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lefthanded spiral grain???
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Ok I need a little help,,,, we are getting ready to build our handcrafted log home ,letting our logs air dry,,,,, the logs have been down for four years. 4 logs have ended up being lefthanded…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by marty glass Jul 4, 2011.
shrinkage????
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I am going to be building a handcrafted log home useing 24 " logs that will be down for 2 years by the time they will be set on the foundation .We are going to be building in the northwest.What I am…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by marty glass Mar 26, 2011.
shrinkage????
I am going to be building a handcrafted log home useing 24 inch logs the walls will be 9 to 10 feet tall we are building in the northwest ,washington state the logs we be down 2 years by the time…Continue
Started Mar 22, 2011
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marty glass replied to marty glass's discussion WINDOW DETAIL"just looking for a proven window datail that going to work with a full scribe log home...I have seen a few , but would like the best"
marty glass posted a discussionWINDOW DETAIL
This summer we are going to finishing our log home with lots of help from the pros..Last summer we scribed all of our logs All Douglas fir 20 inch avg and left them sitting on posts ,and covered them with visqueen, 52 logs plus22 posts , 6 feet of snow pack and now spring is here and they all look like they made it thru the winter in great shape... I belive the Q 8 log stain did it job.. I am woundering if anyone has a proven window detail that REALLY works Need a little help so that we only do this once Thanks Marty See More
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"the dark log at top has the same stain just sat in the weather for two years longer then the logs below.All logs are douglas fir"
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"thanks Denny ,this was a lot of good hard work and fun watching this home grow one log at a time... now where we are building I get 6 months work in before the snow starts to fall..... the shell is done.Now we can do some of the detailing and…"
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- just a young man 54 years old ,,,,living in the flat lands in washington state and building a log home on glass mountain in the cascade mountain ,,,carpenter by trade and one that loves the outdoors been building the home for a few years now.... Now the log we have on our lot are just what the home needs to finish the shell 24 inch butt ends with 4 inch tapers and 44 feet long wow big logs
- Are you lucky enough to be living in a log home?
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- What timeframe are you looking to start your dream home?
- 12-24 months
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Who has the best log home building book and why??
keeping it professional, No cutting down other, handcrafted log home is the kind of home I am going to build I have Chambers book and Mackie ....Who is more on top of there game?? thanks marty
Posted on May 12, 2012 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment
new logs douglas firs,,,,grand firs,, silver firs
so what i have is 24 douglas firs at an avg.of 24 inch at the butt end
.. this is the first cut ,,,,, this winter we will cut 33 more...but the avg. log will go down if i have to used all doug firs ,,,,,i have 5 grand fir with the but end at 26 inch and 10 silver firs with the butt end being 25 inch avg. IS IT OK TO MIX THE THREE DIFFERENT FIRS TOGETHER FOR MY WALL LOGS ?????
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 12:07am — 3 Comments
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- At 9:31am on May 15, 2011,
Bob Warren said… Marty,
Some do some don't. It depends upon the species, moisture content and final location. It really is a compress to fit and not shrink to fit. If building with green logs it is better than not doing it but there are some things about the system that concerns me.
- At 9:22am on August 2, 2010, Dolly - Es Log Home Restorations said…
- Hi Marty, and welcome to the neighborhood. Wow I bet the view out
there is spectacular. Good luck with your building. Dolly
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