I will be retiring from the Corps in 10 months and moving to western NoDak.  I was wondering if anyone knew the in/outs of building a log home with Cottonwood trees from the Little Missouri river.  Can it be built with fresh cut logs or do they have to cure?  If wet, what is the maximum diameter log I can build a 40'x60' lodge?

Gary

has anyone done any building with log ends & log scraps as in cordwood building , using papercrete mortar.  i am a divorced mother of 2 small chidren.  i am looking into all alterative building methods and this one has really gotten my attention.

Has anyone found a less expensive option for SIP home heating and cooling?

Hello. My first post.

I am planning on building a log garage, using fir and spruce harvested from my own property.
I'll frame it out of round logs, post and beam fashion. I haven't finalized how I'll finish the walls: slabs, boards, vertical half logs, etc.

My basics: 26' wide x 32' long. Two 10' tall bays on the ground level, full loft for storage. 4/12 metal roof. Already have sono tubes: 3 rows of 5 tubes at 8' spacing. Rows are 13' apart.

My dilema: I don't know how to join my logs for my framing.
I'll flatten my log beams on 2 sides with a chain saw, so my post-beam joint will be flat-flat.
But if my posts are from floor to roof (say 14' tall on the outside walls), and I want to have a loft floor (say at 11'), how do I join the log floor joists to my log post?
And when I attach my log rafters to my log beams, do I notch them so I again have a horizontal flat-flat connection?

Pictures would help! :-)
Thanks!

Kind of an odd little set up, a fake log home on a trailer. 

When I saw the article about it on BoingBoing it just said "built for a musician."  My first guess was 'hunting blind for Ted Nugent' ;)

Hi,

Looking for some advice on building an outbuilding. I have 14 acres of woods and hay field atm, as I missed the Las Vegas meeting I will be delaying building until I can attend, however I would like to put up an outbuilding on the property for storage and staging the construction of the cabin out of. Here is where I could use some advice, if Im already considering a 30 foot long quonset hut should I go to 40 feet so I could store-prep logs inside it provided cost doesnt prohibit? Im thinking stripping logs becomes a rainy-snowy day project if Im inside the quonset. Your thoughts?

Secondly, anyone know of a reputable steel-building manufacturer?

Thanks,

DocJ

hey folks check this out.
Not sure I would go this route.
still looks like a cool concept though.
Wonder how much it would cost to do it this way.

http://www.greendiary.com/entry/recycled-containers-transformed-into-trendy-homes/

Interesting floor.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/creative-recycling-pennies.php

This is a cool privately owned Fire Tower. I've thought several times about
renting a Forest Service lookout tower.

http://www.timberhomeliving.com/fire_tower_photos/articles/2284

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Forest Service rentals in the Pacific Northwest.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/recreation/rentals/index.shtml