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Timber, I really like the view from your land. It reminds me of my 8 years out in Yakima WA, (high desert) where I had a nice home up on a big hill overlooking beautiful mountains. Trout fishing and...

Vern and Sara,
Thanks so much for the awesome pic-to-gram on how to build a log home from scratch! Super pictures and super job, congrats on the progress to date.
Be careful what you do, some of...

Kola, did you ever sell your building so you could cut your strings from the city and free up a few bucks?
wayne
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Shannonbeth, if you will send me your email address I will send you an article on homemade borate treatment formulas for logs. The formulas are easy to make and has been tested by Texas A&M and...

Timber,
I am in the process of building here in Mississippi and its at least as humid as anywhere in Texas (at least until drought of last summer). I'm more worried about the hungry bugs we have...

Valerie,
Good luck in your search and in accomplishing your positive goals! Rick is correct the Wenatchee WA area is indeed beautiful, I use to love to hike in the mountains in that region for the...

Timberwolfe,
Sorry, I don't have plans for the outhouse. My brother and I threw it together for the women folks. It all started when we were getting ready to pour concrete for the piers and decided...

Klapton,
I was saying that I can use the draw knife better than the spud for southern yellow pine (both thin and thick bark; 1/2" to 2" thick). I used both all day today the draw knife to clean the...

Thanks for the info on hinges Ellsworth. Perfect! wayne

Ellsworth, Great pictures of the new log home. Do you or anyone else know where you can find the beautiful door hinges like the ones they use in the Wellington Hills home?
I currently have 54 pine...

delfinefrancis,
I took the class in June of 2004. I was not in a position to build until I retired here in Mississippi in 2005, but started gathering tools. Since I've retired (age 63) I have...

We made a little more progress on the outdoor privy walls today. See below URLs:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa19/wwlivin/MakingoutdoorprivyAug07008.jpg...

Kola,
Not sure if you saw the picture of the drum with, dirt surrounding it, on the website. I just leveled the soil around the top of drum (see URL below) and then picked up slab with tractor and...

Kunckledragger,
I am currently building an outhouse at our cabin site. If you are interested in seeing the construction process I am happy to share with you. You can now view the concrete slab...

Hi all,
I'm Wayne and I don't think I have introduced myself online. I put this post in the wrong place and reposting here in the introduction section. I am recently retired (winter of '05) to...

Hi all,
I'm Wayne and I don't think I have introduced myself online. I am recently retired (winter of '05) to Mississippi, Starkville, home of Miss. State Univ. I took the Log home building course...