Download or read book Complete Guide to Building Log Homes written by Monte Burch and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1990 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses floor plans, building lots, log styles, joinery, log house building techniques, insulation, and alternative energy sources.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Log Homes written by Clyde H. Cremer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Log Construction Manual written by Robert Wood Chambers and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Log Cabin Book written by Oliver Kemp and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book How to Build This Log Cabin for 3 000 written by John McPherson and published by McPherson. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Build Your Own Low Cost Log Home written by Roger Hard and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin written by W. Ben Hunt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1991-01-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."
Download or read book Log Cabins written by William Anderson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A log cabin is a less sophisticated dwelling structure made of logs. Log cabins have a long history in both the United States and Europe. In the United States log cabins where the first generation homes built by settlers from Europe and other countries who came to the country in search of a new life. Today with the availability of tall pines and other tall trunk trees, a family can easily erect a log cabin from scratch in a matter of days. With the right tools, a log cabin can easily be erected in any weather because it does not involve any form of chemical reactions. Because of this, many people are opting to build log cabins as their leisure homes. The modern log cabins look a little bit different from their traditional counterparts as they are built with fiberglass insulation and a host of other furnishings that make them more stylish and comfortable. In this book you will find information on: - Materials and tools you need to build a log cabin - Log cabin foundations - Building the log cabin walls - Building roof and flooring - Insulating your log Cabin - Weatherproofing you log cabin - Maintenance of your log cabin and much more!
Download or read book How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods written by J. Wayne Fears and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the ultimate resource for finally turning your dream into reality. With photos, blueprints, and diagrams, Fears thoroughly covers the process of constructing the cabin you’ve always wanted. From buying land, construction materials, deciding on lighting, the water system, and on-site constructions—such as shooting ranges, an outhouse, or an outside fire ring—this is a book filled with nuggets of wisdom from a specialist in the field: J. Wayne Fears is a wildlife biologist by training who has organized big-game hunting camps, guided canoe trips, and run commercial getaway operations. He built his own log cabin in the early 1990s and has been enjoying it ever since. Now you can build and enjoy the cabin you've always dreamed of, too.
Download or read book Cabins written by David Stiles and published by Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architectural structure & design.
Download or read book Log Construction Manual written by Robert Wood Chambers and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Log buildings are embedded deeply into North American history and culture. For more than one thousand years, builders have been weaving logs into homes, shelters, barns, and churches. Today, however, the buildings where we live and work are rarely handmade from natural materials. In this context, handcrafted, scribe-fitted natural log buildings are an attractive and uplifting alternative to conventional buildings and building materials. This book tells you what you need to know to build your own log home and also reveals the deep rhythms and patterns of log construction. Author Robert Chambers shows how to take naturally shaped, tapered, round logs and scribe-fit them one to another so that they look like they actually grew together in the woods. The Log Construction Manual is filled with information available nowhere else, including the Log Selection Rules, Chambers's brilliantly simple method for choosing which log to use next; instructions for building hip and valley log rafters and roof trusses from full-round logs; step-by-step directions for laying out the sill logs for virtually any floor plan, including hexagons, prows, and more; state-of-the-art compression-fit saddle notches and underscribing to keep fits tight over time; details on scribing and cutting long grooves and corner notches just like the pros; and more. Chambers also offers advice on organizing and financing a log home project and has loads of experience to share on cutting costs and avoiding common pitfalls. He presents practical ideas for saving money and controlling costs. Although handcrafted log homes are expensive to buy, they are within reach for many as owner-managed building projects. Writtenconcisely with great care in explaining important details, the Log Construction Manual brings clarity, insight, depth, and even humor to the log builder's craft. This is a comprehensive book for log home owner-builders, beginners as well as professionals.
Download or read book Crafting Log Homes Solar Style written by Rex A. Ewing and published by PixyJack Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hands-on guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus profiles of log home owners from across the United States. Topics includes log home construction, solar and wind energy, home heating options, pumping water, costs to consider, and Web resources"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Log Cabins and Outbuildings written by The United States Department of Agriculture and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homesteading is a lifestyle that people around the world gravitate toward—and for good reason. In today’s high-stress world, many people dream of heading off to their own cabin in the woods or to their large rural oasis to escape the anxieties and complexities of daily life, to live in a more natural state. Others have embraced the agricultural lifestyle of farming as a career, serving as fundamental contributors to sustaining society. With this classic guide from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), learn about the architecture of rural life and the design elements of these amazing structures. This manual, originally published and distributed in 1972, includes government-issued designs and requirements for log cabins, farmhouses, firepits and barbecues, greenhouses, storage sheds, stables, and more! Black-and-white diagrams and illustrations fill these pages, displaying the intricacies and dimensions of these incredible structures in their entirety. Brimming with ideas and inspiration, Log Cabins and Outbuildings is the perfect starting point for building your new rural retreat.
Download or read book Building With Logs Legacy Edition written by U. S. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of Building With Logs is full of old-time tips and methods from the forest experts on how to build log cabins, shelters, houses, and buildings with the natural materials from the woods.
Download or read book The Log Home Maintenance Guide A Field Guide for Identifying Preventing and Solving Problems written by Gary Schroeder and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to diagnosing and repairing the unique maintenance issued faced by log home owners.
Download or read book Building with Logs written by W. Ellis Groben and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Building with Logs" by W. Ellis Groben, Clyde P. Fickes. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Complete Guide to Building Log Homes written by Monte Burch and published by Outdoor Life. This book was released on 1984 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the advantages of log houses, shows how to plan and construct a log home, and provides information on heating, plumbing, wiring, and building homes from kits
