Learn about walls, joists, decks, porches, wood species, tools - everything you need to build your log home. Excellent illustrations. U.S.A.
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"If it's a log house you're considering; . . . here is one of the best books on this popular subject." -- Country Journal
"...the text leads you through basic building and into the more ambitious multi-floor dwellings." -- Family Handyman
"...the text leads you through basic building and into the more ambitious multi-floor dwellings." -- Family Handyman
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You'll learn:
-- How to shape logs, make corner joints, erect walls, fit joists, add decks and porches, and much more.
-- How manufacturers' kit homes differ, illustrated by many photographs and detailed drawings.
-- How to pick the best site for a house and plan your foundation, driveway and landscaping.
-- What the manufacturer of a kit log house can do for you -- and how to be sure you get what you want.
-- The secrets of how to save the most on building your log home -- what you can do best yourself and when to get professional help.
-- Tools you'll need and ways to simplify hard jobs like raising logs and planning for chimneys.
This is the basic book for the log house builder, with those special tips that come only with much experience.
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This review is from: Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home (Garden Way Publishing Classic) (Paperback)
While no one book will make you an expert builder this book will show you that you can build your own Log Home. Roger Hard has written an easy to understand How To Guide with topics like tools needed, chain saw mills even alternative power sources. I especially liked the tree species map of the US and Canada and the insulation value chart of the different species of wood.Along with other books, videos,web sites, message boards, talking with Log Home owners and dealers this book should be apart of your strategy.
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This is the best of the cabin building books I've read yet. This book not only shares great technical detail with quality photographs but also discusses how to plan ahead to minimize the chance of mistakes. Discusses what the banks are willing and not willing to finance, land and site selection for building, type of ground to build upon among many other topics in addition to very detailed construction methods.This may be the only book you need.
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A classic how-to,
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This update of the classic 1977 book will help you choose a site, plan your cabin, find a kit or build from scratch. Easy to read text, illustrations, plans and details of a pretty 24' x 40' hillside cabin can be a do-it-yourself guide or can serve as your inspiration for other cabin designs.
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A small revolution has taken place in the American countryside, and with it has come a change in the kind of houses people wish to live in. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Courtesy Vermont Log Buildings, Garden Way Publishing, New England, Clivus Multrum, Government Printing Office, Model Six-Room Log Home New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
A small revolution has taken place in the American countryside, and with it has come a change in the kind of houses people wish to live in. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Courtesy Vermont Log Buildings, Garden Way Publishing, New England, Clivus Multrum, Government Printing Office, Model Six-Room Log Home New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin: The easy, natural way using only hand tools and the woods around you by W. Ben Hunt on page 23, page 117, and page 181
- In Harmony With Nature by Christian Bruyere on page 117, and page 181
- Colonial Living by Edwin Tunis on page 5, and page 34
- Roofing Simplified by Donald R. Brann on page 117, and page 149
- The Complete Book of Heating with Wood by Larry Gay on page 172
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- Low-Cost Pole Building Construction: The Complete How-To Book by Ralph Wolfe in Back Matter
- Garden Retreats: A Build-It-Yourself Guide by David Stiles in Back Matter
- Hands-on Log Homes - Cabins Built on Dreams by Arthur Thiede in Back Matter
- Build a Smokehouse: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-81 by Ed Epstein in Front Matter
- Build a Classic Timber-Framed House: Planning & Design/Traditional Materials/Affordable Methods by Jack A. Sobon in Back Matter
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