hi there Tom. welcome to the LHBA forums! when we stumbled on to LHBA, we were looking for info on kits too:) not sure many here have experience with modular type building. worth asking though!!
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hi there Tom. welcome to the LHBA forums! when we stumbled on to LHBA, we were looking for info on kits too:) not sure many here have experience with modular type building. worth asking though!!
Hi Tom, welcome to the forum. There are a few guys on here that have experience with kit homes, but I think most of them have spent time working for people who own them and are making repairs. I think on the home page of this website, down at the bottom is a block with some articles in it. One of them is why not to buy a kit home. This site is all about building your own cabin using whole logs and butt and pass corners, using information gained in a jampacked two day class. So take some time and read those articles and a bunch of forum threads. I think just about everybody on here will gently, or not so gently, try to steer you away from kit homes and into making your own cabin that will last for generations. So keep an open mind, do some reading, have fun and again, welcome to the forum.
Modular cabins are just standard homes with log siding, Nothing different about them then that
I couldn't have said it any better -- Well said, JohnW!Quote:
Originally Posted by John W
Tom: You too have now stumbled upon a site that may very well change your 1) Way of thinking, 2) Ideas of log home living; and 3) Your Life!
As John suggests -- poke around the open-side of the forum and the many, many threads there-in. Read lots, ask questions, absorb all you can.
Chances are (depending on your interests, desires and determination), you too may take the plunge by attending an LHBA class and start a whole new journey.
(This, from my own personal experience, and continuing journey.......). Godspeed!
I agree with Chas and John... You could build a real log home.Quote:
Originally Posted by AkChas
Hello,
my name is Hari. I just purchased a lot in Sierras and look forward to learning more about building a log home.
Hi Hari. Lots of information, even here on the non-member side.
Don't let John pull you astray, Hari.... He hasn't seen the members side of the forum yet. That's where the action is.
The joke section alone is worth the price of admission (that's the section where I've posted Bo's baby photos).
Take the class.
Love the humor in this forum. Keep up the fun part! Happy Holidays everyone!
Where in the Sierra's are you at
Beware of the posts from "loghousenut". There is a reason he has that name. He tends to drift to the dark side of our family tree. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hari
Tuolumne. It's located 5 minutes south of Twain Harte. I purchased a "rough" .50 acre of lot. It's in a subdivision.
And let's not forget he has the title of "The Conductor" but he's much more talented at derailing! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by BoFuller
I love it Cuz!Quote:
Originally Posted by rreidnauer
How is it that a poor old innocent bystander like myself can get so much bad press.
Just make sure you spell the name right...
Innocent? Hardly! Old? Absolutely! "The Conductor" has ran more trains off the track than anyone in the history of LHBA..Quote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
The Derailer?
Hello all. Me and my wife attended the course what seems like about 8 yrs ago. Been through some rough times, but we're still standing. Building my own log cabins has been a long-time dream, so it's something I'm going to focus on in the coming years. Starting to look at land nearby in South Carolina that seems ideal for what I want to do. If anyone if breaking ground in South Carolina, and putting their home together, I would like to help build to get my hands wet if I'm available.
Anyway, just wanted to say hello again. Glad to see everything is still up and running.
welcome back RockyRaccoon! glad you checked in and that the dream is still alive :) sorry to hear about the tough times but sounds like you're doing OK!
SC is beautiful:) Happy New Year:)
Another Rock comes home to roost. Get things straightened out and get to building. If you're real nice to me I'll let you finish before I do.
Thanks. Yes this is something I plan to do or die trying. I'm attending some employment training in January, but after that, I'll be on the hunt for some land nearby. Still haven't decided if it's best to sell the house I have or keep it as a backup plan. I'll try to figure that out in February.
Thankyou for the hellos.
We are in WNC, maybe to far to come help but welcome back, best wishes for a New Year that will lead to fulfilling your log dream.
Thankyou. In the next coming year, it will be about getting onto a property that I can start the process of building on. For a while I will be taking care of getting some new employment skills that I have been interested in that I have to travel and/or pay for. After that, I would really love to come and help someone put their home together, if I am available, and even if it's a bit of a ways away. Any kind of work related to putting together a log home property will go a long way to rebuild up my confidence and get me motivated.
Hari, you and I probably live fairly close to each other. I've been looking at lots in the Mt. Knight area. I'm new to the community, too--haven't taken the class yet. :)
My Mother took the class. So did 2 brothers, a cousin, my Wife, and my best friend.
I think it's time for UncleBri to take the plunge.
Sorry Unc, I think we scared Hari away sometime before Christmas. He'll be back.
Welcome
My name is Matthew, I am currently in the research phase of securing land and building a cabin/homestead in the Alaskan Bush. I have not attended the class and am unsure if it is possible due to my limited resources (my entire income is my disability pay from the military) and with that I support a family of 6. I am currently considering the Butt and Pass method but with D-logs using a chainsaw mill to minimize excessive daubing and chinking. My main concern being livability in the shortest period of time due to severe weather extremes and short building season. I intend to use the pillar and post type foundation, with the entirety of the home built with resources from the land purchased from Alaska DNR with the exception of the concrete, rebar fastenings and windows. Therefore I would most likely be building with White and Black spruce which I have been unable to find on lists of acceptable building logs, hence my following question...are those types of logs efficient building materials? please bear in mind that the land that I have located is about 20 miles from the nearest road making it improbable and inefficient on my budget to bring in building materials besides what I can transport behind a snowmobile during winter months. Any constructive advice is welcome.
Thank you, Matthew
Hey I'm new here. My husband and I have 13 acres on a hill here in middle Tennessee. We are getting excited about attending the class in March. I would love to know if there are any LHBA log homes in Tennessee. We live in the Nashville area.
Matthew... I am probably not the right person to respond cause I don't know about the pillar and post type foundation... Maybe you could start a new topic describing what this means, why it works and how frost thrust works in Alaska...
Log homes are heavy. Are there some options, like building a small starter home, then adding on until you get it the right size. I know that moss is used as chinking... I'm trying to think of the guy that built a home that's on TV... o well.
I don't like the idea of d-logs because there are so many options... Spruce logs are fine... I don't know the difference between black or white. I do know that they have a bunch of taper... which is not bad except when you try to make a d-log out of them... Think of stacking carrots. Taper is not a problem next to another carrot.
Any way, in construction you have three attributes fast, good and expensive... You get to choose two...