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' ;)

http://www.undergroundhousing.com/structures4.html

Ok now that andy Greenthumb got me interesting in this style home i was woundering if any one else had any interest in this style.
Steve Wolf parents lived in a underground one but there was cement not as cheap this guy makes his. This off the grind kinda home it easy to hide i like it.
It got allot wood logs and pillers in it.
any one know of other information on this i ordered his book the guy from web sight.

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

Check out this way cool building style.
aaahhh but such a sad ending though:(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFpg271sm8

Curtis
Roadscholar

So, we're still dreaming of a log home and getting closer in the sense that we are now totally debt free, but we still need to buy land, etc.

Anyway, our problem is that we'd LOVE to do log but, like many on this forum, need someplace to live while building that DOESN'T cost more than our logs. Motorhomes/trailers aren't as readily available here as in the lower 48, so that is rare and a usually cold/wet/nasty option when found (and we have 4 kids at home). So, I've looked into yurts and tipis, small cabin construction, various other possibilities, and my current research interest is dealing with starplate connectors.

Here's a Mother Earth News article that explains it: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1985-01-01/The-Starplate-Connection.aspx And I've seen adds for starplate connectors in Countryside magazine at strombergschickens.com