This may be the biggest project we will ever tackle together. We aren't builders. We don't know any builders. Most of our friends and family don't believe we can do it. If they took the class they might think differently. The class was packed with valuable info and the members forum is priceless! Just 5 months ago, we had no thought of moving from our current home. Big Business behind us is buying up the houses on our street at "fair market" prices. Not ripping us off/ no ...
Updated 07-30-2013 at 11:10 AM by Kara
its cold and snowy and we're happily in the middle of 'resting season'! here's a review of what we got done during the past building season. on the garage we cleaned the logs, borated them and stained them -we used Outlast Q8 (medium gold) for the outside and LOVE it! got the log walls insulated and the outside chinked put up the loft floor joists and plywood bucked the 3 large door openings and put all 3 garage doors up ...
December 26, 2011... Many thanks to those of you who read my recent family trivia post and sent your wellwishes. Throughout this ordeal I have sought no council. I have great confidence in our own inner strength and innate instincts. We know what's right and wrong and we should follow our nose. My best friends have no idea what has been going on for the most part. I suppose that would indicate that my "normal" activities are abnormal enough that suspicions ...
Originally Posted by Silent runner Mario, just wondering what type of rope, blocks etc you ended up using? I just finished taking the class in November 2012, bought land, bought the plans and now looking for appropriate blocks. Sort of in the same spot you were in a while back. Those blocks are hard to find. Where did you find yours?
It's about time. It's about time I started this "blog" thing being that I'm home and on "IR" status. I suppose that I should start somewhere near the beginning of this Log Home Journey that my wife and I are upon. Our journey together started over 33 years ago, we'll be married that many years this November. We both were born and raised in Metro Detroit and moved our young family to Michigan's UP 25 years ago this past August. From the left ...
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