My wife and I are signed up for the Sept 9/10 class. Despite my username (LoggerDon) I don't know anything about logs except what I read on this site.
1st question) My main question is how much do logs cost to ship? Could anyone give examples of how much they paid, or of how much anyone else paid?
The log home we intend to build will not be excessively large (2000 sq ft?) with a simple design. I'd just like to have an idea of how much it costs
To buy?
To Ship?
for an average(?) home. Is it 10k? 35k?
We live in Southern California. Don't know where log people get logs, but a member in So Cal said they shipped theirs by rail from British Columbia.
Regarding local logs (we live in the San Jacinto Mountains) I've been told that we can't use them (that they aren't construction grade). I can't vouch for the 'expert' who gave me that 'fact'. There are many dead pines around from bark beetles and drought. I'd LOVE to use the logs around here.
2nd question): How would I go about researching whether or not the local logs can be used? US Forestry? If anyone has advice on how to go about this.
What would the criteria be?
*Am I looking at the amount of taper?
*Type of wood?
*How knotty they are?
*Amount of bark beetle damage? (do the bark beetles still live in dead wood?)
Sorry for the long post. Thanks everyone and see you in the member section in Sept.
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