Gable Log Homes Sportin Cabin
Guest Post by Gray Anderson
My name is Gray Anderson, and I am with Gable Log Homes, a cypress and cedar custom log cabin company based out of Sumter, SC. We have recently begun to offer an inexpensive, all materials included, cabin kit that can basically be stacked in one weekend, we call it the “Sportin’ Cabin.” The 16 x 20 cabin with a 6 x 20 porch (lofted sleeping area available to maximize floor space), are made from solid 4 x 8 precut cypress wall logs and can be assembled in one weekend. So this is not your typical wall siding made to simulate a log cabin, it is actually solid cypress logs from the base to the top of the gable! The cabins start out delivered to the site for $12,750, but we do offer package discounts depending on the number of cabins built. Basically, the more you build the more you save!
Not only is it inexpensive and simple to build, it is as sturdy as a rock. Our design for cutting and stacking removes the need for insulation, they do that themselves! I am even in the process of finding the right location to build my own Sportin’ Cabin. See construction photos here. Continue Reading »
Montana Mobile Cabins Beam Cabin
Montana Mobile Cabins has been featured on the Tiny House Blog several times, in fact my very first post was about them. They are one of my favorite log cabin builders. Dawndi Kelm of Montana Mobile Cabins recently sent me a note about a cabin they have for sale and wondered if I would share it with the Tiny House Blog readers.
This cabin is a 14 foot by 20 foot beam style log cabin and is the perfect size for a small cabin or small home. Here are the details of the construction and if you would like to learn more click here for Montana Mobile Cabins website.
Floor System
- 2×6 16” on center floor joists
- Rim Joists 6×6
- Solid Floor Joist Blocking
- Floor: 3/4” tongue & groove OSB wafer board
Walls and Gables
- 10” square logs/beams, hand stacked, butt and pass corner
- Gables-framed – sided with reclaimed metal; excepting interior gable in loft, wood sided-board & bat; insulated with R19 fiberglass insulation
- Chinking throughout interior & exterior
- Window & Door Jambs-Resawn Lodgepole Pine/Fir
Loft (loft area approx. 10’x13’)
- Joists – 2×4
- Decking-2×6 rough sawn pine & fir
- Railing-2×6 rough sawn pine & fir
- Ladder to loft – rough sawn pine & fir-handcrafted
Roof System (8/12 pitch) – Ceiling
- Ridge Beam: Log
- Hand stacked Exposed Roof System: 2×6 rough sawn pine & fir mix
- Felt Paper: 1 Layer 30# Asphalt
- 2” Firestone foil back rigid insulation in roof
- Delta-rib metal roofing; color – Antique Bronze
Windows and Doors
- Windows: 3 Milguard vinyl double pane – sliding windows on main floor; 2 each in gable ends; 1 Alpine garden window on main floor
- Exterior Door: 1-36” Therma Tru Factory metal door with half light
Treatment
- Montana Standard Log oil applied interior & exterior
Price is $27,500 delivered inside the state of Montana. Please contact Montana Mobile Cabins for delivery pricing and information outside of Montana.
Simple Skinny-D Log Cabin
by Frank Mielke
*Updated with interior photos and more details
This cabin was built with “skinny-D” (my term) logs, cut on site, laterally down the center, to make two logs. The cabin is twelve foot by twelve foot, and the log work was done in less than six days. From standing timber to a log set in the wall takes an average time of one hour per log. If you are in a remote location, and have good timber, this is about the cheapest way to build a small cabin. This cabin is located about two miles off the Yentna River in Alaska.
Lakefront Log Cabins
Now is the perfect time of year to curl up next to a woodstove in a tiny lakeside cabin. Lakefront Log Cabins, located in beautiful Lake Tahoe, offers customized precut cabin kits in several different sizes ranging from 12×16 feet to 18×32 feet. These cabins have been built for weekend getaways, hunting cabins and primary residences.
Lakefront has sent their cabin kits all over the country including Alaska. They are also working with customers in Canada and Panama. Each standard cabin kit is created from fresh milled logs and then precut by Amish craftsmen in Kentucky. Continue Reading »
Pine Hollow Log Homes
On my road trip to the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park, I had to stop and take some photos of this darling little log home just outside of Cedar City, Utah. The Mini Pine Hollow log home by Pine Hollow Log Homes is 11 by 16 feet with a full loft and a 4 by 16 foot covered deck.
Pine Hollow offers this tiny cabin as a kit and will deliver it within 250 miles of Cedar City. It takes about two weeks to have a kit delivered. This particular home was unfinished inside, but the Pine Hollow website should have updated photos of the Mini log home soon.
The Basic Package includes:
- Blueprints
- Treated skids
- Floor framing
- 6″ starter/finish logs
- 6″ wall logs, gable ends
- 8″ oly screws/construction adhesive
- Calking for windows and doors
- Loft floor joists
- 2×6 rough sawn window/door bucking
- Windows and door
- Deck framing
- Roof framing with OSB sheathing
- Porch posts
- Porch framing with OSB sheathing
- Milled 3×2 handrail
- Dormer framing with 1×6 tongue and groove siding
Cost: $8,781.00 (plus 6% Utah sales tax)
The Deluxe Package includes:
- All of the above items
- 1×6″ tongue and groove soffit
- Batt insulation
- 1×6″ tongue and groove ceiling
- 2×6″ tongue and groove loft floor
- 1×6″ tongue and groove porch sheathing
- Tar paper
- Steel roof, trims, flashing and screws
Cost: $10,865.00 (plus 6% Utah sales tax)
Pine Hollow offers other log home kits, most around 1,000-2,000 square feet.
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Alaskan Log Cabin
Aaron and Jill Bork have done what many of us dream of, running off to the wilds of Alaska and building a log cabin.
The couple fell in love with each other and the state and decided to build their own home. Armed with only a book and no prior knowledge of log cabin building, they purchased five acres of land with a spectacular view in their favorite area of Alaska and began to build a log cabin by hand with trees from their property. They built the cabin over the course of one summer, and spent the next year finishing up the inside.
Just about everything in the cabin came from the land: the countertops were built with rocks from a local creek, the deck from local saplings, the spiral staircase going to the loft is made of local timber and even the toilet seat is made of a tree trunk.
In order to simplify their lives and live in the area they loved so much, they decided to do without some of the luxuries. They built an outhouse, do their laundry in a Wonderwash, and warm the cabin with a donated woodstove. They don’t have running water and use a cooler and dry ice to keep their food cold. They also cook on a Coleman stove and use a generator for their electricity.
The cabin is furnished with furniture the couple built themselves and decorated with found objects. They own a small company called Alaska Antler Works where they create furniture and home accessories out of antlers.
This beautiful, hand crafted home is an impressive example of what can be done with determination, a few friends and love and knowledge of the outdoors.
Photos by Aaron and Jill Bork, Alaska Antler Works
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UK Log Cabins
For our friends across the pond and for ideas for the rest of us, I found this website for Tay Log Cabins in Scotland that sells and builds small Finnish pine cabins. Most of these cabins are meant to be used for camping or as an income generating property, but I can see myself living in one of these pretty cabins. Tay Log Buildings are made from the very best slow growing Finnish pine from the forests of North Karelia, Finland.
These cabins are another example of when you build smaller, you can build with beautiful details. The Hobbit cabin with the use of reclaimed tree stumps and branches really fits in with the surrounding area.
Tay Log Cabins offer:
- Custom made cabins from wood so any design can be achieved
- Planed logs (95mm x 120mm) which can be assembled in standard designs measuring – 3m x 3m or 4m x 4m
- Precision manufacturing for ease of building and come complete with all wooden components and shingle roof
- Free design service
Most of these homes can be built for between £13,000 and £35,000 or $20,000 and $55,000.
Also in the UK is the Log Cabin and Offices Company which builds cabins out of Baltic timber from managed and sustainable forests. Their cabins can be used for summer houses, fishing lodges, garden buildings or offices.
All the cabins are available as supply only, supply and erect, or as a fully finished “Turn Key” project.
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