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On this page you will find much technical information, some hard-to-find information, and LOT of practical stuff. I update my on-line log-building-library from time to time, so check back to this page now and again to see what's new. New : - Report about damage to New Zealand log homes during earthquake see below in structural engineering articles. Get a free copy of Acrobat Reader by visiting www. Can't find what you are looking for?
Please send me an email, and I might be able to find what you're looking for. I re-printed my book in winter , and made extensive revisions. This file is the full chapter on Underscribing. All owners of my book and before should download this free upgrade because it includes new information. Lefthand spiral is one of the leading causes of badly fitting corner notches and grooves in log homes. Written by Robert W. Chambers, this is a good introduction to the problems caused by left-hand spiral building logs.
These are Microsoft Excel files, and you can open and use them if you own a copy of Excel software. If you do not have Excel on your computer, then they will NOT work. One file is for metric builders, and the other file is for imperial feet-inch builders. Download just the one file that you will use.
These files are copyrighted by Robert Chambers and they are free for you to download and use. You will need a copy of my book, the Log Construction Manual to understand how to use the numbers this spreadsheet produces. Contact me with questions, bugs, problems, compliments! Note that both spreadsheet files contain "Macros," and they are virus-free, if downloaded from this link.
To use the spreadsheet you must "allow Macros. Log Building Video Clips Please do not download and then post these videos on another website--they are copyrighted by Robert Chambers.
My DVDs of how to build with logs are for sale on this website. I am now working on my second box of DVDs. Illustrates cutting and brushing techniques. Feel free to download and print and use this info for yourself, or email the files to friends. But please do not post these files on another website, they are copyrighted by Natural Log Homes. Windows and Doors in Log Openings 1 Kb a 1-page sheet on the choice between flanged and non-flanged window styles for log homes, the difference between Carpentry Rough Opening and Log Rough Opening, and how to frame bucks into openings.
Photos and drawings as well as helpful words of advice. Feel free to download and print and use this information. Windows and Doors in Log Openings 2 Kb a 1-page sheet including detailed head, sill, and jamb drawings of installing doors and windows, how to flash the opening, how to air seal it, and using settling boards and settling space a safe way.
Photo and drawings as well as a description. Feel free to download, print and use this info. Architects and designers may find the drawings useful--and carpenters and DIYers definitely will. 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.
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