Discovery Dream Homes Log Assembly
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- 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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With Ryan's th-cam.com/users/postUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE plan I was like one taken by the hand and led step by step from start to finish. Thank you very much Ryan!
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
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.
Great video. Amazing design and engineering. Looks very solid with excellent quality.
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....
This is by far the best most well thought out log cabin build i've seen so far. if only these were sold in Ireland
So....basically Lincoln logs adult version.
don't think climate in British Isles is well suited for those
I would say that our climate is becoming too wet for these.
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.
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Robert Carver vمصطفي احمد أغنيه مادريت
what?
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.
Robert Carver
Wish I was 30 years younger I would love to have a home like this, thanks for the vid I sure enjoyed the information
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.
They still do, there's videos on youtube showing it
Love it, the wood-structured house. Great video.
My grandfather built a log home two story,no blue prints he cut all the logs from his own land.
Ask your grandpa if he like bild me one to
was your grandad a tree? logs from his own hand
Smart dude
Awesome ! excellent fit nothing like engineering and CNC cutting !
This is very inspiring! This makes me believe i can build my own dream house. Thank you for the invaluable insights!
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
tremendous work ....just home without send stone .....great job
Nice...this beutiful process wood and technic!...👍
What an appropriate name, because this is really a dream for me. Your style homes are my favorite. Some day.
Maravilhosa contrução.. incrível. Amei. parabéns
Damn that’s fine Carpentry work all the hard work already done for you I like it 👍👍👍
There's no carpentry skill involved.
Every log is machine milled.
It's a lincoln log kit.
Anyone with half a brain can put this "shell" kit together.
CEL MAI FRUMOS PROIECT , TE ATRAGE SĂ GANDESTI CUM STRĂMOȘII NOȘTRII AU
CONSTRUIT SĂNĂTOS ȘI ECHILIBRAT. MULȚUMIM PENTRU POSTARE..
Congratulations for the great idea!
I would have loved to see the finished cabin. Awwww...
Please how can I see you people building this kind of houses and your contact pls
Please how can I see you people building this kind of houses and your contact pls
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Look at the very end of the video is all there.
Good video showing how to erect or build log walls.Good imformation from the guy explaining the process.
Excellent job! Looks amazing!
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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.
Just pinched a log myself... very rewarding
Nice excellent job, can't wait to order a kit.
I like this system , yup I like this I hope they are still around so I can get some logs .
Homes Log Assembly, great job founder.
love it...i want one!
Wood is such a nice material...
Great video content! Excuse me for chiming in, I would appreciate your thoughts. Have you thought about - Mahorrla Wooden Paradise Method (just google it)? It is a smashing exclusive guide for building better sheds and woodworking without the hard work. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my close friend Aubrey got amazing success with it.
Nice Video my friend!
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation: DDH will be my choice when the time comes!!
Muy interesante vuestros vídeos, y mi pregunta del millón, como usar algún TRADUCTOR , para gozar de la filmaciones. Gracias.
Upload more videos. I love watching talented people doing things that i will never be able to do.
Why can't you? There's people like me that like helping people.
@@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 wanna help me put one up lol?
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
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.
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1/3 what is to say that these logs are not seasoned before milling? Just what I would do.
wow, what a impressive system. well thought out.
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.
Bravissimi, grande cura dei particolari
I used to build log cabins for a company called CABIN FEVER LOG HOMES AND STRUCTURES. BEST JOB EVER, I WAS THE LEAD CARPENTER, AND EACH HOUSE I WOULD GET FROM 3-15 AMISH PEOPLE TO HELP. DAVE NETTI, I WILL SEE YOU ONE DAY!!!
Beautiful , thanks 🙏
Wonderful to watch this building concept.
perfect work 😊
This is like Lincoln Logs for grown ups.
Excellent method. Insulation properties must be excellent I’d assume.
This is awesome! What kind of wood is that? Seems like pine. How does the roof connect to the logs?
Awesome! great job!
This is fantastic! I want to go into business doing this!
😍👏👏👏👌🏽
I'd like to know if there is an _"R factor"_ (or something similar) for the entire house? And how this structure withstands the passage of time.
+Beorn Borg about 1.41 per inch of log. 6"log is 8.46 r
rodney johnson OK, that's "normal" for an exterior wall (I think). Just wondering if it was harder to heat :)
+Beorn Borg i do know that the foam roll stuff they use falls apart if you touch it when its old, it losses elasticity real fast.
+pitpotdeeerste Yep, I would use different insulation there too !!
***** i get that i just know it decays, i m not sure if its meant to stop any draft in the construction , if it is when it crumbles it could be blown out.
I just dont like that foam because its life expectancy is short.
You say it doesn't matter because its in the wall, however i presume it serves a function otherwise what is the point, that stuff stops functioning as it decays.
i applied it on a buildings dorple and had to replace it only a few weeks later because the masonry sunk.
Of the whole 100 yards there wasnt a functioning piece of foam left, in most places it was compressed and had gaps everywhere, some places it was blown out , now this wasn't as tightly packed as the wall construction , but like i said that stuff crumbles apart fast.
You end up with a pile of dust between your walls.
With so many other options i would go with something else , hemp canvas ribbon for example thats is better for the environment then a petroleum product as well.
(it has been a while ago that i watched the vid) but why not use that bitumen kit that is used used on the walls.
I like the explanations very much.
Honkarakenne from Finland is the best!
+Aleksei Mikojan Honka Rules, I am, of course, a Finn =)
+Aleksei Mikojan
Maybe , I do not argue . In Kazakhstan there is a company kazles.kz
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Is this method of construction available I'm Kerala or iñ India
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.
How I wish this is available here in Philippines.
we ship world wide, contact kfigueira@discoverydreamhomes.com
Brilliant.
I would say this must be almost as expensive as building a small masonry house. But yes this is awesome
U just inspired me thanks
good job putting some flashing down, that'll make that osb floor last forever...
Outstanding product and video.
우리나라도 이런 블럭처럼 집짓는 자재가 있다면 좋겠다...
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
what a beautiful house I love it I love it very much
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!
this is my gob but this is really perfect 👌 good luck
Congratulations 👌
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!
great setup you have
These are incredible. Oh if only you were in Ireland
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
Agreed. Your methodology of color tagging etc would simplify the building process no end. D.
Great video, great project, great soundtrack. Ewan Dobson sounds just about right to the job! Hope I can do business with you someday ^^
I heard that there should be a spacing between logs since in wintertime logs increase in volume because of water absorption. Is this right?
Samer Azar it’s actually summertime that the logs increase in volume. Because humidity is much higher in summer, wood takes on a lot of that humidity and expands. Depending on how good you deal the wood, it may not matter. I doubt that the expansion and contraction will even be noticeable if you keep the wood well oiled or coated. Lots of builds happen in summer anyways when the logs are at peak water content and then winter comes and the house shifts.
Thank u for ur video can use it for 3 floor ?
Amee Hasa I wouldn’t. The compressive strength of softwood perpendicular to grain is less than 3 MPa while parallel to grain is oftentimes over 30MPa (which a lot of people don’t know is much higher than most concrete mixes). You’d definitely have to use some vertical timbers to support your floors and roofs or that load may be too much for your bottom timbers and they may crush under such loads. Think of wood like a bunch of straws glued together and you can understand where it’s strengths and weaknesses are.
Wow... I would like to have one some days.... how to select the land for a log home like that?
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???
I had the same log cabin "erector set" as a child in 1955.
AMAZING
I would like to know the insulating value of your log cabins, compared to some of the conventional frame houses.
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.
This is the same music used in some of "MIDWAY USA" gunsmith video's......would anyone know it??
+MrAzrancher Check TH-cam's royalty free music, lots of youtubers use it.
+Fabio Knoll royalty* lol
+TheGrayWolf81 ty! :D
Fabio Knoll u r welcome ;)
***** Fantastic, Many thanks I will be able to find it now.
Ingenious work
Good luck
Could it be built on a trailer? I want to build a tiny home and I feel your design would be more stable then the stick method I have seen.
Good experience n nice work *
brilliant..
This is one of those house's you buy at IKEA
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).
do you export to New Zealand?
+sniperstdude please
Also scraping the sealant off when sliding down into the joints?
Хороший дом и материал.
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?
When I get to the amount I need from living within my means this is definitely going to be on my list of options so please do not go out of business.
золотой домик выйдет) преимущество дерева в цене, но не с таким подходом
в США дерево не считается дешевым матерьялом с преимуществом в цене. такие дома покупают из за долговечности, хорошего утепления и просто потому что людям хочится жить в деревянном доме. дешевые дома делают из деревянного каркаса и листов из опилок и картона защищенных водонепроницаемым матерьялами.
Экологично и практичьно супер.
Looks like the Finish log house I saw on another TH-cam vid . Looks like a lot of work but beautiful
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.
We don't even get to see a finished product?
Very nice system. How much typically will this cost with labour
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
One question,why are lots of cracks in wooden blocks?
Don't use OSB subfloor it won't last in the wilderness. Use pressure treated plywood.
Just use tongue and groove floor planks no need to worry about pressure treated lumber fumes.
Good job. I love log house
if using half dried logs can you live in the cabin the very next winter using wood heat?