{"product_id":"building-with-logs-8th-edition-revised","title":"Building with Logs (8th Edition, Revised) by B. Allan Mackie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow completely revised and updated, B. Allan This classic is still considered the best book ever written on making a full sized log home. This enlarged eighth edition, revised in 1997, is filled with numerous major construction improvements, and clearly shows the novice and experienced log builder how to select logs, plan both the site and financing, and then build a handsome log structure from the foundation to the ridge cap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe concept of modern log building was born 25 years ago with the first edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBuilding with Logs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e All who loved log homes could, for the first time, learn how to build one. With over 100,000 copies sold, this book inspired thousands of owner-built homes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBuilding with Logs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e covers: financing, the site, planning a good home, acquisition of logs, how to fall a tree and trim it, storage of logs, safety, foundations and basements, first logs and floor joists, hewing and the broad axe, cutting a round notch, sealing between the logs, setting allowance, gable ends, electrical wiring, finishing touches and much more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAllan Mackie\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e the author of many books on log building, is recognized around the world as one of the foremost builders of log houses. The founder of the B. Allan Mackie School of Log Building, he teaches log building not only throughout North America but also in Europe and Asia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author has continued to teach, design and build. His schools have trained thousands of good craftsmen, some of whom formed companies to build internationally, with the result that the world-wide standard for excellence in log building is now a \"Mackie\" log house.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"f_t_base f_t_color whitespace-pre-wrap f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansMedium\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e• Pub Date: 1997 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"f_t_base f_t_color whitespace-pre-wrap f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansMedium\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Format: Paperback \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"f_t_base f_t_color whitespace-pre-wrap f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansMedium\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Pages: 123 • Size: 11.25(h) x 8.75(w) inches • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"f_t_base f_t_color whitespace-pre-wrap f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansMedium\"\u003eEAN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e 9781552091029\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"f_t_base f_t_color whitespace-pre-wrap f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansMedium\"\u003eMade in:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"f_t_base f_t_color whitespace-pre-wrap f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansMedium\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"f_t_base f_t_color f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003e B. 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