any one got an idea for a good log cabin?
 

http://www.texasloghomes.com/index.html



What do you think of this site


Want about 32x32 for a weekend cabin and guest cabin-----full wrap around porch, covered......any thoughts?


Thanks
Rick

We are in the North Tx region.....

Re: any one got an idea for a good log cabin?
 

Skip the logs and go with 2x8 wall studs 24" o.c. Insulate walls to R-26.

Insulate the floor and ceiling to the max too.

:smokin: gonna be an energy crunch Rick...

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Thankyou for the thoughts......log cabin and wood stove is still my plan and situated in the woods on a 1 acre pond......This is just for fun and guests....I do know that I want pine logs

Thanks again

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I think you might want to research this website before starting a log home.
There is alot of info about freedom/log cabins, politics, etc.
http://www.loghomebuilders.org/

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Thank you John

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Good story....

http://www.loghomebuilders.org/log-homes-25.htm

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Coming from THE land of log homes.....KG is spot on if you really wish to stay warm and keep costs to a minimum....however...the pond if you do not make it yourself will more than trple the land cost.
Such a cabin can be had in my town.....for about 18-19 MILLION.

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I have the land and I have the pond, I got lots of land and ponds.....Just want a log cabin for guests so they dont have to stay in my house......The log cabin isnt for survival...its just for the ambience of the setting.......just looking for the best people to build one for me......and I aint the one thats gonna build it

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The wood stove is a great idea as the pellet stoves do require electricity.

For the pine logs get Northern pine as if you shop it from a mill in say tennesee, its alot softer.....the pine in the yellowstone country here, is amazingly hard.

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Thank you for that information on the pine logs......I wouldnt have thought about that

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Thanks G

this might be a job for somebody more detailed than me......Think I will let Cindy handle this with the info you guys are giving.......Its her dang idea anyway......I hate having guests stay long enough for them to need a whole other house

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Rick,

We live in a custom built log home, and we love it. That said, the "original" section is 8" solid pine logs. An addition of 2 bedrooms and an office is stick built, with log siding ("D logs") on the outside and knotty pine tongue-and-groove on the inside. The addition is much easier to heat and cool, maintenance is much easier (much less splitting of logs), and it's easier to build overall. No problems with windows and doors, running wires in exterior walls, etc.

If I was building another one, I would seriously think of stick-building the whole house, then using the siding and tongue-and-groove approach to imitate solid logs. You really can't tell the difference.

This post has reminded me of a joke a contractor friend told me...

How can you tell if a house was built by lesbians???

There are no studs...it's all tongue-and-groove!!!! :haha:

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What he said. Also...my friend has a beautiful log-cabin Mansion built like this on a Montana lake and in his "guest" cabin he turns the shower hot-water down to just below comfortable to keep the moochers from staying past three days.

:beer: