Best Small Log Cabin Kit
82How to Choose Your Best Small Log Cabin Kit
Before the dawn of the computer age, getting some log cabin plans, a small log cabin kit, log home floor plans, and even the services of a log home producer or a builder are not very easy tasks to do. To get hold of plans, you will need to go to the bookstore and get some cabin log home books and look for plans that will appeal to you and that you can have copied by your choice of builder for your own log home. For the log home producer or builder, you will have to go to their offices personally and negotiate with them directly for your choices and preferences in terms of how the log home is to be designed and built. As for the cabin kit, depending on your budget, you can have your choice of builder/producer to have the kit delivered to the site for assembly after you already have been to and from the builder’s office. If your budget is big enough, you can have a luxury log cabin kit prepared and shipped to you. If however you have a smaller budget and you want a modest log home, you can get small log cabins kits delivered at the building site.
When computers were invented followed by the Internet, all the difficulties commonly encountered in the preliminaries involved in building a log home, as well as the construction phase itself have disappeared. The Internet has become a great resource for all the requirements ever to be needed by someone who wants a log home built. Everything you need to know, from A-to-Z about small log cabins, can now be provided by the Internet, some of which are free. This is a true way of saving a lot of money.
One of the most important aspects in having a log cabin constructed is the choice of the log kit. Small log kits are the ideal choice for those who are on a budget and would like to save money. Before choosing your best log cabin kit, it is first ideal to choose your log cabin plan. Even these plans, particularly floor plans, are already available on the Internet. Just put some time on it and scrutinize well the various websites pertaining to log cabins on the Internet and you will certainly find the floor plan that would best fit the style you wanted. Best of all, there are even online sites that offer these plans for free. You may want to choose several plans that could mix and match or combine to achieve what you like.
The next thing to do, again through the Internet, is to find a log home producer or builder that can provide you with the small log cabin kit you will need. You may also opt to get the referrals or advices of friends and relatives who may have gotten the services of some of these builders and recommend the same to you. Another good way to choose is by viewing the various websites of these companies that do log home construction, view the homes they have already made, also in the Internet, and decide which one has created the home that is similar to what you have in mind. Once you have finally made your choice on which builder or producer to hire, you would then need to confer with them and show them your on preferences along with the copies of the plans you have already taken from the Internet to give the builder a clear idea of what you like. Their department in-charge with the design will then prepare something for your approval as well as a quotation for such a design. If you are not happy, do not think twice about telling it to them. You can also choose to get another one you’re not happy with the proposal. If on the other hand you are already satisfied with their design and pricing, you can already approve it. If you do, then that is the time for them to start with the preparation of your small log cabin kit. The builder will now prepare the logs, have them peeled scribed and notched according to your preference and plans. This will be built in their log yard, numbered, and disassembled. It will then be loaded on the trailers that will bring it to the construction site for the actual and final construction. The usual contents of a small log cabin kit are the most basic needs like the logs for the walls, both interior and exterior, the logs for the roof support and the logs for the floor. However, depending on the negotiation with the builder, further installations can be done.
This small log cabin kit is a very practical solution for a log cabin lover. These log cabin kits do not only come with the necessary materials that will serve as the shell of the log home you wanted to build but also comes with a step-by-step instruction on how to build it. You may even be the one to do the construction yourself to save more money. You can only get the services of some professional builders on consultation basis, which makes it cheaper on your part.
The best part about choosing this small log cabin kits is that they are very easy to find and a wide array of choices are available online. You can get as low as $5,000 of these kits excluding of course the cost of construction. Just be patient and go through as many websites as you can so that you can compare and contrast the offers each one has and you may then get the best package.
At present, 90% of all existing log homes are used as the primary residence. This does not come as a surprise since the popularity of log homes is increasing fast. To be able to get the most out of this opportunity, be sure that you manage to save whatever money you can and still have that dream log cabin, be it as a residence or as a vacation dwelling.
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Good day,
With the 2010 World cup approaching, South Africa still has a shortage of accommodation. At this given stage, Regular building methods ie brick & mortar together with the necessary approval of plans can prove to be too time consuming. I am looking for a self contained accommodation system that is appealing to the eye as well as quick & fast and relatively uncomplicated to erect / install , & that could be moved at a later stage if necessary. If this criteria could be attained then I believe that the immediate market is huge. Can u assist or advise me. Your urgent reply would be most appreciated.
I am interested in units that can accommodate either one or two double beds, with bathroom, small kitchen & small dining area.
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Mr. Wayne Mundell
Great article with lots of information. I too love log cabins. I actually just wrote a hub on how much I love them. Can I put a link to your hubpage from mine?
Log Cabins are cool. I hope to build one some day. Thanks for the information.
I would like to build a Log Cabin for a backpacker
tell me your thoughts on that.
Great Hub! I'll have to bookmark it..Thanks
Well I have built close to 2 dozen cabins so far.
Some were kits bought by a customer that looked and felt like plastic looking wood.
Others were eastern white pine, perfect choice for any size log structure.(Prefered)
You can find some species of wood really cheap to build with that doesnt end up with such a beautiful finish, yet does the job to construct your log walls. Popular, red pine,
oak cants, (etc) these our not prefered species but could work on a budget.
Anything green and allowing shrinkage can save a person money as well.
I stay away from "large" log homes. I like building diff. styles of smaller log cabins but I always use Eastern White Pine.
I got 16 acres of Eastern White pine They 12 inches in diameter and some are a little smaller. I bet they would command a good price? I'm thinking about using them to build log homes. I should be able to build ten with this many logs.










Michael Willis 2 years ago
I love log homes! I have bought and read so many magazines. And the designs you find helps to give you an idea of what you can do.