Which one will win?
A better question is: why aren't they building log homes in tornado areas?
Why did a log home out last all other homes in Florida's 180 mph winds?
Why were 4 log homes from a certain log home company still standing un-hurt in California's earth quake of 1987?
What type of home will still be standing after a case of dynamite is exploded next to it?
What type of home saved a fire fighting crew in California?
What type of home fell into the Missouri River and was hauled out intact?
I could go on and on but I believe you get the point.
A properly constructed log home will be virtually tornado proof.
How can I say that?
If you were to figure the up lift force on 5/8" x 24" J bolts that are set into the foundation on 2' centers and those bolts go from the foundation up through the log or beam rafters, the tornado would have to have winds stronger than 240 mph. It still would be questionable as to the tornado even moving the log home because it would have to exert a tremendous amount of force greater than the weight of the foundation and the log home completely all at once because it could not tear it into pieces like it can standard constructed homes. It would have to move the whole building all at once.
The only thing I have ever seen affected on log homes built this way is roofing and the windows. And the only one that I ave ever seen moved was when the whole side of a high bank slid into a river and the log home went with it. That was the one by the Missouri river. They simply used large cranes to lift it up and set it back on the property. This time farther back from the bank.
Not all log homes can do these things above. It takes a certain type of log home. One that has a bolting system that extends from a large J bolt in the foundation all the way up through the log wall as well as through the rafter. It must have stockade corners and a Swedish cope profile and have 4 bolts at each corner as well as 2' along each log wall.
Surprisingly enough, using smaller logs from a certain log home company meeting these qualifications, a person can build a log home around the same price as a stick framed home and have a life time warranty and be virtually tornado proof.
Again I will eat my hat if you can find any log home built the way I described losing to a tornado.
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Have a great time reading,
Log Man Dan
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