Modular Log Cabin Horror Story

Here's a great reason to build your own log home, as opposed to a modular log cabin; you can use natural, preservative-free logs, if you build it correctly that is. I found an article on-line that tells of a story in Massachusetts, where a supplier of modular log cabins went out of business in 1993, leaving a property that was contaminated with pentachlorophenol and has been taken over by the Center for Disease Control. The cleanup is expected to cost the town millions.

What they don't mention in the article is what happens to all of the people who bought modular log cabins treated with those chemicals from the manufacturer. Manufacturers of modular log cabins still treat their logs with chemicals today, although they usually only use ‘approved’ treatments, but how long until today's treatments are found to be toxic to humans?

As the article points out, the modular log cabin manufacturer went out of business and left behind no assets or funding to clean up the site. That means there is probably no one for the buyers of their modular log cabins to sue if they get sick from the chemicals in their logs.

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