| | |  | Solar Power | Home » » Crafting Log Homes Solar Style: An Inspiring Guide to Self-Sufficiency | | | | | | | Description: | | A down-to-earth guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus enlightening stories from log home owners across the country. Follow the authors' journey of handcrafting an off-the-grid log home in the Colorado Rockies and discover how renewable energy is a perfect match for modern log home living, from small weekend cabins to expansive year-round homes. (The completed revised edition of Logs, Wind and Sun) CONTENTS 1. Log Home Living, Solar Style
2. Site Selection
3. Plans and Permits
4. Logs
5. Tools for Construction
6. Excavation and Foundation Work
7. The Floor
8. Peeling and Lifting Logs
9. Building with Logs: Part I
10. Building with Logs: Part II
11. Gables and Dormers
12. Roof Framing
13. Windows, Doors and Wiring
14. More Settling Issues
15. Chinking and Finishing
16. A New Philosophy of Freedom
17. Harvesting Solar and Wind Power
18. Heating of House and Water
19. Pumping Water
20. Finish Work: Making Your House a Home
Log-ically Solar: Homeowner Profiles from Around the Country
LaVonne's LogBooks (a 2-year diary)
Appendix (Costs to Consider, Notes for Off-Grid Homes, Resources, General Bibliography, Recommended Reading)
Index
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Rex A. Ewing and LaVonne Ewing | | Paperback:
| 256 pages | | Publisher:
| PixyJack Press | | Publication Date:
| March 21, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0977372448 | | Product Length:
| 9.31 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.91 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.64 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.04 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great book.May 10, 2010
By Amy F. Kehoe
This book gave us a great overview, made the whole process that we are setting out to do, seem do-able. I would recommend this book to anyone the least bit curious about setting up a log home to accept solar tech.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
great book for off the grid do it yourselfersApr 19, 2010
By Darla M. Moran
THe book had many great ideas for setting up your own solar power, putting in a well and other ideas for people who want to go off the grid or live too far from the grid to hook up. Loved the book.
What any log home desirer needs to know and haveMay 07, 2012
By Douglas E. Dibble
This book is full of good , practical, information for all aspects of real log home construction. No kit building here...you put your own "log A-5" to your logs if you please, no one will do it for you. You will know what to use and what to buy for your needs from the logs to the tools to work them. Solar? This book tells you how to build a log home! The author uses nearly only natural energies and therefore builds to an energy efficient level...we can all use that, solar or not.
I wish the guy who built our cabin had read and understood these procedures before the build. I now know better how to fix the issues.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
How does one build a new home and help the environment at the same time?May 04, 2008
By Midwest Book Review
How does one build a new home and help the environment at the same time? "Crafting Log Homes Solar Style: An Inspiring Guide to Self-Sufficiency" is a complete guide to someone who wants to build an environmentally conscious home whether to live in or for a vacation home. The solar panels will also pay for themselves eventually with all of the money one is bound to save on electricity bills with the constant stream of renewable energy from the Earth's greatest source, its own Sun. Highly recommended for anyone who is pondering building a log cabin, and a must have for community library environmental collections.
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