Log Homes

From : Annonymous

Q: on wed 16 apr 2008 112857 -0400 roy roy@fhome.net wrote just got my oil changed for the last time here in oz - last time it was mixed in with other services so i dont remember. its cost me the equivalent of over $70! for regular oil! please tell me its not going to be that expensive for a simple oil change in the us! dakota takes 5 quarts. jmc mostly runs around $20-$30 at a speedy type deal. dealer will hit ya harder. roy thats the initial cost! then theres the engine replacement etc. because the bozos phucked up. beekeep hell the only way to save yourself from bozos is to do it yourself. .

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From : tbone

my parents are wanting to build themselves a log home and have asked me to see what i could find out with regards to maintenance/upkeep and the such compared to a traditional built home. so...anyone here know anything about these the maintenance for a log home is more along the lines of different rather than more or less. as others have said they do not have the best thermal efficiency and if not built correctly can be a disaster to maintain. making changes to them can also be much more difficult than making changes to a conventional home. if they are just interested in the look as others have said they could build a log faced home and have the advantages of both but if a true log home is what they really want make sure that the logs are of high quality and fitted properly and they will have a home that will be much easier to maintain and enjoy. make sure to fully plan out their wiring and plumming needs before construction starts because it is much more difficult to make changes to these in log homes once building starts. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : bill

have you seen the log homes made out of cement they look just like real logs with none of the real log problems. my parents are wanting to build themselves a log home and have asked me to see what i could find out with regards to maintenance/upkeep and the such compared to a traditional built home. so...anyone here know anything about these .

From : jeffrey david miller

carolina watercraft works wrote my parents are wanting to build themselves a log home and have asked me to see what i could find out with regards to maintenance/upkeep and the such compared to a traditional built home. so...anyone here know anything about these just out of curiosity why did you post such a question to this group how about because he can or perhaps because it is a non moderated group. dont you think groups like alt.building.construction or alt.construction or alt.housing might be better able to answer your question this group is for the discussion of dodge trucks not log cabins it is about log cabins in this thread or dont you have a grasp of what ot means so im wondering why you asked your question here. see any of the above. john corliss .

From : miles

tbone wrote the maintenance for a log home is more along the lines of different rather than more or less. as others have said they do not have the best thermal efficiency its common to build an outer traditional log cabin with a 4 inside conventional framed drywall. same thing is done with brick homes. i have seen conventional framed houses with the 1/4 thick split logs or faux as some have said. even seen mobile homes with faux log outer coverings. seem to see those more often when cost is the deciding factor. .

From : miles

bill wrote have you seen the log homes made out of cement they look just like real logs with none of the real log problems. most of the cabins around here are wood slatted rather than logs. they use logs only on the corners and for support beams for the roof. .

From : abby normal

if the garage doesnt contain a dodge truck as this ng is all about in the first place then run screaming and dont buy it. insist it at least has one dodge truck somewhere in the house. my parents are wanting to build themselves a log home and have asked me to see what i could find out with regards to maintenance/upkeep and the such compared to a traditional built home. so...anyone here know anything about these -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels .

From : carolina watercraft works

lol....i agree. but unfortunately my parents are stuck on buying a chevy too...ack!! -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels if the garage doesnt contain a dodge truck as this ng is all about in the first place then run screaming and dont buy it. insist it at least has one dodge truck somewhere in the house. my parents are wanting to build themselves a log home and have asked me to see what i could find out with regards to maintenance/upkeep and the such compared to a traditional built home. so...anyone here know anything about these -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels .

From : adog

aarcuda69062 wrote beryl flyingterrapin@chillybits.org wrote aarcuda69062 wrote beryl flyingterrapin@chillybits.org wrote carolina watercraft works wrote i agree 100%. see you top-poster your sig cut off the entire thread below your 3-word post. didnt on my reader. yabbut mozillas products you know the ones that follow standards drop everything after they encounter the dash-dash-space. tell it not to do that. havent found a way. other than copy/paste the missing quoted material. to be clear im talking about a composition window. everything was shown in the reader. i clicked to reply to the top-poster the composition window came up and all that remained of the thread was i agree 100% .