Log cabin home

[Dean Lofthouse]

Funnily enough Mike I've been watching log home building vids for the first time today. It very tedious and repetitive work but can save you a huge amount of money

[agrimog]

Dean, as Mike says, have a good look at the american site, most of the "log" homes sold in the uk are actually machined timber builds, and as such suffer from all the problems of shrinkage, building a "proper" log building using the butt and pin technique gets rid of most of these, yes you still get shrinkage, but its around the core on the pin, youve just got to keep on top of your chinking, no big gaps above windows and doors, this is the old fashioned way of doing it, and is a much better way of building

[Mark Bolam]

Aren't you legally required to have a massive beard to do this kind of thing?

[PhilBeech]

I work with this guy...

 

http://www.wild-furniture.co.uk/

 

Does it the proper way.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I work with this guy...

 

Handcrafted log home,log cabin,firewood shed,picnic table,bench. Aviemore log cabins.

 

Does it the proper way.

 

He actually in my diary to ring if we get planning Phil, I,ve already got him on facebook

[danroker1987]

I'm still dreamin too!!

 

 

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[difflock]

Hmmm,

(i) We got the guarenteed site(s)

(ii) Probably buy an "off the shelf" log cabin.

(iii) a big pond on the site (old farmstead) needs clearing out (marked on OS maps an all)

Only 6 miles from present residence.

Only problem is the big bugger of a house we are living in and do not intend to sell.

Plus 3 generations worth of stuff too good to throw away moved in over the past 17 years plus my sheds an stuff.

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Hey I got it "a holiday home(s)"

rent the thing out in the summer months.

Cheers

G, M & T.

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Despite property/sites being stonking unbelivabely good value over here just now.

I do not intend to build up a property portfiolo.

I cannot be bothered chasing others to do what they promised. (from experience), nor is the wife any longer fit to do so.

Going to spend a little living before I die.

Cheerful cuss aint I?

Edited May 7, 2013 by difflock

[PhilBeech]

He actually in my diary to ring if we get planning Phil, I,ve already got him on facebook

 

 

He's a good guy Dean. Not seen one of his full size cabins but seen a lot of his other work throughout Strathspey.

[Jaksvipaul]

Everyone dreaming about it, i am also one of them.

[codlasher]

A friend 'up the road' in Naaarfik purchased a run down 4 acre smallholding complete with an old wooden house built on the site.

 

The family decision was to build a Scandinavian style house on the site.

 

They started with adding up the footprint of all the buildings that had roofs. This included the chicken houses and two old caravans. The total covered area totalled some 3000 sq feet. The plans were drawn by the scandi-house specialists. and submitted to the local council without much expectations as the resulting building was quite large.

The plans were passed without a murmur!

 

Three articulated wagons turned up three months later and the framework was erected in about a month with the felt due to be laid on the roof when I was taken round for a look-see. The earth for this sedum was the next stage.

 

I called in after the winter of 08 and asked how they had fared with their central heating issues. The building faces South East and this SE elevation has a two storey picture window that captures light and heat. The rear tapers down to waist height to minimise its exposure to the elements. The reply was that the CH had been on for a total of half an hour and most of their time had been spent working out the way to loose heat effectively!

 

Quite a number of hours were spent by the owner in looking into the cost effectiveness of things as mundane as the window paint.... In the long run the windows cane from Germany pre-painted simply because the finish and timber were guaranteed buy the company for 25 years.

 

Connecting timber, trees and people. | Woodenways are another log building specialist and also offer courses on 'how to'. Their buildings are nicely constructed, but if you can acquire your own timber you will be onto a winner early on. There's lots of Larch available through Euroforest throughout the country!

 

I'd not dismiss the scandi build immediately, although I am building in brick as I am in a very conservative area!

 

Picture shows a sedum roof.

 

codlasher

Edited May 9, 2013 by codlasher
additional scribbling!