Thanks so much for your reply, StressMan79. You are probably right about keeping the roof design simple. However, regarding the long glass panel for the clerestory window, I was thinking more along the lines of several small sliding windows. The house I used to live in had a small slider along the dormer in my bedroom. It was a nice window and worked really well for air circulation.

The link you had was for double dormers. I'm looking at a double shed design. There is an actual sketch up model online. I tried to copy and paste, but it didn't work. If you are so inclined, go to the google sketch up, click on File, click on 3D Warehouse, Get models. When it opens, type in log homes. The one I'm looking at is on the 3rd page, the 3rd one down on the left by Red Rover Eskimo. It's not real elaborate and looks fairly simple.

AnneG

I have posted the pic for clarity.

first off, you aren't going to be able to put that many windows in any one wall. Mr. Rock could comment further, some leeway can be accomplished with extra bracing.

the side walls seem to be "filled in" with logs. This will be difficult to do in reality. Most members elect for board and batten to fill the top part (above the box) portion of the side walls.

You'll likely want larger overhangs. Water and wood don't get along.

I have designed a very similar design with a clerestory. Like I said, the windows (getting a large number free/cheap) is what is holding me back. The roof like this will definitely be quite a bit more involved than a comparable gable roof. I would highly suggest building a model. Maybe two--one of your house @ 1/2"=1' and a cut away of a section of roof at 1"=1'. Then join the association and bring them to the meetings, and/or take some pics and post them. Members with more framing experience than I can comment on them.

In short, this is possible using B&P, but more understanding of the methods involved is required. The computer makes it really easy to make a nice pic, but building it in actuatlity will be different.

-Peter

Yuhjn,

I seem to remember some posts where you weren't sold on taking the class?! Anyway, glad to see you have changed tunes. However, there are many threads expounding the benefits of the class. I don't know that we have to reiterate ourselves time after time (maybe once every couple threads?).

Anyway, Yuhjn is right, the class does help a lot, and the benefits you get from it are worth every penny. That being said, the public forums are a place for everyone to meet and glean information and experiences. I am sure that everyone would agree: if they post in the public forums, they are here to help. Also, no members other than the course instructors (and possibly Skip, who does not post here) has anything to gain from you taking or not taking the course. This is evidence of our good faith, as we don't make one red cent either way.

-Peter

Yup, basically my first post here was something like "Um, this all sounds way too good to be true, why should I think this is anything but a money-making scam?"

Of course two dozen LHBA members jumped in saying basically "yes we know it seems too good to be true at first, but if you take the class you'll see it's anything but a scam". From there I spent a couple days pouring over the old threads and realized it wasnt just fabrication (some message boards create content to make it look like there is something going on that's actually not). At that point I was already pretty well convinced, and my only real questions were not "is this legit" but "ok give me all the details, how do i get logs, how do i stack them, pin them", on and on.

Lucky for me a class popped up right about the time I decided to take the class. A month later I was sitting in Skip's living room learning about BnP.

Peter I wasnt suggesting that you shouldnt have responded the way you did. My point was that the deeper we go with this the harder it is to explain because we're missing the fundamentals of BnP. It's like trying to explain to someone how to solve differential equations when they dont know how to do algebra.

And sorry if my post sounded like I was saying you shouldnt be explaining what you're explaining. I did NOT mean "we're giving away special secrets here that you must be a member to learn". I meant "there is so much fundamental BnP knowledge required to fully answer the origional question it might be better to just wait".

Anyway sorry for any misunderstanding.

Yeah, story of my life. I'm a jerk. I have no tact. I usually say the wrong thing, and when I'm lucky enough to say the right thing, I usually say it the wrong way.

All I can say is I'm working on it... and I'm sorry.

Craig

Dreaming and looking at options is always fun. Just don't get things so set in your mind that a change is going to cause you to become discouraged.

Dream, Dream, Dream!!! Everybody sing along.