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Hi Everybody!
I'm Nicolas, living and working in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
I've got with my wife a real dream about building our wood house, and I think I finally found a way to do it (that I can afford at least) here!
I wonder, do the association is active in Canada also?
I will probably see some of you in september for the trainning!
I know there is at least one active canuck. You might stray from teaching a bit...maybe an Alaskan entryway.Quote:
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Welcome to the family!Quote:
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welcome Nicolas and wife:) we do have LHBA-ers in Canada:)
glad you found us!
Thanks for warm welcome!
I am looking forward to be volonteer in projects after the courses in september, to help first and train myslef :)
:) its just under 5 hour's drive from Winnipeg,MB to our build in Minnesota, USA down I-29, if you're up for a road trip:)
I attended the Sept. 5th class and am looking forward to learning more once admitted into the inner sanctum. I am a white collar employee who has already downshifted once and has an eye out for the next exit. As a beneficiary of part of the family farm I have always dreamed of returning to my ancestral home in Tennessee (even though I am a Yankee). Since 20 acres was planted in southern yellow pine many years ago, I had always thought a log cabin was a natural. After class I'm a little more uncertain. As an introvert I must admit I felt right at home with the other members in class and look forward to following their journeys.
welcome to the family, MisPlayedHand:)
Seems to be more and more single females taking the class. Welcome Miss Playedhand.
LHN is a nut :)
Ms. Hand, might I ask what has brought about the uncertainty you are feeling?
If I read it right, she is more uncertain about putting up a log cabin on the old family acreage, meaning that the LHBA class has wiped away any doubts that she had for all those long years and now she realizes that it should be a full blown log house, built with her own two hands.
I am saddened by the way that she insinuated that the other people in her class was a bunch of introverts.
Welcome to the family Misplayedhand. My husband and I are building a LHBA house in Cottontown, Tn. You would be welcome to come vist. We are in the chinking and porch building stage.
Greetings to everyone. I'm Paul and my wife is Kathy. I took the September 5th class, but Kathy stayed home with the kids. We live in North Mississippi, but we have family in Middle and East Tennessee. I am looking forward to meeting everyone and learning more about what I am getting us into. Our first home was a kit built log cabin and I know first hand of many of the problems that were discussed in the class. Now I am ready to see the correct way to build a cabin.
First off my thanks for the warm welcome and invitation.
Second my apology if my chosen handle implied a different gender than I am. Just so you're clear: I am a heterosexual MALE with all my original parts (and no extra bits) and I intend on staying this way (unlike some you read about in the “news”).
Third how does one go about changing one's name?
-misplayed hand
Well, I am truly sorry ma'am... Ooops, there I go again. This will be hard for some of us to get used to and nobody is more surprised than I am. Glad to hear you have all those parts and all but I'm thinking it might be easier to change your gender than to change your forum name. I think it is approved under our new health care law, but I have heard that it takes an act of Congress to change a forum handle.Quote:
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And just to make things clearer, I am also a successfully heterosexual male and, though I have injured a part or two, I am mostly intact at this time.
If you decide to keep that provocatively deceptive forum name, and also decide to keep all those original male parts, I'd do my level best to think of you in a masculine way.
Kinduva shame though. Every new female member attracts a dozen male members. It's a lot like ladies night down at the Eagles Lodge.
PS... Welcome home Mr. Playedhand... Hey, that does have a certain ring to it, don't it?!!
Mr Nut is a nut :)
welcome Mr and Mrs butteredbiscuit:)
To change your username, send an email to info@buildloghomes.org with the new name you want to use. Someone will make the change and email you back when it is done.Quote:
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Cool! I'm gonna have mine changed to loghousenut.
Already been done to death.Quote:
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When you only know a little, things always seem simple. Once you've been a round a bit you tend to move at a more measured pace.Quote:
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Good Day everyone,
I also recently took the course on 05/06 September, 2015. My Name is Jorgen Ponsioen, but people call me Yogi. I will start building in the spring in the beautiful Yukon, Northern Canada. My background is Firefighter and commercial diver, so basically a jack-of-all trades. Found some good logs already to use, but moving them poses my first challenge. I see they have log arches for ATV/UTV's. My biggest challenges are remote location from anywhere, everything from the concrete up cost $$$.
Mr Hand, how big are your southern yellow pine now? Are the big enough to build with?
There are lots of us here who don't grab the spot light every time they communicate. We are here and we will help.
Blondie
Hi Paul and Kathy. We had a kit home too. We're loving the LHBA way of building. We took the class spring of 2014. Now our house is dried in. We're in Cottontown, Tn.Quote:
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Welcome to the forum.
Welcome Yogip. Sounds like an awesome place to build but very cold. We're building in Tennessee. We're loving it. Nothing remote here. We took the course last year. Welcome to the forum.
There are some that might be serviceable, others that have struggled - kind of like people I guess. I was kind of stoked when I learned about the diameter tape measure in class. Either way its probably a moot point for another 10 years. My CCP subsidy expires this fall which was the trigger that prompted me register for the class. After registering and subsequently attending class, my farm service agent contacted me about another program that I have applied for. I completed the paperwork but haven't heard yet whether I was awarded the contract. I reckon I'll be poking around looking for logs like everyone else. Here's a couple pictures I took last Spring.Quote:
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Hello. We were log home dreamers for years. We moved to Sequim, WA in 2008 into a chalet style log home on 2+ acres atop a 500 foot hill. I've been looking for a forum to gain info on proper maintenance.
Our log home was built by a local mill/builder, Yada Log Homes in 1999. Other than the walk out basement the entire outside structure is 8" square (7 1/2" actually) cedar.
https://scontent.fsjc1-3.fna.fbcdn.n...5a&oe=569EA0C8
beautiful!!