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Log House

  • 17-03-2008 11:21am
    #1
    niceirishfella
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    I have a site on a nice rural piece of land and i'm thinking of going for planning soon. I had a few meeting with some engineers/arch's etc and a conventional build is the mindset.

    Tho' - at the back of my head - I'd really like to explore the idea of a 2,500sq ft-ish log cabin -

    does anyone know good sites to visit for research?
    I'd consider importing and erecting myself if i got the right kit for the right price? Anyone got ant ideas?
    I can accross a site a while back (tho' i cant find it now) of a log house maker in eastern europe - anyone know of any?

    Thanks,
    NIF.


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  • #2
    sydthebeat
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    my understanding of your situation is:

    If you require a mortgage to build / buy your house, the financial institution will require that the construction method is approved to comply with irish building regulations and tough enough to withstand our climate. Therefore they generally require that the construction method be approved to some standard such as IAB, BBA or approved similar european standards.

    Some of these log cabins cannot be shown to comply with irish building regs so financial institutions wont release monies topay for them.

    If you are going down thi sroute, make sure either
    1. the system if approved
    2. you can get an architect - engineer to certify the construction (this will be next to impossible, but may happen)


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