Anyone live a log cabin
I'm having a mid life crises, wanting to sell my home and get some acrage with a small log cabin. Anyone have a log cabin that can explain the good, bad, and ugly.
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I live in a 1,200 square foot log cabin that I built myself. I have built seven of them. What do you want to know. 0 -
Send me some photos please. I need to know everything. 0 -
About 1100 to 1200 sq. ft. is what I'm looking at 0 -
have a cabin on the lake that has your basic trailer court almond vinyl siding (OK job)& would like to change it out but $$??...the ones around that have the 1/2 round real wood logs start to go from the ground up due to high humidity & need lots of care....looked at the vinyl 1/2 round siding with the shaped insulation but when you get close it looks cheesy...suggestions?? 0 -
Back in the 80s when I was single, I lived in a 12x24 log cabin in Montana. 0 -
I lived in a log frame cabin,16x20 it was great for me but it got small when I got maried, good part;cheap to heat,1-2 cords of trash wood /year it has good insulation and a 6"x8'x4' concrete heat shield for the wood stove that would store alot of heat.
bad; you can't have more than a few people over unless the weather is nice.
I would sugest trying to live in you bedroom for a week.0 -
What problem did you have with pine? Ninety nine percent of all log cabins are made of pine, including all that I have built, except one which I built of cypress. 0 -
[8D]-Just an idea spasmcreek, but--
quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
have a cabin on the lake that has your basic trailer court almond vinyl siding (OK job)& would like to change it out but $$??...the ones around that have the 1/2 round real wood logs start to go from the ground up due to high humidity & need lots of care....looked at the vinyl 1/2 round siding with the shaped insulation but when you get close it looks cheesy...suggestions??
--NASHUA (homes of Idaho,inc) builds modular homes and they offer LOG SIDING, that is undetectable as a log siding substitute and it is made of concrete compound and guaranteed for 100 years. I don't know the prices, but I've viewed/experienced it--you might try them for a "local" distributer--
NASHUA,
5200 Fereral Wy
Boise, Idaho 83717-0008
(208) 345-0222
--It's called "log siding with OSB underlayment and air filtration barrier"--good luck
--[:D][:D]--JIMBO0 -
No! I live in a box[:(] 0 -
I do know one potential problem. Wood-boring bees. They are a giant pain in the butt around here. I have about 30 holes in my deck and porch from those bastages.
I would assume that the log siding substitute that jimbowby talked about would take care of this problem.0 -
real cabins have no electricity, natural earth up to the porch, a horse hitch and watering hole, no grass, and a cedar shake or tin roof.....[;)][:I]
real logs tend to twist and cause windows to bind with time...then they leak heat and a/c. i was always told cabins were the reason ballon construction was a God send.
btw....when the bores go in at night, fill the holes flush with the wood surface, with roof tar from a chaulk gun. bores hone in on round objects appearing as entrances. make it go away and they leave.0 -
Skip Ellsworth comes to mind. [8D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jimbowby
[8D]-Just an idea spasmcreek, but--
quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
have a cabin on the lake that has your basic trailer court almond vinyl siding (OK job)& would like to change it out but $$??...the ones around that have the 1/2 round real wood logs start to go from the ground up due to high humidity & need lots of care....looked at the vinyl 1/2 round siding with the shaped insulation but when you get close it looks cheesy...suggestions??
--NASHUA (homes of Idaho,inc) builds modular homes and they offer LOG SIDING, that is undetectable as a log siding substitute and it is made of concrete compound and guaranteed for 100 years. I don't know the prices, but I've viewed/experienced it--you might try them for a "local" distributer--
NASHUA,
5200 Fereral Wy
Boise, Idaho 83717-0008
(208) 345-0222
--It's called "log siding with OSB underlayment and air filtration barrier"--good luck
--[:D][:D]--JIMBO
The stuff Jimbow is referring to is the same material as "Hardy Plank". I have it on my house and it is superb. Gauranteed not to rot. Insects will not touch it and it makes a very strong house. It does not have have to be painted, but can be. If I ever build another house, I will definitely use it. Good stuff!0 -
[8D]--Thanx Don--
--[:)][:)]--JIMBO0 -
Friend of mine lost his new log home due to some sort of borer-insect. Logs were infested with them when delivered. My friend found about it after the house was erected. Heard them tunneling. Contractor did not take responsibility. Supplier same. Bottom line:
Get a rider/bug contingency in the purchase contract through the supplier. (Or whatever the closing lawyer recommends). If the contractor/supplier balks, that will tell you that it's a risk they don't want to take. I wonder why??? Good luck to you. Joe
EDIT: Just thought of a good scenario.....
Contractor: "The log cabins that I build have never had a bug problem. Rest assured, etc."
You: "Fine. Put it in writing. With a replacement guarantee." Joe0 -
thanks dondalinger & jimbowby ..i will search it out..ran across some concrete board with a wood grain (shallow & not real 3-D) at lowes but like the longevity of this type material....on friend suggested a board & bat style with redwood strips...we also have termites & wood bees in this area....have already done the pro treatment all around & follow up with my own also 0 -
I have been restoring one that was built in the mid 1800's. Used motor oil on the logs once a year has done wonders for the bugs. had the floor removed and poured concrete, then stomped it to look like old planks. Tore out 1/2 of the upstairs to make vaulted cielings and a loft. Putting in the first bathroom this year. tired of the midnight run to the outhouse. here are some pics.
, notice that we are stripping walls off to expose the logs. these walls are chestnut and poplar boards, some almost 3' wide. also notice the original mud and horsehair chinking between the logs. we took all of that out and filled with portland cement/sand/lime.
Old fireplace
New fireplace
bathroom addition
concrete floor
Using the old hewn floor beams for loft railing.0
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