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09/02/2008 - 01:15
ernie1965
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Just one quick quesion guys, first of all I am new to this site so if i sound wet behind the ears thats because I am.
I have not attended a class yet but I am getting ready for when one does. Heres my question: After going thru some
of your students gallaries I obviously saw some great log homes and was wondering if some of those floor plans
that were used to built these great looking log homes are available to members after you attend a class? If anyone knows please e-mail me at forge9@hotmail.com

thanks
ernie

‹ after a long summer ridge pole support log ›


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09/02/2008 - 03:57
StressMan79
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floorplans

floorplans are really the least of your worry. You have no internal bearing walls, so you can arrange stuff any way you want. There are some ideas that will make your life easier, but these are hardly our ideas, and so I won't mention them (the class does). I don't know if anyone has floorplans out there, but most of what makes a home look great like those is the personal touches the people put into them.

The class teaches a basic method to get you to own your own home with little or no mortgage that will last longer than you and your kids. what you do from there is up to you. once you become a member, you can access the members section that has all sorts of great ideas that aren't covered in class, like interior finishing, heating, cooling, plumbing, etc. Plus you can ask members to critique anything you want--floorplans, tools, etc. You can even ask Rod if a 5 ounce bird can carry a one pound coconut.

kudos to the first one that can name the source of that quote...!

Anyway, long story short, you can do most anything you want with a BnP home floorplan.

-Peter



09/02/2008 - 05:52
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Source of that quote

"It's...!"
(or if you're British: " AAights!")

How fitting to have that source here, since we are all,
in the loosest sense, "Lumberjacks", and we're all ok.

-Rick

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What good fortune for those in power for people who do not think.
-Hitler

You're "paranoid" until something happens. After that, you were just "well prepared".



09/02/2008 - 18:43
JD
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Air speed velocity of an unladen swallow

"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios!

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Bureaucracy is the epoxy that greases the wheels of progress



09/02/2008 - 19:24
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ernie

ernie,

yep, you can get access to plans after taking the course. here are a couple of tips for now though:

1. plan on your footprint being an exact square, and fit the floorplan you want within that square. this is so much easier in the long run and saves you money.

2. try to plan it so that rooms involving plumbing share a common wall (eg: kitchen & bathroom).

hope that helps give you some idea.

2 cents

edit: i just re-read your question. the specific plans of members houses are not necessarily given, but you can ask those members. some of them may have used plans available from the association., and some may have modified plans to suit their needs.

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It's log, log.... It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's log, log.... It's better than bad, it's good!
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09/02/2008 - 20:43
whynotnow
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is the coconut really

is the coconut really migatory ???



09/02/2008 - 20:45
StressMan79
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not at all

it could be carried



09/02/2008 - 20:47
whynotnow
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what on a line carried under

what on a line carried under the dorsal guided feather ?



09/02/2008 - 21:11
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JD your funny guy

Look, listen and learn

Is that a african swallow ore a euorpean swallow ahaha.
Monty phthone live on hahaha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R3FvS4xr4

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Look, listen and learn
A man who works with his hands is a laborer,
A man who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman,
A man who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist.
St Francis of Assisi.



09/02/2008 - 22:45
ernie1965
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floor plans

thanks 2 cent that it does help.



09/02/2008 - 22:47
ernie1965
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floor plans

Many thanks stressman that help a whole lot.