Return to Book Page. Roger Macgregor Translator ,. Hermann Phelps. Oversize paperback with black and white illustrations and photographs of crafted wood architecture. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published March 1st by Lee Valley Tools first published More Details Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Craft of Log Building , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Craft of Log Building.
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Rating details. All Languages. More filters. Sort order. David rated it it was ok May 06, Thomas rated it really liked it Feb 28, Christopher Magee rated it did not like it Jun 25, Chad rated it really liked it Aug 29, Mona marked it as to-read Apr 29, Chris Hitsman marked it as to-read Aug 24, Carrie marked it as to-read Mar 23, Mike added it Mar 26, Rae added it Dec 02, Luis Abella Tritten marked it as to-read Mar 09, Jeff added it Jul 24, Thomas Whitten marked it as to-read Dec 18, Redion marked it as to-read Dec 18, Gasket Material, Design, and Installation Kb a 1-page sheet about the gasket rubber seal , that Natural Log Homes uses inside their grooves and notches.
NLH uses a rubber seal that they designed, tested, and that they have made just for them -- it is not an off-the-shelf item available anywhere else. Good close up photos of how it is installed in logs.
The International Log Builders Association ILBA website , produced the original log building standard and it is filled with useful and great information. The Committee that wrote the Standards were many of the most experienced and highly regarded log home builders in North America.
Greatly expanded coverage. Loads of helpful and practical information on logs, notches, settling, gaskets, air infitration, flashing, foundations, roof beams, electrical, plumbing, chimneys, doors and windows. Or click here to buy a paper copy from Amazon. You'll see what a great new book this is. Click on this photo to download a PDF about 1. Only Adobe Reader will display the interactive functions. Log Building News 38 1. Issue 38 is from August This newsletter Robert Chambers is the editor is sent to all members of the log organization.
Log Builder Interview Form 28 Kb A 3-page form that can be used when you call or talk with log builders - - interviewing them as possible builders for your home. The questions are good, and it's also a way to organize your knowledge of several log building companies to make comparing them easier for you.
This document is in English. Some EU countries are using this code, but some are not. This copy says "draft" but it is being used as "code" in some EU member countries. You will need local advice in the country you are going to build. It will go into effect in your area only if your local state, county or city government adopts it.
For some places that could be soon. For other places it could be years from now or never, since there are places in the USA that do not use any building code. Forintek review of log home energy codes. Includes some excellent recommendations for designing and building energy-efficient log homes. Cosniders Rescheck and EnerGuide software.. Several important reports and downloads for free from their website. Research paper on laboratory testing of logs walls for air and water infiltration, and modeling log wall energy performance.
Also blower door tests of entire houses. Good information on non-log leaks in log homes windows and doors, tongue and groove. Very useful information. Energy Performance of Log Walls Kb a page booklet copyrighted by the Log Homes Council website that has information on the thermal efficiency of log walls. The Log Homes Council is an organization of companies that build milled or manufactured log home kits, but much of this information also can be applied to handcrafted log homes.
Cosniders Rescheck and EnerGuide software. Infrared Study of Log Homes 1 Mb 9-page study by two engineers that used a blower door combined with infrared thermal imaging cameras to study air and heat leakage of log homes. The blower door is used to reduce the air pressure inside the house, this makes cold air leak into the house quickly, and the camera "sees" the cold air, and identifies where air leaking is happening. Dovetail Notches Robert wrote two articles about full-scribe, full dovetail, hewn-log construction for Joiner's Quarterly magazine.
These used to be available from JQ as back issues. There is plenty of other info on chinked dovetail construction in print, but these are the only detailed articles I know of about full-scribe chinkless dovetails. Click here to go to the Fox Maple website where you can ask to order back issues 13 and 14 it's a 2-part article , but I've been told they are not available.
There is also an article written by Robert for Fine Homebuilding magazine, Issue 34, about a large dovetail project that Robert built. This article is interesting, and has a lot of great photos, just not as much technical information on "how to do it" as the JQ article mentioned above. Back issues of Fine Homebuilding 34 are not available from Taunton Press sold out -- so please try finding it at your local library, or used book stores, or search at Amazon.
Maintenance and Preservation of Log Homes. Maintenance and Preservation of Log Walls Kb a 14 -page article copyrighted by the Log Homes Council including information on insects, decay, removing iron stains from wood, and more. Finishes for Log Walls Kb A comprehensive page booklet on finishes for log homes-- penetrating stains, water repellancy, mildew, and much more.
A very valuable resource. How to protect log homes during construction, how good design helps protect logs, your choices for chemicals and finishes, wood cleaners. Skip Ellsworth seems to be spreading some mis-information about drawknife-peeled logs and their ability to withstand weather - - if you have heard what Ellesworth has said, then you better get a copy of this independent and objective information.
Produced by Forintek Canada website , a top government research institute for everything about wood. Mildew and Finishes 50Kb A short article about mildew and finishes for wood. Some information about mildewcides that can be added to a finish; about finishes that are manufactured with mildewcides in them; and how to prepare a wood surface before you apply a finish to avoid mildew problems.
Some very good color photos of bugs that attack wood. The emphasis here is on bugs--which makes sense, in Georgia. Gin Poles Kb Chapter 5 from the army field engineer's manual, this chapter shows you how to build and rig lifting devices like gin poles, derricks, A-frames, and more.
Simple, practical information. There is not much about gin poles that is in print, and this is some of the best that I have uncovered - - 19 pages of free information.
Also, how much you can expect each sort of anchor to hold. Hoists Kb Chapter 3 from the field manual on how to rig for lifting and pulling. It has chapters on engineering specs, drying and shrinkage, decay, gluing, preservation, fire resistance, glu-lams, fasteners, finishing, wooden bridges, and plenty more.
Totals more than pages. Each chapter can be downloaded for free as a PDF. This has a lot of great information, and much of it de-bunks the half-truths and misunderstandings that are widespread. Index to all chapters that can be downloaded. Not a download, this is a web-link to the Forest Products Laboratory Madison, Wisconsin, USA site where you can see what's in each chapter, and then choose to download chapters one at a time. All chapters in the book are available for free download from this web site.
Mold, mildew, decay -- what it is and how it happen. Clicking on this link will download this one chapter onto your hard drive.
Drying of Wood Kb Chapter 3 from the Wood Handbook deals with the drying of wood -- what is "green" wood? This is very important information-- even some log home builders do not understand how their logs actually dry, and how long it takes, or that shrinkage may not have even started when their logs weigh half as much as they used to. Wrong, no it doesn't! Round Timbers and Ties Kb Chapter 18 from the Wood Handbook has information on logs, poles, timbers, and ties -- durability, strength, and grading standards.
Mike has good chapters on foundations, energy standards, scribing and cutting notches, plumbing, venting, insulation, and more. The focus is on Alaska's need for energy-efficient homes, but there is plenty of material here about other log building topics.
The entire book can be downloaded as one file 20 Megabytes. Download the book 20Mb. Written by Dalibor Houdek, PhD, and first published in Log Building News 35 September , this is a reprint of a 3-page article about scientific testing done on scribe-fitted log walls and their resistance to fire.
Log walls come out great, by the way. This download is courtesy of the International Log Builders Association.
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