"Hi Greg. I'm pleased to know that I am not the only one that takes a long time to get things done.
I thought the instructions were quite clear. Just follow them through step by step. I should have added that this method only…"
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Screw Jacks
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A lot of our support posts in our house will have roots still attached, which we want to flow out across the floor. Consequently we want to put the screw jacks in the top of the posts. The only way…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Tim Bullock Feb 11, 2011.
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Jon Morris replied to Greg Beck's discussion Making level cuts on post butts in the group DIY"Yes Greg there is. You get a level base (I have a concrete pad) and cover it with a sheet of ply. Ping two chalk lines on the tree along its length, the second 90 degrees around the trunk from the first. These lines should divide the…"
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"Thanks Greg. Yes they are Asphalt shingles, from GAF Elk in the States called Camelot II. The balcony bit will eventually have an exterior staircase leading up to it."
Greg Beck commented on Jon Morris's photoMore garage
"I have those same dormers on my cabin, I call them "pup tent" dormers, and I have stepped fascia, yours is really stepped out, looks great, are those asphalt shingles or synthetic, hard to tell, ?"
Jon Morris replied to Shelley Martinez's discussion Have you named your log home?"Hi Shelley we are building ours ourselves too and we also have logs named after those that helped with the debarking.
Your photo is simply amazing. You could win competitions with that. I'm going to use it as my wallpaper for a…"
Jon Morris replied to David Erickson's discussion Building a Garage"We plan on starting soon. Pouring the concrete when the weather warms up. It's pretty cold here in the winter.
We have already done the log work for the house, but we need to sell the house we are living in to finance the next…"
Jon Morris replied to Greg Beck's discussion Scribing Logs Together"Hi Bob, I was not going to reply to your caustic comments about under-scribing, but the success of my now completed log work forces me to do so.
Apart from the top logs, all the long groove gaps have now closed up, to the extent that over fully 95%…"
Jon Morris replied to David Erickson's discussion Building a Garage"Hi David,
Your garage sounds exactly like the one we have planned. Ours will be 7.6m x 9.0m, measured at the log centres. Accommodation above is accessed by an external stairway.
I have all the plans done and approved here in NZ, if they…"
Jon Morris replied to Shelley Martinez's discussion Have you named your log home?"Nice name. Why not drop the apostrophe 's' and just call it "The Love Nest""
Tim Bullock replied to Jon Morris's discussion Screw Jacks"Jon, I can't find the manufacturer at the moment but there is a hidden worm drive jack available in Ontario.......they are pricey but are completely hidden except for a hole to make the adjustment."
Doug replied to Jon Morris's discussion Screw Jacks"thanks, screw jack are your best method no worry with bring jack in and out of the house,, when i use to design log homes we always incorperated them into the beams with pockects as your say but abov e the post, but every home is different.
have…"
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- Self builder of log home here in Alex. 3/4's of the way through the log work.
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- At 12:44pm on February 7, 2011,
Dian Williams said… - Thanks Jon- We love living in a log home & I am sure you will also. Be Blessed! Dian
- At 4:58pm on January 15, 2011,
Dolly - Es Log Home Restorations said… Hi Jon,
Well that is an awesome view and looks like a pretty spectular house yourbuilding. Good luck. Dolly
- At 5:40pm on January 14, 2011, Jon Morris said…
It seems we have always dreamed of owning a log home, but the cost has always stopped us. So last year I went on a 5 week log building course here in New Zealand. As you can see I learned heaps.
A year ago my wife Clare and I went down to a forest an hour south of Alex and selected our trees, which were duly cut and delivered last February. We then set to work peeling them with the help of the world wide Wwoof organization. Exactly 3 months later the last of 165 logs were peeled and we had a party.
We started the build last July and hope to have the log work finished by the end of Feb this year. Then we start the concrete work and after that shifting the whole lot over. Fortunately we now have a crane on loan for as long as we need it! A huge convenience and cost saving!
I hope our efforts will be an inspiration to others who dream the dream, but can't afford the cost.
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