Thread: Anyone for Log Cabins . . . er Mansions

Thanks for sharing. I shudder to think what they would cost especially the 17,000 sq feet monster.

John

Cool

speechless.

Strewth.

Some very nice houses on the exterior there. Especially number 4 in the website gallery. For me, all bar two were too over the top on the interiors, but none-the-less very impressive.

You're seeing some very, very interesting stuff BobL.

Originally Posted by martrix

speechless.

Yeah - photos don't do the scale or the handy work justice.

The other reason I went to Cariboo Country was to meet up with a young miller (Brad) from the Arborist Site and pick up some chainsaw parts from him.. Come to think of it he reminds me a lot of you Martrix Like most Canadians, Brad and his parents were very hospitable and showed me around the area and took me to the gold mining ghost town of Barkerville and I'll post some pics of that maybe later on. We also went to visit a friend of Brads with a serious (400+) CS collection and Brad has about 50 himself including some nice old Stihls. There was a lot more to look at but no time and I nearly missed my plane back to Calgary.

I heard a bit about the log cabin business from Brad who knows a few people who work there. Like milling,every man and his pet goat wants to get into the cabin making business and there are a lot of cowboys out there with chainsaws and arbortecs, but not too many know how to use the large old school wood shaping tools and get the quality fit and finish that traditional quality cabins have. The other issue is log supply. This company is also a major milling company and falls its own logs or buys and trades logs direct with other milling companies.

To learn the trade from an experienced traditional cabin builder is pretty hard to get into. The first thing that tests newbies out is peeling logs with a big drawknife - they get paid "per acceptable log" so if they get quick and fast they make a bare living otherwise they go broke and leave. Being luxury end building the industry goes up and down like boat building so one can easily be out of work.

Originally Posted by Waldo

Strewth.

Some very nice houses on the exterior there. Especially number 4 in the website gallery. For me, all bar two were too over the top on the interiors, but none-the-less very impressive.

You're seeing some very, very interesting stuff BobL.

Yep - it's been a great trip - seen and learned a lot, and even managed to get some work done as well

A lot of log building construction goes into public buildings like Tourist information Centre, Ski Lodges Resorts/Hotels. You end up seeing so many you forget they are even there and forget to take photos.

This is the inside of the Storm Mountain Lodge we visited a couple of weeks back.
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If they are well made these type of buildings last a long time.

Top post Bob , thanks .
Its' grand to see that ancient building craft alive and well in the 21st century and that it has done so without losing any of it's integrity or lack of style.

Originally Posted by BobL

If they are well made these type of buildings last a long time.

Thats for sure.
When I was living ( briefly) in the north of Sweden , many of the houses there were over 200 years old , and still as solid as the day they were built.
Interestingly , many have been clad more than once over the years , with the latest building fashion materials of the time , inside and out , roof , windows , the lot.
Sometimes only by going up into the attic can the log construction method be seen.

Thanks for posting the link , I have an interest in heavy timber framing and that section on there is excellent also .