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  • From: tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Vertica log cabin construction
  • Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:28:56 -0500

Gene GeRue wrote:


Alaska Log Cabins <http://www.alaskacabin.net/>


Vertical log construction was used for pioneer forts. There are residential examples in St. Genevieve, Missouri, the oldest white settlement west of the Mississippi, south of St. Louis. The trick is to keep the bottom ends from rotting.


tvoivozhd---I think a concrete stemwall with a shallow slope to the outside would do---and with metal tiedowns. Paint the log bottoms with asphalt to avoid any wickiing along the grain.





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