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    You will need an engineer who is licensed to...

    You will need an engineer who is licensed to practice in your area. If your local engineer can engineer a pier foundation for your local conditions I can help them understand the peculiar...
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    Engineer!!! Don't forget if you find a good...

    Engineer!!! Don't forget if you find a good engineer who works well with LHBA log building methods give me their referral information by e-mail or PM so I can refer other people in your state to...
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    This has been a great thread. I like all the...

    This has been a great thread. I like all the pictures of log homes at Christmas and the families.

    Keep building all those log homes in 2013. It will be a wonderful year if we make it so. LHN...
  4. The main thing to look for in trees that are...

    The main thing to look for in trees that are straight with a minimum of taper. The LHBA method used the raw logs just peeled and go to work. We usually recommend a minimum of 8" diameter logs and...
  5. Log Addition to masonry structure

    Possible: Yes
    Easy: No
    Problems: Many
    Recommended: No.
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    Simplicity

    One reason for not doing interior log walls is just simplicity. When you are working with natural logs with all their various tapers and the butt and pass method, tieing in walls in the middle can...
  7. UK Builders

    Do a search on this web site. There are several posts. Here is one

    <a href="http://www.loghomebuilders.org/building-log-home-uk">http://www.loghomebuilders.org/building-log-home-uk</a>
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    D-logs

    Sounds like you have a plan. I won't get into the hundred questions that pop into my mind and the possible problems. You'll figure them out when you get to them. Wrap around porches and big...
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    D-Logs

    There are designs out there for D-Logs with 3 sides flat but one thing you always want to be careful about is mixing methods. The people I have known who have made their own D-logs or used just flat...
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    Addition

    How you attach an addition depends on the type of log structure you are starting out with. If your existing structure is machined logs or some other log building system, it can be complicated to...
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    Pier Option

    As an alternative to the trapazoidal piers or a perimeter foundation may be the Big Foot System. <a href="http://www.bigfootsystems.com/">http://www.bigfootsystems.com/</a>
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    Oregon Engineering

    Your engineer should also do a lateral analysis for wind and seismic loads. The analysis should vary depending on how you are planning to connect your logs together (rebar, thru bolts, spikes, lag...
  13. Thread: Vegas

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    Missed Class Due to Airline Cancellations

    That is a real bummer. You get so excited about attending this great class and wham!! Don't let it get you down and keep trying. I'm sure Ellsworth and Steve will do everything they can to help...
  14. Alternate Footings

    I had one guy in New York wanting to use the Big Foot System due to the frost depth. I did a little research and it looked like it would probably work although you would probably want to have a...
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    Log Trusses

    Any log trusses would need specific engineering. I wouldn't recommend trying to do it without engineering and plans for the log trusses unless you really like your roof sitting on your floor. ...
  16. Trees

    I haven't been to MS looking for trees and without going back through all the designs I've done I don't remember if anyone in MS had problems getting 45 ft Southern Yellow Pine. When I don't have...
  17. Size

    Yes.
    Depends on your area.
    Yes.

    Skip Ellsworth's house where the class use to be held was 50'x50' with parts three stories high but I wouldn't recommend trying to go that big. Many people have...
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    Bridge

    Whatever you put in to cross your creek bed, make sure it has adequate capacity for a concrete truck and a fire truck unless you plan on just letting everything burn if you have a fire.
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    UK Log Home

    We have had members build in the UK. Here's one thread

    http://www.loghomebuilders.org/scaling-down


    In case you can't get into the member's section here is the general quote
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    Basement

    Yes, many people build on a basement.
  21. Thread: Log Size

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    Ridge Pole

    The ridge pole size depends on a variety of factors.
    Snow load, length of supported rafters, span between supports, log species and log grade. That's where the engineer comes in. If you are going...
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    Logs

    Several of our members in Colorado have gotten logs from the beetle kill areas there in Colorado. It's an option to look in to.
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    LHOTI questions answered

    Here is what I finally put on LHOTI to answer the question. For a non-problem it was getting way out of hand with misinformation.

    When doing engineering there two areas of items that need to be...
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    Dreaming

    Dreaming and looking at options is always fun. Just don't get things so set in your mind that a change is going to cause you to become discouraged.

    Dream, Dream, Dream!!! Everybody sing along.
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    Layman's terms

    Yes. The redwood should work fine for the Ridge Pole and floor girders.
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