cabin when you're finished. What I mean is when you ride pass my place, everyone believes it is really a log cabin, not siding that I had installed...

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