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LOG HOUSE xx BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES xx COTTAGE & CABIN Return of the log house. A look at traditional floor plans and styles. What to look for in a kit. Tips on buying log homes. Stackwall construction. Tips on building a stackwall house from 22" long logs and mortar. Tips on using slab wood (a by-product of lumber milling) as siding for rustic-looking buildings. Building with logs: What you should know. How to fell your own trees and make your own logs for a log house. Potential problems of log homes. Corner-notching technique for building with green timber allows for the dramatic shrinkage of the logs during the first three years. How to hand hew logs for building purposes. Frequently asked questions about cordwood masonry. The basics of a 1000-year-old building method. A look at building a cabin from logs. Tips on cabin design, cutting the timber, transporting and peeling the logs. Construction tips include a look at foundations, sill logs and saddle notches, framing doors and windows, gables, ridgepole, rafters, trusses, chinking and finishing. Build your own house from a kit. A look at log home kits and ten steps to take before you invest in one. A look at building a log home. Includes information on log building schools, kits and what to consider before buying. Tip on a better method for chinking between the logs of a log cabin. The current trends in building log homes from kits and typical costs. Housing: the shape of things to come. A look at foamed dome, log cabin, precut, manufactured, transposed, steel frame, geodesic dome, and earth-sheltered homes. Guide to contemporary log home living. Special advertising section covers building the modern log home and shopping for a log home. Suggested finish for log houses. Round-log construction. How to achieve precise fits using a chainsaw. An island retreat. A chainsaw and a milling attachment turn salvaged logs into a simple vacation cabin. Tips on sealing the joints between logs. Tips for repairing broken and cracked chinking in log houses. Appalachian axman's art. From two decades of hewing and notching experience, some innovative techniques for log-home builders. Log-cabin legacy. How two Tennessee restorationists locate, dismantle and reassemble old-time log cabins. Log-building to last. With proper siting, roof overhangs, notching, chinking, and ventilation, a log home should last 200 years. Description of using epoxy as a tool in a log house restoration. Tips on cutting corner notches for an octagonal log home. Chinking log walls. Sealing up the spaces between hewn timbers calls for modern materials and a sense of history. Scribe-fitting a log house results in precise dovetail joinery at the corners. Tips on using plantation-grown red pine in building log homes. Reason for eliminating a vapor barrier in log houses is explained. Victorian log studio. Basic carpentry techniques shape a unique small workplace. Features dovetailed log construction. Tips on building stack-log (stackwood) houses. Traditional Finnish sauna is built from well-chinked logs and has a sod roof. Logs are joined at corners using half-dovetails. Chinkless log-building. Coping logs with a chainsaw and scriber in order to eliminate the need for chinking. Chainsaws come out of the woods. A log builder tells about chainsaw safety, maintenance and how he uses chainsaws to work logs and timbers. Framing a roof with log gable ends. A look at the problems to be overcome. Log widgets are used to keep logs from rolling around as they are worked on. Grain scribe. A simple tool to help determine the amount of twist in logs being used in log houses. How to build a house of hewn logs. Covers selecting and felling the trees, hewing the logs and erecting the shell. How to build a precut log home. A description and step-by-step photos by one man who did it. A look at kit log homes. How to compare the different houses available. Includes names and addresses of manufacturers. Basic building procedures for log homes. Covers log selection, drying and barking logs, log shapes and caulking, corner construction, raising logs into place, piers and foundations, doors and windows, rafters and purlins. A look at the use of poplar for log buildings and tips on treatment to prevent decay. Tips on stackwall (cordwood, stove-wood, or log-end) house construction. The insulation R-values are compared in log houses. Cheaper by the cord. Design and construction of a stackwall house is described. Stackwall consists of embedding stove-length cordwood in mortar. For the love of wood. A look at one couple's varied log buildings and an introduction to the five basic log-building styles. Lovely logs. A look at contemporary log homes. Log home buying tips and do-it-yourself options. Corner construction details are illustrated. Build-it-yourself log cabin. Tips on erecting a Lincoln Logs kit house. Vacation cabin with a 14x16-ft. enclosed area and a 14x18-ft. porch. Wood frame covered with cedar log siding. Est. cost: $700. Photos show assembly of a log cabin in a kit from K Products Corp., Calif. Log cabins are back in style. Designs, prices and suppliers reviewed. Basic instructions for building with logs. Three styles of corner joints and the technique for joining logs are illustrated. Describes where to get logs and how to apply chinking. A look at the energy efficiency of log homes. Basic framing and construction tips for a rustic log cabin. Tips on corner joints and insulation for a log cabin. A look at some stackwood homes constructed over 100 years ago and information on where to learn more about stackwood architecture. A guide to contemporary log homes. Looks at building from scratch vs. kits. Includes manufacturers directory. A look at a low-cost cabin built by two women. Build a 10x13-ft. log cabin using native materials, traditional hand tools and a lot of hard work. Est. cost: $100. An introduction to log construction. The thermal efficiency of cordwood walls. How log-end houses compare with conventional structures. Building a "log" house out of stacked 2x4's. Tips on how to build a mortgage-free, owner-built cordwood "castle". Make your own "one pass" peeling spud to remove bark from logs. A mini manual on building the traditional hewn-log home. Tips on choosing a log home kit. A place in the woods. The art of building a shelter with log scraps and little experience. Patterns for three totem poles. Totem poles may be used as the porch roof supports on log cabins. Description of the restoration of a 123-year-old log farm house in the Potomac highlands of West Virginia. A guide to rehabilitating log houses. Recipe and instructions for daubing (chinking) between the logs in a log house. Log houses in America. Origins, construction techniques, etc. Between the cracks. How to chink log buildings for best performance. Includes a recipe for a strong, flexible daubing. Build a north wood retreat in the form of a handsome, sturdy and affordable log cabin. A look at what's available in kit homes. Differences between precut, panelized and prefabricated kits explained. Includes list of manufacturers of traditional and log homes. A look at six log homes and some tips on log-home living. Includes a primer on log home construction. Remodeling log homes. Tips on designing a log home with future expansion in mind and examples of some of the special challenges that remodeling an older log home can pose. Guide to factory-built houses. Part 4. Precut homes, including log homes. Log-cabin style observatory features a roll-off roof. Log hewing skills make a comeback. Some tips. | |||||||||
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