Can I use log screws instead of rebar? Advantages vs disadvantages. Will be building a B and P cabin this next summer, 24 x 24 with a 6' wrap around porch.
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Can I use log screws instead of rebar? Advantages vs disadvantages. Will be building a B and P cabin this next summer, 24 x 24 with a 6' wrap around porch.
Depending on the features of the screws, you might end up with settling issues.
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Do you mean 'lag' screws? If you mean for pinning the logs, you would've needed 25"+ long lag screws for my house. And that would be insanely expensive. I paid $700 for all the rebar to build a 2 story 3200 sq ft house, and I still have enough left over for a garage. No. use rebar. much cheaper. much stronger.
update: I found "log screws" on ebay- but they are like $1 each, and only 10" long. for a 40' long wall, you'd need 20 per log, and twice as many logs to get to height. so that would be 64*2 logs in my house, that would be 20x64*2 = $2560.
....And what Rod said.
Have you taken the class? If so, welcome. If not, I admire the spunk, but taking the class will cost you about $1000. It's about to be online. I almost said "it is online" because I'm testing it right now, but I guess it's for members only at this point. It will be online soon for the public. It's not a scam. I took the class a few years ago in Vegas. That $800 back then has paid for itself over and over again. If you forced me to come up with a number, I'd say I've saved $50k on my build so far. I promise you will waste more than $1k by NOT taking the class. :)
Check out my build (in my signature). I'm not a builder. I don't get paid for this. :) Biggest project I took on before this was probably a chicken coop. My wife and I did everything except put the ridge pole and rafters up. I hired a crane because it was cheaper than the stronger chain and lifting equipment I would have had to buy at that point. But everything else we did ourselves with ropes and pulleys. Obviously, machinery makes the build go faster.
But there are A LOT of us - owner builders - all over the country. Best of luck to you- a well-built log home is the best kind of home to build in terms of value, beauty, longevity, etc., and a LHBA Butt & Pass log home is the best kind of log home.
All the rebar for my foundation and the rest of the build was free. Lag screws are fine for several parts of the build. I have about 50 in mine.
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Cheapest place around here to buy nuts, bolts and screws is TSC. Rebar is also really cheap, or free.
Clearly you have not taken the class...
1. lag screws that are long enough will be very expensive.
2. use big logs because they have better insulation values.
3. rebar will hold the logs in-place just as well or better than ANY screw.
4. rebar is much faster and easier to install than amy screw.
You need to take the class... all of this suff is covered.
Thank you.
Thank you for the tips and advice. Like the videos too.
How I hope to find the golden egg that has free rebar. ;) Thank you for the info.
yeah. me too. construction sites, craigslist, etc. but not the big box stores. But mine wasn't that much. I paid $700 for my rebar- probably about $0.21 / ft. I ended up with about a half mile of rebar, and I think I have enough left over to build the garage. can you imagine the cost of a half mile of screws?
where are you building, if you don't mind?