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    Anybody have any video tours of their homes they have built from the plans/pic build blog etc? I've seen a few on this side but most are on the member side

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    Quote Originally Posted by twh4 View Post
    As for running the electrical, you will learn in class how to run them on the log walls. Pretty neat way to build and you will be the envy of all your friends, even the ones who said you were crazy for building your own house.

    As for what jobs I farmed out:
    Excavation (including driveway)
    Concrete
    Electrical Panel (county requirement)

    A lot of the members decide to do the concrete by themselves and even the excavation. I didn't have the equipment to do the excavation and wanted someone who knows what they're doing to make the foundation that will hold up the entire house! Everything else I will be doing myself and with friends help.
    I could see myself doing a similar approach. For some reason the foundation seems too important for me to do without any guidance.

    How did it work out for you twh4?

    Also, I'd still love to see more LHBA plan homes.

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    LHBA Member mudflap's Avatar
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    I'm sure you've seen my youtube channel (not actively posting there anymore- BitChute is my platform of choice now).

    Look up Wiley Log Homes on Youtube. I wouldn't normally promote someone else who can't defend themselves, but Ronnie does log homes for a living, and these are his public videos. His stuff (and a lot of other members stuff) inspires me. But I would probably only share my actual plans on the member side- you know, top secret and all that, heh, heh.

    We drew a rectangular floor plan before class, and I went in there with attitude because they say a square is better. I came out of class convinced that we should build a square home. At least for the first one.

    Just know that with these types of homes, the walls hold up the roof, with only 3 RPSL's in the middle. Within those requirements, you can do whatever you want with the interior, which is a lot. You probably saw on my blog that we went through 30+ iterations of our floor plans- yes, 30+. I finally committed #32 (?) to the computer and sent them to the city planning dept for approval. And now we've modified them some more- probably 3 or 4 more times since then. Yes, major changes like adding exterior doors and changing the layout of the kitchen/laundry/bathrooms. I told my wife, "you can keep modifying them right up until I start framing in the bedrooms. After that, you'll have to wait till we get the occupancy permit to make changes."

    My plan is to beg forgiveness when the building inspector takes a gander.....
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    LHBA Member rocklock's Avatar
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    Feb 1 picture.
    This is a 30 by 30 that is 34 feet high.

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