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Be safe over there!Quote:
Originally Posted by George2019
Hey guys just finished the Feb class.. Planning on a 35x35 build with my son this fall. Itching to start the planning phase as soon as i get the LHBA plans in the mail...I am in upstate SC...
Welcome! Help is a good thing and it'll go faster.
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Hi everybody!
My fiancee and I also just completed the log home class last weekend. The plan for this year is to complete our current home reno (located about an hour outside of Philly), get this house on the market, get married and get as many supplies and resources as we can. [We're those weird people who will be registering for building materials and tools- who really needs fancy plates anyway??]
By next year, we plan to have our forever property in eastern WV, start dropping some trees and begin our build! We're looking forward to following along with all of you!
Best,
Lauren & Jeff
We did the same, asked everyone to donate to our tool fund instead of plates and toasters etc.
Whereabouts in WV? I'm from near Huntington but live in Roanoke VA nowQuote:
Originally Posted by LaurenW
Welcome LaurenW, we live in Indiana and have extended family in Hinton, WV. We are beginning the process as well...but with 40 years of marriage (in May) so no gift lists to be filled :) Look forward to watching your home come together.
Hi Steve,
My name is David and I have been interested in building my own log cabin. I want to cut my own logs. My question is how do you get past the building codes of graded or rated logs by engineering?
Tpi will grade your logs for a feeQuote:
Originally Posted by davidwayne3
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I want to cut my own logs.
<mudflap shivers>. cutting your own logs is one of the most dangerous things you can do as a non-professional builder. That said, it's a great way to get logs for cheap, and that's how we did our build. You have to have just the right amount of crazy to do it. :) The next most scariest thing is riding your ridgepole while cutting notches in it with a chainsaw to level your rafters. Glad that stuff is behind me. Welcome aboard!
Funny, Jake never complained about the ridgepole much. Once he even spent the night up there because he said the ride down on the telehandler forks made him queasy feeling in his guts.
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It helps to have a ginormous (that's metric for freaking huge) ridge pole! Not much worry about falling off that ;)
Yep, the place we got our logs, were actually serviced by TPI so we got ours graded a bit cheaper since they did it before they shipped to us.Quote:
Originally Posted by rckclmbr428
yeah- what he said.Quote:
It helps to have a ginormous (that's metric for freaking huge) ridge pole! Not much worry about falling off that
it's so flat.....call my flat-earther friends- they'll confirm it.
You’ll either need them graded or find a place to build where the code doesn’t require it.
Hint; Not Yavapai County in Arizona.
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Hello,
My name is Christopher. 25 years old, and I've been dreaming of building a log home for over 10 years. I live in the Southwest Michigan area. Are there any members from the MI or IN area on the forum?
Thanks
We've built a couple in Michigan, both peninsulasQuote:
Originally Posted by sticknurdder
Message me... You may already have it but, I'll send you contact info for an LHBA member in your area that runs a sawmill. I believe there is some Indiana folks around here too.Quote:
Originally Posted by sticknurdder
I was wondering about the class. Is it a two day class, or a two year program i'm really interested in building my own cabin and house.
It is a 2 day class.
Thanks for the info.Quote:
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Thank you for the information.Quote:
Originally Posted by rckclmbr428
We will be building in Brown Co. IN. That is about 40 miles south of Indianapolis.
The class is 2 days. You'll leave with all the knowledge you need to build. And the members side of the forum has an abundance of more knowledge, experience and ideas. The "program" could be much longer, ask LogHouseNut.
If you want my take on it, it is a two day class that you take three times, taking at least one family member or friend each time, then you play around with the idea for 20 or 30 years til finally you build the log house that you will die in but it takes 10 years or more to build it because you are in no big hurry and you really enjoy the process.
I suppose the short answer, from my perspective ,would be... Take the Class.
PS... I make no money from LHBA (or anyone else) whether you do it or don't. If you have any interest in what you see here, I'd say just do it and let it change your life.
Hi y'all! Been lurking for several months, and yes, I intend to take the class (not this month, likely whenever the next one is, hopefully around end of summer!). We are in the process of selling our current home in Texas and moving to SE Oklahoma (probably McAlester area) and, Lord willing, will rent while finding property and building. I'm very stoked about the prospect of building our next home from logs, and finally have gotten my wife to start getting excited as well :cool: Looking forward to all of it (including the aches and pains hehe)!
Funny thing this... I started another addiction in a very similar way... stumbled across a bowmaking website in 2010, which re-ignited my toxophilia, been making (natural wood) bows ever since. Guess that'll be on hold while I nurse this new addiction lol
Welcome aboard. May I suggest that you'll get more respect on this forum if you'll change your name from okbuilder to reallyawesomebuilder.
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Will someone please PM that man and warn him about me.
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Warning: loghousenut's filter is broken. And that's how we like it. On the bright side....
Well, welcome aboard anyway!
I keep thinking I'm about to shingle my place, but the rain has other plans. I'll get there.
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That right there is some funny stuff ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
I saw that one coming lol, I'm a punny guy who loves plays on words. Even better when it gets a response (even a roll of the eyes hehe)!Quote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
Maybe I'll make the suggested change AFTER I build this home :cool: I really don't know why OKBUILDER was not already taken XD
loghousenut I've been poring through the forum for a bit, I'm well aware that these threads "may contain nuts" :pQuote:
Originally Posted by loghousenut
mudflap I've been following your build very closely...looking good! You had me rolling with your analysis of what must go on in those automotive design meetings at the big car makers! How many times have I had very similar thoughts when working on a car (or stickbuilt house, or...just about anything mass-produced for sheer profit)!?!
Hope the rain lets up a bit so we can both get stuff done!
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Originally Posted by okbuilder
Thank you! And OMG! don't get me started on the way they make cars work (not work) these days. :) And I'm a young-un, comparatively.
link for the un-interested: https://loghomejourney.wordpress.com...ck-in-the-mud/
Still can't believe they do this kind of stuff- and there's absolutely no reason for it. sheesh.
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Thanks for your advice. My husband and I took the class this passed weekend. Waiting for my member only sign on soon. Thanks for your comment.
HEY THERE, I am here to get some tips on how to renovate an old cabin.
hi there, mcknzAlex. welcome
A gazillion variables there.Quote:
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Renovate to original? To your liking?
What kind of shape is it in?
Pictures?
Welcome.
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Yeah, if there are no photos there are no cabins.
Hi, I'm Dean and I'm new here, Nice to meet you all.
Dean, It is not much of a meeting if you don't brag about yourself or ask a question... I am loghousenut, he of the non-capitalized forum name. I joined the LHBA in 1981 and it changed my life. Most of us don't take over 30 years to start our dream home and most of us don't take 10 years to build the rascal, but most of us don't enjoy the process as much as I and my Family have. Don't be so wishywashy about why you are here and what you want out of us. We have been there, just like you.
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