Log House Building Videos
These clips are mp4's
Please note: Audio is fragmented from editing short digital clips out of long VHS tapes (old technology 1989)
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Logging 1991 (last trip of 25 trips) 6:07
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Foundation timbers, floor joists, blocking 6:59
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Blocking, hardboard to hold insulation, insulation 5:03
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Subfloor, water pipes, more insulation 6:56
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Paint and tarpaper on floor for winter 1:00
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Cut and peel logs, mortise & tenon joints 6:35
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Flatting a log, more mortise & tenon joints 3:36
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First log goes up, raise bents (log frame) 7:41
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Connecting girts between bents 6:09
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Rafters delivered, raise front window logs 5:18
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Shave down timbers, install knee braces 4:24
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Install top plates (timbers) with Genie Lift 4:29
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Upright logs to install ridge-beam 6:05
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Rafters and blocking 5:30
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Prow front outboard rafter, log walls go up 4:45
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Exterior log walls go up 5:09
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More log walls go up 4:25
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Cut rafters for shed wings , install top plates 2:37
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Blocking, pine on rafters, tarpaper roofs 5:18
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Build log wall for round window, cut opening 4:09
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Den & loft framing, cut 2nd round window hole 6:10
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Hanging knee braces, build grid on roof 2:11
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Plywood and insulation on all four roofs 7:06
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Install metal roofing 5:39
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Install round windows, build door jambs 6:12
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More door jambs, window sills, build front door 6:37
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Build and install doors 2:01
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Cut, stain, and install window stops 5:31
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More window sills, more stops 4:50
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Glass delivery, large window glass installation 2:41
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French door installation, apex windows 5:34
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House burned down, level the site 4:20
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New concrete foundation piers go in 5:15
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Foundation timbers connect piers 2:12
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Floor beams, floor joists, netting, insulation 4:18
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Logging for 2nd house 1995 6:38
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Logging continued 4:06
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Logging continued 3:21
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Logging continued 3:13
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Logging continued 5:18
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Logging continued 6:03
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Logging continued 6:49
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Huge logs 1:42
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Final major logging trip 2:34
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Shave timbers down, mortise & tenon joints 2:40
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Four bents go up 5:27
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Connecting girts, top plates (timbers) 5:44
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Install ridge-beam, exterior log walls 3:49
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Rafters, roof plywood, den walls 4:16
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Minor logging trip, install ceiling pine 2:50
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Staircase, entrance archway, curved door header 3:06
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Another curved header, pass-bar, batten doors 3:05
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Doors and windows 3:21
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Large window glass installation 2:34
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Round windows 2:57
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Dorothy, 50, hamming it up 0:55