Traditional Finnish Log House Building Process

[clerck de bonk]

I decided to post this after listening to latest SOTT Talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3J5wkJFJzE
The film shows how to put together a small house using pine logs. The Scandinavian technique of cutting and trimming the logs also makes it fairly airtight, which is of great importance in a cold climate.

I highly recommend this video for anyone interested in building their own house.
It can, IMO, be viewed without sound (soundtrack is in Finnish) and still be understood.

 

[eleusis]

Impressive. Man are they superb with those axes.

 

[clerck de bonk]

Impressive. Man are they superb with those axes.

:) Quite so. I figure it would take some time to earn those skills...

 

[Gawan]

Impressive. Man are they superb with those axes.

:) Quite so. I figure it would take some time to earn those skills...

I had the same thoughts, in the video everything looked so easy, but in real life trees are not made of butter ;).

 

[Carl]

I had the same thoughts, in the video everything looked so easy, but in real life trees are not made of butter ;) .

Indeed! In the related videos there is one of a guy giving a tour of a very basic log cabin that he made (with some youth volunteers or something) with no prior experience. Apparently it took 8 months .

These guys look like they could do it in 5 days.

 

[Renaissance]

Here's one of Swedish traditional log home building. There's two sections and the first shows the making of a hand forged ax - the second half on traditional wooden lodge construction starts at about 3:40. Beautiful craftsmanship.

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[Lisa Guliani]

It's really inspiring to see what people can do if they develop the skills to accomplish something.
Thanks for posting these videos. Great information!

 

[Voyageur]

Here's one of Swedish traditional log home building. There's two sections and the first shows the making of a hand forged ax - the second half on traditional wooden lodge construction starts at about 3:40. Beautiful craftsmanship.
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Wonderful craftsmanship; from forging and hewing logs to the nice joinery.

Thank you.