Small Forest Timber Owner Blog for WA

Forest conservation provides us with the critical goods and services we need in our communities. But who pays for it?

Re-milling timbers is not the only solution to lumber that has twisted prior to construction.

Between our subfloor platform and the log wall is a plate, like with a stick-framed wall. It's known by names like bottom plate, sill ...

Tongue and groove OSB subflooring material goes down over floor joists.

I'm all about having the floor level and not squeaky.

Whether you have just a few acres of woods or a large forest tract, if you have trees on your property, Coached Planning is designed for y...

Log home construction often uses logs or timbers as rim or band joists. We used engineered lumber, Weyerhaeuser LSLs.

We are ready to string floor joists across the foundation, all we’re missing is a beam.

With the foundation finally finished, it was time to start on carpentry.

The final piece of concrete construction is a patio slab.

Here's a link to the latest directory of small scale saw mills in Eastern WA.

Learn Firewise Community practices in this workshop in Airway Heights (Spokane) WA on May 17-18.