So many log homes look like a giant box with a roof. Is this because of simplicity to build or building code restrictions?
Originally Posted by That is plumb level I mainly dealt with Tony Parks, the owner or one of the owners. He is out of the country for 2 weeks starting yesterday. Clay showed me around the place when I visited, and I briefly met Tony then also. I'm basically going to be dealing with Clay now that I've placed my order. Clay is also the transportation manager, and will probably be the one driving the truck delivering my logs. They've responded to a couple of e-mails, but phone calls are the best. Phone ...
Just wondering what I need to do to support logs and do they need to dry and if so do I need to treat the ends of logs
we started the 2011 building season in May with 9 courses on the garage and cabin walk out basement walls done. here's what we did this summer on the garage -stacked courses 10,11 and cap logs -finished RPSL pads -placed RPSL's -placed ridgepole -placed rafters and finished roof -placed in-floorheating to prepare for cement floor -5" cement floor poured and what we got done on the cabin -finished ...
So we stumbled on the LHBA website in Jan. 2011, fell in love, formulated a dream, and on Labor Day weekend 2011 we became official members of the LHBA! We know this is what we want to do; both my husband and I have always said we would love to have a log home "someday". But to even get this dream off the ground we will need land. Land....seems simple enough, right? No. Actually there is a lot to think about. Every county has its own building permits, requirements, ...