Message from @Marlow
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people like the aestheic of it
I think that's what it boils down to
ok well i asked you why would you entertain a log home
I used to be into it for the aethetics and the independence of it
something appealing about the idea of using moslty natural materials you can source yourself
ok and what is unnatural about milled lumber
look at the floorplan of log homes and tell me it isnt a sacrifice to live in one
because you're totally right... modern construction methods are more cost effective, and they end up being more simple if you conform to the conventional system
the stick and frame, 16 inch on center, two-by system
though I think if I were to go that route, I'd go with the "advanced framing" technique
is literally the best system...most homes are nuilt like garbage doesnt mean the design is bad
advanced framing is a literal meme
lol... I'd love to hear your thoughts about it
you're probably way more informed than I am
I'm just a software developer that dreams about building his own house one day
im not saying theres anything wrong with a log home im just saying they turn out like cuck sheds 9 times out of ten
yeah you're right
dude I've studied almost every method on log home building
most are crap
many of them just seem stupid to me
the most aesthetic I've seen is probably Robert Chambers' method but it's incredibly labor intensive
a regular wall is lets say 6 inches thick...maybe a little bit less over the actual floor and a log home would be something like 15 inches thick...you are literally losing about 10 inches on the perimeter of the house....its probably like a 15 percent loss on the total floor plan
and the potential for moistrue infiltration worries me
yeah airsealing is super important thats why i dont like log contruction
yup... and the more you seal it the more it ruins the look
i can build a stick frame wall in maybe 45 minutes from materials i can carry in my truck and lift with one hand
the chambers method, you're literally carving natural logs to fit like a glove on top of each other
logs would be literally an order of magnitude off from that simplicity and time
yeah his method is really complex
logs also deteriorate at the same rate if im not mistaken
but it ends up looking like a work of art... like the trees grew together into a house
they do when they touch and capture water in between the nooks and crannies
another point against log construction
Sometimes I get larpy tho... and I think about what kind of house you could build if you didn't have access to all these modern materials... like if it's just the individual craftsmen in the village working on it
if you really love wood and trees i dont believe in cutting a ton of them down for a house ...i dont really know about log construction at all but new methods are so easy and sustainable and habitable it makes me proud of my ignorance
and there's also the aesthetics of it
that's why my preferred system is timber frame
aesthetics to me really arent a virtue
but you cant build timber frame with out SIPS and they arent local made
well then it's just a question of what you value
I've been researching how one might be able to build it without sips