Many, many historic log homes and barns were built with green logs. Had to. Needed shelter. Many still stand and are in use today hundreds of years later. So, I’m not worried about it. I like variation and the hand made look so I’m not going for perfectly straight logs or uniformity. In fact, I want to avoid that. I’m doing a hand crafted home. Spruce and lodgepole.
“Many, many historic log homes and barns were built with green logs. Had to. Needed shelter. Many still stand and are in use today hundreds of years later.”
For sure. But even with dried solid logs you can have 2 1/2” of settling, twisting, warping after 5-7 years. Doors, windows, passageways - all need to be designed to compensate for this.
Good friends not far from us bought a beautiful log home of solid logs about 10 years before we built. They had tons of maintenance issues as noted above even tho logs were from a top name in the log home kit business. When they built a Master BR suite addition half the sq.ft. of the original house, the chose 2x6 framing with log siding - never wanted logs again.
I made a choice for the most maintenance-free log home possible and after 23 years, am so glad I did.