Introduce yourself

**mudflap** · 02-21-2019, 02:14 AM

Welcome! It'll take you a lifetime to go through the forums- tons of info on here. It is true freedom building your own home.

Stay safe out there!

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**George2019** · 02-21-2019, 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by mudflap

Welcome! It'll take you a lifetime to go through the forums- tons of info on here. It is true freedom building your own home.

Stay safe out there!

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Thanks, mudflap! I've very much enjoyed following your blog!

**rckclmbr428** · 02-21-2019, 02:57 AM

Welcome George! Is there any trees big enough in Afghanistan to build with? Maybe the countries first log home!

**George2019** · 02-21-2019, 03:46 AM

Originally Posted by rckclmbr428

Welcome George! Is there any trees big enough in Afghanistan to build with? Maybe the countries first log home!

There are Himalayan Cedars in Afghanistan nearly 200 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter. Himalayan Cedar is durable, rot-resistant, and has a fine, close grain. Sadly, I won't see an Afghanistan that is safe and secure enough for log home building.

**BoFuller** · 02-21-2019, 05:47 AM

Welcome George. You’ll be back in no time. Thanks for all you do.

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**Mosseyme** · 02-21-2019, 06:21 AM

Welcome George, we will look forward to your input from afar. Stay safe.

**Plumb Level** · 02-21-2019, 08:01 AM

Wow, stack 4 logs, chink the bottom and top and ur done with the walls!

Take care of business, be safe, then come on back and build your home.

**loghousenut** · 02-21-2019, 10:43 AM

Welcome home, George. While you are over there, we'll be right here with you.

**Shark** · 02-21-2019, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by George2019

There are Himalayan Cedars in Afghanistan nearly 200 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter. Himalayan Cedar is durable, rot-resistant, and has a fine, close grain. Sadly, I won't see an Afghanistan that is safe and secure enough for log home building.

Be safe over there!

**mccann12** · 02-23-2019, 02:22 PM

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...

**mudflap** · 02-23-2019, 05:31 PM

Welcome! Help is a good thing and it'll go faster.

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**LaurenW** · 02-24-2019, 05:38 PM

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

**Shark** · 02-24-2019, 05:54 PM

We did the same, asked everyone to donate to our tool fund instead of plates and toasters etc.

**rckclmbr428** · 02-24-2019, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by LaurenW

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

Whereabouts in WV? I'm from near Huntington but live in Roanoke VA now

**Chaplain45** · 02-24-2019, 07:27 PM

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.

**davidwayne3** · 03-18-2019, 04:18 PM

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?

**rckclmbr428** · 03-18-2019, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by davidwayne3

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 fee

**mudflap** · 03-19-2019, 05:56 AM

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!

**loghousenut** · 03-19-2019, 07:24 AM

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.

**Shark** · 03-19-2019, 09:37 AM

It helps to have a ginormous (that's metric for freaking huge) ridge pole! Not much worry about falling off that

**Shark** · 03-19-2019, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by rckclmbr428

Tpi will grade your logs for a fee

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.

**mudflap** · 03-19-2019, 10:22 AM

It helps to have a ginormous (that's metric for freaking huge) ridge pole! Not much worry about falling off that

yeah- what he said.

it's so flat.....call my flat-earther friends- they'll confirm it.

**BoFuller** · 03-19-2019, 10:50 AM

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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**sticknurdder** · 03-24-2019, 03:16 PM

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

**rckclmbr428** · 03-24-2019, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by sticknurdder

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 peninsulas

**allen84** · 03-24-2019, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by sticknurdder

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

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.