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that is simply awesome.. just as soon as i hit the lotto im gonna have your pops build me one just like it.. will he travel? i dont want mine in michigan..
first
that is one gorgeous place.
2nd Some people have way to much money.
tim
that is one gorgeous place.
2nd Some people have way to much money.
tim
Interior is not totally finished. He is a big hunter so expect lots of mounts and rugs throughout the house. The camera doesn't do justice to the T/G color compared to the log color. Its not as plain as it looks in the pictures. But I do agree, he needs a little more contrast. But they (him and his wife) love the way it turned out so we are happy.
oonighttrain,
No need to hit the lotto, any size you have in mind we can do. My father started out this business when he was 18 and is now 47. This is the largest one he has built to date. I would like to say he wont travel but as of now he is out of work after this house is finished. Kinda scarry actually.... Hope Michigan ( and the rest of the USA) can pull out of this soon...
oonighttrain,
No need to hit the lotto, any size you have in mind we can do. My father started out this business when he was 18 and is now 47. This is the largest one he has built to date. I would like to say he wont travel but as of now he is out of work after this house is finished. Kinda scarry actually.... Hope Michigan ( and the rest of the USA) can pull out of this soon...
WHY asphalt on the roof???
no snow in that area!!
no snow in that area!!
You beat me to this question.
Wow. That is an absolutely amazing house. Very nice. I could live very nicely in just a part of that. 
Now that you mention it I never thought about it. I was away at college when they were doing the roofing so im not sure what his logic was behind that... Its a 12/12 pitch roof so its not flat, but definitely would accumulate snow. Must not have liked the look of steel.
Was it filmed by one of those Home shows on PBS? I swear I saw a place kinda like it on TV.
Owning a Log Home, the first thing that came to mind was, painting that sucker is going to be a full time job.
Owning a Log Home, the first thing that came to mind was, painting that sucker is going to be a full time job.
No it was never on PBS, though that would be a good idea! The owner however, is supposed to be pictured on the cover of TIME magazine here in the near future...
I thought I told you not to post any pics of my cabin!!!
That is a sweet looking place, I just don't know if I would want all the extra work that comes with owning a log home. But they do look cool!
That is a sweet looking place, I just don't know if I would want all the extra work that comes with owning a log home. But they do look cool!
Does the owner have any daughters????????????
The way we build our homes their is no settling. We can drop the trees one week and be laying them on the job site as soon as the foundation/subfloor is done. If you look at the windows and doors there is a 3" slab of pine encasing them. This eliminate all settling problems that others encounter. This house here wont settle one bit. Log homes don't have as much up keep as you may think. This one here will only need to be re-stained ever 10 years or so...
hahaahaa!!
I want to know how anyone could live in such deplorable conditions????
I want to know how anyone could live in such deplorable conditions????
I had a house built like this once, but it didn't have a sauna...and it was made out of lincoln logs..FAIL.
uhh.. yeah, i need to hit the lotto.. unless you wanna trade a house in florida for a cabin.. oh wait, forgot i have a mortgage..
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dmkhnr
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So explain to me how you accomplish this without settling.
Just to make it easy take a look at the first pic of the garage. In my experience, those logs are going to shrink, and your going to have a 3" gap at the top of the garage door frame.
The home I built was designed and constructed by the log connection. I could not recommend this company as they came out, erected the home and left the home owner with a design that simply wouldn't work for the way the home settled. The screw jacks weren't drilled far enough into the log post, so that they bottomed out before the home was done settling. The roof system was tied into log purlins. Since the roof was a diaphram it actually held the purlin and post up keeping them from settling with the logs underneath.
I'll dig through my pics and find the garage door that I did as a comparison.
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dmkhnr
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Here's a settling problem
Left wall settled, right wall won't. I can let the screw jack down which is under the post and have a gap at the right wall, or hold the screw jack up and have a gap at the left wall.
Eventually the right wall had the roof load on it which settled it down several inches. The screw jack bottomed out in the post and there was a gap on both walls.
Left wall settled, right wall won't. I can let the screw jack down which is under the post and have a gap at the right wall, or hold the screw jack up and have a gap at the left wall.
Eventually the right wall had the roof load on it which settled it down several inches. The screw jack bottomed out in the post and there was a gap on both walls.