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\ al)c i£artaïnan Statesman BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20,1981 ./ 'y _ y Ê xfh O '<> M' /,v ! y ■ Kt / JJ^'ArnU-j i , , ;; ■ ; : v* 7.'. • /'JJ '/ ,y f L - J ff y/ 4/ pj / *;/ mt&J g? ; ftfyfïy rVy uj y /5 4fi T ; " y I m / At £LJ W #1 When this log home is completed it will be a and the logs will be numbered in sequence. The storey-and-a-half structure with inside dimensions house can be totally dismantled in six to eight hours of 28 feet by 20 feet. It is being built on cement pads and moved to a permanent site. Pictured above is a collection of tools required to build a log house. Included in the lot are broad axes, chainsaw, cant hooks, adzes, a scribe tool, etc. By Donna Fairey Once the home is com- on four cement pads, applies a Scandinavian In addition to the siz- Wifh thp return tn P letel y assembled, the Mr. Christl's house is method of log home able investment Mr. Kocinc «Zh W logs wil1 be numbered in being constructed using .building which he refers Christl has made in nnnlnanieri the w sequence. Mr. Christl mostly red pine logs to as a scribe fit. "Al- tools, he says each log HeS. enH a roneufeH sa y s 11 wiu then be dis ' along with a small most no chinking is re- costs about $50 and esti- nre^ufnnaHnn urith the mantled and either sold sprinkling of white pine, quired between the logs mates the total dollar ?SrvKinneer «vîtQ or moved to a different The white P ine is easi " using the scribe method, output to build the ceveS rivînE Stc location. The builder er to debark but the red since a nearly perfect fit hpuse, excluding win- hnveheen revived One sa y s he entertains the is considerably cheaper is achieved," he stated, dow frames, door nf them 1= hnihtino ino idea of reassembling the to purchase," stated. Mr. Christl calculates frames, roof boards and hnm m 18 DU11Qing 108 house on a piece of rec- Mr. Christl. the log home he has shingles, will be about wnrVino with nianc reation property up All of the logs were planned in his head will $4500. He calculates it otoroH in hie hoaA in north to " 1186(1 as 3 shipped from Parry take about 45 wall logs will take only six or Marvin rhritti personal retreat. He has Sound on a flat bed and will offer approxi- eight hours to totally year-oia ivwrvin vnribu no fj rm plans for the trailer late last summer mately 1150 square feet dismantle the numbered of Courtice has unaer- finished home other and each averages 32 of potential living space, logs once the house is taken the construction than it will not be used feet long and 15 inches Each of the logs will be finished, of a log house. Its finish- as a permanent resi- in diameter. Mr. Christl treated with a special ,| ed mside_ dimensions dence where it is cur- uses a front-end loader preservative. Mr. Cliristl gained his ^ be SM teet by 20 teet ren tiy_ under construe- attached to a tractor to Various tools used by log home bmjding ex- and will rise to a storey tion manoeuvre the logs into the builder include pertise, in part, from a A view of the interior'of the partly finished log house shows how perfectly the mostly white pine and a half. KB* Resting temporarily working position. He broad axes for squaring course he took at Ignac purposes, a chainsaw, near Thunder Bay adzes, a scribe tool and which taught him the cant hooks for turning rudiments of the trade, logs over. Mr. Christl claims he picked up He also admits he has several of his tools at devoured several books auction sales because of 0 n the subject of log the considerable dollar home building and is saving over store currently planning to bought implements. As offer workshops on the an example, he said he craft, perhaps this sum- purchased a broad axe me r. at an auction for $60 ^whereas he claims it A General Motors would have cost about plant worker, Mr. $250 to buy it new. The Christl says he will g-jjj log house builder says finish the home during he doesn't know how the his leisure hours. His pioneers ever managed only assistant is his one- to put up homes using year-old dog, Bruno, axes as tneir only tools. EE4 logs fit together. ê swim 71 4 70 ' « a/ - V':-' . .. ninT'I' m . . ■ '-*! JS1S The house is being constructed primarily from white pine logs measuring about 32 feet long and having an average diameter (as shown) of 15 inches. The logs were shipped from Parry Sound. \ <•. mi ÿv 6^.^. •••; ' • • .. .. V -.'l'nif 'f * : -vit' \ i t ". 4 44'- k s ' \ "ÿ ; '•V A 32-year-old Courtice man has undertaken the building of a log home. He is ....} b ! s . °, 'VhoTnni«!'ihnii?L h y^H Üfuasmüîï nm» It 1S pictured here beside the half built structure using a scribe tool which is an !'^ ed home s buildu said only a small amount of fiberglass implement that achieves a nearly perfect fit between logs. 15 used 0I ' chinking purposes.