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It sounds like your truck may have a drinking problem.

How can a dump truck not be helpful. A dump truck is near the top of my "want really bad" list. That and a little excavator that fits in the bed.

With both of my builds, I had winter cut logs delivered in February and peeled by April. The logs got stacked somewhere in the following year and were exposed to the elements for at least a year...

Chris.felix, I was hesitant about the chinking look at first myself. Like Thoner7, it grew on me. Now I think it looks great. When I see log homes with the rotted out notched corners--as I very...

I know the oft repeated "take the class" mantra can make this forum seem a bit like a cult, but it IS the soundest advice. The quickest way to get your questions answered and get access to the...

Perhaps if one of the moderators thinks it should go over....

It's fine with me.

Lovely curvy walkway!

I can see that I'm one of the less experienced people here. Sure makes me feel better about asking my silly questions--and very appreciative of how generous everyone is with...

I was thinking that prior building experience of people who built or are currently building LHBA homes would be a valuable bit of information for when we talk to people on the fence--friends or on...

Yeah, I told him that in my first email. I really wanted to go to that class. They cancelled the one that I was signed up for.

I haven't read the book, so I don't know whether it gives dimensions or any details, but I was originally planning a central location in the house, and Tom's was built along a wall. A 240x70+cm...

I got Elpel's DVD and finally had a chance to watch it this morning. It has inspired a few changes to my original plans. Definitely worth watching.

I just ordered Elpel's MH DVD. I have his stone house one as well (from when I was on the fence trying to decide what to build.

I ended up building with logs, but I like his approach. I'm looking...

Here's an interesting article on radon:

http://www.forensic-applications.com/radon/radon.html

I built 12/12 and will do another the same. Koenig's place also looks like a 12/12. Ramblinman's place looks like a 10/12.

Harder to do and more expensive, but if that's ok, and you like the...

As far as I know there is still a satisfaction guarantee or your money back on the class. I have yet to read anything on any forum by someone who took the class and thought it was a waste of money.
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G'pa, your sig cracked me up!

Ellsworth, thanks for coming out and saying what needed to be said.

I had a bit of a WTF moment when I read the OP, but I hang out on other forums and have...

I just tried the links from my iphone and they are working. Yay!!

I love the photos I can see of this place on the Student Homes place. I wanted to check some details on how the porch roof was connected at the gable end, but none of the links work. Is there...

Happy New Year, everyone!

Dayum!!

I especially love the inside shots. Is that a big masonry heater you have in there?

I think what you are seeing is the result of new members spending time where the info is. After I took the class, I didn't come back to this side for months on end. Now that I'm getting close to...

If I can chime in here. Regardless of whether or not you do the actual building yourself, the class will provide you with a lot of knowledge that should come in very handy if a log home is what you...

I stumbled across this site while I was shopping for a kit, and like you it seemed a bit too good to be true. I found some negative comments about Skip and the LHBA on some of the handcrafted sites,...

Welcome aboard.

I used to be a firefighter when I was going to school at the U of Idaho. The Fire Department had a great student firefighter program where students work as firefighters and EMTs...

I don't make it over to this side of the forum very often. But reading LHN's post made me realize that I need to drop by more often. Thanks for posting that, Nut! Very well put. You have a delicious...