Log cabin as a retirement dwelling?

[topchippyles]

14 hours ago, tim361 said:

It’s 7.5m wide by 22m long. Largest size the can come under mobile home planning if you need to make life easier with the planners. We’ve got two double bedrooms and two bathrooms. The one we went to look at before agreeing to the build had 4 bedrooms, 1 very large double and three single and they were still a pretty good size. 

And no council tax to pay ?

[Acerforestry]

On 26/11/2020 at 19:12, Billhook said:

We built this in 2000.  Wooden ways did a full scribe log cabin course on the farm here using poplar that had been planted by my father in 1960 for the match industry.  The millennium came and fewer folk smoked and those that did used butane so there were a lot of poplars looknig for a home. 

I had heard from somebody living in Oregon that the ultimate cabin there was made from poplar and that there was a Church built of it that was 120 years old.  Dan Franklin and his team came and I think were pleased to work with poplar for a change and the result is a 25 foot by 15 foot cabin that you see in his cabin photos one and three by the lake with the swans.

It is really only a place we go to enjoy the lake with friends over a beer or two but I highly recommend Dan and his skill.

If you have a good source of timber locally all the better but I would hope that there is plenty around in your part of the world.

The cabin is now twenty years old and because it sits on six great lumps of sandstone and therefore is away from moisture and has plenty of air underneath, there is no sign of rot.

My wife and I have stayed in a fully developed cabin in Washington State and you have to be aware that sound travels along the wood, so be careful what you say or do!  But a lovely feeling. especially for those who have worked with wood for a living.

 

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A full scribe cabin is a thing of beauty - there is a bloke whom I am trying to recall the nationality of (Slovakian / Estonian?)

on youtube, if you search for log cabin build you will find him...who builds his in the wilds of Eastern Europe, from scratch and largely on his own until it gets to the roof, I think. Check it out, fantastic to watch. He has an uncanny ability to flick an axe backwards, landing it smack in the middle of the stump he has just left from one of the poles, a skilled character

[Billhook]

5 minutes ago, Acerforestry said:

A full scribe cabin is a thing of beauty - there is a bloke whom I am trying to recall the nationality of (Slovakian / Estonian?)

on youtube, if you search for log cabin build you will find him...who builds his in the wilds of Eastern Europe, from scratch and largely on his own until it gets to the roof, I think. Check it out, fantastic to watch. He has an uncanny ability to flick an axe backwards, landing it smack in the middle of the stump he has just left from one of the poles, a skilled character

This man?

 

 

[Acerforestry]

On 26/11/2020 at 19:12, Billhook said:

We built this in 2000.  Wooden ways did a full scribe log cabin course on the farm here using poplar that had been planted by my father in 1960 for the match industry.  The millennium came and fewer folk smoked and those that did used butane so there were a lot of poplars looknig for a home. 

I had heard from somebody living in Oregon that the ultimate cabin there was made from poplar and that there was a Church built of it that was 120 years old.  Dan Franklin and his team came and I think were pleased to work with poplar for a change and the result is a 25 foot by 15 foot cabin that you see in his cabin photos one and three by the lake with the swans.

It is really only a place we go to enjoy the lake with friends over a beer or two but I highly recommend Dan and his skill.

If you have a good source of timber locally all the better but I would hope that there is plenty around in your part of the world.

The cabin is now twenty years old and because it sits on six great lumps of sandstone and therefore is away from moisture and has plenty of air underneath, there is no sign of rot.

My wife and I have stayed in a fully developed cabin in Washington State and you have to be aware that sound travels along the wood, so be careful what you say or do!  But a lovely feeling. especially for those who have worked with wood for a living.

 

Log Cabins | Woodenways

WWW.WOODENWAYS.COM

 

Yep that's the fella. I actually really like the lack of background noise / music, too a lot of the time there is little sound

Edited November 27, 2020 by Acerforestry

[Billhook]

Slovenian

 

 

[Billhook]

I watched him work and it is impressive but Dan Franklin does more hand tool work and rarely uses the chainsaw.  His axes are so sharp you can shave with them and he makes special gouge chisels out of old car springs to make the groove in the log.  When Dan swings his axe wood flies!

[difflock]

I really like the look of Tim's dwelling, but strictly speaking it is  a timber frame with timber cladding rather than a log cabin. However chances are we will be more likely to go down that route than a true log cabin.

I imagine I must have watched that Slovian bloke on Youtube, and was SERIOUSLY impressed at his skills and work ethic.

But tightarse that I am I will probably balk at paying for the endless hours of seriously skilled craftsman ship required for a proper log cabin, and the likely difficulty in establishing a fixed price for the work, before committing. 

I was probably imagining a 1/2 way house approach, where the logs are milled and CNC machined in a factory and delivered in a ready to assemble kit., but a solid(if milled) log construction.

The wife still fancies a Huff Haus, or very similar, which no doubt would make the proper hand crafted log cabin look cheap in comparison!

Cheers

Marcus

P.S.

I looked up Dan Franklin, thanks Bill

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Edited November 27, 2020 by difflock

[Billhook]

5 minutes ago, difflock said:

I really like the look of Tim's dwelling, but strictly speaking it is  a timber frame with timber cladding rather than a log cabin. However chances are we will be more likely to go down that route than a true log cabin.

I imagine I must have watched that Slovian bloke on Youtube, and was SERIOUSLY impressed at his skills and work ethic.

But tightarse that I am I will probably balk at paying for the endless hours of seriously skilled craftsman ship required for a proper log cabin, and the likely difficulty in establishing a fixed price for the work, before committing. 

I was probably imagining a 1/2 way house approach, where the logs are milled and CNC machined in a factory and delivered in a ready to assemble kit., but a solid(if milled) log construction.

The wife still fancies a Huff Haus, or very similar, which no doubt would make the proper hand crafted log cabin look cheap in comparison!

Cheers

Marcus

I did manage to hold a log cabin course on the farm for about ten people so a lot of my cabin was paid for by a government grant scheme at the time which was aimed at training people into new areas.  It was also fun with quite a bit of socialising at the pub and also axe throwing competitions on site  (not after the pub!)

[Acerforestry]

I have not heard of Dan Franklin, looks like that will be the go-to vids for tonight

[wicklamulla]

On 27/11/2020 at 19:56, Billhook said:

I watched him work and it is impressive but Dan Franklin does more hand tool work and rarely uses the chainsaw.  His axes are so sharp you can shave with them and he makes special gouge chisels out of old car springs to make the groove in the log.  When Dan swings his axe wood flies!

He's based 20 mins away from me.  Impressive skills right enough.