The most labor-intensive job of our log cabin so far is finished! We carried 21 bags of concrete mix, each weighing 66 lb, along a 1 kilometer-long trail and up 100 m to our cabin site. We mixed each ...

In this episode, we showcase our recent progress in building our foundation. We've successfully cut and debarked 80 logs, and all holes are dug with rebar installed into the rock. The next step is to ...

Wood is relatively affordable and readily available, offering a cost-effective solution for homebuilding. Contractors are familiar with wood construction techniques. In addition, building codes and ...

Known as the “King of Concrete,” Boyce Muse and his wife, Joan, chose a woodsy location near Mount Shasta for their custom log cabin retreat that was so remote a road had to be built to haul ...

How I Built a Log Cabin in 7 Weeks for Under $100K I bought land in rural Vermont, felled ... Concrete mortar was out, because we didn’t want to haul water up from the stream and mix cement.

A luxury log vacation home on 55 acres owned by King of Concrete with Mount Shasta views in Northern California is for sale.

A remarkable luxury log home in Northern California is stunning from the outside: At 4,000-foot elevation, the property sits among pines, oaks and dogwoods on 55 acres and takes in the majestic ...

Concrete covers the bathroom walls, floors and ceilings "[Relogged] allowed us to work on rethinking the rather established and traditional form of a log cabin," concluded the studio.

A crew from Thein Moving Company on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, guides the building encasing the Iverson Log Cabin to a concrete slab that will be its home in the Historic Chippewa Village in Montevideo.

The resulting 1.5-story cabin that was built was larger than most at 18 feet by 27 feet, or about one-third larger than most log homes during that era.