Jul 16 2008

6 Days Later - The Building of A Log Home

Published by laura at 5:19 pm under Building A Log Home

Below is a quick video from YouTube on our current progress building this log home.

If you don’t know us personally, it’s important to note that the logs only arrived 6 days ago and most of the work (regarding laying out the logs) has been done by the two of us. This is not said to ‘toot our own horn’ but to alert others that ‘where there is a will, there is a way’.

I am a 45 year old woman - part computer geek who is horribly out of shape. My husband is 36 and just one year ago amputated his left thumb with a chainsaw (it was sewn back on, but it not 100% functional). Believe me, if he and I can build a log home mostly by ourselves, so too should you be able to!

It’s also important to note that only 6 days before the shooting of this little video our logs arrived. Neither one of us is currently tied to a traditional job so we have been able to work a little every day at building this log home. We took one day off out of 6, and most days we only worked 4-6 hours due to heat stroke, exhaustion, social commitments, and rain. Imagine what you could do yourselves if you worked harder, and longer, days - or had more help? This is only 22 seconds long, so even if you’re on dial-up you should be able to watch it.