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Now completely revised and updated, B. Allan This classic is still considered the best book ever written on making a full sized log home. This enlarged eighth edition, revised in 1997, is filled with numerous major construction improvements, and clearly shows the novice and experienced log builder how to select logs, plan both the site and financing, and then build a handsome log structure from the foundation to the ridge cap. The concept of modern log building was born 25 years ago with the first edition of Building with Logs. All who loved log homes could, for the first time, learn how to build one. With over 100,000 copies sold, this book inspired thousands of owner-built homes. Building with Logs covers: financing, the site, planning a good home, acquisition of logs, how to fall a tree and trim it, storage of logs, safety, foundations and basements, first logs and floor joists, hewing and the broad axe, cutting a round notch, sealing between the logs, setting allowance, gable ends, electrical wiring, finishing touches and much more. The author has continued to teach, design and build. His schools have trained thousands of good craftsmen, some of whom formed companies to build internationally, with the result that the world-wide standard for excellence in log building is now a "Mackie" log house.
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Very indepth.... This is no book for cowboys, and he has pitched it at people who want to build a log house and to do it professionally, ethically and to a high aesthetic standard.
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Learn from the Best: Build an Acclaimed "Mackie Log House"
This classic, now revised and updated for 1997, is still considered the best book ever written on making a full-sized log home. This enlarged eighth edition is filled with numerous major construction improvements, and clearly shows the novice and experienced log builder every necessary step to build a home.
The concept of modern log building was born 25 years ago with the first edition of "Building with Logs". With over 100,000 copies sold, this book inspired thousands of owner-built homes.
This book covers: financing, the site, planning a good home, acquisition of logs, how to fall a tree and trim it, storage of logs, safety, foundations and basements, first logs and floor joists, hewing and the broad axe, cutting a round notch, sealing between the logs, setting allowance, gable ends, electrical wiring, finishing touches, and much more.
B. Allan Mackie continues to teach, design, and build. His schools have trained thousands of good craftspeople; some of whom formed building companies internationally, with the result that the worldwide standard for excellence in log building is now a "Mackie" log house.
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Building With Logs
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G092027014XI3N00
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Building with Logs
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B. Allan Mackie & Ida Mary Mackie, Pender Island, B. C., 1988
ISBN 10: 092027014X
ISBN 13: 9780920270141
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Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 5th or later Edition. Popular Canadian book on building a Log House. 91pp, fully illustrated. Stiff, illustrated card wrappers. This copy is almost 'as new' - bright, clean and unmarked, pages still bright white and fresh. Unpacked weight, 367g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. [Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate]. Seller Inventory # 040488
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Building with Logs
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Log House Publishing, Pender Island, 1988
ISBN 10: 092027014X
ISBN 13: 9780920270141
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Soft cover
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). Later Edition. Most of the author's references (think permits, etc.) in this 91 page volume are for British Columbia (Canada) but the techniques described are quite portable. .Read more about : Lawg Caybunism, butts, insulation, framing,spar,high-lead, froe, joist, Forest Service Office, window-trim, barge-boards, and guy-lines. Some of the tools you'll require are : log dogs, peeling spud, broad axe, and log scriber. Text assisted by plenty of b/w (`how-to') diagrams. Also b/w photos and even a colour shot or two of finished projects. Page 55 talks about `piece-en-piece'. Author offers a `building with logs' school. Condition: Paper wrapper is green and gold - think: real logs. Lettering is black. Cover inset is not attributed but seems to be a completed Mackie project. Spine fine , colours bright. Tiniest of wear points. No names ,marks, creases, nor tears. Excellent copy. Almost giftable ! Quote (p. 50) : " This is not to suggest that fibreglass is not a good material. I use it frequently in logwork when it is not possible to obtain moss. And I use it in floor and roof insulation, of course. But I do believe that manufactured building materials should be avoided when a free and equally good ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 010186