Can this be built?

[JohnW]

http://blog.lindal.com/wp-content/uploads/39787.jpg

I'm not saying we want to build this. I'm just trying to understand whether the seminar will give us the knowledge needed to build somethng like this.

Timberwolf has explained to me that there are several elements that are important


1. Roofline and roof in general.
2. Distance between the ground and my first log course.
3. The shape of the house.
4. The size/shape of my logs.

What I'm wondering is whether we can find a particular design (for example, the one above is a Lindal Cedar Home but there are countless others) and build that design using the principles taught in the seminar?

Thanks you

[loghousenut]

Nice looking place. Once you've been to class you wonder why anyone would want to copy it.

House plan books will soon become useless to you. They all have all those cute little design flaws that are so stylish this month and so dated next month. The photo shows a home that probably has a nice floor plan that could be incorporated. The wrap around porch would work with a change or two. The upstairs dormers could be incorporated into an LHBA home, and the detached garage is a fine idea also.

My prediction is that you'll fall in love with one or more of the LHBA plans at the end of class and you'll be able to come to the members side and tell us all why. When your home is completed and you look at the photos of it compared to the one you have just posted, you'll both like your LHBA home more for a variety of reasons... And you will own it.

[rckclmbr428]

given the right budget you can build anything. members have built similiar looking homes following the methods taught in class. (look at the koening fishing lodge in the members homes pictures at the mothership, er lhba website) most people here want to build with cash, and would are happy in something easier/cheaper to build. but yes, it can be done, we are going to be starting consulting on a 10,000sq.ft. Log Mahal soon using the class methods. so ya, it can be done

[edkemper]

No. Only because it appears to be a kit. <smile> But, you can end up building anything you want in a B&P style home.

[rreidnauer]

To answer this question, I'd simply like to refer you to a photo of one of our student's homes.

http://www.loghomebuilders.org/files/images/log-home-covered-porch--20.preview.JPG

I'd say John Koenig's house is a pretty close match, less the garage which could easily be added.

[JohnW]

To answer this question, I'd simply like to refer you to a photo of one of our student's homes. I'd say John Koenig's house is a pretty close match, less the garage which could easily be added.

Yep, I see that. It's like music - the more you hear a song, the more you understand it. The more I look at photos of these homes, the more I start to understand the principles.

This is a question my wife had: Is it necessary to this method of building to leave the logs sticking out beyond the walls?

It's something i was curious about too.

In most (or all) the examples I've seen, the logs jut out from the walls. I've seen log homes with clean, sharp corners and then homes where the logs jut out. Is it personal preference or something about the type of construction that causes that?

Thank you

[loghousenut]

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This is a question my wife had: Is it necessary to this method of building to leave the logs sticking out beyond the walls?

It's something i was curious about too.

In most (or all) the examples I've seen, the logs jut out from the walls. I've seen log homes with clean, sharp corners and then homes where the logs jut out. Is it personal preference or something about the type of construction that causes that?

Thank you

There's no real reason why you couldn't whack 'em off tight to the corner. I think it'd look funny but then for all I know that might be the next big fashion statement. I'd have bet you with 20 to one odds that men would never wear their pants so low that you could see the bottom hem of their undies. Then again I'm not one for wearing undies.

Just be real sure about it before you fire up the chainsaw. They'd be hard to re-attach.

[edkemper]

I said what I said because I didn't see any chinking lines. Our member's home is obvious.

[ramblinman502]

i love a person with an eye for cool : )) if you can dream it you can build it!

[JohnW]

Then again I'm not one for wearing undies.


We'll be sure to keep that in mind and make special arrangements when we throw a pool party and invite you all over to our new log home.

[ivanshayka]

Originally Posted by JohnW
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This is a question my wife had: Is it necessary to this method of building to leave the logs sticking out beyond the walls?

It's something i was curious about too.

In most (or all) the examples I've seen, the logs jut out from the walls. I've seen log homes with clean, sharp corners and then homes where the logs jut out. Is it personal preference or something about the type of construction that causes that?

Thank you

"There's no real reason why you couldn't whack 'em off tight to the corner. I think it'd look funny but then for all I know that might be the next big fashion statement. I'd have bet you with 20 to one odds that men would never wear their pants so low that you could see the bottom hem of their undies. Then again I'm not one for wearing undies.

Just be real sure about it before you fire up the chainsaw. They'd be hard to re-attach. "

Well said LHN. LOL

[ChainsawGrandpa]

Pool party??

Chinking party!


G'pa