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Auction at local log home manufacturer
2006-12-01 06:08:06
Auction ing second quality log home kits and only tonight, the newspaper ad declared. Auction will be held at company?s premises so purchaser can check the merchandise. It was simple black and white text ad, tiny and cheap looking. Certainly it got masses moving. Mill yard was packed with people, and everybody was excited, but me or that?s how it looked like to me. You see I wasn?t excited because starting price was set almost to the level of normal selling price. Because of all the commotion and tight scheduling, many people came unprepared and unknowing what they actually were trying to buy. As we all know, log homes and log cabins are rather unified products, so most log home companies try to differentiate themselves by introducing several packages, some including windows, doors, flooring, roofing, walls etc, some including just walls. It really is difficult to make an educated decision. All kits were sold over retail price, but because it was an auction there were some amazi...
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My latest cabin!
2006-10-23 20:33:02
This little log cabin is the reason that kept me away from updating this site. I have come a long way from those match log cabins. At the moment the cabin is weather locked, but I can?t show the pictures yet. They are on my new video camera and as my technology skills are rather lo-fi I haven?t been able to get the pictures out of camera quite yet. The whole building process was full of surprising difficulties. One always expects them while building but there is always something that just doesn?t meet the expectations. Well, this little log cabin is just a first step in a bigger plan. There are already plans for a large log home on this property. This current log home will function as a sauna. Location is just great, just 30 or so feet from the lake. Can?t wait to test bathe it.
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My first cabin
2006-08-06 19:30:12
My first log cabin was made of match sticks. I suddenly thought about it and decided to make a replica Here it is, just look at it shine. Post me a picture of your match stick cabin and I’ll post it here.
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Interviewing Kelly Hart
2006-08-06 19:30:12
I came across this wonderful site that is all about green home building. Green building ? if traditional building methods are followed ? can be very cheap way to build houses, so this site is of special interest for us back-to-the-nature log home builders, who might be discouraged by the high prices of modern log homes and log cabins. Kelly Hart has a long history in the field of construction and publishes information on green home building in cooperation with many experts of this field. Mr. Hart was happy to answer few questions, so here they are: Q: Post and beam log building is mentioned here and there on your site, but always as a mere structural framework. Why Greenhomebuilding doesn?t include log homes as an independent segment? A: This was a conscious decision on my part to not promote the use of logs for homes for several reasons. Primarily, I am concerned with the continued depletion of our forests, as expressed on my page about saving our forests. There are circumstan...
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Goals for Blogging Goals group writing project
2006-08-06 19:30:12
This time I expect that we have much wider spread of goals than what we had with blogging habits. Therefore I am not going to make statistical analysis of submitted posts. However, I am going to write a comment on every single submission and give my feedback to you all (here and here). Oh, by the way, did you notice how Darren goes from numbers to letters?
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My blog home
2006-08-06 19:30:12
INTRODUCTION Darren is having another blogging community event. This time it is about Blog ging Goals. I already wrote about my motivation for working with log homes, but maybe it is time to tell you why this site is here and what are site?s goals. NO GOALS FOR BLOGGING I have no goal for my blogging. Instead I chose blogging as a medium to realize my dream of being an independent log home exporter agent. Finnish log home and log cabin companies weren?t (and still aren?t) too active in electronic field. I thought (and still do) that this lack of clear web presence could give me a natural entry into the field. Blogs just happened to be the most accessible publishing technology for such a non-tech guy as I am. BABY STEPS Now, my ultimate goal is to be an export agent. How to get there? These steps that take me to the goal actually become much more important than the ultimate goal itself. Sure, I could go around and ask time and time again, who would like me to sell their log homes?...
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Ads on the site
2006-08-06 19:30:12
You might have noticed that my first book review has Amazon associate link included. That?s right, I am going to be a millionaire with the little help from everybody. Seriously, I?ll use any money that might come from this arrangement into buying more books for reviewing. However I?m going to introduce other ways to make money on this site. At some point of time I will probably have log home kits as a drop shipment delivery. Anyway, those days are still in distant future.
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Not upgrading
2006-08-06 19:30:12
I start to realize what a tedious task it will be to upgrade. I won?t do it today instead I will wait until next weekend. I should have plenty of time then to make all the needed arrangements.

Installing Wordpress 2.0.3
2006-08-06 19:30:12
I hope everything will be fine after the installation, but I?m anyhow giving you a heads up. I have no idea how long the upgrade will take and whether there are going to be problems or not.
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Finally small is beautiful?
2006-08-06 19:30:12
Seems like the American dream about grandeur and riches could be changing a bit with the younger generation. Just go and check this article. Statistically speaking, Americans still want largest possible home, but as empty-nesters of baby-boom generation increase, there is lot of unused space and younger generation starts to see the related increases in maintaining costs like utilities and renovations.
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View and opposing view
2006-08-06 19:30:12
The National Association of Home Builders has applauded U.S. Senate for passing the comprehensive immigration reform. Reform enables illegal immigrants to obtain legal status in the States. U.S. will have almost one million job openings in construction industry and NAHB expects legalized immigrant workers to largely fill this void. All good so far, but applying process is very costly. Illegal immigrants who have lived in the country for two to five years, must be able to prove that they have paid all federal and state taxes also much paperwork is included. If illegal immigrant has to pay taxes, they must demand higher pay to achieve earlier income level. This is a path to increased costs. In my opinion, Fortune magazine had much more realistic take on this matter. Fortune magazine says that up to 40% of home building is done by undocumented aliens (referring those terrestrial ones). While big builders don?t employ illegal immigrants their subcontractors do. There have been court...
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Book review - The Craft of Post and Beam
2006-08-06 19:30:12
BOOK REVIEW ? THE CRAFT OF POST AND BEAM This book has the most amazing start! Mr. Mitchell tells about his life experiences and how they made him the man he is today. He combines the passion to build and create into philosophy and financial freedom. Such a great motivational writer he is that I read the book in one day, it is that exciting (If you are in a hurry, you can now jump to the end of review to check the summary). I will briefly go through every chapter of this book, but at first, here are the contents: Introduction/Author?s Preface 1. Evolution of Post and Beam 2. Design 3. Wood 4. Tools 5. Hewing and Milling Methods 6. Joinery 7. Modern Timber Post and Beam: Wall System 8. Traditional Timber Post and Beam: Wall System 9. Log Post and Beam: Wall System 10. Log Blockwork: Wall System 11. Openings 12. Roof Structures 13. Floor Systems 14. Foundations 15. Utilities and Finishing 16. Wood Finishes Appendices Bibliography Glossary Index EVOLUTION OF POST AND BEAM In this c...
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