Who we are

Skip Ellsworth, founder

The Log Home Builders Association is a non-profit educational association that teaches the craft of log home building to average men and women who have an interest in building their own log home. We do not work with commercial or "kit" builders, only owner-builders and others who are interested in building a "real" log home for themselves. We teach our own butt and pass method, which is perfectly suited to owner-builders with little or no … Read more

What we do

We offer a 2-day class on how to build log homes from scratch, without a kit. Some quick facts:
  • This class is for average men and women who have never built anything before
  • We teach the butt & pass method, which doesn't settle like "kit" log homes do
  • Butt & pass log homes are the least expensive, strongest, and longest-lasting
  • We've had hundreds, and probably thousands of people take our 2-day class and go on to build a log home
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Sign up now

Our next class will be May 25 & 26, 2013 in Las Vegas.
  • Sorry, sold out -- sign up for email alerts when we add a new class here
  • Memorial Day weekend class - our most popular class date each year
  • Last class until September (or later)
  • Space is strictly limited, if you want to attend you should sign up soon
  • Read about our iron-clad money-back guarantee
  • Find out what is included with your class
Visit the schedule page here for further details.