Logs, Wind and Sun: Handcraft Your Own Log Home ... Then Power It with Nature

Logs, Wind and Sun (now completely revised and released under a new title, Crafting Log Homes Solar Style) is an inspiring, hands-on guide to self-sufficiency that takes you through every aspect of handcrafting a log home and then bringing it to life using power from the wind and sun. With a minimum of equipment and outside labor, the authors built their own log home from the ground up and installed a renewable energy system that supplies all the electricity they need to live and work comfortably, far from the nearest power line. Drawing on their own experiences, and those of others in the Colorado Rockies, they show you simply and enjoyably just how attainable off-the-grid, log home living can be. In the log-home building section, author Rex Ewing discusses site selection, plans and permits, excavation and foundation work, lifting and building with logs, roof framing, log settling issues, chinking and finishing logs. The renewable energy section includes 'A New Philosophy of Freedom', harvesting solar and wind energy, heating of house and water, and pumping water. And for the woman's point of view, you will find LaVonne's LogBooks, a chronological diary of their two-year log-home project. Filled with over 300 photos and illustrations, plus a comprehensive appendix with additional resources.