Links and Pics of your home/home in progress!! [Archive] - Log Home Builders Association Forums

Thelognoob

12-18-2008, 06:17 AM

hi

thought it be cool if everyone who is building or has built to post links to pics of your place. i see alot of sigs with links in them, thought it might be cool for browsing if everyone posted them up in a single thread so we can see what everyone is up to!!

i really want to build and i just find it cool looking at other peoples buildings, so link away if ya got em

loghousenut

09-22-2017, 06:20 AM

Thelognoob has recently rejoined us after a 9 year hiatus. He started this thread back in the old days and got zero response. I know the request was for links, but to be honest, I wouldn't be able to figure out how to do a link if the instructions were printed on page 3 of my computer. I thought maybe a photo or two might be in order considering all the photos that were lost in the recent Ph%#&?@^bucket fiasco.

https://i.imgur.com/nPg6BEf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mCucgWf.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/lQfqoFP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7KKC5Qr.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9xLs2yN.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KDkQSXO.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/CAJaybw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WBwiJC0.jpg

rckclmbr428

09-22-2017, 03:56 PM

Lots of pics at my website and Facebook page WileyLogHomes.com

thoner7

09-23-2017, 04:11 AM

Hey nut how are you posting photos these days

loghousenut

09-23-2017, 07:29 AM

Hey nut how are you posting photos these days

I settled on Imgur. I am pleased. Nice to have a web photo site whose name I can pronounce.

https://i.imgur.com/MIPP1BP.gif

rreidnauer

09-23-2017, 10:04 AM

Nice to have a web photo site whose name I can pronounce.

. . . . or at least utter.

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thoner7

09-23-2017, 06:16 PM

Thanks for the tip I'll try that.

Thelognoob

09-26-2017, 08:11 AM

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Awesome!

travman

09-26-2017, 11:49 AM

Hey! I've slept in that house! Compfy!

Thelognoob

11-14-2017, 04:57 PM

loghousenut

11-14-2017, 10:11 PM

Congratulations! Every new anklebiter is a blessing! Now take the class... you can wait as long as you want to build but the sooner you take the class, the sooner you'll be truly on the road.

Can't wait to get you on the other side.

mudflap

11-15-2017, 07:19 AM

Well I haven’t been a big contributor here just a huge lurker that has read every thread in this section and still have so much questions.

Big news today!
The lady is Pregnant! For 10 years we’ve been trying, had given up, and then now out of the blue we’re expecting.
My motivation level is through the roof, I just wish there were more build threads/ blogs to follow on this side. With my company I’m obsessed with details so I understand and make correct decisions so we can push forward.
I thank everybody on here
Esp the current builders who do post on this side, we are hungry for info and all are trying to self educate to make the class that much more understandable.

There’s a few online blogs of builds but not too many, I will keep trying to educate myself until next year I can take the course!

Congrats on the pregnancy- it will change everything. I was a lurker for years. I'm writing about our build experience [see link below] because I had the same questions- couldn't see how it was possible that LHBA could be done, but we're doing it. Here's a video (https://youtu.be/ji4UyQh6Bcs) my wife helped me make of stacking one log (because I always wanted to see this as a noob, too). Only thing it doesn't show is cutting and peeling the log. And it doesn't show the log falling after it slipped out of the strap (but I posted that separately on my same channel- it's cool to watch a 5,000 lb log hit the dirt). :)

Thelognoob

11-15-2017, 07:18 PM

What a video!!!
We need more
Of this on this side to keep people educating themselves until they can make the course
Fantastic job you are doing
And thanks for the kind word!!

John17three

11-21-2017, 02:33 PM

Here are a few from my build here in Southwest Missouri

Starts by taking the class.

Then progresses to buying logs:
3710

Then to foundation and floor:
3709

Then to getting a few logs on:
3708

MOCABIN

11-21-2017, 04:09 PM

I'm from MO

going to class in Feb.

please keep posting pics of your build

I eager and cant wait to start building

loghousenut

11-22-2017, 06:48 AM

I'm from MO

going to class in Feb.

please keep posting pics of your build

I eager and cant wait to start building

And we can't wait to watch. You'll love it.

rreidnauer

11-22-2017, 07:26 AM

Those milled logs are pretty. Are they "cultured" logs? ;-)

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etd66ss

11-30-2017, 03:38 AM

[QUOTE=loghousenut;142087]I settled on Imgur. I am pleased. Nice to have a web photo site whose name I can pronounce.

Yeah, Imgur is the best right now.

I remember way back when I used flickr, then that site kind of fell out of favor as the "it" photosharing site. Then it was Photobucket, same deal, fell out of favor and had an annoying habit of breaking links to photos. Imgur is the best right now, though there latest update seemed to make it harder to manage albums...

John17three

12-04-2017, 09:52 AM

Here are a few from my build here in Southwest Missouri

Starts by taking the class.

Then progresses to buying logs:
3710

Then to foundation and floor:
3709

Then to getting a few logs on:
3708

Bumping my post for progress. Up to 5 courses now. If you're curious, my build is a 30x30 LHBA plans built on 4' stem wall. The logs pictures are about 15" to 16" butts and 13-14 tops. See pic:

3713

Thelognoob

12-05-2017, 08:39 AM

John17three

12-05-2017, 12:54 PM

Fantastic work!
Please keep posting pics! How are you stacking them , with a telehandler? How long is it taking to set a log/course? I’m sure lots of us noobs would love to know!

Congrats btw, house will be awesome!

Telehandler seems to be the method of 90% of the builds. There's a couple builds with poles happening on the "other side."

So many variables to stacking these logs in a timely manner. IF you have rebar cut, logs staged, no windows or doors you're trying to work around, few knots that throw off your measurements, you can move with ease. The most I've stacked in a day is 8, 12 for a weekend. But that started off having my logs prepped and rebar already cut. 4 logs in 3hrs on the first day, then on that afternoon I only stacked about 4 logs in 5hrs. It varies. I had two guys helping me that day. Dropped my first course of logs down in about 6hrs total. Hope that helps.

I did buy a Dewalt cordless utility drill and a wood owl bit (review is on the member side). Its handy and fast combination for drilling.

Thelognoob

12-06-2017, 11:44 AM

Prep is 90%!!
How soon did you start after taking the class?
Did you jump on any builds for experience?
Question about the plans, bedrooms upstairs or down is more common?

Thelognoob

12-06-2017, 11:44 AM

And
What kind of logs??
Thanks for your info!!!!

loghousenut

12-06-2017, 01:50 PM

There is no good reason to wait before taking the class. My life changed in several ways after class and we didn't start this build til a long time later.

If I had waited til it was time to build this house before taking the class I would not have been set up to make it all work AND I woulda missed out on all the LHBA type stuff I did for all those years.

If you are on the fence, you'll thank yourself later if you fall off on the LHBA side... sooner the better.

mudflap

12-07-2017, 11:48 AM

Prep is 90%!!
How soon did you start after taking the class?
Did you jump on any builds for experience?
Question about the plans, bedrooms upstairs or down is more common?

I started my build within 4 weeks after taking the class-had less than $20k saved for my build- closed on my land after putting a few thousand down, then started cutting trees. paid a few thousand for a tractor, about $5k for water/power, then about $2200 for concrete, and some other stuff, and now that money is almost gone. I put away a small amount each month (about 1/2 a house payment), but I'll need about $3-5k for the roof coming up. It's a little scary wondering if I'll be able to pay for whatever the next step is, but so far, so good. keep plowing ahead, I'm figuratively paving my own road here. I went and saw prissypink's build up in Nashville, but that's about it- no experience building other than that.

I modified the stock plans myself using a free linux program- I forget the name, but it's on my "about" page on my blog. Basically I wiped out the interior of the plans and all the doors and windows, but kept the roof/foundation/logs all the same. We put 2 beds on the main floor, and some more beds upstairs. We planned it so we can do all our living on the main floor- laundry, kitchen, entertainment, bathroom, and let the adult kids climb the stairs. Once they move out, it'll be sort of a bunkhouse for grandkids, guests, storage. But they have some issues, so it'll be a while before we get to that point.

but if you want short advice, see my quote below about cutting trees :) :

allen84

12-07-2017, 06:47 PM

"cutting trees is more important than thinking about cutting trees or planning to cut trees." ~ F. David Stanley

Same could be said about planting.... Wish I had planted an acre or a few of fruit trees when I bought my place. That was old man advice given to me, "Plant some fruit trees first, before you do anything else." ~Big Mike

Which reminds me... When colder weather comes is a great time to plant trees but big box stores market that stuff in spring. My neighbor bought all kinds of fruit trees and bushes for huge discounts about a month ago.

Back in spring/summer I was behind someone who was returning a blueberry bush. It looked awful but alive and the woman at the counter gave them cash back and threw it in the trash. I tried to buy it and she told me I couldn't but I could have it, and to pull it out of the trash before something got tossed on it. I still haven't planted it but it looks great now with new growth.

John17three

12-12-2017, 11:28 AM

Prep is 90%!!
How soon did you start after taking the class?
Did you jump on any builds for experience?
Question about the plans, bedrooms upstairs or down is more common?

I helped Plumblevel set one upper level loft joist. That was the extent of my experience when i started stacking. How long after the class did I start? Which time? lol Long story, but I poured the foundation in Fall 2014, but after a few failed log purchasing experiences, real progress started this past summer.

Bedrooms upstairs or downstairs more common?? My build is a 30x30, so I'm limited to one bedroom downstairs. Undecided on the layout of the loft.

Southern Yellow Pine logs. That's what was available in softwood. "Available" is a relative term. STRAIGHT Un-milled oak or otherwise in hard to come by. Twisty, limb filled trees are everywhere, though.

Thelognoob

12-18-2017, 12:19 PM

Bumping for interior finished shots of Lhba homes?
Or even in progress

rckclmbr428

12-19-2017, 02:53 AM

donjuedo

12-19-2017, 08:03 AM

Nice. I like the exposed underside of the roof. Where is this?

rreidnauer

12-19-2017, 08:55 AM

It took you a entire week? You must be gettin' old.

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Thelognoob

12-19-2017, 12:23 PM

Nice pics!!!!
Love seeing the insides!!

John17three

12-19-2017, 12:33 PM

Bumping my post for progress. Up to 5 courses now. If you're curious, my build is a 30x30 LHBA plans built on 4' stem wall. The logs pictures are about 15" to 16" butts and 13-14 tops. See pic:

3713

You can check updates at my Imgur profile. (https://imgur.com/a/EAJWU) I guess I'm maxed out of embedded forum pics.

John17three

12-19-2017, 01:13 PM

I built this home last week, 30x30.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk122/rckclmbr428/IMG_20171218_143348_zpscvuh1wn0.jpg (http://s279.photobucket.com/user/rckclmbr428/media/IMG_20171218_143348_zpscvuh1wn0.jpg.html)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk122/rckclmbr428/IMG_20171218_143410_zpszhjpodgf.jpg (http://s279.photobucket.com/user/rckclmbr428/media/IMG_20171218_143410_zpszhjpodgf.jpg.html)

Ronnie, how tall are the walls to the cap log, and also how much wall will the owner end up with on the loft area? I'm doing a 30x30 and was curious what I was looking at dimensionally.

I also noticed a two piece cap log on there. Can you help me understand what's going on there?

rckclmbr428

12-19-2017, 01:14 PM

It took you a entire week? You must be gettin' old.

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It's winter time, gets dark at 5:30 so I couldn't work long days.

rckclmbr428

12-19-2017, 01:16 PM

Walls are around 13', loft will have 3-4' side walls. Load bearing logs had to be stamped, only one of the long logs met the grade criteria, so we had 4 shorter logs stamped and did 2 piece cap logs

Sasquatch

12-19-2017, 09:36 PM

John17three

12-20-2017, 06:04 AM

Hey Ronnie,

Do you have any pictures of you setting RPSLs on any of your builds? I plan to frame and deck the 1st floor before setting logs, but just started thinking that those floor joists @16" OC are gonna make for a tight fit. Any secrets, or am I over thinking it?

Well, my concrete RPSL columns didn't jive with the 16" OC for my TJI joists, so I left one out in the middle. I'll probably end up mounting them to the RPSL somehow.

Visit my Imgur acct for a pic (https://imgur.com/GSKHhQ8) of the RSPL install.

Arrowman

12-20-2017, 09:09 AM

Hey Ronnie,

Do you have any pictures of you setting RPSLs on any of your builds? I plan to frame and deck the 1st floor before setting logs, but just started thinking that those floor joists @16" OC are gonna make for a tight fit. Any secrets, or am I over thinking it?

Just cut a hole in your floor and header off your joists with a few hangers. That's what I did at least.

rckclmbr428

12-20-2017, 09:47 AM

Pour your concrete columns to the subfloor level

Sasquatch

12-20-2017, 11:23 AM

Pour your concrete columns to the subfloor level

Thanks. That's the solution I was leaning toward.

Arrowman

12-20-2017, 01:24 PM

Pour your concrete columns to the subfloor level

But log columns in a basement are much cooler than concrete columns.

rreidnauer

12-20-2017, 02:30 PM

But log columns in a basement are much cooler than concrete columns.But if the basement isn't set up for nature draining, a basement flood will not be good for a RPSL.

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rckclmbr428

12-20-2017, 03:26 PM

But log columns in a basement are much cooler than concrete columns.

It's been my experience that coolness factor has a direct correlation to pain in the butt factor

Arrowman

12-21-2017, 06:45 AM

But if the basement isn't set up for nature draining, a basement flood will not be good for a RPSL.

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You guys worry too much about water. If water and logs was actually an issue, all these real log home builders out there would be using larger overhangs. Just contemplate that next time you reach for the tinfoil hat.

And Ronnie, pain in the butt is temporary. Coolness is forever. At least that is what I told the kids every time something turned out to be harder and took way longer than initially thought.

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John17three

12-22-2017, 06:58 AM

You can check updates at my Imgur profile. (https://imgur.com/a/EAJWU) I guess I'm maxed out of embedded forum pics.

7th course complete. Check link (https://imgur.com/QExxD28).

panderson03

12-27-2017, 03:38 PM

wow. looking great!

donjuedo

01-04-2018, 02:56 PM

You're living my dream. :-D

blane

01-11-2018, 11:40 AM

3731

Here is a shot taken a couple of years ago. Notice, I still don’t have a wrap around deck

John17three

01-22-2018, 01:58 PM

7th course complete. Check link (https://imgur.com/QExxD28).

8th course complete. See link (https://imgur.com/hsRhnib). Holidays and January freeze slowed the progress.

mudflap

01-24-2018, 09:07 PM

Looking good, john17. Keep Em coming

blog: https://loghomejourney.wordpress.com/

John17three

02-04-2018, 11:15 AM

8th course complete. See link (https://imgur.com/hsRhnib). Holidays and January freeze slowed the progress.

Adding loft joists (https://i.imgur.com/tmZfebB.jpg)!

Thelognoob

02-08-2018, 04:33 PM

Looks great!!
What’s the size of home are you building??

Kirby

02-13-2018, 04:22 PM

loghousenut

02-13-2018, 05:16 PM

I'm new here sorta and ready to build next year. I live in Oregon. Could you quickly run through how I go about talking with the forestry department to obtain trees? I plan on building in Oregon. Is it easy to talk with them?

My experience over the last 30 years or so is that everyone with any clout in any of those darned agencies always ends up saying "Until a few years ago it was possible to get a "blah, blah, blah, suchandsuch" permit to get house logs but that doesn't fly anymore. Have you tried "Soandso Logging, out in Treeville"? I hear they are into some nice Lodgepole Pine."

No kidding. That seemed to be how it was just after I took the class from Skip, and it is still that way. Over the years I have helped several folks (as well as myself) try to find some of those public logs but never had a bit of success here in sunny southern Oregon. I got the logs for our current place off of a Craigslist ad.

mudflap

03-08-2018, 10:43 AM

This week:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4619/38772677760_0d8f4cd7a9_k.jpg

(I'm wearing my harness- I think 18' is past the limit where I want to risk a fall. 17' is fine, but not 18'. Falling from 18' is crazy talk).
this is log #42, layer 11. I'm just finishing #43. I think we only have 3 layers left on our walls.

And like everyone says- just about the time you become an expert on the part of the build you are working on (and get really sick of it), is when you are finished with that part.

John17three

03-13-2018, 06:21 AM

9th course up. Cheers all around. :-)

https://i.imgur.com/GhuQOpk.jpg

rreidnauer

03-14-2018, 09:16 AM

That was so easy, you should go another nine!

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StressMan79

03-20-2018, 08:45 PM

See my place below.

3759

John17three

03-26-2018, 06:49 AM

That was so easy, you should go another nine!

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Just going till course 11.

https://i.imgur.com/VeoPr9f.jpg

project

04-13-2018, 02:51 PM

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180413/98d9db241ff0ba4f1b76233e373581f0.jpg

Things are going slow around here.

rreidnauer

04-14-2018, 06:09 AM

Yeah. Here too.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180414/a0dcf3a22532c43adeb54d43a3a64ccf.jpg

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TAB

04-17-2018, 06:29 PM

Ditto here Rod. Dang elusive logs!3775

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mudflap

04-19-2018, 08:06 AM

Ditto here Rod. Dang elusive logs!

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Nice shot of Bear Lake (?). You guys are going to love it there.

We work on ours day and night, but progress feels slow (no matter what Allen says):

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/872/27484766898_0d6181f1ce_k.jpg

John17three

05-15-2018, 11:36 AM

Wall logs complete:

https://i.imgur.com/wdOR3vJ.jpg

And a little weather:

https://i.imgur.com/CRTM6Gu.jpg

thoner7

05-15-2018, 06:13 PM

What apps are people using to post pics? I have a few to post that are pretty cool

mudflap

05-16-2018, 07:15 AM

What apps are people using to post pics? I have a few to post that are pretty cool

John17three and a lot of folks use imgur.
I use flickr- any picture I take gets auto-uploaded to my cloud. I can then change the settings from private to public and share the image that way.

nobody better be using Photo$uck-it....they did us wrong, and we should never forgive them. feel free to replace '$' with the consonant of your choice.... :)

thoner7

05-17-2018, 03:45 AM

Yea I hate that auto upload feature. I want to select which ones to upload.

loghousenut

05-17-2018, 04:32 AM

I'm a Imgur convert...

https://i.imgur.com/pqYztV1.jpg

John17three

05-17-2018, 11:44 AM

Yea I hate that auto upload feature. I want to select which ones to upload.

Least we don't have to scan the pic anymore to upload. Thankfully that season (or lack there)of technology was short lived.

allen84

05-19-2018, 09:25 PM

I'm a Imgur convert...

https://i.imgur.com/pqYztV1.jpg

My internet is broken.

thoner7

05-27-2018, 05:49 PM

Here are some generic updates on mine. One of these days I'll update my build thread lol.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3bo6w7cnnoy2rbf/AABUgdENqeUI4YXVy0eQiB_aa?dl=0

Here are some of the back porch we are doing with a sweet ass truss I built that can out super cool so far. It will be finished once I get the rafters on and tie them into the cross braces. My idea for that is to drill a half inch pilot hole and use 5/8 all thread and a huge screw to screw them together.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y94bqr4f9ok22nm/AAAhL6jAHjytB5fa7MjUY7jxa?dl=0

John17three

06-08-2018, 01:48 PM

More pics for your rubberneckers...go ahead and take the class. loghousenut has a few speedo pics to view on the paying side of the forums. They're worth every...ahem...dime.

https://i.imgur.com/GrA2T0d.jpg

John17three

07-02-2018, 01:20 PM

https://i.imgur.com/yHe4EKV.jpg

Thelognoob

07-21-2018, 06:19 AM

These are inspiring!

panderson03

07-22-2018, 07:10 AM

take the class Mr noob. there's SO much more on the member's side :)

John17three

07-23-2018, 07:49 AM

These are inspiring!

It's the rainbow isn't? I did that on purpose. My place pales in comparison to many of the others in progress. You should see.....

https://i.imgur.com/59qaIXx.jpg

project

07-31-2018, 06:06 PM

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180801/517f0ed6bf53d5aaa47cd358d0a22c42.jpg
Finally got the ridge pole up.

John17three

08-07-2018, 11:14 AM

Looks great, Project. #Keep[demo]hammering

TAB

08-07-2018, 11:26 AM

That does look good. Wow...no gaps. Your going a great job!

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project

08-10-2018, 08:23 PM

That does look good. Wow...no gaps. Your going a great job!

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There are lots of gaps, you just can’t see them very good from so far away.

Little Eagle

08-14-2018, 08:23 PM

Hey LHN i think i know some of those logs in the picture! Yeah Travman me and my wife got to stay in there too, nice and warm all night and cool all day. Great place to go visit!

Little Eagle

08-14-2018, 08:29 PM

And you know Lognoob, the last email i got for the class they said they have added even more stuff then when i went 3yrs ago!

mudflap

08-14-2018, 08:40 PM

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180801/517f0ed6bf53d5aaa47cd358d0a22c42.jpg
Finally got the ridge pole up.Looking good!

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2Determined2Quit

03-05-2019, 03:09 PM

Feels like forever since we´ve raised a log, can´t wait til Spring!!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190305/2d384def43b466853f7c4846f14f33cc.jpg

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panderson03

03-30-2019, 06:14 AM

looking good, Melanie. what size are you building?

John17three

08-09-2019, 06:25 AM

For your aspiring builders. Some of you probably need to sign up for the emails, if you haven't already, and get in line for a short trip to Vegas. This class is the one thing you can talk about beyond your trip to Sin City. ;)

https://i.imgur.com/edZ8qOB.jpg

John17three

08-22-2019, 08:39 AM

Little roofing progress.

https://i.imgur.com/ggKRlbu.jpg

More corners

08-24-2019, 08:52 PM

Little roofing progress.

https://i.imgur.com/ggKRlbu.jpg

Looks great John17three! Keep it up, and love the pix on here too!

pinecone pam

08-31-2019, 09:47 AM

Doesn’t look like anybody’s posting here. Newbies need inspiration! I thought I’d throw a few out. Funny, I’m already remodeling! 20 years gone by in the wink of an eye!

Pinecone Pam4036

BoFuller

08-31-2019, 06:39 PM

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190901/dfdbbef83d4fe3f20af73f5a803569a5.jpg

I’m adding a deck.

After 5 years.

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mudflap

09-02-2019, 02:18 PM

Decided to pressure wash before I put in the subfloor. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190902/00e087c8797fd3780a48c1e5a758d1e6.jpg

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mudflap

09-03-2019, 07:02 AM

I’m adding a deck.

After 5 years.

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I just noticed the deck chair. nice. take your time. It's going to look great!

BoFuller

09-03-2019, 07:15 AM

I just noticed the deck chair. nice. take your time. It's going to look great!

I couldn’t wait. I had to test it out. :)

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slamasha

09-12-2019, 10:19 PM

Mudflap, your house looks great! Do you plan to pressure wash inside too?

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slamasha

09-12-2019, 10:20 PM

Getting ready for staining the walls.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190913/972caba86ba8c78a9564f5fc5a6e587e.jpg

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mudflap

09-13-2019, 09:00 AM

Mudflap, your house looks great! Do you plan to pressure wash inside too?

Sent from my Nexus 6P using TapatalkYes, working on that now before I put in the subfloor

Still need to cut down that lifting pole, ha ha....

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190913/c994d2f207a6ee6d82d9186c0245e4e4.jpg

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More corners

09-14-2019, 09:09 PM

Nick,

The logs on your house look so beautiful! Amazing!

Shark

09-14-2019, 11:47 PM

Yes, working on that now before I put in the subfloor

Still need to cut down that lifting pole, ha ha....

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I think you should leave it in the corner.

mudflap

09-16-2019, 07:50 AM

I think you should leave it in the corner.

ha ha! no.

But I vary between wishing I put the RPSL's on the outside of the house, and being glad they are inside - out of any potential weather. I like the look of them being on the inside, but the boss would like having more square feet of living space. this corner lifting pole eats into her square feet, and yes, every square foot counts. :)

dgrover13

11-17-2019, 02:19 PM

I had totally forgotten about this side of the forum since I became a member last year.

One of my biggest reasons to post on here is get questions answered and to get motivation from all the great encouragement from everyone. Really helps when the gas tank is empty.

Big accomplishment today...got roof covered for winter. Gonna go hibernate for a while[emoji1787][emoji1787]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191117/9df201edafae48f7f82c50fb909b8043.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191117/f215af3498cf98dc292f08ef36583387.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191117/b067ccd42f96d32186b518360ffd1e30.jpg

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Windwalker

11-18-2019, 07:01 PM

Guess it is about time I tossed some pictures in-
My wife and I went thru the class years ago after our place burned up.
Up until that point our total building experience was- one chicken coop and a dog house.
The class was life changing.
Now let me see if I can get these pictures to post.
Unfortunately there is a lot of crap - vehicles etc stick in these. But you should be able to see the house if you can get past the clutter.

https://i.imgur.com/hQ6kndj.jpg
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Windwalker

11-18-2019, 07:32 PM

Oh yea- I was should post a picture of how much it settled after ten years..( zero ) nada. So there are no pictures.
I will say we noticed a smidgen of shrinkage - like maybe 1/8" - in diameter- not to be confused with settling.
So where I had scribed drywall to fit tight against the contour of the logs in the down stairs bathroom eventually a small gap (very small) was exposed.
Fixed by stapling rope around the edges.

I can't emphasize the importance of this class enough.
I realize this is a picture thread so I don't want to wreck the flow.

loghousenut

11-18-2019, 09:04 PM

If you'da built at a more conservative pace, those scribed cuts would have stayed tight.

Great looking log house.

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Shark

11-18-2019, 10:15 PM

Windwalker, great pictures thanks for posting! Beautiful home you built.

StressMan79

11-19-2019, 01:37 AM

Windwalker, great pictures thanks for posting! Beautiful home you built.Here's a few of mine. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191119/5779d010f8364693b7420850c97dab4d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191119/c579b5f6ca14e6519ec475252956887c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191119/7660efdc197a2204fcd02d3efa2f3e51.jpg

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Shark

11-19-2019, 10:15 PM

Peter, how are you doing? I love your cabin, very cool design.

StressMan79

11-21-2019, 11:15 PM

Peter, how are you doing? I love your cabin, very cool design.Fine. Inside, the stairs follow the roofline up. Every thing seems bigger, with the upstairs half loft separated by a railing from the down stairs and surrounded by glass (and sliding glass doors--to a deck) on the high side. Btw, I'll be out (for my final trip next year, I forget where you are from, but you and any other readers are welcome to come by when I'm there.

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loghousenut

11-22-2019, 02:30 AM

I coulda sworn last year was your final trip out. That's OK. Have as many final trips as you want. The more the merrier.

We are doing a trip on Route 66 from LA to Chicago this next summer (Route 66 when we are 66). Plan to make it to your place again if it works into the map and schedule.

If not, maybe we'll meet up at cousin Tom's place or your place in Ohio, or Iowa or. wherevrnell you finally settled down at. Hug your Mom for me... She"sa peach.

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project

05-24-2021, 06:50 PM

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything so I thought I would post an update picture. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210525/3f45596ee1be02d46a0042f5f8213ce0.jpeg

Shark

05-24-2021, 08:40 PM

The gable end/ porch roof looks great!

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donjuedo

05-25-2021, 04:53 AM

That's a nice porch. I like the roof lines, too.

project

05-26-2021, 12:16 PM

Thank you. Cutting in all those angles were a pain in the butt!

jgrajiola

05-26-2021, 07:20 PM

I've been watching all of your videos. They are very inspirational and detailed. Thank you for sharing with the world!

Mosseyme

05-26-2021, 08:43 PM

The porch makes that log home outstanding.

project

05-27-2021, 02:03 PM

I've been watching all of your videos. They are very inspirational and detailed. Thank you for sharing with the world!

Thank you for watching. I’m sure I’m doing half of it wrong but it hasn’t fallen down yet.

project

05-27-2021, 02:04 PM

The porch makes that log home outstanding.

Thank you. I drew it up about 100 different ways until I settled on this one.

LarryNut

05-27-2021, 08:27 PM

I've been watching all of your videos. They are very inspirational and detailed. Thank you for sharing with the world!

Yep me too. I've watched them all and always look forward to seeing the next new one.

project

06-01-2021, 06:04 PM

Yep me too. I've watched them all and always look forward to seeing the next new one.

Thank you. All this rain isn’t making it easy.

Den_Sullivan

06-08-2021, 09:56 PM

Love it! Very similar to what I want to build once confidence allows me. Must be really spacious inside and that porch/entrance feels really welcoming just to look at.
Den_Sullivan

slamasha

06-08-2021, 10:02 PM

Beautiful porch!

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Shark

06-08-2021, 10:39 PM

Love it! Very similar to what I want to build once confidence allows me. Must be really spacious inside and that porch/entrance feels really welcoming just to look at.
Den_SullivanThere's no better day than today!

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Ellsworth

10-25-2024, 07:24 AM