Introduce yourself

**rckclmbr428** · 03-18-2019, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by davidwayne3

Hi Steve,
My name is David and I have been interested in building my own log cabin. I want to cut my own logs. My question is how do you get past the building codes of graded or rated logs by engineering?

Tpi will grade your logs for a fee

**Shark** · 03-19-2019, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by rckclmbr428

Tpi will grade your logs for a fee

Yep, the place we got our logs, were actually serviced by TPI so we got ours graded a bit cheaper since they did it before they shipped to us.

**davidwayne3** · 03-28-2019, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by rckclmbr428

Tpi will grade your logs for a fee

Thank you for the information.

**mudflap** · 03-19-2019, 05:56 AM

I want to cut my own logs.

<mudflap shivers>. cutting your own logs is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a non-professional builder. That said, it's a great way to get logs for cheap, and that's how we did our build. You have to have just the right amount of crazy to do it.

The next most scariest thing is riding your ridgepole while cutting notches in it with a chainsaw to level your rafters. Glad that stuff is behind me. Welcome aboard!

**loghousenut** · 03-19-2019, 07:24 AM

Funny, Jake never complained about the ridgepole much. Once he even spent the night up there because he said the ride down on the telehandler forks made him queasy feeling in his guts.

**Shark** · 03-19-2019, 09:37 AM

It helps to have a ginormous (that's metric for freaking huge) ridge pole! Not much worry about falling off that

**mudflap** · 03-19-2019, 10:22 AM

It helps to have a ginormous (that's metric for freaking huge) ridge pole! Not much worry about falling off that

yeah- what he said.

it's so flat.....call my flat-earther friends- they'll confirm it.

**BoFuller** · 03-19-2019, 10:50 AM

You’ll either need them graded or find a place to build where the code doesn’t require it.

Hint; Not Yavapai County in Arizona.

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**sticknurdder** · 03-24-2019, 03:16 PM

Hello,

My name is Christopher. 25 years old, and I've been dreaming of building a log home for over 10 years. I live in the Southwest Michigan area. Are there any members from the MI or IN area on the forum?

Thanks

**rckclmbr428** · 03-24-2019, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by sticknurdder

Hello,

My name is Christopher. 25 years old, and I've been dreaming of building a log home for over 10 years. I live in the Southwest Michigan area. Are there any members from the MI or IN area on the forum?

Thanks

We've built a couple in Michigan, both peninsulas