EZ Log Structures Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kits

Have you seen these log cabin kits? This DIY log cabin has shown up a few times.

This time it was on one of the Facebook garage sale sites I follow.

Isn’t that adorable?
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

1 Bed 1 Bath – House $35,089
Franklin, NC

We offer complete log home packages ranging from 1-4 bedroom models. Our kits can be delivered almost anywhere. Our affordable prices and fast turnaround times are unmatched. We can also offer these as a DIY kit and provide you and your team support along the way. This is the Louisville model, a 1 bedroom, 1 bath small home with a covered porch area. These kits are totally customizable. These are so cute for a guest suit or mother in law quarter or a weekend airBnb.

Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit

Louisville Plan
Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit
EZ Log Structures

The kit shown is a Do-It-Yourself Building Kit from EZ Log Structures.

The model is called Louisville. It is a Premium Model. It makes a small cabin with a front porch. The outside is 18.7-feet x 27.2-feet to the ends of where the logs stick out. The cabin part is 18.7-feet x 16.7-feet, plus a 6.6-foot by 16.7-foot front porch.

The floor is constructed first. It runs under the porch and the cabin.
Beams are always made from pressure-treated wood.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

They are made of kiln dried spruce and pine. The logs have a deep tongue & groove, so no seal is required. Kits for larger cabins include threaded steel rods or logs screws to keep the logs tight.

The cabin is 437 square feet. It is a smaller cabin that can be built by nearly anyone, as long as you have some construction knowledge. The kit is pre-trimmed. There is virtually no cutting and no heavy equipment is required for assembly.

The first two rows of logs are attached to the wood floor using provided anchors, screws and brackets.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

The kit includes drawings with all of the parts numbered and the size and quantity. There are drawings of each part showing where it goes.

Interlocking corners make the construction robust and easy to assemble.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

If you review the plans in advance and lay out the materials, construction should be straightforward. Just be sure to square and level as you go.

Windows and doors do not get attached to the logs. They float in the rough openings to allow for wall shrinkage.
They are held in place by the inner and outer trims sandwiching the logs. After one year they can be fastened permanently.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

The Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit includes

In-house structural engineering
Ready to mount on slab or wood sub floor
(70mm) 2 3/4″ pre-cut numbered exterior walls
(70mm) 2 3/4″ pre-cut numbered interior walls
Vaulted ceilings
Roof purlins
Tongue & groove ceiling/roof boards
Fascia trims
Premium double glazed wood windows
Entry doors with locks, deadbolts, keys
Window & door trims
Interior doors with hardware
Threaded steel storm rods at junctions

The front porch is under the roof.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

What’s NOT included

The kits do not included electrical wiring, plumbing fixtures, cabinets, exterior roof cover, insulation, or the foundation.

The front has a 56″ opening for double doors.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

Most kits meet local codes without modifications.
Should modifications may be required for high wind, heavier snow load, earthquake and hurricane regions, these are usually done at no charge depending on the complexity of the upgrade.

See how the logs fit together?
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

You can find out more and see other kits on the EZ Log Structures website.

EZ Log Structures Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kits

Roofs are made of 18x110mm tongue & groove roof boards.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

The wood comes natural, with no paint or stain.

It is important to apply a wood wood preservative to the logs as soon as possible after construction.

The roof is covered with felt, then shingles or metal.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

You can choose whether to use penetrating sealer and leave the logs the natural light color. Or use an impregnating stain or paint. We used the same stain inside and outside the cabin, since stain sometimes bleeds through where the logs meet.

Rigid board insulation can be used as roof installation.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

The roof and ceilings can be insulated by building up the exterior on top of the tongue and groove roof boards.

Exterior roof material is not included.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

The roof materials are not included. You can choose your own roofing and buy it locally.

The porch is 6.6-feet deep and 16.7-feet wide.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

This is the completed cabin. The porch is 6.6-feet deep and 16.7-feet wide.

Isn’t that adorable? The porch is 6.6-feet deep and 16.7-feet wide.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

There are plenty of windows and a double entry door. The porch is covered.

Inside the main room is 10-feet deep and 16.7-feet wide.
Louisville Do-It-Yourself Log Cabin Kit from EZ Log Structures

The room you enter is 10-feet deep and 16.7-feet wide. There are two interior doors leading to an 8-foot by 11-foot room and an 8-foot by 5-foot really small room, bathroom or walk-in closet.