Log Cabin Home Kits

Log Cabin Home Kits

How they're made - Coventry Log Homes Mill Tour (Part 1)


Building Log Cabins From Kits – A Great Way to Save Money

If owning your own log cabin home sounds like a dream come true to you, you'll be glad to know that achieving your dream isn't nearly as difficult as you may think. People are finding that with special kits designed specifically for them, building their own log cabins isn't nearly as difficult as they might have thought. In fact, building your own special cabin is relatively easy; imagine the cosy atmosphere and warmth you can enjoy when you spend time in your own log home! Coming into your custom made log cabin, you will likely feel the stress of the modern world fall away, leaving you to enjoy the simpler times of days gone by.

 

Centuries ago, many families would construct their own log cabin homes, but due to the scarcity of materials and the labor intensive job of building one by hand, most of these homes tended to be quite small and rather rudimentary. The industry of today, though, has automated the process, which allows individuals to build log cabin homes with a fair amount of ease as well as somewhat inexpensively. There are now many varieties of cabins, including larger, more spacious, even "glamorous" varieties. These go beyond the functional, traditional types of cabins – the kind you may have stayed in while on holiday in a natural setting – to those that you can live in as an alternative to a typical home.

 

Usually wood does not make the most energy efficient of building materials, but, fortunately, log cabins – despite their being made of wood and having no other insulation – tend to hold in heat quite well. Why log cabins are able to save energy remains a mystery, but the fact remains that they are. Remember, though, that the larger your log home and the more windows you install, the less efficient your cabin will be. You should try to keep log cabins relatively small and use as few windows as you can to ensure the best possible energy efficiency. Cosiness is what you're after in a log home, so keep it simple!

 

An easy way to build your own log home is with a kit. This easy method allows you to keep your expenses down while maintaining the cabin's ability to use energy effectively and efficiently. Those who choose to build their log cabins using a kit will find everything they might need to put one together, enabling them to create a securely sealed home that will stand up to any weather with efficiency.

 

Long, long ago, log cabins were, undoubtedly, built in less populated areas – mountains, prairies, and the like. Over the last century or so, however, this type of home began to utilized as a place to stay while on holiday. Families today, though, often build them to live in year round.

 

If owning a log cabin is something you're anxious to look into, whether for use as your primary home or one for vacationing, you need to be diligent in your investigation of the companies who offer the kits to build them yourself.

Log Cabin Home Kits

How to Build Log Cabins, Log Homes & Bungalows
How to Build Log Cabins, Log Homes & Bungalows
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The Log School-House on the Columbia
The Log School-House on the Columbia
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A year or more ago one of the librarians in charge of the young people's books in the Boston Public Library called my attention to the fact that there were few books of popular information in regard to the pioneers of the great Northwest. The librarian suggested that I should write a story that would give a view of the heroic lives of the pioneers of Oregon and Washington.

Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home (Garden Way Publishing Classic)
Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home (Garden Way Publishing Classic)
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Learn about walls, joists, decks, porches, wood species, tools - everything you need to build your log home. Excellent illustrations. U.S.A.

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  • Introduction and History
  • Trees and Log Preparation
  • Basic Tools for Log Buildings
  • Building Site and Cost Considerations
  • Log House Designs
Building a Log Home from Scratch or Kit (Second Edition)
Building a Log Home from Scratch or Kit (Second Edition)
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Chapters cover the reality of log homes, preparing logs, designing your log home, estimating construction costs, your building site, gathering materials and labor, excavating and laying your foundation, building floors and decks, preparing for log construction, building log walls, installing windows and doors, adding a second story, installing rafters and trusses, roofing your log home, finishing and maintaining your log home. Includes a comprehensive list of log home kit manufacturers. Books purchased through Amazon.com and MulliganPress.com are autographed by the author.

Log Homes Made Easy: Contracting and Building Your Own Log Home
Log Homes Made Easy: Contracting and Building Your Own Log Home
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6 x 9 25 b/w photos 40 drawings Complete, inexpensive guide to building log homes Kits, financing, and construction How to be your own general contractor "For enthusiasts and would-be inhabitants of log homes, Cooper provides concise and sensible information . . . Recommended." -Library Journal The revised and updated edition of this best-selling guide (first edition, 0-8117-2422-0) outlines what every owner-contractor needs to know before beginning a dream log home-getting started; comparing price quotes; researching on the Internet; choosing an architect; planning the site, road, well, and septic systems; finding and managing subcontractors; and scheduling and controlling costs. The author also explores the myths and realities of log home life, including maintenance and energy efficiency. Jim Cooper owns Oak Ridge Log Homes in Frederick, Maryland.

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Building the Alaska Log Home
Building the Alaska Log Home
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"This thorough book on traditional hand-hewn log construction has a warm, friendly text and 192 pages of full-color photos of work at some amazing home sites" ("Washington Post"). "A unique and valuable guide".--"Country Living Magazine". 210 color photos. 41 drawings.


"How-to" Build This Log Cabin for $3,000
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A step by step "how-to" on the construction of a log cabin profusely illustrated with over 300 photographs plus several line drawings. This book was written and designed for the "average" person who has the desire to build a log cabin but not much knowledge. Modern tools are used and everything but logs (including roof) were purchased and yet the cost of construction was kept right at $3,000. Common problems are shown being solved using not much more than common sense. From trees in the timber to the final chinking, this book is designed to get the reader out there and building.

How to Build Log Homes, Shanties and Shacks; Log Home Plans
How to Build Log Homes, Shanties and Shacks; Log Home Plans
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From the forward..."The shacks, sheds, shanties and shelters described in the following pages are, all of them, similar to those used by the people on this continent but the designs are well suited to the arctics or the tropics; also to the plains, the mountains, the desert, the bog, and even the water."This guide has fifty chapters and over 60 illustrations and photos on the proper use of tools and exercises used in woodturning.Includes chapters on half-shelters, hunting & fishing cabins and much more, such as.. FOREWORD I. WHERE TO FIND MOUNTAIN GOOSE. HOW TO PICK AND USE ITS FEATHERS II. THE HALF-CAVE SHELTER III. HOW TO MAKE THE FALLEN-TREE SHELTER AND THE SCOUT-MASTER IV. HOW TO MAKE THE ADIRONDACK, THE WICK-UP, THE BARK TEEPEE, THE PIONEER AND THE SCOUT V. HOW TO MAKE BEAVER-MAT HUTS, OR FAGOT SHACKS, WITHOUT INJURY TO THE TREES VI. INDIAN SHACKS AND SHELTERS VII. BIRCH BARK OR TAR PAPER SHACK VIII. INDIAN COMMUNAL HOUSES IX. BARK AND TAR PAPER X. A SAWED-LUMBER SHANTY XI. A SOD HOUSE FOR THE LAWN XII. HOW TO BUILD ELEVATED SHACKS, SHANTIES AND SHELTERS XIII. THE BOG KEN XIV. OVER-WATER CAMPS XV. SIGNAL-TOWER, GAME LOOKOUT AND RUSTIC OBSERVATORY XVI. TREE-TOP HOUSES XVII. CACHES XVIII. HOW TO USE AN AXE XIX. HOW TO SPLIT LOGS, MAKE SHAKES, SPLITS, OR CLAPBOARDS. HOW TO CHOP A LOG IN HALF. HOW TO FLATTEN A LOG. ALSO SOME DON'TS XX. AXEMEN'S CAMPS XXI. RAILROAD-TIE SHACKS, BARREL SHACKS AND CHEMEHUEVI XXII. THE BARABARA XXIII. THE NAVAJO HOGAN, HORNADAY DUGOUT AND SOD HOUSE XXIV. HOW TO BUILD AN AMERICAN BOY'S HOGAN XXV. HOW TO CUT AND NOTCH LOGSXXVI. NOTCHED LOG LADDERS XXVII. A POLE HOUSE. HOW TO USE A CROSS-CUT SAW AND A FROEXXVIII. LOG-ROLLING AND OTHER BUILDING STUNTS XXIX. THE ADIRONDACK OPEN LOG CAMP AND A ONE-ROOM CABIN XXX. THE NORTHLAND TILT AND INDIAN LOG TENT XXXI. HOW TO BUILD THE RED JACKET, THE NEW BRUNSWICK AND THE CHRISTOPHER GIST XXXII. CABIN DOORS AND DOOR-LATCHES, THUMB-LATCHES AND FOOT LATCHES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM XXXIII. SECRET LOCKS XXXIV. HOW TO MAKE THE BOW-ARROW CABIN DOOR AND LATCH AND THE DEMING TWIN BOLTS, HALL AND BILLY XXXV. THE AURAS LOCK LATCH XXXVI. THE AMERICAN LOG CABIN XXXVII. A HUNTER'S OR FISHERMAN'S CABIN XXXVIII. HOW TO MAKE A WYOMING OLEBO, A HOKO RIVER OLEBO, A SHAKE CABIN, A CANADIAN MOSSBACK AND A TWO-PEN OR SOUTHERN SADDLE-BAG HOUSE XXXIX. NATIVE NAMES FOR THE PARTS OF A KANUCK LOG CABIN AND HOW TO BUILD ONE XL. HOW TO MAKE A POLE HOUSE AND HOW TO MAKE A UNIQUE BUT THOROUGHLY AMERICAN TOTEM LOG HOUSE XLI. HOW TO BUILD A SUSITNA LOG CABIN AND HOW TO CUT TREES FOR THE END PLATES XLII. HOW TO MAKE A FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY FOR A SIMPLE LOG CABIN XLIII. HEARTHSTONES AND FIREPLACES XLIV. MORE HEARTHS AND FIREPLACES XLV. FIREPLACES AND THE ART OF TENDING THE FIRE XLVI. THE BUILDING OF THE LOG HOUSE XLVII. HOW TO LAY A TAR PAPER, BIRCH BARK, OR PATENT ROOFING XLVIII. HOW TO MAKE A CONCEALED LOG CABIN INSIDE OF A MODERN HOUSE XLIX. HOW TO BUILD APPROPRIATE GATEWAYS FOR GROUNDS ENCLOSING LOG HOUSES, GAME PRESERVES, RANCHES, BIG COUNTRY ESTATES AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST BOY SCOUTS' CAMP GROUNDSL. BEDS AND BEDDING

The Log of the Flying Fish
The Log of the Flying Fish
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A German professor, living for some reason in London, takes on some adventurous and rich Englishmen, and sets off with them in an airship that is made of a material so light that it can rise vertically into the air if you pump out some of the air in its ballast tanks. It can also plunge into the depths of the ocean, because this special material, aetherium, is so strong that it can withstand water pressure to a great depth.

Muir's Original Log Home Guide for Builders and Buyers
Muir's Original Log Home Guide for Builders and Buyers
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Muir's Original Log Home Guide was the nation's first log home magazine ever in production. It started out in 1978. This issue - the Millennium Issue - is like no other issue ever produced. It's a BOOK in magazine format. NO advertising! 260 pages and FULL color. Many feature articles AND a listing of Log Home Guide's Top 100 log home builders and manufacturers in North America spell out informative reading.

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