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VT is so beautiful! good luck with your build.
the LHBA class goes into all the specifics of EVERYTHING you need to know about building using LHBA methods INCLUDING preferred joining methods (in meticulous detail) and how to find free labor.
my advice is to take the class. We're glad we did:)
and WELCOME!
Is the CD available for those that cant afford the class?
The CD will only make sense after you've been through the class. It has been 20 years or so since we took the class from Skip. There is a mind-set change that happens to most people who take the class. For me it happened toward the end of the first day. It is a change that can't happen any other way. The CD is just a garbled bunch of info to remind you of what you already know. Take the class.
Hunter, take the class:) you will learn WAY more than you bargained for! what you learn about cost savings will MORE than pay for the cost of the class. you won't regret it. my husband is the biggest sceptic I've ever met and HE feels the same way.Quote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
i just thought if i could find some one who knows their way aound this site it would be smart, i am new here and from oz so don't know who to contact about log building classes, the hand book and cd etc
so if you could mentor me i would be very appreciative
thank you
we have a few members from Australia!Quote:
Originally Posted by rainbowbuilder
when you first arrive at the LHBA site, click on the 'our famous 2 day class'. it will take you right to the info about the class. work your way through the public forums. that will answer lots of questions and probably generate a few more! ask any questions you have. most likely someone here will be willing and able to answer.
again, WELCOME!
Hi all!
Wow! I just realized I never posted an introduction! My name is Teresa aka curlygirl110. Single mom w/ 4 kids...two of whom are now grown (one decided that I should become a grandma this year). I think I'm way too young for that...but apparently I'm not. I did the math. LOL
I took the Dec 2/3, 2006 class. I am finally looking for land! I've had enough of California, and am looking for a little bit of earth to call my own in Idaho. My sis lives up there with her hubby and 4 kids, and my parents want to retire next year and move up there (they are here in California right now). So mom, dad, and I are looking for some land where they can retire and I can build my log home!
I've been so busy trying to get my accounting degree, and I knew I wouldn't be able to/didn't want to build in California, so I haven't been doing much about the log home lately. But now that we're looking at land, I seriously have "log fever"! I can't pass a nice straight tree along the road without drooling! I drove through the redwoods a few months ago and all I could think was "wow! what kind of house could you build with those!" But I definitely wouldn't want to try pounding rebar through one of those!
I plan on building as small as I can. My first plans were quite...well...grandiose. But with 2 kids out of the house and the other 2 will be grown in just a few years, I really don't need that much space. So a 30x30 with a second story will do nicely.
Teresa :)
Currently live in Texas but can't wait to get back home to the NWP--probably Montana. I am excited about this project and fully intend to get to working on it in the near future. Thanks for providing this site. Look forward to sharing a cup of java with you in the future.
Hello all,
I would like to build a small log cabin. But for now, I need to learn how to do it. I guess attending the class is the first thing to do ?
Thanks
Kilkamesh
No question about it. What you'll learn is that you CAN do it and you don't have to pay someone else $180,000 to put up a log shell so you can then pay someone else else $100,000 to finish it. This site is all about having a home for your family that is paid for before your Grandkids inherit it. Take the class.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilkamesh
ive wanted a log cabin for as long as I can remember. Is it really possible to build your own cabin cheap. I want to attend the how to classes and looking for land.
The class will teach you about everything you'll need to know. Yes it's very possible. Only the appropriate teacher and knowledge keeps you from it. Welcome to the neighborhood. Take the class and join our family. The best part of taking the class is getting into the Member's Only places.
Hi everyone,
Am really excited to take the class in Vegas! I live in Phoenix so it will be an easy commute for me. I also have family in Vegas so this class is in the perfect location. My name is Scott and my wife and I are planning on getting some land in the mountains of Northern Phoenix. Plan on getting more involved with this site and look forward to meeting all the members.
I want a log home so bad,but i am patient. I want to do this right.I really need to attend on of your classes,huh.Well i can sure use some intelligent advise on the whole thing.
Thanks,
David McFarland
it all starts with the desire (DREAM) to build a log home:) now register for class and READ THOUGH these public forums. just know that the dream is POSSIBLE if you are willing. welcome!
Hi, Im David from New York. Looking forward to attending the class in Las Vegas. The plane and hotel are costing me $1118. So I hope this class lives up to what I have been reading.
I have read every comment on both forums - I can not tell you how many times I have read something like this comment. It will change your way of thinking & very likely change your life! Just think about how different a person's life would be without a mortgage payment to make for 15-30 years???
We will start our dream log home early next year. It would NEVER have happened this soon without the knowledge we gained from LHBA!
Class of April - 09
This is a dream of my wife and I to have a log home someday. That dream was kinda destroyed when I started seeing how expensive log kits were and then I found this site and hope that our dream will be rekindled.
hey, same here.... and now we will be pouring a foundation at the end of the month... :)
Greetings Everyone!,
I will be attending the Las Vegas class here in 09 and am looking forward to my first build ASAP ( : -trees will come down this year. My name is Nate and I live in Yelm (just east of Olympia), Washington.
To joining the Association! -Nate
You'll have no trouble finding good lookin logs in your neck of the woods.
We are building in Ashford, WA.
(living in Portland right now though, & drive up on weekends)
Let me know if you need a good logger/tree farmer in the area. I know a good one near Eatonville. :)
Hi Steve,
My wife and I just purchased some land to build a recreational cabin on. I found this site when I did an internet search for "cabin kits" and got a hit for "why you shouldn't buy a cabin kit". It as been a dream of ours to have a log cabin and the site has been quite informative. I am intrigued by the butt and pass process and we are anxious to attend a class. I signed up to be notified of your next available class and hopefully it will be soon. My wife and I look forward to attending.
Terry (TJ) and Norma Jones
Chugiak, Alaska
Hei, this is Edward Mugumya, 25 years , my second name means Conforter and i understand Edward is from two words Ead- meaning "happy" & Wealthy and Weard- meaning Guard .
Any way , am in Uganda "The Pearl of Africa" in East Africa, Africa. Ilive in the Western part of Uganda, my president is His Ex.Yoweri Museveni but am a graduate of Makerere University in Development Economics. Graduated in Jan this year but have not found a job.
Am an Internship Student with the District Local Governement and w'd want to start up a small bussiness to sustain me . But would want to construct a small wood house to operate a Canteen and at the same time a Secretarial bueaure. There is good potential for the bussiness to grow.
Can any body help me draw the simple plan for that simple cabim so i c'd do something instead of moving aroud looking for the scanty job opportunities.
Look i get a facilitation of 150 dollars per month and w'd want to save some bit to start up.
Got to know about you via the Net, Google searched for Cabim houses in US , it was Amazing to see those houses i tell you.
Bless you all.
=Eddie Mugumya in Uganda, East Africa
Welcome to you. My brother-in-law is from Gambia. and we have a LHBA member already building in Africa! just drawing the plan is pretty simple, but there are lots of details to building safely with logs. they cover all of these in the class. its most often held in Washington state USA. I don't want to sound discouraging. but if at all possible, come to the USA and take the class. again welcome to our communityQuote:
Originally Posted by go4ureddiem
Hey folks, new member here. Well, not exactly new. My wife and I took Skip's class back in the 90's, but I'm just now building a log cabin of my own (although we helped several neighbors build their houses using Skip's methods).
I've got a gorgeous hunk of dirt in the mountains above Leavenworth, and a couple years ago I bought a ~100 year old log cabin from down below. Last summer I dissassembled it and moved all the logs and pieces to the land, built a new foundation, and got the floor in. This summer I've sanded and stained all the logs (only had to replace a couple of them!) and I've now got the walls reconstructed. In a couple weeks the roof goes back on (I was able to remove it and move it in 2 sections). Been a fun project, as the logs were hand carved with primitive tools to fit each other, and there's not a spike or nail holding it together!
Anyway, I stumbled upon this site and figured I'd sign up. I've got plenty of questions and maybe even some answers. Hope to get to know some of you!
Dan
Wow. That sounds amazing. Those old growth logs last forever. Even notched 100 years later they are solid.Quote:
Originally Posted by wristwister
Would you mind posting some pics of the project? I'm sure everyone would love to see it.
If you have your membership card, or perhaps an invoice or something, you can probalby get onto the members forum. Other's may have more information about former students getting membership priveldges in the forums.
We are in snohomish also.About halfway done with our first one.
Jim