In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 18 Jan 2020 18:08:07 -0500,
wrote:




For the walls below the windows, he used logs, not lengthwise like in
most log cabins and houses but so the ends showed inside and out. That
was his big mistake. The logs had dried for weeks, months, or a year or
two, not sure, but they continued to dry after they were in place, and
shrink, so there were holes almost an inch big that the air would blow
through. He chinked it with cement, that didn't look sot good.


Cordwood construction is a thing -

How about that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwood_construction

And it's old too.

.. I'd question using it - for load-bearing-structure -
under big expensive windows in a big expensive home.

At the bottom of the post I pointed out the windows had not sagged.
Must have had some 2x4's holding them up.

But the url you gave says they expand and shrink even if aged. I wonder
how that works.

John T.