Log Cabin Tour with Build Info: My $2,500 Landscape Timber Cabin

This cabin is 10' x 12', cost about $2,500 in materials, and took about a year to build working on Saturdays (the foundation was laid in Nov. 2022 and the doors and windows were hung and building finished in Dec. 2023). Pre-manufactured stick buildings, unfinished inside, were priced at 3 to 4 times that amount. This was much cheaper, much prettier, and saved the time of inside finishing. The timbers are held together by construction screws placed every 16".
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[@LindaSimic-qt3mh]

Awesome beautiful ❤️

[@Fr_Mitch]

Thanks!

[@emeraldfox7175]

Landscape timers ate cheap in my area,only $3 to 5 a piece

[@robertoler3795]

well done

[@Fr_Mitch]

Thanks Robert!

[@msms-rl6zf]

On the long side walls where slices were needed: how did you do it? Thanks for any info. I WANT MINE!!

[@Fr_Mitch]

This is the "butt and pass" method. On the passing or longer log, set your circular saw depth to about 1" and make two parallel cuts separated by the width of the shorter "butting" log. Take a big chisel and knock out the notch. The shorter log inserts into the notch. On the next row, the passing log lays on top of the butting log. Et voilà!

[@rienzihotrodsms6463]

I'd be concerned about breathing in the fumes from all the pressure treatment lumber

[@Fr_Mitch]

Great question! I used MCA .01 density which is one of the mildest treated woods there is. It's rated as safe for using around raised garden beds. feel like this is perfectly safe for using the way I'm using it -- as a shed or man-cave for martial arts training. I would not recommend using MCA treated lumber inside a domicile where you will be living 16 hours a day, if that makes sense. It does not give off fumes unless you burn it, which you should *not* do!