Log Cabins: and How to Build Them [Paperback]

William Swanson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001

Everything you need to know about building a log cabin presented in one handy volume.

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The Lyons Press also publishes Village & Country Residences and How to Build Them; Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties and How to Build Them; The Homestead Builder; and Barns & Outbuildings.

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Written by famed builder William Swanson, Log Cabins and How to Build Them is a step-by-step illustrated guide that will give an inexperienced builder a true picture of how a log cabin can be built by various time- and labor-saving methods. The types of construction described in this book are practical and offer the reader the best and easiest methods of building a log cabin. Lob Cabins and How to Build Them provides detailed information on: procedures, types of cabins, location selection, tools, timber, site clearing, foundations, walls, roofs and floors, windows and doors, porches, garages, fireplaces, furniture, landscaping, and fence-building. All in all, Log Cabins and How to Build Them will prove an edifying read for history buffs, an entertaining bit of Americana for handymen, and an essential resource for those who wish to put this knowledge to practical use. (4 1/2 X 7 1/4, 222 pages, illustrations, diagrams, floor plans)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585742546
• ISBN-13: 978-1585742547
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,589,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It 's Log Cabins not Log Homes, February 20, 2006

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This review is from: Log Cabins: and How to Build Them (Paperback)

Excellent book from the 1950's on how to build a log cabin in the deep woods. Designed to take advantage on site materials requiring only simple non-power hand tools for construction. It doesn't reguire onsite delivery of comercial materials. Doesn't cover fancy plumbing, the newest elec. systems : solar panels, generators, inverters, etc. Nothing on the latest super insulation or energy saver appliances. If you don't want or need all the modern conviences, these cabins are great. Covers a number comforable functional "log" cabins using local materials for walls, roofing, flooring, fountation, furniture and stone fireplaces for heating. Not a book for log cabin "kits".

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars hmmm., June 7, 2001

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This review is from: Log Cabins: and How to Build Them (Paperback)

Not a great resource. Too simplistic and incomplete. Some interesting info.