In this video were going to try out the home made vertical log splitter that was modeled after the Eastonmade Axis.

I just had to come up with a practical plan for my dream home on my waitress's frayed-shoestring budget. Vertical-log construction was the practical choice for a 125-pound woman with a strong back and ...

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart’s core. — W. B. Yeats, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” On a recent summer’s day I drove out to Grand Lake, a ...

For the first time, Historic Florissant's 30th Annual Christmas House Tour will feature Florissant's oldest home, the 1790 Aubuchon-Herbst House, with its vertical log construction. Listed on the ...

The first phase of construction on the new Nordic Harvest vertical farm has been completed after just 6 months of work. Once finished, the facility will become Europe’s largest vertical farm at 14 ...

This paper provides guidance about the methods of assessing existing buildings for vertical extensions using mass timber construction (MTC). Guidance is proposed herein to support the feasibility for ...

Settled logs that shrink can pose a problem for builders of log homes, as this calls for constant adjustments and maintenance. To counter the effect, architects and builders have come up with ...