Over the next several months we will discuss restoration of a log home as well as building a log home.
Bearfort Lodge was built around somewhere in the early 1900s. Feel free to visit the gallery and take a peek around.
I love the layout and general design so I will be keeping much of the same elements and plans but expanding on them greatly and taking a few liberties by increasing the square footage and altering a few things here and there.
In the meantime there is general maintenance around the lodge - repair of of few spots of chinking, tending to a couple of logs I noticed needed attention on my last inspection and so on. I will take you through the steps and provide a photo journal as I work on those projects.
I will document each project and provide you with information as to how I approach and work on a particular project as well as what materials I chose and why. I will also be providing as much in depth information as I can and give you reasoning behind my decisions.
We will also discuss log home and planning and the building of a new log home. Styles of log building and the pros and cons of those styles. If you choose to use a log home builder then there are things to which you must be aware so that you can ask the right questions as well as identify whether or not you are getting the right answers.
We will cover wood (log) selection, planning, materials, process etc..
In addition I will try to provide information as to resources for not only log home information but info to satisfy the more rustic desires for home decor, products, and of the like.
I will also do my best to answer questions related to log home construction and general questions on materials and methods.
I am not one that cares for the typical log home campy stuff that is so often associated with the log home magazines out there. If i see one more cheesy cut-out of a moose on a tin lamp shade or a little cutsie cartoon-like bear holding a fishing pole im going to puke.
I’m tired of companies that sell hinges and other “wrought iron” that is stamped out of a machine and made to look hand forged while claiming otherwise. To me they feel flimsy and look machined. I will turn you on to artisans that make the real stuff- true blacksmiths that have continued the art of wrought iron.
Call me purist but I love the rugged elegance of rustic simplicity in all its raw artistic forms.
2 responses so far ↓
1 earl goodfellow // May 14, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I am trying to decide between the butt and pass vs notching the log walls. Notching seems like alot of detailed work, but my question is how to secure the first level of logs which will be placed on 8″ poured cement posts about 2ft off the ground?
Earl
2 Bearfort // May 16, 2007 at 10:57 am
Hello Earl — thanks for reading — Deciding between butt and pass and coped logs can be difficult — perhaps the following links may help you to decide - http://www.bearfortlodge.com/bearfort_lodge/2006/10/log_home_constr.html
and the next article in the series: http://www.bearfortlodge.com/bearfort_lodge/2006/10/log_home_constr_1.html
Both articles address this issue — we can have a discussion on your other question as there is a fairly simple way to to secure the first course - I sent you an email with regard to this
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