Re: The Annual Off-Season RASN Get-to-know-ya Poll

"Mike Marlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED],
> SimRacer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> burped and spewed forth
> the following:
> > "Ms.Goodwrench" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DougDKA) wrote in
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> What do ya do?
> >>> Log home dealer/builder
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >> We came so close to building a log home... I kinda still wish I had
> >> (a builder I really respect talked me out of it).  I settled on a
> >> modified cape cod type deal, with half the upper story a master bed
> >> and bath, and the other half a LOFT that looks down onto the great
> >> room & a stone fireplace.
> >>
> >> If Mr.G gets transferred to the Virginias or Carolinas, we've vowed
> >> we'll either buy or build a log home next time.  :-)
> >>
> >>
> >
> > We love ours. Radiant floor heating system, nice thick full log
> > exterior walls. Warm cozy feeling inside, no doubt. Highly
> > recommended. We did cheat on the master bedroom's fireplace though
> > and put in some gas logs...oh and I definitely recommend a metal roof
> > too, makes a nice pitter patter sound when it rains. And please go
> > with the wood interior, something about drywall/sheetrock on the
> > interior of a log home just doesn't look right to me. :-)
>
> We love our also.  We've lived in ours for over 20 years now and we're
still
> happy with it.  I'll be you haven't lived in yours very long - the all
wood
> thing gets old after years.  I guess it's all a matter of taste, but I
enjoy
> the breakup that the sheetrock walls provide.  We have rounded logs inside
> as opposed to the milled logs, log floor joists for the second floor, t&g
> floors upstairs make up the downstairs ceiling and after a while the wood
> just becomes overpowering without the sheetrock.  I do wish I'd gone with
> the radiant floor heat but 20 years ago it was not well established in the
> northeast, so we have hot water baseboard heat.
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>

I agree with the radiant heating being better the newer they are. We built
our home in 1999 and they are better now than days of old, for sure. We
initially considered a standard HVAC system with the new little *round port*
types of outlets instead of the standard 4x10 registers, but at the altitude
that our home is (nearly 5100 ft AMSL), air conditioning simply isn't needed
so we went for a better overall heating system. We only stay out there a
total of a couple to three a weeks a year, but the folks that rent it during
the rest of the time, leave really nice comments on the comfort it provides
when the weather turns cold. And thus far, it has been maintenance free as
well.

And your comments on drywall are valid, we just don't live 24/7/365 in ours
and the all-wood surroundings are a nice departure from all the drywall in
our main home. We even have smooth ceilings at home so that wears on me like
all-wood wears on you, so its all in what you are in most of the time I
reckon. I guess I should have admitted up-front that our little cabin is our
second home, near Boone and Banner Elk in the NC mountains (Foscoe, NC
actually). Our day-in-day-out residence is outside Raleigh, and is a
stick-built, Hardi-plank sided, transitional style. Sounds nice, but they're
a dime a dozen around the NC metros. Picture the houses in the DEJ
commerical with the interviewer and cameraman, specifically the houses in
the cul-de-sac behind them when Dale answers the door. Change the brick to
hardi-board (concrete composite) on those homes and that's us except we're
not on a cul-de-sac and have a little bit more than the ¼ acre those homes
are typically situated on. So an all wood cabin is the perfect escape for
us. Plus it does a good job of paying for itself during the summer 'out of
school' and winter ski vacations with weekly rental income.