The Logs Arrive!

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times - Freymond Lumber of Bancroft, Ontario is top notch.

They also are our supplier of logs for the ‘build a log home’ project here. It is my pleasure to showcase their product, blaze their logo, and recommend them to you for your own log home building project.

In fact, should you call them, let them know you heard about them from Laura Childs’ website (or email me directly by leaving a comment below) and I’ll do whatever I can to help you with your project. Or perhaps Dan or Lou Freymond themselves will show a special interest in your project (I don’t want to overstep my boundaries and speak for them directly, but they are very friendly and helpful people). I think you’ll find that Freymond Lumber does a little bit more for their customers - at better than average prices and they’re happy to answer questions, provide quotes, and offer suggestions along the way in a timely fashion - than most log and timber suppliers I’ve spoken to.

The Moment We Were Waiting For…

We were all so excited about our log order coming that Veronica video taped Gord Trolley coming down the driveway. If you’re interested, you can watch it below. Far more impressive I think is the fact that Gord backed the truck back out of the driveway once he delivered the logs. His truck was a tandem load (not sure if that’s the right term) and our driveway has a few good ruts in it but Gord backed out faster and safer than I can take my own little car out of my own driveway. At any rate, here’s the video of Gord coming in….

Once Gord arrived he took a quick survey of the property, our current build status and determined to place 1/2 the log order on the sub-floor for us - making it far easier to work on the walls of our new home.

While Gord surveyed the layout and assessed the situation, Veronica was busy peeking at the logs and took this shot for us.

Gord flings up a few chunks of lumber for the first lot to sit on.

The balance of the logs, those on the trailer of the truck, are placed to the side of our building site. Gord says if we give him a few days notice, he might be able to come back and hoist the remaining up for us.

I can’t tell you how much this helps when you’re building a log home. Since most of our order seems to be 16 foot logs - and since they are 6×10″, they weigh (round about) 300 pounds each. Imagine, if you will, trying to lug a 300 pound, 16 foot long, log up a 10 foot ramp - with or without a partner! You’d get pretty tired, pretty quick, I promise!

Tomorrow I’ll show you how much you can expect to raise in a day of building a log home - even if there’s only two of you building the home!