Enjoy this short video of Discovery Dream Homes and their team constructing one of their log homes. For more information you can contact them at www.discoverydreamhomes.com and talk to one of their knowledgable staff members.
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I used to build log homes for a living and we did everything by hand, which was hard! This still looks like hard, professional work but damn it's amazing how they've figured out ways to be easier on their body's while still making beautiful homes. I'm actually in awe
Ill never be able to afford one of your kits but I just wanted to say wow...how incredible that you guys have thought of absolutely everything here the wood is gorgeous the way everything is attatched makes it a no brainer...its nice to see an all inclusive product that seems to be perfectly thought out and refined enough with the consumer in mind ....I say Ill never afford not saying you charge too much because with the effort you've put in the cost would be worth it...Im just a single father of 3 children so money has to be spent with everyday life in mind certainly wasn't attacking your price on what seems to be a superior product....thanks for reading for what its worth....
I happen to be a structural engineer, and I make a lot of comments on these log home ideas, mostly to idiots who know nothing about building. This is a very valid use of logs, it is a very valid method of building and unlike what most here have been saying, the insulation factor of this wood is very good. Compare this to any of the other methods, these people do a great job. Yes, the wood will shrink and settle, but if they kiln dry it down to 12%, that is less than five percent shrinkage after that. The thru-bolts keep the timbers locked together when they naturally warp. Yes, I would use these guys to build a log home, if I could specify a few things. First, I would make a masonry foundation at least three feet off the ground. The floor inside could be at any height, but water splashes 30", so I would keep all the wood away from water. Second, I would seal the ends of the wood and all cuts made to the wood. Cutting lumber exposes the ends of the cellulose fibers, so to keep the mold and fungus out, just seal it. That is critically important to the ends that are exposed, they will turn black and start to rot within months. Last, I would build a roof with overhangs at least two feet, that keeps most of the rain off the wood. No gable ends, even though they look beautiful, too much exposed lumber, so all hip roof lines, I think metal roofing is the way to go, last a hundred years with no maintenance. Somebody laughed at the screws, you are an idiot. Screws do not cut the fiber ends, the worm their way around them, unlike nails. The tensile strength of a common #12 nail is roughly 150# in pine, but the same size screw has 1,800# of tensile strength. All wood rots the second it is cut, no getting around that, so keeping the water away is prime to making it last, and then you need to seal it every year. Most building products do not need yearly maintenance, but you skip one year of sealing the wood exposed to the outside, and it will turn black with mold. I think I would use this product but not expose it outside, only inside, this company does beautiful work.
I know Cypress well, I live in Florida now too. It presents a different set of challenges, but it definitely shrinks. There are some better ways to build a log home. The best I have seen uses all that Discovery uses for what are called filler logs. The corner posts and every 6 to 10 feet have another vertical post. The posts have slots, the filler logs slide into those. The best I have seen is dovetail slots and tails, use wetter wood for the posts, as it shrinks, it holds them tighter. On top of all the posts is a large timber that becomes the wall header. The logs under can shrink if they want, doesn't matter, the wall header is held up by the posts. That also helps the doors and windows, no loads to distribute. The benefit is that used vertically, the posts will shrink in width, not in height. The walls designed to be 8' will end up 7'10", not 6'6" if logs are being compressed. Second, the ends of the logs are exposing the cellulose fibers, so the mold and fungus get in there easily in a typical log home, they always turn black. On this slotted situation, the ends are stuck inside the slot, never exposed. For my house, always the bottom three feet has to be masonry. Water rots cypress too, my brother made his log house out of cypress, thinking it would last forever. It lasted ten years before he wanted to burn it to the ground.
I owned a log cabin that was made similarly as this one, except much larger. I didn't build it, just bought it. It was a solid home and I can recommend this method.
now just imagine that people used to cut trees down by hand and hew logs into these shapes with simple tools. Then stand all that weight up by hand. The craftsmanship is amazing.
I am impressed by the accuracy and the engineering that goes into the logs. When I watch guys go at it with chainsaws and axes -- it looks rustic, but not very precise. This product is precise.
Sorry to pop your bubble, but wood is organic, it changes with the seasons. Get it wet, it swells, so precise is silly when thinking of wood products. When there is no rain, it dries, so you have expansion and contraction, up to 15%. Timber frame joinery accommodates that, not logs under compression. Think of Tudor, the waddle and daub in between. They used different materials like reeds and branches woven for the waddle, the daub was horse dung, dirt and lime, maybe some horsehair. That was the filler between the framing members. Search Tudor built in the 1500s, some still around, looks atrocious, twisted and warped. The wood outside is always black, and that is not paint, that is fungus.
My comment had nothing to do with expansion. They were about accuracy and precision. I am assuming you’re not an engineer. ALL building products expand and contract with heat,cold, humidity and dryness, even composite deck boards show a difference during seasons. That is why most construction products are tested in weather labs. If you are trying to make a point that axes and chainsaws are more accurate than a digitally engineered board from a factory, you have failed.
@@raicebannon1936 Maybe you have trouble reading, I am an engineer, Civil/ structural engineer. All material expands and contracts, water the opposite of most. Combine that with the organic nature, susceptible to bugs, fungus, mold, and cellular rot. Deck boards made of wood have the same problem. Concrete does not if the crete is aerated, the water has a means to migrate to micro-bubbles for the expansion. But the crete itself contracts in cold, the wood will swell because of the moisture content. Axes and chainsaws have nothing to do with what I was talking about, goes to your problem reading what I wrote. No matter how precise you build something with wood, leave it exposed to the weather and it will rot, warp, check, twist, and swell when it rains, shrink when not. The sun does a number on it too, destroys the cellular composition with UV rays. So then read it again, I said if the foundation is off because of that, then everything else will have that compound error.
Traditional log houses have many advantages over this one: 1- Timber has to be cut at a specific time of the year, when it contains the least amount of moisture (which wouldn't make economical sense for a company, which is why I mistrust these logs). The logs in this video are too soft and moist for an accurate seal over the years. Maybe these logs should be left to naturally (or artificially) dry further more. 2- The corners here are too exposed, they will certainly require wood sealers applied every year. Which is why most traditional log homes use an extra layer of wood on the outside to prevent moisture from building up especially near these end-grain corners. 3- Nailing the corners could negatively affect the settling process over the years. Maybe the nailing process can be delayed or replaced with another method until the wood properly dries. It sure is a lot faster and easier than traditional log building but I wouldn't trust these cabins to last as long as you'd expect them to do. I also would have loved to see how they handle top floors and roofs. I
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Log home building sure has come a long way.. imagine if the early pioneers had this technology to make logs like this.. there probably wouldn't be a tree left.. lol
I like how everything is thought of beforehand and provided in the kit oh, I'm not sure if the sealant is provided and not like the caulking I mean yet pre-planning is very important and they have done an excellent job of it I really like this company has how they have done their homework and have planned so excellently. I like this Alesso I would like to have a little bit larger log home.
Yes one summer I worked on log homes I learned a lot I love working with wood housing furniture or putting pictures on wood I enjoyed my hands on wood making things erecting buildings there can't get any better or not working with Mother Nature
I think if you color code the tips or joints that go together your job will be much faster, also arrows on the wood indicating area that needs adhesive or plates. Lettering for Left, right, top bottom in ascending or descending order. Great Job
My family has a piece of land they aren't using anymore. It is fairly close to suburban areas and I want to move out of my apartment within a few months so this may be the perfect solution.
Those long lags or screws look to small a diameter to really hold the logs in the event of a earthquake or even wood warpage that could overcome the fasteners strength!
the grooves in the logs, top and bottom, hold the logs straight! the screws just put pressure on them to hold them together! kinda like your belt holdin your pants up!
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Ответ из России.!да не спорю очень крутая технология у нас в России тоже такие срубы делают но я заметил что много всяких сопутствующих при сборке присутствует и это очень похвально !!!у нас с этим все плохо быстрей быстрей лижбы побстрому закончить объект и начать другой а технологию не соблюдают по этому дом наченает вести и коробит! !!а так все участники идеально глаз радует только к строителям есть замечание что-же уних инструмент такой старый как бы унас выразились с советских времен !да и ключи можно посути для удобства работы с трещеткой приобретать гледиш и работа быстрей пойдёт. А так вам ЛАЙК. Всё увас OK.
Enjoyed the video with lots of great information and viewer comments. My dream is to build the Okanagan plan on our land someday. Do you have build videos for that design ? Ty
I’ve built four log homes and the tongue and groove ALWAYS had the tongue facing upwards so not to leave any possibility of water laying in a groove. Just like installing t&g siding.. tongue up… groove down… why are yours different? I’ve also built hundreds of conventionally framed homes using the “GO-BOLT” system. I realize this is being used for compression too help keep tight joints during settling… That said… There’s no better tie down system available for hurricane uplift etc… I’m currently looking for a log package for a small cabin 20x30… I’ll check you guys out today.
in my mind if you need all extra material for wood (silicon, screws etc) = the product might be better designed... there s always a better solution and we have to reach it... until then we must work harder.
Daniel Murrey yes right but in my mind if you want to stay with wood you can build like a Lego brick (the bricks would have lots of different shapes) so all pieces can be assembled easily.
It just doesn't work that way. You have to use sealants. Even in the earliest log cabins they compacted mud and other materials in the joints every year and coated them with tar.
I would like to know how many trees it took to build this house and how many trees were replanted. The meaning of the question is better understood by asking how many trees are necessary to build a house for 1,000, 100,000 or 1,000,000 families, and how many trees should be replanted now to compensate for the loss of trees cut.
Good morning everyone enjoyed the type of construction , it should be very comfortable , I live in Brazil , here the woods are too expensive , I made my wooden house, but the same value than a brick house , watching her video I I was curious to know how much is spent to make a house like the video , I spent in 2015 R $ 80,000.00 about $ 22,000 twenty two thousand US dollars , but did with 1-inch boards, eucalyptus, and a total of 115 m² .... Hug to everyone.
Here in the U.S something like this one would be around $50,000 US Dollars if not more which I guess would be around $158,000 in Brazil. Wood is not really cheap here either, to make it cheaper you would practically need to own land where you have your own trees you can cut down and use. It's sad to see how many places the trees get plowed down and just burned instead of turned into products. Neighbor hood get build and the trees just get used as mulch or the landfill.
Can anybody who has lived in a log cabin tell me how long do these cabins last and if they're energy efficient and do you have to stay on top of them for termites? We live in shit hole Jacksonville Florida where all you do is nothing but SWEAT year round. We have to seasons here and those are HOTTER THAN HELL summers and spring, there's no fall and no winter here. So me and my wife want to move to Tennessee and we want to experience the four seasons so that's why we want to move there. There's several pieces of land in Tennessee that you can buy as a combo with the materials to build a log cabin and we're thinking about doing just that but we would like some info on the durability of a log home. By the way, this video is well done and if I do go with a cabin I would like these guys in this video to do mine. Thanks for the video and a thumbs up on it. 👍
You are in a semi tropical climate and these houses are designed for cold climate, and the insulation, at least for the model shown in the video, is rather poor not a problem in a summer house in Canada but a big one in Florida. So it's better to start with a house designed for your climate, specially about UV protection, insulation and ventilation in summer. White Northern pine, unless heavily treated at least with sodium octaborate, is a food of choice for termites and other borers. Besides in a hot humid climate with lots of UV the wood will be cooked and the logs will start to distort. A good hurricane and you'll discover that the house is not waterproof when rain is projected by a 100 mph wind. It's made for northern countries. It's perfectly feasible to have a beautiful easy to build wooden house in Florida but in a very different style like the Indonesian or Laotian ones, with included hurricane protectors for the windows and overhanging roofs to protect the house walls from harsh sun and heavy rain. Furthermore it has to be structurally able to withstand an hurricane without damage (not very difficult but it has to be far stronger than the Florida building code). To have the house 2 feet above the ground on steel pillars, and built with treated wood is a minimal precaution.
Former licensed GC. State of North Carolina. I like it. These cabin kits have come a looooooooong way. Question... when sliding a log down into place, how do you stop from scraping the sealant off the sides of the dove?
This is so amazing, I am so thankful to have come across this video, i believe this is going to be life changing for me! All I've ever wanted in life was to own my own home and for once I feel like it's actually within reach! Thank you I'll definitely be contacting y'all very soon. Do you offer financing or anything? Or is it strictly cash only? How does that work? Like a car loan? Sorry very curious.. It Would be nice to know how all that works I'm sure hoping that there is a video for that as well fingers crossed. So excited seeing this video thank you for sharing it with the world(me).
people might disagree with me but I would like to use similar techniques to make homes that are plastic using more traditional designs and methods with a three-dimensional cutting system it's what came before 3D printing it's pretty much similar to how you make a replica key but digitally plastic is very versatile of course there are drawbacks but given modern technology and understanding to keep most things green and a lot more clean it's very doable there are companies around the world mostly in South America and India that are implementing plastic as housing material of course you can use recycled Plastics but there is lots of things you have to add to it to break it down and strengthen it again and what I've seen is Lego blocks similar method to how they're making their logs that fit together like a puzzle piece and the other is using panels and putting them together similar to a gingerbread house I've also seen something in Canada it's a hurricane proof house but it looks more like it's about the installation which plastic can be very good at it allows for enough shock to deflect and move while still keeping its shape to me it's something to continue trying it's been tried in the past especially in the seventies when plastic was most prevalent as a newer material but the idea was literally scrapped for a long time cuz either it didn't hold up to standard or it was too dubious to work with especially when trying to take down but again now with newer methods technology and understanding know how the material works and how it can be applied I think it's worth looking into more for both temporary and permanent residency especially in crisis situations it could be something that you can start off small and build up over time with simple renovations and can easily take walls down without having to actually demolish anything and either store what you don't need in the moment or donate and or recycle and of course having a system in place where it benefits you as well the biggest down sight is houses made of plastic are not going to be valued in equity terms if at all especially if you can remodel to fit your needs and style but maybe that will make land prices more expensive or everything will even out to me I'm tired of trying to find something not only in my budget but knowing that there's so much upkeep so much maintenance and a lot of homeowners even people who are renting out properties don't know everything with inside inside the walls termite damage Roach infestations there is so many different things and honestly it scares me I've been looking into getting modulars but of course even with my ideal plastic you still have to buy the land and the hookups and even though it can operate without one it's better to get a foundation but the cost is going to dramatically change and it's not part of the housing and pretty much all housing kits don't come with any installation or interior drywall electrical wiring Plumbing pretty much all the essentials that make an actual living dwelling and even after all that prefabricated modulars and mobiles alike are treated like cars once you drive them once you put them up versus traditional stick builds even if you use the same material it doesn't matter there such a stigma about it that it literally decreases any value that you hope to gain within 30 to 50 years no matter how much maintenance or Renovations you do and honestly it should never have been that way it's only been that way for the longest time out of necessity best way I can put it is that in the beginning people had just purchased the land but once you put building structures on top of it putting time money and effort into it you're going to want some of that back and not to mention if you're someone who's trying to buy the place it's very difficult just to tear it down to build something new on top and now with retail and housing markets it makes it worse it gets to a point where you have home owner manuals and guides telling you how your home should look for future buyers it's like you can't even enjoy your home that it must look a certain way to appease others for future profit of course you don't have to do that but really what other alternative is there
4:50 You will generate a considered amount of paper waste, keep the site clean and free of this debris to avoid any tripping hazards ... as the guy trips. lol.... just messing around. great job guys!
Question what is the r-value of the logs? As an old carpenter who has seen different building systems I personally have never been a fan of log homes. Having seen to many people who have not been happy after the home has been built. Most of the time the people who build them are the owners themselves who think the homes go together like the old Lincoln Log toys.
saw on youtube they are making railroad ties for steel tracks - out of recycled plastic - why not make a cabin kit out of these plastics - they could be moulded, so no milling - and after 100 years the whole cabin could be recycled again. also instead of tin roofs - 1/2 inch plastic panels in many colors
Thomas Collier most softwoods have an r-value of 1.4 per inch while most insulation is 3.5-4 per inch with higher values in certain foams and some other insulation’s. The good thing about that value though, is that it’s continuous. Stud framed houses have tons of thermal bridges from 4 inch studs while 8 inch logs are pretty insulative. Log homes also have a much more massive construction which gives them a higher thermal mass which helps to stave off quick thermal fluctuations.
21 wiek super technologie ,brakuje tylko doswiadczenia i wiedzy starych fachowcow ,zaloze sie ze ten budynek nie doruwna dlugowiecznosci starym budynkom robionych prymitywna metoda ,juz na tym filmie widac ze material jest kiepskiej jakosci i popekane drewno ,pytanie jak dlugo ten budynek wytrzyma bez napraw ,10 lat?
Looking good, couple questions: how much, just logs!!!, not roof, for 24 x 34 sq garage building?? And , I live in Florida, how about termites?? How to protect for them???
