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Revised Log Construction Manual

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Revised Log Construction ManualThe Log Construction Manual is fully revised and updated. This is the current 2021 printing with FULL COLOR on every page. Hundreds of photos and drawings. Also available as an * eBook * at Amazon and at Apple Books Details are at bottom of this page. Since 2002 the Log Construction Manual has been teaching people like you what you need to know so you can build your own handcrafted log home. The Revised Log Construction Manual is a comprehensive guide


The Log Construction Manual is fully revised and updated. This is the current 2021 printing  with FULL COLOR on every page. Hundreds of photos and drawings. 

Also available as an   *   eBook  *   at Amazon and at Apple Books ...  Details are at bottom of this page.

Since 2002 the Log Construction Manual has been teaching people like you what you need to know so you can build your own handcrafted log home. The Revised Log Construction Manual is a comprehensive guide about how to scribe-fit logs to each other, cut notches, and build roof support systems of large, round, naturally-shaped logs.

Clearly written. Even complex techniques are easy to understand. Hundreds and hundreds of color drawings and color photos to help.

This book is packed with information that is available nowhere else. No other book has:  the "Log Selection Rules," Robert's brilliant and simple method for choosing which log to use next--now even simpler; detailed instructions for building handcrafted log roof trusses—including my mitered truss improvement; step-by-step directions for laying out sill logs for any design or floor plan; how to cut state-of-the-art compression-fit saddle notches; methods to keep notches and grooves tight over time; allowing for settling and shrinkage of log walls; scribing tips that pro's use; and much more. 

Based on Robert's experience building handcrafted log homes for more than 34 years, and his experience teaching log home construction around the world for more than 25 years.

Chapters and Detailed Information about: 

  • Why Build With Logs
  • Energy Efficiency of Log Homes
  • How to Find & Buy Good Logs
  • Your Log Home Project -- budget, planning, log home designing
  • Log Wall Basics
  • Deciding Which Log to Use Next ("Robert's Selection Rules")
  • Sill Logs (the base course)
  • Putting Logs on the Wall
  • Doors & Windows
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing and Settling
  • Scribing
  • Cutting Notches
  • Grooves and Saddles
  • Underscribing Notches to Keep Fits Tight Over Time
  • Settling & How to Allow For It
  • Roof Basics for Log Homes
  • Top Plate Logs
  • Mitered Log Trusses
  • Truss Engineering
  • Log Purlins and Ridges
  • Log Valley Rafters
  • Log Building Tools, and where to buy them
  • The ILBA Log Building Standards
  • and much more.

Best Selling log home book for 21 years in a row at Amazon. The most critically acclaimed book ever on log home construction.

Includes both Metric and Feet-Inches for all important dimensions. 

286 pages. 8.5" x 11" (22cm x 28cm).  Hundreds of photos and drawings. Softcover. FULL COLOR ON EVERY PAGE. Bibliography. Index. Tool Sources with websites. Special Layflat binding. English language. 2021 printing

This is the book that teaches you how to build like a pro!

NOW also available as eBook

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