The people that are crazy enough to think that they can design and build their dream home… are the ones who do.
Are you crazy enough?
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The people that are crazy enough to think that they can design and build their dream home… are the ones who do.
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Noah, the cabin pictured above seems to lack corner joints of the traditional log cabin (dove tail, saddle, etc.) I want to embark on building; however, my wife is concerned with the time and effort I would need to dedicate to the build. I have an old farm house on a 24′ by 32′ with a creek gravel foundation cellar dating back to 1943. All mechanical systems (plumbing, electric, septic, floor furnace, chimney, etc.) are in place already. All the wood in the house and sub floor is oak. It would be a weekend cabin, but I am concerned with how I would set the oak logs that would be squared 6″ x 9″. Heavy, even after seasoning for 1 year. I have an 82 hp tractor with grapple. An alternative would be an oak siding presumably like the cabin pictured above. Are the walls on this cabin stick walls with oak siding. Am I crazy to think I can set such logs that span the af0rementioned distances? How close are you on the building series mentioned in the earlier posts. Thanks.
Jason… whew… a lot here in one message.
The home pictured is not log.. but likely a post and beam with clapboard siding.
With regard to your wife’s concern… trust me, it’s important that you guys are on the same page.
With regard to time and effort, I find that you can guess how long something will take and then double it to come close to how long it will take.
Is it worth it? you bet, as long as you enjoy the process, and strive to do the best work you can as you go along.
Fresh cut oak logs that are six inches thick ought to be given a good five years or more before they are done settling… they never get light.
Take it one course at a time.. somehow there is always a way to lift the next log.
Oak… tends to twist, the longer the length and the less cured, the more so.
The longest joist should never be more than 18 ft max.
the size home you are talking about really ought to have more massave logs to look right… 12 to 14 inches faces would be better.
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