| Description |
1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Log home living, solar style -- Site selection -- Plans and permits -- Logs -- Tools and construction -- Excavation and foundation work -- The floor -- Peeling and lifting logs -- Building with logs: part 1 -- Building with logs: part 2 -- Gables and dormers -- Roof framing -- Windows, doors and wiring -- More settling issues -- Chinking and finishing -- A new philosophy of freedom -- Harvesting solar and wind power -- Heating of house and water -- Pumping water -- Finish work: making your house a home -- Lavonne's logbooks -- Log-ically solar: homeowner profiles from around the country |
| Summary |
"A hands-on guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus profiles of log home owners from across the United States. Topics includes log home construction, solar and wind energy, home heating options, pumping water, costs to consider, and Web resources"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Revision of: Logs wind and sun. 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Log cabins -- Design and construction
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Log cabins -- Energy conservation
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Solar houses -- Design and construction
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Wind power.
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wind power.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction -- General.
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Log cabins -- Design and construction
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Log cabins -- Energy conservation
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Solar houses -- Design and construction
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Wind power
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ewing, LaVonne
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Ewing, Rex A.
Logs wind and sun
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| ISBN |
9781936555109 |
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1936555107 |
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