The cabin constructed in this series is an 800-square-foot model designed and manufactured by the Original Log Home Company. As surprising as it may seem, all of the materials necessary to build the main structure of the house -- logs, doors, windows, plywood and even the shingles for the roof -- fit on a single flatbed truck. The materials had all been carefully loaded, banded and protected for shipping by the manufacturer. One important factor to consider at the outset of your project is how close the flat-bed truck will be able to get to the building site. Fortunately in our case, the cabin site was located just a little way off an existing gravel driveway, so the truck and forklift could get close to the building foundation (figure A). Each of the packets of materials on the truck weighed several hundred pounds, so a forklift was used to make unloading faster and easier (figure B). Unloading could be done without a forklift, but it would require the help of several strong individuals and would take far longer since the logs would need to be unloaded one at a time. The logs are removed from the truck first, and the crew carefully stacks them as close to the foundation as possible. The materials are stacked on pallets and posts to keep them off the ground and covered to ensure that they stay dry until ready for use (figure C). For unloading the doors and windows, sheets of plywood (which would later be used to build the roof) were used as separators -- stacked between the doors and windows to protect them during the unloading (figure D). To keep these fragile components in perfect condition, they were carefully stacked on pallets inside a garage until they were ready for installation (figure E). The last items unloaded from the truck were the roof-shingles. With all of the materials unloaded and safely stacked, the logs are inspected for condition. The logs used for this cabin are known as D-style, meaning that they are rounded on the outside and flat on the inner surface (figure F). The D-style log is used when the owner desires to have an natural-looking exterior but create a flat wall for the house interior. The logs come precut with a tongue-and-groove design to ensure that they fit together snugly.
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Log Home Repair and Restoration Services
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Blossman Gas
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Propane
Washington, DC Phone: 202-452-8975
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ISBN: 0806974869
Author: Monte Burch, Richard J. Meyer, Lloyd P. Birmingham
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
Log Homes Made Easy: Contracting and Building Your Own Log Home
Model: 0811728471
Author: Jim Cooper
Stackpole Books
Website: www.stackpolebooks.com
The Cabin: Inspiration for the Classic American Getaway
Model: 0879056711
Author: Dale Mulfinger, Susan E. Davis
The Taunton Press Inc.
Website: www.taunton.com
Hands-On Log Homes
ISBN: 0879058056
Author: Cindy Teipner Thiede
Gibbs Smith Publishing
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ISBN: 0879054581
Author: Arthur Thiede, Cindy Teipner
Gibbs Smith Publishing
Website: www.gibbs-smith.com
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Model: 0881791318
Author: James Mitchell
Heritage House/Hartley & Marks
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ISBN: 1586850431
Author: Robbin Obomsawin
Gibbs Smith Publishing
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Log Spirit
ISBN: 0879059257
Author: Linda Arms White
Gibbs Smith Publishing
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Model: 087905963X
Author: Cindy Teipner Thiede, et al
Gibbs Smith Publishing
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Model: 0879056711
Author: Cindy Teipner Thiede, Arthur Thiede, et al
Gibbs Smith Publishing
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