Yeah I love the bigger logs too. The biggest I have used were 32-36 inch butts.Four rounds and the walls were done. It does increase the cost if your buying your logs by the cubic meter. Because the walls are so wide it adds cubic meters.
I love all the diiferents styles. They all have their time and place. And I guess thats what this thread is all about. If it works for you and you love it don't let anyone stop you.
I am curious tho how the lhba style stops all settling. The logs will shrink (they all do!) even dead standing or vaccuum kiln dried logs will shrink (there's actually a place here that kiln drys 50 foot logs and they shrink initially some moreand then swell with the weather/seasons). So the chinking you use needs to have enough elasticity to adhere to and move with the logs. The chinking that is popular here and works well is also very expensive and very time consuming to apply and clean up after and then maintain for years!
So I guess heres my point if the logs aren't settling together and reducing the top round and wall height. They must be moving away from each other and sitting up on the pins to stop settling. This would exceed the limits of any chinking I have seen or heard of. Not to mention the sheer volume of chinking required to fill the huge spaces left from not being scribed anywhere near tight(it is very expensive) even with backers rods etc. Unless some form of no shrink masonry grout was used but I would bet that would fail quite quickly by not being able to move with the logs.
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