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The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony With Your Environment [Hardcover]

B. Allan Mackie (Author)
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Most library users are interested in homes using traditional construction methods, but comprehensive collections should offer information about alternative technologies. These three titles offer good options. Pearson offers instructions to build yurts, tipis, and benders all dwellings that consist of a collapsible, lightweight frame covered with cloth. Examples range from simple, temporary designs to much sturdier structures appropriate for year-round use. The examples are from all over the world, but brief instructions allow anyone to build a rather exotic structure inexpensively. The Sanchezes provide a wealth of information about the history and techniques associated with the use of adobe, an ancient material common in the Southwest. Twelve plans for both traditional and modern homes are included some of which look surprisingly conventional to the casual observer. This title will be of particular interest to readers in the more arid regions of North America. Mackie, a well-known author and educator of log home-building techniques, shows how to construct a log home in a low-impact, environmentally friendly manner. The homes shown are beautiful, with a great deal of exposed joinery; Mackie's step-by-step instructions and excellent illustrations show how everything is done (the author, who is in his mid-seventies, is still building homes a feat that many half his age would find taxing). These titles are recommended for comprehensive collections or for those with a regional interest in the particular technology covered.
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Mackie's step-by-step instructions and excellent illustrations show how everything is done. (Library Journal 20011201)

Mackie is recognized around the world as one of the foremost log home builders ... this is your textbook. (Log Home Design Ideas 20020101)

One of a '10 Essential Books for Every Log Home Owner' in their 10th Anniversary Issue. (Log Home Design Ideas )

A literary gift to those who entertain the idea of building [a log cabin] the old-fashioned way. (Michael McCarthy Log Home Living )

This book is nirvana for anyone who wants to learn how to build a log house. (Rob Hadden The Owner Builder )
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5.0 out of 5 stars From the original log home do it yourself guy!, July 13 2002
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dana baetz (Vancouver Island, Canada.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony With Your Environment (Hardcover)
A great book! From the guy that started the whole log building
industry 30 years ago and continues to teach it worldwide. The main point here that Mr. Mackie
illustrates is that you can do it yourself and that what you get is so much more than just a house.It's a lifestyle!Just the kind of message people need these days when everything is so high tech. Wood is good for the soul!! Keep up the good work Allan!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, Feb 19 2009
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This review is from: The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony With Your Environment (Paperback)
This is by far the best book for the would be builder as he has spend a great deal of time explaining how everything works. I left reading this book like I could no I would be able o build a log home. Mr. Mackie went into great detail in the preparation process and then through the building process, I have read all of his books and this revision is by far the best of the series of books he has written. He made easy for the layman to understand the terms and explanations of the building process. Great book
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Feb 5 2005
By R. Kendall "Montana Logsmith" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony With Your Environment (Paperback)
A classic from the a master log builder. Lots and lots of color pictures and great easy to read diagrams. For those who really want to build there own log cabin themselves. Deals mostly with hand scribed round log construction. A+

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This review is from: The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony With Your Environment (Paperback)
I am an electrician and not a home builder. And while I can frame a wall or build a shed fairly well I won't pretend that I could build an entire home without technical help. One day I would like to build a small log cabin with my family, even if it takes years. This book along with a few others that I read basically assumes that the reader will build a log home with the help of some contractors and even gives tips on being a GC. And while that is probably good advice to find the best and most experienced people to help build this home it isn't very pioneer.
If you are looking to build a log home as your primary residence than by all means read this book and others like it. If you are looking to build a small place and have fun doing it there are other books out there that are better suited.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars From the original log home do it yourself guy!, July 13 2002
By dana baetz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Owner-Built Log House: Living in Harmony With Your Environment (Hardcover)
A great book! From the guy that started the whole log building
industry 30 years ago and continues to teach it worldwide. The main point here that Mr. Mackie
illustrates is that you can do it yourself and that what you get is so much more than just a house.It's a lifestyle!Just the kind of message people need these days when everything is so high tech. Wood is good for the soul!! Keep up the good work Allan!
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