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Log Cabins

And How to Build Them
  • ISBN-13: 9781493090747
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: GLOBE PEQUOT
  • By William Swanson
  • Price: AUD $43.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 03/06/2025
  • Format: Paperback (210.00mm X 140.00mm) 224 pages Weight: 200g
  • Categories: Home & house maintenance [WK]
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Unlock the secrets to crafting your dream log cabin with this comprehensive guide, packed with essential tips and techniques to turn your rustic vision into reality!

Written by famed builder William Swanson, Log Cabins and How to Build Them is a step-by-step illustrated guide that will give a true picture of how a log cabin can be built by various time- and labor-saving methods. The types of construction described in this book are practical and offer the reader the best and easiest methods of building a log cabin. Log Cabins and How to Build Them provides detailed information on procedures, types of cabins, location selection, tools, timber, site clearing, foundations, walls, roofs and floors, windows and doors, porches, garages, fireplaces, furniture, landscaping, and fence-building. All in all, Log Cabins and How to Build Them will prove an edifying read for history buffs, an entertaining bit of Americana for handymen, and an essential resource for those who wish to put this knowledge to practical use.

William Swanson traveled the country striving to improve the living conditions of his fellow man. Shortly after the U.S. Civil War, his grandparents built a log cabin in Minnesota, where the authors mother was born and raised.

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