Log home building course

Log Home Building Course

Probably the only way to build mortgage free.

Can be easily done on your own.

What I do.

I present a weekend Log Home Building Course, which, in just 2 days teaches you all the methods and techniques required to build your own environmentally sustainable real log home or cabin, on your own, mortgage free.

You do not need to be particularly practical and no previous construction experience is necessary.

All courses are taught by Roy Trembath in his well known hand built personal log home in Wilderness Heights, Garden Route, South Africa (pictured on this website).

The South African log home builders association has been established with the express purpose of teaching people to build solid log homes with their own cash.

Even if you do not intend to construct your own home, this course will teach you what to look out for if someone else builds for you.

The course takes place about 4 times per year and takes 2 days (Saturday and Sunday).

Dates for the courses are announced about 2 months prior to them taking place.

**Scheduled Course dates**
Next course date	Status
4th & 5th February 2012	3 places available
3rd & 4th March 2012	5 places available
7th & 8th April 2012	9 places available

If you would like to attend, but don't see a date that suits you, I can put you onto the course notification email list - write to me. roytrembath@gmail.com	I devote 100% of my attention to my students during a course. If you write to me during a course weekend I will reply to you on the following Monday.

The course is structured to be easily understood by people of all abilities.

I focus on teaching sound, tried and tested principles.

It is presented in English language and students must have the ability to write, as all notes are done personally by students.

Some reasons for building and living in a real log home:

Build with your own cash - can cost less than 10% of conventional structures.

Uses truly sustainable resources - trees can re-grow many times during the life span of house.

Structurally very simple and strong - hurricane and earthquake resistant.

Very low maintenance - no sealing or painting inside or out.

It is far less work to build your own log home than it is to pay off a 20 year mortgage.

Life span of structure can be 100+ years - the greensted log chapel in England is over 1000 years old.

No special skills required. - can be built by any able bodied person - on their own.

No major time investment - The required knowledge is taught in just 2 days.

No major financial investment - The course costs only R3000.00.

Minimal equipment required - all equipment can fit in the boot of a car and be carried to site.

Can be built to almost any size or design.

Great thermal insulation factor - natural temperature regulation - cheap to live in.

Excellent acoustics - music sounds great in a log home.

Very healthy to live in - read 'Wood, people and health'.

Log homes are aesthetically pleasing and very comfortable to live in.

Timber in unsealed log form naturally maintains a healthy balance of indoor air moisture levels.

Many people install environmentally friendly solar heating and power systems.