Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home

Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home
Author: Roger Hard
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2014-05-18
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 161212237X

If you're considering building your own log house, whether from your own logs or from a kit, this comprehensive guide has all the information you need. Roger Hard covers everything from choosing a site to planning the foundation and driveway, shaping logs, making corner joints, erecting walls, fitting joists, adding decks or porches, adding chimneys, and much more. Step-by-step illustrated instructions make the process clear and foolproof, whether you want a basic one-story structure or a more complex multi-level building.

The Log Cabin Book

The Log Cabin Book
Author: Oliver Kemp
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-10-07
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 048681632X

This vintage guide from over a century ago offers timeless, practical advice on building log cabins. Simply stated, well-illustrated advice ranges from felling trees to furnishing and decorating interiors.

American Log Homes

American Log Homes
Author: Arthur Thiede
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1986
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Today log homes enjoy a new wave of popularity, and this book picks up on this trend. First published in hardcover 1986, it has sold more than 50,000 copies. Now in an affordable paperback edition with updated lists of designers and builders, it is a valuable resource for anyone interested in owning a log home. AUTHOR: Cindy Thiede has spent twenty years photographing and writing about log-home architecture in the United States. Additional titles by Ms. Thiede include Hands-On Log Homes: Cabins Built on Dreams, The Log Home Book: Design, Past and Present, American Log Homes Arthur Thiede is the co-author of the The Log Home Book, American Log Homes, and Hands-on-Log Homes. The Thiedes have spent twenty years photographing and writing about log-home architecture in the United States. They have designed, built, and restored log homes for themselves and clients.

Log Construction Manual

Log Construction Manual
Author: Robert Wood Chambers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011
Genre: House construction
ISBN:

Guide to building your own handcrafted log home including how to take naturally-shaped, tapered, round logs and scribe-fit them one to another so they look like they actually grew together in the forest. This book has information on the Log Selection Rules and the author's method for choosing which log to use next. There are also instructions for building hip and valley log rafters and roof trusses from full-round logs, how to cut state-of-the-art compression-fit saddle notches, and how to use underscribing to keep fits tight over time, along with step-by-step directions for laying out the sill logs for virtually any floor plans including hexagons, prows, etc. and advice on scribing and cutting long grooves and corner notches.

The Complete Guide to Log Homes

The Complete Guide to Log Homes
Author: Clyde H. Cremer
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2008-10
Genre: House construction
ISBN: 0595685021

It's a classic American dream: a beautiful log home nestled in the woods, standing proudly on a mountaintop, poised on a hillside, or serenely overlooking a sparkling lake or stream. With walls that beautifully blend the art of nature with the hand of human labor, no other kind of dwelling so poetically expresses the pioneering, self-sufficient spirit that made this nation great. If you're looking to make this dream a reality, let seasoned professionals Clyde Cremer and Jeffrey Cremer help you navigate the often puzzling maze of buying and building a log home. With this indispensable guide, Clyde and Jeffrey advise you on every aspect of the process, from idea stage to completed project, and explains how to choose the right style of home to fit your budget and site selection. They also cover such topics as: Types of wood used for log cabins Energy efficiency Estimating costs Construction concerns Log home maintenance And much more! The Complete Guide to Log Homes gives you all the information you need to make an informed, educated decision on buying or building a log home. Take the first step today toward having the home of your dreams! The Complete Guide to Log Homes

How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin

How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin
Author: W. Ben Hunt
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1991-01-16
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0020016700

W. Ben Hunt's classic has earned a reputation as the" authentic handbook since it was first published in 1939. Updated in 1974, it remains the only step-by-step guide to building log cabins and log furniture -- pioneer style."

Building the Alaska Log Home

Building the Alaska Log Home
Author: Tom Walker
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1984
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Pt. I consists of a step-by-step guide to constructing a log cabin including tools, site selection, foundations, joining techniques etc. Pt. II outlines the history of log building in Alaska.

Cabin Style

Cabin Style
Author: Chase Reynolds Ewald
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1423652479

The co-authors of American Rustic share inspirations for rustic elegance in home design for those who love living well in wild places. This gorgeously photographed volume offers visions of refined cabin style by top designers, builders, architects, and artists. From Napa to Nashville and along the Rocky Mountain spine, each project reflects the ways we live, and play, in nature. Whether a bison ranch, a log fishing cabin, a stone guest house, a lakeside retreat, a ski chalet, or a wine country barn, each home exhibits whimsical, playful, comfortable, and welcoming interiors and architecture—always inspired by the land. The homes curated in Cabin Style represent a fresh look at the genre, from traditional to transitional to modern. Interviews with architects, designers, builders and owners illuminate both the backstory and the creative process. Photographer Audrey Hall and writer Chase Reynolds Ewald have collaborated on five books, with their book American Rustic being named one of Best Home Design Books of 2015 by Architectural Digest.

Log Home Care and Maintenance

Log Home Care and Maintenance
Author: Jim Davis
Publisher: Lyons Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781592283385

A comprehensive guide to log home maintenance for the homeowner.