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06/21/09, 09:50 AM
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Slightly off topic, but...
Cabin - do you have any photos of spring, summer or fall of either of the cabins? I have the snow photos for winter desk top drooling, or if it's too hot in the summer - but I need other seasons for a complete desktop set... 
Please.
Angie
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06/21/09, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by AngieM2
Slightly off topic, but...
Cabin - do you have any photos of spring, summer or fall of either of the cabins? I have the snow photos for winter desk top drooling, or if it's too hot in the summer - but I need other seasons for a complete desktop set...
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WIHH was saying the same thing. Since much of our family is in Texas....where it doesn't snow....we end up taking a lot of photos for them in the winter to show what our coldest season is like.
To be honest, a summer or fall photo wouldn't be much different than the winter photo...with the exception of the snow of course. Since most of the trees around our place are pines, the background will be green no matter what the season.
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06/21/09, 03:32 PM
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If you need to get more insulation in the 2x4, use foam??
I've been thinking about doing the same thing, HilltopDiasy, but my idea kept "growing" and I now have TisaWee cabin. It started out as a 24x24 1 story with loft to be built on pillars, but I kept thinking, "oh! If I just added another ...." and now it's a 24x36 salt-box with a 12x12 dormer upstairs for addition room, plus another 8x8 dormer bathroom upstairs, with 13' ceiling heights, and a 10' deep basement under the whole thing. Sheesh. I should have stayed with my original design and I could have afforded to finish it. 
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06/21/09, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever
To be honest, a summer or fall photo wouldn't be much different than the winter photo...
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Gotta remember that they live in Minnesota so that is a fair statement.
Sorry WIHH and CF--couldn't resist.
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06/21/09, 07:05 PM
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sounds like a lot of good advice..one thing to remember..if you have the holes cut for the windows and doors framed to the standard sizes that you can find in the stores..rough opening sizes..it would cost you MUCH LESS to buy the windows and install them yourself !! buy "new construction" grade i've put a window in by myself in no time..and i'm a girl..and 58 years old Tues.
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06/21/09, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by English Oliver
I am having the logs sawn for a building like this only will be 24'X36'.
The logs will be 4"X6". It will a bathroom but not have electric. The water for bathroom will come from a raised tank that will catch the water from the eaves troughs and will gravity feed into the piping. The loft above the porch will be sleeping quarters. I estimate having less that $8500. in it when finished.
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Hey Oliver,
Can you tell me who you are purchasing your logs from? We are just outside of Louisville and would love to consider this as an option.
Thanks!!!
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06/21/09, 09:59 PM
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Here's mine! I bought it used for $3,000. It came wired up for electricity, even included an air conditioner. It's 12x16 plus the 4ft. porch. Two windows (one on either side) plus the French doors, so it's nice and bright inside. I want to install some additional outlets, then insulate and drywall it. Probably not 'til fall, though ... too much going on in the garden right now!
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06/21/09, 10:04 PM
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It was over 20 years ago when I did the work on it and I simply don't remember. I do remember some of the costs. The basic building with the modification I had made was right at $3,000. Windows, opening skylight, and front door $1,500 to $2,000. Wall furnace and A/C about $1,000. Kohler elongated stool, 36 inch neo-angle one piece molded fiberglass shower, narrow but extra deep lavatory, kitchen corner sink, copper plumbing, cabinet material, oak trim, pocket door, an extra layer of sub flooring to take bounce out, anchors and tie down straps, extra caulking and canned foam, 6 inch roll insulation, an extra ordinary number of phone jacks, cable TV outlets, plug-ins, extra lighting, etc. all add up quickly. I'm thinking that I might have had around $10,000 in it.
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We would like to have a small cabin built on our property for our son. He'll likely never be totally independent. He doesn't need anything fancy or big. But a nice, sturdy building would be great. If we could do something for less than $20,000 that'd be absolutely wonderful.
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06/21/09, 11:41 PM
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Here's mine! I bought it used for $3,000. It came wired up for electricity, even included an air conditioner. It's 12x16 plus the 4ft. porch. Two windows (one on either side) plus the French doors, so it's nice and bright inside. I want to install some additional outlets, then insulate and drywall it. Probably not 'til fall, though ... too much going on in the garden right now!
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That's a lovely little cabin/house you have there Willow.
Angie
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06/22/09, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kentuckysteader
Hey Oliver,
Can you tell me who you are purchasing your logs from? We are just outside of Louisville and would love to consider this as an option.
Thanks!!!
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The sawmill is...
Westwood Lumber Co.
1920 W. St.Road 64
Taswell In.
812-338-2465
A Pine 4X6 will run around a dollar per lineal foot. Figure about 15 courses to get (with a 1X3 spacer between courses) to get an 8' wall.
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06/22/09, 10:17 AM
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The only problem with those "log" buildings is that, while they LOOK cool, they don't have any insulation value at all unless you stud out the inside and put in insulation....which defeats the purpose of the cool log look. I researched those ALOT before I ended up just stick framing my cabin. I saw one of those buildings that was just a couple years old, and it looked like crap on the inside! Was very moldy between the boards, etc. Could just be the way it was sealed (or lack of!).
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06/22/09, 10:40 AM
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In Remembrance
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Was very moldy between the boards, etc. Could just be the way it was sealed (or lack of!).
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I agree that they look much better than they function. I expect the mold issue was more a matter of improper ventilation than anything else. Homes today are generally built tight enough that every humidity producing area should have a powered vent---and it should be used.
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06/23/09, 09:53 AM
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The only problem with those "log" buildings is that, while they LOOK cool, they don't have any insulation value at all unless you stud out the inside and put in insulation....which defeats the purpose of the cool log look. I researched those ALOT before I ended up just stick framing my cabin. I saw one of those buildings that was just a couple years old, and it looked like crap on the inside! Was very moldy between the boards, etc. Could just be the way it was sealed (or lack of!).
Well, that is not my experience with my log house, which is 6" thick by 1 foot high logs up to 37 feet long, with chink spaces. I can heat my log portion of the house, 1300 sq ft with a single burner of my propane wall heater. Cool it plus more with a single AC window unit. No drafts or other problems after 18 years.
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