Im wanting to build my house with yellow pine logs. Opinions, be easy on me. lol
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Im wanting to build my house with yellow pine logs. Opinions, be easy on me. lol
One of the things that will be taught in class is you build with what you have with few exceptions... I know nothing about yellow pine but if that's what you have so be it...
I am a west coast person hence I know about firs and other stuff...
Good luck
Been reading the forum for a while and dreaming about building with logs. Something about building a home that will be there for generations appeals to me. I've been very blessed over the years to have a close knit family and a good job so I don't worry too much about finances. My build is less about building a mortgage free home than it is about a desire to leave something tangible to my kids and grandkids. Land, timber and a log home that family can live in for generations should fill the bill.
I'm preparing to make an offer on 29 acres of an 80 acre tract that's for sale here in South Arkansas about 10 minutes from town. This will be a recreational property at first, but we plan to retire on it after we sell our home in town. The timber on the property was well managed but there's still enough 50 to 60 foot Loblolly (yellow) pines that need to be thinned to use in a small build without touching the money trees. Would like to have taken the Feb. class but work got in the way. My hope is to take the class next year and then begin working on building site for a small weekend fishing cabin around 14x14 with a nice porch and deck overlooking the 3 acre pond that's on the property. If my wife and I survive that build we'll look at clearing a couple of acres and building a proper log home closer to the highway, and use the cabin as a guest house.
I do have one question, how many plans are available to members once you've completed the class? I'm hoping there are some plans for smaller cabins and not just larger homes. Looking forward to learning more about the B&P style of building.
As Larry Culpepper says, Just Keep On Believin !
It has been awhile but with my 35 by35 I received a small cabin plan. I don't know how they are packaging them now but what you want may be available with the full sized plans...Quote:
Originally Posted by soonerfan85
The link to the plans packages is not working right now so I can't view it. Personally I think class prepares you to build a 12x12 or 14x14 cabin with no plans so long as there is no building department to please.
We'll talk you through any problems on the member's side.
OK, I found the plans but they are on the members side and can't send a link. The 35x35 and the 40x40 plans include a garage and a cute little 14.5x14.5 "shed" with a porch. They are full plans that would satisfy anyone but Bo's building inspector (inside joke).
Thanks guys. I'm sure we'll change our mind a time or two, upsizing and downsizing. Hopefully a small cabin will come together pretty quickly and give us the confidence needed to tackle a 35x35 down the road.
As I understand it, being outside the city limits we're not required to obtain a building permit, just meet the state building guidelines. The guy at Farm Credit seemed pretty interested in the idea of building a log cabin on the property. You see plenty of log cabins up in the mountains of North Arkansas, but rarely in this part of the state.
Welcome! I just left a build near there in Alabama. Pretty country!
Just wanted to say hello. My first post apparently got deleted. Not sure why but I think it may be because I linked a website that I thought might be a blatant rip off of this one. Anyway am hopefully going to be signing up for the class shortly for Vegas in February. Oh and if this post gets deleted please let me know what I am doing wrong. I am really interested in doing this and just trying to get started.
Thanks
Welcome aboard Louis!
I think you are doing everything right. If LHBA class changes your life like it changed mine, congratulations on finding it. I look forward to pestering you on the member's side.
PS.... Where are you from, Louis?
Name is not Louis, just from Louisiana... name is Joey!! Thanks for the welcome, you folks seem to be really helpful here and that tells me most of what I need to know about this Association and the class without even going yet!
Yes Joey. Linking that pirated website definitely got your post deleted. (it's why I didn't even bother responding, because I knew it was going to get the axe) You're doing just fine now though! :-)
I was not sure, at first, because I recalled the domain name change for the LHBA. But after taking a closer look at the renegade site, I posted a bit of detailed info, and had a hunch that might hasten "corrective action". :-)
Yes, you don't want to post dangerous links and you don't want to hijack threads. Be careful not to do what The Nut does.
He has won the Golden Wooden Paddle Award every single year since the forum began, hasn't he?Quote:
Originally Posted by BoFuller
Hey everyone, I'm new here and wanted to say hello to everyone. I live in the Northeast Florida area and have recently come across this forum. I'm very interested in taking the class and learning the skills that it has to offer, but don't think I'll be able to make it to the February 20th 21st class due to funds. I hope to be able to save up and make it out to the next one. Anyone know how often they have them? I did sign up for the list, but wasn't sure if there was a rhythm to there occurrence. Also, anyone else in the northeast Florida area with a current cabin under construction?
Hey Dude!
Don't worry. They're multiple every year. You won't miss anything. Well, until after the weekend. Then you'll know some of what you didn't know, get it? :D
Yo Dude!
I, loghousenut, winner of the coveted Golden Wooly Poodle Award, wish to unofficially welcome you to the forum. Class happens irregularly several times each year and you're gonna love it. You probably won't learn any new skills, but I'd bet you will unhinged the part of your bran that has doubts about your abilities.
You can build your own log home with your own hands. LHBA can unlock it in you.
OK! It's official I am signed up for Feb. 20th class. Working on air and hotel now but I will be there with pens and pencils ready to learn.
Joey
Congrats Louisiana, you're going to a class that will forever change your life for the good!
And NatureDude, I think there is a member that has a completed home in northern Florida. Someone around here probably knows who.
Oh, and almost forgot... If you can figure out what LogHouseNut was trying to say, you'll be just fine :D
I must have missed that part. What part of Bran is about doubts about our abilities?Quote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
Oh wait! Now I get it.
Hello! I am Tarmo, log house builder and timber framer from Estonia, North-Europe. Looking for new contacts and grateful discussions.
Greetings forum members! My name is Scott and I'm a first-time poster even though I've been checking out the LHBA for a few years now. I just signed up for the Feb. 20-21 class in Vegas...very excited about it! Look forward to interacting more in the forums with ya'll in the future.
Hi..Have read countless forums here, looked at many many member build photos, youtube, etc etc. My wife and I are finally signed up..going to the Feb 20-21 class. VERY Excited. We are both in upper 50's, I'm retired Air Force, and going to retire from the Railroad in next 3-4 years. Against countless advise against it on the forums, have bought 20 acres in Northern California. Our land is next my daughters property, and my son lives in the general area. So family is trumping all the negatives. I figure other people have built in Northern CA, somehow...just more BS, so not impossible. Could not find a class thread for the Feb 20-21 class.
Welcome aboard Scott and Gking! Where do you two live?
Hello Lognut...We are in eastern Nebraksa...Omaha area. I couldn't figure out how to add a location and Avitar to my profile. I have been lurking on here for many years, but just registered this year. Maybe I have to wait for administar permission ?
Just introducing myself. I am considering the 2/20/16 class. I am a carpenter by trade with experience in all trades. I am a licensed general contractor in Sarasota, Florida as well as a roofing contractor and home inspector. I specialize in building luxury waterfront homes that are ultra efficient. I'm looking to retire to the mountains in a few years and I hope to build my own log home.
My current skill set gives me an edge on the MEP systems and finish but I might as well be a fish trying to fly when it comes to log construction.
So, where is that northern California acreage?Quote:
Originally Posted by gkingfisher
[QUOTE=Wood Butcher;I'm looking to retire to the mountains in a few years and I hope to build my own log home.
My current skill set gives me an edge on the MEP systems and finish but I might as well be a fish trying to fly when it comes to log construction.[/QUOTE]
Which mountains are you looking to move to?
Hello, loghousenut. I'm in Kitsap county, about 20 miles north and west of Seattle, just across the Puget Sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
Humboldt CountyQuote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
Some of the last open green beauty found in CA. Look forward to watching/helping your journey. By the way, they won't lower your class grade because you already bought your land or because you're from CA. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by gkingfisher
Welcome aboard.
Thanks! Look forward to knowing what I didn't know I was missing! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by edkemper
Thanks for the unofficial welcome hehe, am excited to hop into one of them, hopefully in the upcoming 2016 year.Quote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
Are the 'member forums' more active than the open forums? Also, why is there such secrecy behind this method? I find it strange they don't sell books, DVDs, or things of the sort with the information. Why must you attend the class in Vegas? If it's just a classroom setting, it's not like the information is anything that couldn't be taught via DVD or read in a book, minus the Q and A's, but there is the forum for that. Please don't think I'm knocking the organization in any way, it sounds completely awesome and I totally want to take the class, I just don't understand why there seems to be a veil of secrecy that you can only pass through by taking the class. Can anyone explain? Thanks in advance! :cool:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/630048...posted-public/
Thanks for the welcome. This is our building site. Septic is already in. Will be off the grid with solar, possible seasonal hydro, still have to log wind speeds for possible wind power. Masonary heater, etc etc.
Well..posted picture from flickr account...maybe I did it wrong?
Dude,Quote:
Originally Posted by NatureDude
A couple of things. The class is the starting line. You get your briefing and that starts you on the path. There is no way to provide all the info during a 2 day class. But that is where you meet our leaders and where you become part of the family.
The Member Only section is where the details are. Kind of like a book of knowledge but more like an interactive one. There is someone (or plenty of someones) that will deal in more of the details. We really teach and help each other. There are so many variables that it is easier to get the correct info interactively.
Does that help? There is a Class Workbook you get. But without Steve and E teaching the class and answering many, many questions (save them for Sunday).
It's been successful for more years than I know and it's morphed into what it is today. At one time, the class was taught (as I'm told) helping to build a log home. A hands on affair. But that had many limits and what we have today is something special.
That does make sense. It seemed that two days was a bit short for such a massive amount of information, but makes sense that the class would be the 'intro' and the forums the details. Thanks for the reply! #TwoThumbsUpQuote:
Originally Posted by edkemper