Quote Originally Posted by Gomer View Post
JJ here and a noob.
Naaa - not as doofy as Gomer Pyle but about as dumb at times I am. So Gomer works. lol
long time follower, still on the fence as maybe I have read to much here and elsewhere to have a clear head I guess about why everyone has their own way(s) to build. Like the butt and pass look yet like the cope look. They claim this - here it is said to be different. Heck - I don't care as both are around and have been for years. IMO it is personal prefection as to look maybe as much as anything.
I was reading a lot of posts from Jane Doe and her being at class and then she disappeared, as did a few others. Maybe in fact she never actually was there?
Anyway - the class is cheap, the whole thing quite a bit more, so I am digesting it all before diving in. Okay - been doing this slooooooooooow digesting of all on-off for 4 years.
What freaks me out is the 'into the mystic' of the other worldly side I guess. The "take the class" always said creates a sense of insecurity for my wife..and I need her on board or no dice. So here I am still thinking aloud.
A taste or hands on or an onsite class would truly sell us both

JJ
Gomer,

Take the class hahha. Once a person has been to class and have access to the "members only" side of this forum, they usually disappear from the "public" side. Jane Doe last posted on the members side in February. It's not uncommon for folks to come and go once they've been to class. Some eventually trail off and we don't know how they used what they learned from class, but a ton of them get thing together and build a home for their family. I'm pretty sure that Ms. Doe will be around for quite awhile.

There's more to the LHBA class than nuts and bolts about building with logs. You'll come away with a feeling that you can live a different lifestyle if you want to. Once you realize that folks like you and your Wife can go out and hoist a ridgepole, it changes how you look at the rest of your dreams. You will realize that you two can change your future by building the log home you've always wanted without 30 years of debt. Find a group of folks who will stick with you as you learn and build your own full-scribed and coped log home, and then decide which way you want to go.

As for the "take the class" thing... I can guarantee that all of us who say "take the class" have taken the class. I've yet to hear someone say they wish they had NOT taken the class. I don't make a nickel one way or another.

If you do take the class I urge you BOTH to go. My wife went. If she hadn't gone to class she would have wandered off last year mumbling "Why can't he just put up a kit log house like Phil did?". Instead, she is the driving force that makes it all so easy. I have enjoyed every ounce of sweat and loved every minute that I have spent building this home. Your experience may vary.

Take the class.




PS... Phil was my Wife's first husband. They built a very nice kit house and it went together quickly. They sold it as a part of the divorce settlement some 25 years ago.