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I built our house using the butt and pass method. I wouldn't do it any other way. Saddle notch involves cutting into the log. I wouldn't want to cut into a perfectly good log. If you were way out...

Biodiesel is being sold in North Marysville near the Navy Support Facility. I can't remember the name of the place but I've put a couple of tankfuls through my 97 Ford Powerstroke and it's seems to...

I had a co-worker ask me about maintaining and repairing his "log house". He had a lot of problems that I have never experienced and was not familiar with. It turns out the he has a "Cedar home",...

The logs we used were not perfect. We had knots, wierd tapers, and even some dry rot in some places where the logs had been sitting on the ground before I bought them. But using the "Skip" method...

I recommend the class. I took the class about 20 years ago, and built my "real log house" about 16 years ago. "Kit logs" aren't really logs. They're either dowels or timbers. I have a friend...

Here's a book that is free on line. It's also usually available in paperback.
http://www.mcwilliams.com/books/books/aint/

8000 hrs? That's 4 years of full time work. In my previous post I said that besides two small sheds we never built anything else before building our house. My wife just reminded me that we did...

I have a picture taken Jan 21st of my house with snow. We live at an elevation of 320' about 40 miles north of Seattle. The snow stayed for about a week. Now it's all gone.

To see the picture:...

I used chinking exactly like I was taught in class. My house is about 15 years old now and I never rechinked and I don't have any drafts. If rechinking is needed I remember being taught to make it...

I took the class back in 1982. My wife (girlfriend then) took the class about 1986 I think. Then we bought 5 acres of raw land. I bought a book on how to build a shed out of plywood and 2X4's so...

I'm Jim Dunn. I live in the area between Marysville and Granite Falls in Washington State. I took the class in 1982 when the class was held east of Redmond. My wife took the class around 1986. ...

When I built my house I wondered about the weight of my base log. It was 16" average diameter. I cut a 1' piece off the end and it weighed 40 lbs. It was 40' long. --- 40 lbs/ft X 40 ft =1600 lbs....