05-25-2007, 10:45 AM
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Re: Log Homes...
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Originally Posted by H3 Alaska
Built a 20x20 cabin with a 1/2 loft. On the road system but in the middle of friggen nowhere.
All Spruce (see Rox's comment of using native trees) 8" "D" logs.
Peeled them, and stacked 4 logs high the first summer.
Went ~8.5' high the second summer
Finished roof & upstairs 3rd year
Chinked the 4th year.
The thing is as tight as can be after all that drying and settling.
Would NEVER do it again.........it's either stick frame or get a construction loan and PAY someone to do it while I fish, tend the fire pit, and make sure my beer is iiiiiicccceeeee cold.  |
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