The Complete Log House Book

Mann, Dale and Skinulis, Richard

Published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1979

About this Item

SUBTITLED : ` A Canadian Guide to Building with Logs '. READ more about : Black Creek Ontario, dovetail, draw knife, scribes, saddle notches, chinking, spline, rafters, nail punch, drip edge, and chalk lines. Quite a bit on restoring old projects (buildings). Heavily illustrated by b/w photographs - many archival. Also blueprint type diagrams. Section of colour photos at center. NancyShanoff photos. 176 landscape format pages with INDEX at back. Cond : Black paper wrapper with white lettering. Two storey log house as cover photo. Colours bright, binding tight. No names nor marks. Very light general wear and soil. Almost giftable ! QUote (p. 61) : " The first thing to do when the excavator arrives is to pile up all the top soil in a location well away from the site. Wherever excavated dirt is piled ._._._. . ".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Log House Book
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: B/W Diagrams and Photographs
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Very Good