SPECIFICATIONS FOR A LOG HOUSE. 



H. C. WICKS, ARCHITECT. 



The house is to rest on stone piers to 

 reach solid ground or rock. The chimney 

 is to have a foundation resting on solid 

 ground, and. is to be of brick. Lay the 

 front hearth of fiat stone or broken stone 

 with flat side up, in concrete. 



Where chimney cuts through roof lay in 

 tin flashing and counterflashing. Paint the 

 flashing both sides before laying. 



The logs for the sides, ends and gables 

 and partitions of house to be about 10 

 inches round, flatted top and bottom ; sides 

 to 8 inches in thickness. The outer log of 

 porch to be about 10 inches round, flatted 

 top to about 9 inches. 



The logs for main posts, cross pieces to 

 porch, ridge beam under rafters, and 2 



The brackets between posts and extended 

 top logs of sides and ridge logs to be about 

 6 inches round. The logs forming railing 

 to be 5 and 4 inches round. 



Build rustic mantel. Base log about 6 

 inches round ; bracket posts about 6 inches 

 round ; other logs in connection with mantel 

 about 4 inches round. The shelves of man- 

 tel to be made of plank hewed out of trees, 

 left as they come from the broad-ax, not 

 smoothed. 



Make support for seat out of 4-inch 

 round logs, with 4-inch round log arm one 

 end. Form seat of 18-inch round log 

 hewed 2 sides to 3 inches in thickness, 

 left to show marks of broad-ax. 



The steps to be made of 14-inch logs, 



HOW IT SHOULD LOOK WHEN FINISHED. 



main cross pieces and rafters of 2 trusses, 

 2 posts side of mantel to be about 8 inches 

 round ; the other rafters and sleepers of 

 house to be about 8 inches round. 



All rafters and sleepers to be flatted on 

 top. The sleepers are to frame through 

 side logs ; the rafters are to frame over top 

 side logs. The corners are to be formed 

 with regular log cabin lock joints. 



Place smaller timbers in gable of porch, 

 and in back elevation gable an I in 2 

 trusses. These to be about 7 inches round. 



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hewed to about 7 inches in thickness; 

 broad-ax marks to show. Lay up, over- 

 lapping each log over the preceding one. 

 The log for ridge corner to be 6 inches 

 round, hollowed out to suit rake of roof. 



All logs showing on outside to have bark 

 left on. All logs showing on inside to be 

 peeled on inside only. Where window or 

 door openings occur, the logs are to be 

 sawed with square ends. The sill logs or 

 posts are to be fitted to stone piers. 



Do all framing as shown. Fit all posts, 



