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Alex, All your life you have had an unfulfilled dream. It may be time to live the dream. Take the class. Make the contacts. Work on the contacts homes. Don't worry about your handicap of having no family in the area to help you. Most of my family has no idea what I'm doing and would think I'm crazy if they knew. Your support group will be as big as it has to be and if you are the type of person who enjoys being alone, you'll do fine alone.

Photo is Son, Jake planting a seed log for the next house.
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I am new to the site and the also teh construction of log homes. My wife and I just purchased 6 acres in Tenn and have decided on a log home. Most work will be done by use as we believe more care is taken when you work on what you own. Hope everyone is having a great holiday season

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I am new to the site and the also teh construction of log homes. My wife and I just purchased 6 acres in Tenn and have decided on a log home. Most work will be done by use as we believe more care is taken when you work on what you own. Hope everyone is having a great holiday season

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Have you signed up for class yet?

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I have not signed up for a class as it looks like only Las Vegas is listed as far as I can find. That wont work for us I have 4 little girls to tote around. if a class was in Georgia,Tenn,or north Florida it would be great.

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I have not signed up for a class as it looks like only Las Vegas is listed as far as I can find. That wont work for us I have 4 little girls to tote around. if a class was in Georgia,Tenn,or north Florida it would be great.[/quote]

I know it is cheap to fly there and might not be a bad drive if you are up for your 30 days of leave. How about you and Mom and the four little ones taking Gramaw out for her first trip to the city of lights. There are a number of kid friendly hotels and the old gal probably deserves a getaway from all that Southern hospitality she's been dishing out.

If you wait for the next class in Washington, it would be a great class, with the oportunity to touch and feel what you'll be studying, but probably a more costly affair all the way around.

The NUMBER ONE rule in my book would be to not even consider leaving a spouse at home for the sake of expense. I think my wife's pushing, prodding, accounting, purchasing, scheduling, forklifting, and muscle-powering would be much less effective (and less affective as well) if she were coming from a different "school" of thought.

Patty Smith, Class of August, 1988
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Well after several years of lurking and dreaming it's all systems go...
I'm currently in England and my hubs-to-be is in Canada, the next couple of months are going to be a real whirlwind of activity as not only are we getting married but we shall also be spending our first Valentine's day together in Vegas...can ya guess what we'll be doing????
.........NOOOOO, not THAT ;o)
.......we'll be attending class, of course!!

Yeeeee harrrrrrrr!!!!!!

Michelle and JP are the names, pleased to meet y'all...

welcome!
this is gonna be fun!

2 cents :)

congrats on the wedding ( and the class of course! )

Hello everyone, I'm Tom, 49 years old, have been dreaming of a log cabin far out in the woods....... for 20 years. I'm purchasing land this Spring, somewhere in the Central Cascades of WA.

My current dream is to build a small rustic cabin 12x18 that looks like it's been there 100 years. Would like to find someone who can help, ideally experienced. Or do the whole job is an option. Depends on the class schedule for 2010.

Looks like I missed the 2009 class in Gold Bar dangit....

depending on your intestinal fortitude for regulations, and where you currently live, you may find it easier to build elsewhere. Washington thinks it is their business to meddle in all facets of construction. If you are attempting to get around that by staying under 200 SF, Perhaps you should consider 14x14. Square is better for practical purposes.

Anyway where are you now? if in Western WA, I would be available to scrub your plans a bit. I live up by everett.

stressman79@hotmail.com

-Peter

I'm from the Salt Lake area, and I like to have fun with my friends and coworkers. I love lifting weights, and building stuff.

Hi everyone. I am Stephen and am stationed at Langley AFB in VA. I will be retiring in 12 years an want to build a small cabin in Alaska after I get out and just enjoy life with the wife. Cant wait to learn from all of you. Take care.

welcome Chili, you've come to the right place:)

My wife and I will be going to Las Vegas in Feb 2010. We are excited and looking forward to being a part of the LHBA family. I know nothing about building a log home but have always been able to put together anything I set my mind to. We can't wait to be full-fledged members and learn from you all. BTW, you don't see many custom, hand peeled log homes in our area of SE Texas. Maybe we will be the first....Mike

well howdy and welcome : )

hello im new here.. i found this site yesterday. and i would love to build my own home. im a little intimidated because im a girl and not strong. i dont think i could do it on my own.. but i do have a very strong brother and some cousins who if i were to buy several acres around here would take an acre or 2 as payment for helping.. i dont have the ability to take the class yet but ill start saving for it now.

my cabin wouldnt be grand.. just 25' by 25' with a loft.

im not sure how i would go about finding land but im told that ill learn that in the class.

I'm a girl too and have no doubt I have what it takes to build a log home. would be hard work but I could do it! good thing I have family to help me too though:)

welcome and take the class. you won't regret it!

Welcome to the forum! Congrats on signing up for the class. I took the class in Vegas in October, I am lining up materials, and learning as much as I can. What part of Texas are you looking at building in? I will be building in the Hill country around San Antonio. There are a lot of other Texans on this forum as well. Maybe we can get together and help each other out.

We are about 60 miles north of Beaumont. Plenty of yellow pine in this area. Glad to hear there are other Texans here, maybe we can share some knowledge and labor.

Welcome
There's several of us in different phases of building in Texas. Where are you'al from.
Jo
Commerce Tx

We are in the process of clearing south of Lufkin, sounds like you are close, hope you are taking your better half with you. My wife thoroughly enjoyed the class and it gave her the confidence that we CAN do this. Welcome again....and Jo D the word is " ya"ll"

Thanks- spelling and typing are not my strengths.
What phase of building are you in? Keep in touch so I can help during the building phase. I am waiting on plans(which will be arriving anytime now), looking for tools.
Jo

We are in Kirbyville. Pretty small town. I would love to see your project, Shipley.

Hey! I want to build a log cabin ASAP! All I have to do first is pay off my personal debts and save some $$$. My time frame is 5 years from now to start. All of the homes on here look awesome, hopefully mine will be on here in about 6 years! Good luck to all.

Mike

building small is a pillar of the class. If you can talk a guy or two to give you a hand for 3 weeks of the heavy lifting, and got a bunch of hands to help with the tedious stuff (read peeling), you can do the other stuff by yourself or with a helper (not necessarily strong, just a separate set of hands). If you worked on it as outlined, you could get it dried in in as little as a couple weeks, the interior done in as long as you require.

Take the class. It teaches the fundamentals behind the plans, so I am deviating significantly, but obeying the fundamentals. I am building a 24x24 w/ a 1/2 loft and a clerestory for passive solar. The floor plans are on the member's side.

Anyway, 25x25 is a good size for a couple or a small family.

Enjoy the process, and I am looking forward to seeing you as a full member!

-Peter

Greetings!
My name is Jane and my husband and I just finished building an American version of an English Cottage in 29 acres of solid timber in central Illinois. As soon as hunters in Chicago heard about our house we have been approached by them to sell our prime hunting property and house. If they pay the right price, we will sell, buy another wooded lot and build a log house. Building is kinda like childlabor. Once the pain is over and two years pass, you are ready to do it again.
My husbands first question when I told him about Butt & Pass building technique was, where do you get your lumber? Who will built it since we are getting "up" there in years and our backs aren't as strong as they used to be. (he's a contracter and his body is paying the price for years of doing alot of the building himself).
We are seeing if we can manage the seminar in Vegas in Feb.

ahh..my hometown : ) welcome...tell your husband to grab the timber off that 29 acres before you sell! sign up for the class..youll be glad ya did. : )

Hi :) I found this site a few years ago, have been dying to attend a class, am hoping I can do so in Feb...waiting for final orders for divorce. Anyway...I'm in Southern Colorado, final orders should include 1/2 a 401k, which if possible I think I can get a loan for real estate (borrowing from myself basically, am thinking (after attending a class, to know what to look for) of looking for land, getting something temporary to live in, always seeing used mobile homes cheap, I have 4 kids, 5yr old, 12, 13, and 15 yrs, prob. 1/2 time, as I know it will be a slow process for me. I prob will have no cash otherwise from the divorce I mean. I am trying to finish school, no job (keep getting fired, mainly for reasons related to money...ie car probs, working at home for home-based call center, internet cut off, both before getting first check which i needed to prevent these problems, awful circle.
I do get spousal maintenance, which should increase, which allows me to barely cover rent at least...ANYWAY...I really want to do this, have pretty much developed a habit of giving up almost before starting things, after 15 yrs of a fairly abusive, controlling marriage, and a horrible horrible year of the most awful accusations, having kids taken from me all but once a week, etc, etc, (all unfounded, finally shown to be) and am worried about being too easily discouraged, ...I realize this is way too much info lol, and don't mean this to be a 'poor me' session, I've had some help from some wonderful people as well, but just figured if I am going to do this, d this is the only place I can maybe count on finding some positive reinforcement/feedback re: this specific idea, which I will need to succeed.
Thanks!! :D

Amy

P.S. Couldn't understand why I couldn't sign in......my username was meant to have a 't' in it..lol scapearTist...anyone know if that could be fixed? :)