Log House Plans: Revised Edition (Paperback)

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Learn from the Best: Build an Acclaimed Mackie Log House

This big book gives you 48 log-house plans, with photographs, elevations and building tips. When combined with the basic text of B. Allan Mackie's Building with Logs, this book is the next step for the serious log-home builder -- the complete map for getting the job underway.

Designs range from a 432 square-foot guesthouse through a 1,140 square-foot cabin (that began as a ski lodge and eventually became Mackie's home) to a 3,300 square-foot masterpiece that contains a sauna and swimming pool.

Somewhere in this wealth of log-house plans is the perfect home and cottage for all who love logs buildings and are planning one for themselves.

B. Allan Mackie continues to teach, design, and build. His schools have trained thousands of good crafts people; some of whom formed building companies internationally, with the result that the worldwide standard for excellence in log building is now a Mackie log house.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books; Revised edition (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552091031
• ISBN-13: 978-1552091036
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #681,801 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must For Log home Builders, June 3, 2000

By	"derbidge" (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

There is not a book at the city library that I have left untouched that has anything to do with Log Home Construction. B. Allan Mackie's books caught my undivided attention, and put to rest any questions I may have had about building my own log home from scratch. `Log House Plans' is an excellent resource to thumb through and find just the dream log home you want. Just as it's name indicates, it is not a book to teach you how to build, yet a book to help you find a plan you want to build. It' is full of plans that range from simple to extravagant, but mostly cost effective designs. There is even a full section that covers smaller efficient yet attractive designs for the family on a budget. I certainly found the design I wanted. A wonderful advantage of this book is the detail of all the designs. It contains no blue prints, but there is enough information in the design to aid an architect in drawing up accurate blueprint without the need of filling in the blanks. You may also order the blueprints through an address provided in the book. If you are considering building a log home, and you are looking for good ideas, this is by far the best resource on the market. If you want to build the home with you own hands, then do not pass up `B. Allan Mackie's Building with Logs.' Definitely the best books on the market for Log Home Construction! Christopher Derbidge

3 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Building log house, plan, October 31, 2000

By	Victor Korik (Poland) - See all my reviews

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Best regards Victor Korik