Anyone from Colorado

[Logho]

Hi. Just wondering if we have any members in Colorado? We have just purchased some land in Pagosa Springs and will be out there the end of May and beginning of June to look at the survey lines. On our way back to San Diego we will be stopping in Vegas for the 2 day class. It's nice when the schedule lines up.

If we have members up around Denver or Pagosa, I would love to stop by and say hi and maybe take a look at your place with my wife. Well, its mainly for the wife since she is still not completely sold on the idea of building our own house. From what I have read so far, I'm all in. Now I just have to convince the wife.

John

[Arrowman]

I think at first look I misinterpreted your handle...

[Blondie]

Logho

Please contact Bo. He has a newly finished beautiful log cabin two hours out from Las Vegas. You can see photos of it going up here on the blog.

Blondie

[loghousenut]

I think at first look I misinterpreted your handle...

Obviously a fan of Santa Claus.

[Logho]

Hi guys. Sorry, the handle is a California thing I guess. I'll do almost anything within reason for a free log, given that I'll probably need about 200 of them. :p

[Logho]

Hi Blondie. How do I get in touch with Bo? I would love to take a look at his house in person.

John

[Mosseyme]

Oh just give Bo a day or to and he will chime in I would guess. You can just IM him as well.

[dvb]

We are in Colorado, but way north by Steamboat Springs. There are a few people that have built down by Pagosa Springs and Durango area. Hopefully they will chime in over the next few days.

[DanS]

And we're in Colorado, but haven't built yet. Got nothing to show but a pile of sticks, and a couple awesome old machines.

Dan

[BoFuller]

Oh just give Bo a day or to and he will chime in I would guess. You can just IM him as well.

You can message me for my phone number, or call me for my message info, or ask LHN how to get here, or just show up. I'm flexible.

[loghousenut]

Yeah, if you drive south to LA, wait a few hours til the in-laws get tired of you, then drive east past where you'd think anyone had ever been before, and then turn south til the dirt road turns to 5" of dust... Well then, Bo's place is on the left. It's hard to miss.

[loghousenut]

If you run into trouble, his phone# is scratched in stall #2 in the mens room at the Flying J in Seligman... I can't figure out why, but it is there.

[BoFuller]

I told you it was easy.

[Wayne]

Hi John-
I too am in San Diego heading to Pagosa in the middle of May. Hope to purchase property and get started this summer on a 30X30.
Wayne
waynerosenberger@gmail.com

[Dan from CO]

Hey Kiddies, I'm in Co. I hope to build in Costilla County. I have land. But now I got this freakin blood clot in my leg.So now who really knows? I could end up homeless or even worse like a mobile home in the SLV!!!!

[loghousenut]

A mobile home (trailerhouse) in Sylvania is probably not all that bad a way place to nurse a blood clot back to health.

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[Logho]

You can message me for my phone number, or call me for my message info, or ask LHN how to get here, or just show up. I'm flexible.

Hi Bo, I was going to contact you but my wife dropped a bomb on me. She initially told me that she wants a log home to retire in. So I spent months researching on the web and signed up for the class. Next thing I know she tells me that she does not like the look of a real log home, too rustic. She was thinking of a kit home or a heavy timber hybrid home. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .............. I wanted to bang my head against the wall. We are still going to sit through the class since it has been paid for and reservations have been made. I'm hoping that after the class she will change her mind and be more accepting to the idea of living in a real log home. I just can't see paying someone else to do something that I can do for myself at a fraction of the cost.

Has anyone here been in the similar situation I'm in at the moment, and after going through the class the wife was more acceptable to the idea of living in a real log home?

[Logho]

Hey Kiddies, I'm in Co. I hope to build in Costilla County. I have land. But now I got this freakin blood clot in my leg.So know who really knows? I could end up homeless or even worse like a mobile home in the SLV!!!!

Sorry to hear about the leg Dan. If I'm living in Pagosa when you do decide to make the move to Costilla, I'll come down and give you a hand.

[BoFuller]

Come by for a visit after the class and see if our place might change her mind. I wouldn't call it rustic.
Or come sooner. Shoot me a message for my phone number.

Too bad you can't see the pictures on my thread (AZ ranch)


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[loghousenut]

Hi Bo, I was going to contact you but my wife dropped a bomb on me. She initially told me that she wants a log home to retire in. So I spent months researching on the web and signed up for the class. Next thing I know she tells me that she does not like the look of a real log home, too rustic. She was thinking of a kit home or a heavy timber hybrid home. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .............. I wanted to bang my head against the wall. We are still going to sit through the class since it has been paid for and reservations have been made. I'm hoping that after the class she will change her mind and be more accepting to the idea of living in a real log home. I just can't see paying someone else to do something that I can do for myself at a fraction of the cost.

Has anyone here been in the similar situation I'm in at the moment, and after going through the class the wife was more acceptable to the idea of living in a real log home?

I think the question is "Do you want to build your own log home with your own hands?"

Rustic is kinda relative. The Boss and I have lived in a very rustic ugly trailer for 23 years now. We are most of the way through our build and eventually will live out our lives in the log home. We will go from 650 square feet (seemed like enough room to raise a Son) to 2,000 square feet.

Our place will be more civilized than some and less civilized than others. One thing that will be indiputeable... We built it. That is what LHBA is all about.

Nothing wrong with building a different way or paying someone else to build it. If you want to build it yourself and if you want it to last til your Grandkids are dust... Well that is LHBA.

My Brother Bo has a nice place down in Seligman, AZ. We have a place here in Grans Pass, OR. There are a bunch of places in between. Sounds like you want to take the class. I think that is just fine. Stop in and touch one of these things once class is behind you. You will either love it of or hate it. Either way, I think the class will change your lives.

[donjuedo]

Maybe after the class, you can estimate the cost of a log home built yourself, and show her how little kit home could be had for that same money.

[Arrowman]

Logho, my wife was not a big fan of the chinck'd look on the BnP homes. But with some convincing and a few trips to Carrabas, I was able to get her to agree to give it a go. She is getting more excited about it by the day, she just insists that the chinking look as good as possible and be as minimal as possible. I would bet your wife is turned off by the chinking as well. Shouldn't be anything you can't overcome with some TLC and a few promises to make it look really classy. Just don't let LHN anywhere near it and you should be fine.

Definitely take the class. You learn about some of the draw backs of the kit homes, which are not inconsequential. On top of it, I just am not a fan of the current kit home look. Most of the "logs" look like they are garden variety landscape timbers. By the time you pay extra to get bigger "logs", you are sinking real money into the project. And you still only end up with a 8x6 piece of lumber as your log. My smallest log will be around 10" at the small end. Put your hand on that and feel the mass of what your house will be made up of. Then nail a few 2x6's together and do the same thing. Just say no to landscape timber veneered stick frame houses.

[Dan from CO]

Hey LHN, Thanks, Yeah, It could be worse. I'm not sure where Sylvania is . The SLV stands for the San Luis Valley in Co. I have 2 lots one in the mountains and one in the valley down there. Most people down there would rather be in the mountains than the valley. So the joke is kind of a SLV thing.

[Dan from CO]

Hey LOHO!!Thanks so damn much! When you get to Pagosa I'll help you too!! Hey you might consider land in Costilla county. A hell of a lot cheaper than Archuleta county ( Pagosa Springs) If you need help let me know.

[Silverton9308]

Hey Logho, I live in Silverton about two hours east of pagosa. Just took class last weekend but thought we could perhaps be a benefit to each other on resources in Sw Colorado!


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[panderson03]

welcome home, Silverton:)

[dwalls]

I live in Denver, just starting my research on log cabins. Good luck

[loghousenut]

Read on, Don... Everyone on this site is a fanatic.

[pebby75]

I am hopeful to own land in the Teller county / Cripple Creek area. Hopefully closing the deal next month. Looking to link up with others to gain ideas and lessons learned on builds or help out on future builds to gain experience.

[Opie21]

Hey LOHO!!Thanks so damn much! When you get to Pagosa I'll help you too!! Hey you might consider land in Costilla county. A hell of a lot cheaper than Archuleta county ( Pagosa Springs) If you need help let me know.
I'm in Pagosa too. I would love to get together with anyone building in this area. Didn't realize that there were so many of us down here!

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[joelkarr]

You are welcome to see our "project." We have been working on it for the last eight summers in our spare time. We are not on your way home. We are in Glenwood Springs, Colorado- about a hundred fifty miles west of Denver off of Interstate 70.

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[blkesler]

I'm currently in the Denver area. I've finished the class, but no land yet.

[loghousenut]

You are welcome to see our "project." We have been working on it for the last eight summers in our spare time. We are not on your way home. We are in Glenwood Springs, Colorado- about a hundred fifty miles west of Denver off of Interstate 70.

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Joel, Nice to see you back on the forum. I was wondering how your chinking has held up with that fiberglass additive.

[DanS]

You are welcome to see our "project." We have been working on it for the last eight summers in our spare time. We are not on your way home. We are in Glenwood Springs, Colorado- about a hundred fifty miles west of Denver off of Interstate 70.

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My goodness Joel! Your place is looking amazing with the deck!

Dan

[1hippo]

We are building in Pagosa this summer. We are in the aspen springs area. This will be a second home for us and my hubby is making several trips from our home in florida to prep. We are still in the debate between stick built and logs... Maybe if we team up we could make this process smoother. Where are you guys at exactly? hey maybe we could work together on logs too!

[1hippo]

Us too! Pagosa tally ho!

[1hippo]

We are in Pagosa too

[1hippo]

We are building in Pagosa this summer. We are in the aspen springs area. This will be a second home for us and my hubby is making several trips from our home in florida to prep. We are still in the debate between stick built and logs... Maybe if we team up we could make this process smoother. Where are you guys at exactly? hey maybe we could work together on logs too!

[Inoh]

Hi Hippo. The gang in Pagosa is partying on the member side. You should get a hold of 'Opie21', he is currently in Pagosa actively looking for logs as we speak. Both of our properties are 17 miles south of hwy 160, he is currently living there and I'm trying to get there.

[Janet]

Hey if you are building this summer or next ----- we are LHBA members, And are also harvesting 90 Ponderosa sawlogs --- about 14-16" diameter, in the Pagosa area. So if you are interested in Ponderosa logs, message me back, please. Meanwhile, our son will soon be starting construction on a log home near Denver. Cheers!

[Opie21]

Hey if you are building this summer or next ----- we are LHBA members, And are also harvesting 90 Ponderosa sawlogs --- about 14-16" diameter, in the Pagosa area. So if you are interested in Ponderosa logs, message me back, please. Meanwhile, our son will soon be starting construction on a log home near Denver. Cheers!
Awesome Janet, I just sent you a PM. THANKS!

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[wolfiebear]

I'm just south of Leadville, Colorado, which is not far from Pagosa Springs. I just took the class this spring to so nothing to show yet but we all have to start somewhere.

Does anybody know how I can get the set of plans purchased? I believe today's the last day to receive it on discount and I'm still not able to get onto the members forum . . . Left them a phone message but heard nothing back that way . . . .

I used to be in architecture and I've got my CAD program all ready to make the little changes and slap on my title block, LOL . . . . but no plans

[wolfiebear]

Silly me. All I had to do was look under SHOP and there they were.
But I'm still not in the members forum… Oh well. In due time

I just bought my plans and I'm one step closer to building my home. Now to pick up a chunk of land. Where oh where do I want to build?

Maybe even in Pagosa Springs up towards Wolf Creek Pass. And maybe I want to go to Washington… Leavenworth looks interesting.

Decisions decisions.
:p

[Chief700]

Hello Wolfiebear. I'm a browser and not yet a member. Paul and Ellen have blog and have a cabin near Lake Wenatchee, about 28 miles to Leavenworth. Probably have a Leavenworth mailing address.
http://www.paulandellen.com/ This link will take you there and you can follow their 25 year journey. Paul still post to it several times a month. I'm not stalking him, but I have driven my wife by their place several times hoping she will take the hint. Anyhow, I have a lot with a stick built micro cabin on it for now. Hope to live in it and build the real one after retirement. Good luck on your Journey.

[wolfiebear]

Great PIX!
But 25 years?
I'll have a motorhome to stay in, but I need a place to live in closer to NOW!

THanks for the link! It looks nice there.

[Mosseyme]

wolfiebear. Did you try emailing administration for your member side access. They are usually quick to respond.

[ronlewks]

Hello, My name is Ron, this is my first time to post on the forum. Me and my wife Sharla just bought land in SDR in Costilla county. It was a very long process but well worth the wait, we have been looking for about a year and a half. We seen countless properties in several counties. We finally closed on our lot last month. It is great to read about others near. I have not attended the classes yet, but plan on it next year. I am excited about starting the process of a lifelong dream of having a cabin in the mountains. I will be back out in Colorado for a week the last of Sept. If anyone has built or in the process of building I would love to see it. thanks

[loghousenut]

Welcome aboard Ron n Sharla, but where or what is SDR?

[ronlewks]

SDR is for Sangre DeCristo Ranches, It is a ranch that is part of an old Spanish land grant from the 1800's. They sell lots from 5 acres and up, it is in Southern Colorado around Fort Garland and San Luis. Our lot is right at 9600 ft elevation and full of pines and aspen. thanks for your reply.

[Colorado Log Builder]

We are building in Pagosa this summer. We are in the aspen springs area. This will be a second home for us and my hubby is making several trips from our home in florida to prep. We are still in the debate between stick built and logs... Maybe if we team up we could make this process smoother. Where are you guys at exactly? hey maybe we could work together on logs too!

Hello I'm new to the forum and I am also in Southwest Colorado. I have worked on lots of log homes, mostly refinishing but also building log railings and have done some custom log work. If anyone is actively building or has built locally I'd love to check out your project.