May/June 2003 • Number 43 NEWS

Inside This Issue

Log Grading Program …Page 2

ILBA Demos Log Builder Competition Events …Page 3

TechTalk Vice horse, pipe line cones, and tenon maker…Page 4

Letters to the Editor …Page 6

Protection of Using Borates…Page 8 ICC Update Standards Committee Report …Page 10

Mold is a Pest–Pesticide Concerns…Page 11 Great Lakes Log Crafters Association Annual Conference June 20 to 21, 2003…Page 14

News from the Log Builders’ Association of New Zealand…Page 15 2nd Annual Rendez-vous Group Insurance Needs For the ILBA…Page 16 Plans Underway Standards and Finishing Techniques…Page 18 Mark your calendars and pack up the family, as we are For those of you who weren’t able to attend last News from the Office getting ready to host the 2nd Annual Rendez-vous year, you’ll find the Gold Panner Campground located …Page 19 weekend at the Gold Panner Campground in 37 miles East of Vernon, BC on Hwy#6. The site is an Log Home Insurance Cherryville, BC. The dates for this year’s event will be hour’s drive from the Kelowna, BC, airport. The camp- By Robèrt Savignac September 19–21, 2003. This year we have decided ground offers creek fishing, camping, hiking, historical Comparing to insurance to host the event earlier, as we wanted to ensure sightseeing, Cherry Creek gold mine tours, on-site fire risk of ‘conventional’ construction…Page 20 warmer. Fees for the event will include your campsite restaurant, showers and toilets; power hook-ups and for 3 nights (September 18, 19, 20), along with meals laundry facilities are available. New and Renewing Members…Page 22 from Friday breakfast up to and including Sunday We are currently organizing the workshops and breakfast. There will be campfires in the evening, and Classified Ads…Page 25 lots of time to visit with old and new friends, and ABOVE ILBA Members gather round at last year’s share ideas on the industry. We are also Rendez-vous to learn new notching techniques. looking at hosting a few events for the children this They’ll be plenty more to learn at this year’s event, Agreement Number 40707514 year! so mark you calendars today!!! LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 Issue #43

Published six times a year © 2003 International Log Builders’ Association P.O. Box 775 Lumby, British Columbia , Canada V0E 2G0 Toll-free: 800-532-2900 Phone: 250-547-8776 Fax: 250-547-8775 www.logassociation.org

Cathy Hansen, Executive Director [email protected] Terry McCluskey of Whitevalley Log Homes sits proudly on a barn he and his son constructed on his new acreage. See TechTalk, page 4. Robèrt Savignac, Executive Director [email protected]

Ann Miks, Administrative Assistant [email protected]

Log Grading Program Contributors to this issue: The NAHB and its Builders Systems Council has prepared its application requirements James Harcourt for subscription to the LHC Log Grading Program. Based on your production volume 250-547-2400 of logs used per year, a graduated fee has been established to make this program Hugo Lemieux affordable to the handcrafted log home industry where wood volumes used in your 613-747-5544 ext 239 yards do not compare to log consumption used in the machined-log industry. Log Terry McCluskey grading now only required by limited state legislation will soon become a national 250-547-6666 requirement as part of the overall definitions within the parameters of the upcoming Del Radomske International Building Code Standards and References. For those companies seeking to 250-765-5166 comply with current grading requirements, and/or those who anticipate the need to Robèrt Savignac grade your building logs—a dedicated page on the ILBA website (www.logassociation. 250-547-8776 org) is soon to be developed with a copy of the Log Homes Council application avail- able online. GLLCA, Duane & Kay Sellman 612-464-3843 Jean Steinbrecher 360-221-0494 Rendez-vous from page 1 Log Building News Editor seminars, with details to be finalized by month end. Just a glimpse of what we are Cathy Hansen working are: a Bridge Building session focused on massive wood joinery techniques, a PO Box 775 roof structure workshop, Maintenance seminar, Beginner Log Building work- Lumby, BC Canada V0E 2G0 shop in which participants will create a few log picnic tables, along with our 2nd 1-800-532-2900 Annual Fall Rendez-vous Log Builders’ Competition, CANLOG Logger Sports Demo, [email protected] hands-on Tech Talk session and more. Watch for details forthcoming on our website and in your mailbox. This is a great opportunity to bring your whole crew, the costs are minimal and the networking provides a boost to those involved in the industry. One comment we often hear is, “it’s great to get together with others and share, I can’t afford to miss these training/networking sessions.”

2 LogBuildingNews June/July 2003 ILBA Demos Log Builder Competition Events

Robèrt Savignac, Executive Director of the ILBA, will be attending two of the upcoming CAN-Log events to be held in BC in July. Proud log builder gets ready for the CANLOG’s (Canadian Logger Sports next competition. Be there at the Association) Roaming Rep, Clayton Scott, of upcoming ILBA Fall Rendez-vous Kamloops, BC, is looking forward to having to compete and take home great Savignac on board on July 6th in Revelstoke, prizes! BC. Savignac, who will be assisted by other ILBA members, will be demonstrating the events pertaining to the handcrafted log building industry. In turn, Scott will also be attending the ILBA September Rendez-vous to demonstrate events held at CAN-Log Competitions. CAN-Log representative Gary Burns will also be hosting another logger’s competition on July 5th in Slocan, BC, at their Logger Sports grounds across from the school. Having Savignac and ILBA members at this event is especially important to Burns, as he has been working on raising funds for the builder Richard Smedbol has been assisting Burns with this Slocan community by building a few handcrafted homes with construction process, and we look forward to having his salvaged logs (which have been spiked). Local ILBA member and involvement at our competition demo in Slocan on July 5th.

Number 43 LogBuildingNews 3 TechTalk ILBA members share ideas A VICE HORSE, PIPE LINE CONE, A TENON MAKER

ILBA member, James Harcourt, took the other half so you can screw the jaws Mackie Log Building course in 1979 and together or apart, the top is a maximum has been building ever since. His passion of 32”. The handle is slotted with a key so for the art took a turn in 1981 when he it is removable for transport, if it is in the obtained his first contract, a 3000 way or you need better access you might foot home, “it was big for a first house,” want to purchase a . Harcourt has says Harcourt. That first contract led to had these horses loaded with several thou- many more, and his company Touchwood sand pounds and they did not break a Log and Timber Homes was born. With a sweat. They need to be heavy, so that you desire to learn more Harcourt headed to can slide heavy timbers or logs around and Ontario in 1990 and took at 10 day timber they can carry the load. course in Ontario, from there he Pipeline Cones was able to put both the skills of log build- Another useful / idea Harcourt dis- ing and together. Harcourt covered is pipeline cones. Harcourt found is now employed by Unique Timber Corp. his first set in a ditch, and with some cre- in BC, which has provided him another ative thought, felt they would work well in opportunity to gain more experience and his yard. “They are very useful for light knowledge of the timber framing industry. duty work or temporary bunks.” The ones Harcourt is always looking for ways to shown in these photos are 20” tall with a improve techniques, and came forth with rating of 200kg each. They have a finger the following to share with other ILBA hole for grabbing and stack well for stor- members. age purposes. Harcourt cautions that “with Vice Horse larger heavy wood they sometimes mark “The Vice Horse is a great time saver, as it the log if you spin them in the saddle, so allows you to clamp the piece you are there are some limitations.” The benefits working on quickly and securely,” says of these cones is they are light, strong and Harcourt, “it is one of the most useful quick to set up, so they can be set up with I have made.” This jig is 32” tall and 48” speed and used often. wide, with the vice mounted through the end verticals in steel bushings. The rod is Tenon Maker Pipe Line Cones 1” diameter with a course thread; left What other jigs does he use these days? hand on one half and right hand on the Harcourt said the ‘tenon maker’ designed by Terry McCluskey McCluskey learned the art of log building of Whitevalley Log by necessity, he needed a house and want- Homes is a regular ed a log house. He hasn’t looked back at Unique’s yard. since, now co-owner at Whitevalley Log McCluskey is also a Homes in Cherryville, BC, McCluskey’s log member of the building yard has been enhanced with jigs ILBA, and has been such as this Tenon Maker. “What we can building log homes do in 5 minutes would take 25 minutes by since 1987. A hand. It’s all templated and fool proof, you Machinist by trade, could never achieve the consistency free-

4 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 The Vice Horse hand,” says McCluskey of his jig, created with some imagination and a Log Wizard. We stopped by Unique’s yard and took some photos of this tenon maker. There is some setup time involved but it still saves a tremendous amount of time in the piece-en-piece process. You need to rough out the cut and then smooth out with this tenon maker, and finish off by sanding. The following photos show the jig process and finished product. Tenon Maker/part 1 with Log Wizard Tenon Maker/part 2

Tenon Maker in action Harcourt shows off finished product

Number 43 LogBuildingNews 5 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Re: ILBA Certification Program and ILBA Certification Pledge

Dear Dave and the Board of Directors, at this time it is likened to putting the cart the member and the ILBA etc. Then ask I am opposed to what I consider to be before the horse. Certification should start them to give an unbiased opinion of sup- the murky waters of the ILBA endorsement with individual log builders, done through port or not. If it comes back with no sup- of Certified Log Building Companies. In apprenticeship programs to become jour- port, move on. If there is support for the my opinion this initiative presents huge lia- neymen log builders. If done this way, Log program then continue in the direction to bility risks for our association, also policing building Companies can begin by advertis- make it so, but tread carefully and be pre- problems and costs associated with this ing that they employ only certified jour- pared to bail if necessary. and has the potential to cause a fracture neymen log builders and within the ILBA membership. Even if the apprentice log builders. As association allowed a third party to take with any other designated Certification should start with on the risk of the certification program we trade this will take sometime individual log builders, done through could still experience a fracture. I don’t to evolve and as far as I believe we are ready for the implications of know BC is the only place apprenticeship programs to become our actions nor do I believe the certifica- log building has been desig- journeymen log builders. tion program of certain companies to be nated as a trade. The ques- within the association’s mandate. tion is; how can we have There may come a time when a certifi- certified log building companies when we I also believe the certification pledge cation program becomes needed and valid don’t have certified log builders yet? that we now have in place should be and if it does we will know without a I would like to see a referendum put to given the . So far as I can see there has doubt that the time has come. But for the membership on this issue. Describe to been a ripple effect throughout the mem- now, I believe it should be shelved for the them, the way the association sees the cer- bership because of this pledge putting one distant future. tification program working, how to police member at odds with another. It is also my If the certification program goes ahead it, cost to the member, benefits to both understanding that the association makes

6 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Upcoming no revenue from this pledge and may in Directors would be in order and if the Presentations the long run cost more for the association breech continued the membership termi- to administer than what it takes in. nated. The termination could be contested by the ILBA I believe that in the past and to date that to the board or the now non-member we have had an unwritten pledge by the could be reinstated when found willing to The ILBA is scheduled to majority of our members to follow the ILBA comply. Log Building Standards. Why would you By having each and every member com- address over 1000 engineers, want to become a member if you are not mit themselves to a written pledge we architects and building officials willing to build by the ILBA log Building eliminate the possibility of putting mem- Standards? So, as an alternative I would like bers at odds with each other that a cer- at the Montreal Wood the association to consider having a written tification pledge or program could bring pledge that is taken by all active; log about when all members are not involved. Solutions Fair, sponsored by builders and log building companies that In conclusion, this association has sur- the Canadian Wood Council, are members of the ILBA. This would con- vived for 30 years by the willingness of tinue to make us all equal in promoting the members to share information with each on October 21, 2003. highest standard of log construction and other and the passion that we hold for log There is also a trade show the pledge itself becomes part of becoming building in general. We have all been on a member in the ILBA. Membership costs equal footing with equal opportunity for segment of the event. do not have to be raised and the pledge interaction and my hope is for this to con- Call Robèrt Savignac at the can be written onto the “member certifi- tinue. cate.” Sincerely yours, ILBA office for further details. If a member is found in breech of the Del Radomske, Okanagan School of Log pledge several warnings by the Board of Building International

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Number 43 LogBuildingNews 7 Protection of Wood using Borates By Hugo Lemieux, PhD, Education Coordinator, Canadian Wood Council

Centuries of wood construction have needs water as a vehicle to penetrate the contact with rainwater or very heavy con- shown that this building material can last wood. Its facility to migrate deep through densation. Therefore, it is important to almost indefinitely if it is well protected. the wood also eliminates any need for make sure that the wood stays dry after Proper design, construction, and mainte- incising and if the wood is wet, it leaves a treatment, which means that sources of nance of the structure and its components deep shell of wood protected against moisture should be eliminated. are crucial determinants of its longevity. It insects and decay. In fact, the ease with The issue should not be confused here. is often too easy to overlook details, which which borate diffuses into wood makes Borate needs water to diffuse into the could result in serious problems if the situ- remedial treatment with this product very wood. Only after the borate has been ation is not remedied early on. appealing since it does not require pres- given enough time to diffuse and after the Proper treatment of logs and wood sure to penetrate the wood. log has dried should it be protected. It is products can greatly increase their resist- It is important to note, however, that recommended that the log be properly ance to fungal or insect attacks by elimi- care should be taken to protect the outer coated with a sealer, stain or other protec- nating wood as a food source. Among the envelope of wood as severe wetting of the tive product to minimize moisture intake types of products available, borate (usually wood after treatment can cause the borate after treatment. Note that moist air, even sodium borate) provides adequate protec- to leach out, eventually leaving the wood at 100% relative humidity, will not cause tion against decay, termites, destroying unprotected. Borate will leach out only loss of borate. ants and beetles while maintain- while wood is exposed to flowing liquid Short exposures to rain during trans- ing the natural look of the wood. It has water and the moisture content is above portation, storage and construction pose been used for many decades, in applica- fibre saturation (averages around 27% no problem. Even fully exposed to rain in tion such as laundry detergent and hand moisture content, although this number a wet place such as Vancouver, it takes a soap powders. varies depending on wood species). This year or more before levels of borate in As a water-soluble product, borate can occur when the wood has extended normal treated wood fall below the

8 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 slowly dissolves it and passive diffusion wood. Special attention should be given to insures that the borates migrates through- ends checks and splits as they provide out the wet area. good points of entry of the product deep Wood needs to be at a moisture content into the wood. Holes and cracks can be of at least 27% for effective diffusion of filled with solution, again to ensure deep borate, although this moisture content migration into the wood. Second coats will only allow a slow migration (it will can be reapplied after a few hours. Once move at a rate of up to 1mm/week, the log is dry, the residues can be brushed dependent on temperature). Faster diffu- off with a bristle brush before applying an Copyright Sansin Corporation sion happens when the moisture content exterior coating. is higher. For example, at moisture con- Borates offer a line of defense again amount that controls decay. tents of 40% or so, the chemical can deterioration of wood. Although they can There are several borate wood preserva- migrate at a rate of up to 3mm/week, help reduce damage caused by biodegra- tion products registered for use on wood dependent on temperature. In areas of dation organisms, the best line of defense or logs. Some borates come as solid rods constant moisture, such as posts, still remains keeping the wood dry. For while others are in a powdered form if borate rods will retain their effectiveness more information on borates or other they are not already dissolved in water or for 3 to 10 years. Again, the efficiency can types of preservative products, visit water/glycol. The glycol assists penetration be enhanced if the wood is sealed or www.durable-wood.com. A fact sheet on into dry wood. Rods are molded of water- painted to prevent leaching. protecting and finishing log homes will diffusible borate, which are highly concen- Powdered borate is useful for treating also be made available on the website this trated for maximum efficiency. They are large surfaces. It is dissolved in water and summer. used as is, in comparison to powdered applied by brushing and/or spraying. Also, borate, which can also be dissolved in smaller pieces of water before being applied. For all these wood can be products the user should follow the dipped into the instructions on the label. solution. If dry the Self-erecting tower cranes logs should be In logs where the risk is high or where ¥ Radio remote control available misted a few times decay has already begun, rods may be ¥ Single-phase & three-phase beneficial as they slowly release the borate prior to applica- ¥ 360¼ rotation into the wood to stop the decay process. tion so that the Basically, the treatment consists in exterior cells are a hole in the log in which the rod is insert- wet enough to ed. A cap is then put over the hole open- ensure good pene- There when you need it ing to keep the borate in. Since the wood tration of the is wet, the water surrounding the rod borate into the

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Number 43 LogBuildingNews 9 ICC UPDATE Standards Committee Report By Robèrt Savignac

The International Codes Council (ICC) has month of July. erenced, and the whole document will be established the 2004 IS-Log development Approval by the International Codes written in as close to a CSA (Canadian committee comprised of 12 principle Council Standards Committee is scheduled Standards Association) format as possible, members representing three major groups. for August 20, 2004, followed by subse- so that its use and transition into the The cross section of participants reflects quent approval from the American National Building Code of Canada will be people from a ‘producer’ category, which National Standards Institute Board would here include the participation from of Standards review. Once passed, both ILBA and LHC members, a ‘user’ cat- these Log Building Standards will Once passed, these Log Building egory that reflects people seeking defini- allow builders and inspectors alike tions in ‘using’ the code such as architects, some point of reference for mini- Standards will allow builders and designers and engineers and a third, ‘gen- mal acceptance practices, as the inspectors alike some point of eral’ category represented by building code will demonstrate both pre- inspectors and code officials. In order to scriptive and performance require- reference have the code standard ready for the next ments. The code will also encom- International Code changes in 2006, the pass energy conservation/air leak- log standards draft needs to be completed age issues and will rely heavily on the use as streamlined as possible. The ILBA will by March of 2004 and released to the of existing standards, such as the ILBA have strong representation from Jerry Wait, public for review by May 10, 2004. The 2000 Log Building Standards, which is the Ed Burke and Robèrt Savignac who will release of the public comments report will benchmark from which the ICC Standards participate in meetings as early as mid be in July, 2004, with both the start and will be based. The use of the ASTM grad- August 2003. Please contact the ILBA end of the appeals period held within the ing standards for log walls will also be ref- office for further details.

10 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 Mold is a Pest—Pesticide Concerns by Cathy Hansen

Representatives from study of the industry over the past 2 years the chemicals, contaminating soils, and the PMRA (Pest interviewing many log home builders. The then leaching into the waterways,” says Management treatment of logs for mold varied greatly Garnett. On one site they found that after Regulatory Agency) from yard to yard, depending on methods peeling the logs, a pesticide was applied recently stopped by of shipment, species, moisture content, before moving the logs, those same bark the ILBA office to etc. “Many products used for protection chips were then sent off to livestock yards. update us on some against mold are considered a pesticide The problem was that because of the spe- issues regarding the and not a , and must be registered cific pesticide application above the chips, Cathy Hansen log building industry accordingly with the PMRA (PMRA in the chips were contaminated, and should and the treatment of Canada/EPA in the USA),” said Garnett. not have been used for livestock. logs against mold. We learned that mold is “If a product label indicates ‘controls “Some labels are misleading as well,” considered a pest, and therefore, pesti- mold’ it must have a PCP number on the says Garnett as many and stains cides are used to treat potential mold in label,” indicated Garnett. “Regardless of contain a chemical to “preserve the paint log structures when they are being where the home is being shipped to, the from mold” not the “log from mold,” and shipped. application of a pesticide on the logs must the consumer is under the impression it is “The problem we are seeing is products conform to the laws in the country where one in the same. are not being used in the manner in which the product is applied,” said Herbison. She With the PMRA planning a review of they were designed for,” said Yvonne added that there may be “occupational such products in the next few years, offi- Herbison, Regional Pesticides Officer of the issues” and users should wear proper pro- cials from the PMRA office have indicated PMRA. Herbison and co-worker Susan tective gear ie. Gloves and respirators as that it is imperative that the log home Garnett also a Regional Pesticides Officer specified on the label. “There may also be industry looks at it’s specific needs. for the PMRA have been working on a environmental issues with rain washing off “Builders are using everything from pool

Number 43 LogBuildingNews 11 Did you know? Mold from page 11 shock to a wide variety of off the shelf products at local hard- ware stores, with mixed results,” said Garnett. Many of the products were initially designed for use in mills, with dip tanks and spray boxes, and therefore the instructions do not provide proper information for application by log home builders, anoth- er issue that officials are reviewing. The ILBA will now forward this information onto the ILBA Research and Development committee, and in turn network with pertinent agencies to see how we can assist with this The logging industry employs approximately important issue for our industry. .25 person(s) per 1000m3 of wood harvested.

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14 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 News from the Log Builders’ Association of New Zealand he uses to cut log truss components. It We recently received this correspondence from our associates in New Zealand. Please note looked like a very quick and efficient way Justin and Adie are leaving their positions with LBANZ. We at the ILBA wish them well and of cutting a truss member. Something thank them for their efforts in networking our associations together over the years. A that everyone will probably try when warm welcome to the incoming secretaries, Craig and Belinda Boslem, we at the ILBA look they go home. forward to updates from the log building world in New Zealand. (Note: you’ll find the The planned roundtable discussion at new contact info in the membership directory listed on our website at www.logassocia- Jerry’s yard retreated to the lake shore tion.org) shade to escape the sun. Discussions Dear Cathy and staff, ranged from direction for the GLLCA to We would like to offer you our appreciation for your kind donation of ILBA merchan- preferences on truss design. dise for our auction at our biennial conference. The auction was a real success and of Jerry was able to give our group a tour course would not have been the case without the generous offers of donations from of one of his homes recently completed. people like yourselves. It was a beautiful home showing us many The whole weekend we believe was a success with many interesting speakers address- of Jerry’s techniques and skill. Everyone ing our 70 conference attendees on the Saturday and some interesting houses visited left with something to think about. on the Saturday and Sunday. There is also the social side of all weekends like ours where Then came the fun part—the rousing many stories are swapped, new friends made and old friendships rekindled. GLLCA fundraiser auction. Thanks to the We also set up an open home at one of our members log homes on the outskirts of many generous donations our auction Hanmer and this was well attended by the public. was very successful. The GLLCA wants to Thanks again we really appreciate the support and association that we have with the thank all the vendors that donated their ILBA . products and the bidders who purchased Kind regards, them. Without all of them, the GLLCA Justin & Adie Long would not be where it is today. Secretaries (outgoing), LBANZ Get Results

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Number 43 LogBuildingNews 15 Group Insurance Needs by Cathy Hansen

With the ILBA insurance office researching group insurance pro- grams for quite sometime now, we’ve discovered it to be quite a task. Within Canada, programs from province to province can change a little, however, state to state laws in the U.S.A. change substantially and, therefore, so do all the policies and proce- dures associated with group insurance. We have looked into finding a company that would look at the ILBA as an entire group and therefore provide us with a bet- ter rate plan we could pass on to you the members, however, to date that hasn’t happened. We will continue to pursue this and perhaps as the ILBA membership grows we may …your employees will be make some head- able to maintain a healthier way here. Finding a carrier for a small lifestyle and afford proper company, with care for themselves and three employees family when needed such as the ILBA was a challenge as well, and so we looked at insuring through other associations. What we discovered was the rates were higher then going inde- pendently, although they were advertised as great deals, so

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16 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 make sure to do comparison shopping when you take on this challenge. ª What we did find was an independent agent who was ready to STAVEBOLT work for us, provide a better rate for our small office, and join the The hidden tension connector with defined ILBA as a company member. Ron Neufeld has been in the insur- performance values for log & timber framing. ance business since 1988 in BC, he specializes in group insurance and can provide quotes across Canada for our members. What he cannot do is provide group insurance in the US because of licensing laws, however, he has been researching to see if he can find a lead on the US side who can work with us and you the ILBA member. Why bother with insurance for your employees? “It’ll help retain key employees because they are receiving a benefit,” says Neufeld, ”as well your employees will be able to maintain a healthier lifestyle and afford proper care for themselves and fami- ly when needed.” What is the cost? “Cost varies depending on requirements and Manufactured in Canada by: size of corporation, and will change as the company grows,” explained Neufeld. Building With Logs, Limited What kinds of coverage are there? “There is the basic package, Box 132 • Midhurst, Ontario • L0L 1X0 with optional benefits, it just depends on the individuals needs,” Tel: 705-721-1911 • Fax 705-721-4798 says Neufeld, “each company’s employee needs differ.” Dental Web site: www.stavebolt.com coverage can be minor, major and sometimes even cover ortho- U.S. distributor: dontics depending on the company size. Life Insurance is typical- Schroeder Log Home Supply, Inc. ly included with the basic package, and can be upgraded. 800-359-4803 or www.loghelp.com Therapy assistance such as massage, chiropractor, and orthotics are also usually included. Prescription drugs is part of the extend- ed health and “can save families a lot depending on their health issues,” emphasized Neufeld. Spousal life insurance and long term disability plans are also up for discussion when organizing your company’s needs, the details and explanation of which is made easy with Neufeld’s assistance. If ILBA member’s have any tips to share on insurance contacts and packages we welcome you to contact myself at the office. Should you have any questions with regards to group insurance, we recommend you contact Ron Neufeld directly, as he is the insurance expert. You can reach Neufeld at this home office at 250-547-6376 or email him at [email protected]

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Number 43 LogBuildingNews 17 Standards and Finishing Techniques Photos submitted by Jean Steinbrecher, AIA

ILBA members are such a great group because they are constantly sharing and working on the superior techniques. The following are just a few of the photos submitted to the ILBA Office by our member Jean Steinbrecher of Jean Steinbrecher Architects. Thanks Jean!

< This is an example of foam wrapped around the treads and the protection boards for treads and risers. It also depicts compaction framing below.

LEFT Plumbing and electrical details. RIGHT Compression detail for plumbing.

18 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 to perhaps half an hour a day News from the Office maximum. “What I really like It’s been another busy season for ILBA staff! We out grew our about log building is the size 8 X 20 office and moved downtown Lumby at the beginning of of your tool box,” says Boris, June, to a space where we actually can’t reach out and touch “you do not need a lot.” It was one another. We welcome all of you to stop in if you happen to wonderful to see this incredible be in town, you’ll find us at 2010 Norris St., 2nd Floor, right couple. So many log builders beside the ice cream shop and upstairs from the Village dentist. learned the trade years ago so The building is a machined log building and brick and offers us they could build their own some much needed working space. home, however, that passion We also have the gears in motion for our 2nd Fall Rendez-vous turned into a livelihood to help and look forward to another weekend full of fun, campfires and others realize their dreams, but learning for all! Early registration is recommended and our phone alas not necessarily their own. lines are open to ideas for what you’d like to see there as well as Boris you are an inspiration at our Spring 2004 conference. Have you been to any seminars to many, we look forward to lately that just dazzled you? If so let us know, and perhaps we can seeing the finished home in a get that presenter on board for one of the upcoming ILBA events. future LBN. We’ve been looking for the perfect spot for the Spring 2004 conference, and at printing time know it will be in BC, in either the Okanagan Valley or on Vancouver Island. We are just working TOP Log structure designed out the final negotiations with potential resorts and will update by Cyril Courtois of RCM you with location details on our website and in the next news- CAD Design, built by letter. Comfort Log Homes on On our travels we stopped in to visit various members which Vancouver Island. was great fun! On Vancouver Island we bumped into a building LEFT Boris and Aigul Kukolj's designed by ILBA Member Cyril Courtois of RCM CAD Design new home on Lasqueti and built by soon to be members from Comfort Log Homes. Island—a dream fulfilled! While there Isham from CBR Products drove up (another ILBA member), great to see so many members wher- ever we go! A quick trip over to Lasqueti Island found us on a building site of ILBA member Boris Kukolj who came to Canada after taking a log building course in France from ILBA member Thierry Houdart. Boris and Isham of CBR Products his wife Aigul had a dream to build a log home from scratch without the assistance of a gas chainsaw or crane. They’ve been home- steading on the island for a few years now and we were delight- ed to see their dream fulfilled. “I peeled every log,” says Aigul proudly and Boris completed the scribing and notch- ing with an axe, an occasionally an electric chainsaw, and scorp. Using an electric chain- on an island with no power was also a challenge Aigul and Boris enjoying homesteading and limited his use on the island.

Number 43 LogBuildingNews 19 Insurance Questions Answered Log Home

As part the ILBA mandate to educate members and the public, Robèrt Savignac, ILBA Insurance Executive Director, recently attended a conference for insurance agents in Cambridge, By Robèrt Savignac Ontario. The feedback was great and we thought we’d share with you, our members, just one of the many initiatives the ILBA office staff is undertaking. We have been lis- In a recent presenta- tening to your concerns regarding insurance needs for our industry, and are working tion to an insurance hard to provide information to the insurance industry about log buildings. association, it came as Here is the letter we received after Savignac’s presentation: no surprise that their As someone who books speakers on a regular basis, and then has to listen to them general understanding as well, I can tell you that there are far too many poor to average speakers who rep- of log homes is shoul- resent companies and associations. It’s not all bad though. Sometimes there are also dered with the insur- some good speakers, rarely though do you find an excellent speaker. Robèrt ance industry’s pre- Savignac falls into the category of an excellent speaker. His preparation was meticu- Robèrt Savignac conceived notions of lous, and the speech/training session that he gave to the members of our associa- the combustibility and tion was very well done and very informative. He dealt with the questions in a pre- high risk potential of living in a log home. cise manner and didn't back away from any tough questions as well. He was also While wood certainly does burn, the ILBA quick enough on his feet to fill in when our second speaker failed to show for has no shortage of specific research and almost one hour. You should be proud to have such an excellent speaker represent- data relating to the fire resistance and ing your association. thermal performance of log homes. Yours truly, This group of insurers and assessors Randy Drysdale BES, FCIP, CRM were able to douse their fears. Examples of Insurance Risk Analyst, Ontario Mutual Insurance Association numerous homes that have ‘burnt’ and were then restored and re-occupied lent to some of the greater advantages to build-

20 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 ing with logs, when compared to the in log homes compared to stick houses. er assessments of handcrafted log homes, insurance fire risk of ‘conventional’ con- All things being equal, it was demonstrat- especially with the wide range of ‘accept- struction using stick and steel compo- ed that homeowners are safer in log able’ building practices. The ILBA would, nents. By illustration a case history was homes compared to the limited ‘life’ of a therefore, encourage all members to dis- presented of a log home of 10-12” diame- burning stick house. According to the tinguish themselves to local insurance ter logs that burnt for 30 hours of flames. National Fire Protection Association, agents and building officials in their area, After the smoke cleared all the log walls “Most building fires are started by heat and spend some time expounding on the were still intact and in place. The logs sources and ignitable materials that are attributes of your building systems, and were sandblasted, re-coated to remove brought into the building, not built into the credibility of our Log Building the lingering smell of smoke, and the it”. In fact, the layer of char that develops Standards. The use of research data avail- building re-built anew. (Please contact on a log surface during its burn helps to able through the ILBA office will certainly the office for a reprint of this news article protect the wood and maintain its dispel the ‘burnt’ image of our industry, as published in the Ottawa Citizen, strength and structural integrity. and with proper information, there will be October 4, 1992.) Currently there is only one reference greater acceptance and understanding of Log home insurance premiums are high document for insurers to establish the the dynamics of our trade and practices. not necessarily due to the logs themselves, ‘value’ of a log home. The ‘Log Home The ILBA will continue to seek presenta- but more so due to their locations (distant Appraisal Training Guide’, published by tions with those whose decisions will from fire suppression services) and several Marshall and Swift with the assistance of impact your clients and yourselves as other factors, including occupancy profile, The Log Homes Council and its members, builders. Call the office for presentation where log home owners are more prone gives only a very general view of log suggestions in your area! to burning wood as either a primary or homes, and is mostly focussed on the secondary heat source or simply for enter- evaluation of manufactured or machined tainment in a fireplace. There is a higher milled log homes. There is in fact very lit- occurrence of wood stoves and fireplaces tle information available for full and prop-

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26 LogBuildingNews May/June 2003 How to get Log Building News Advertising FOR MORE INFORMATION Log Building News is mailed to all ILBA Log Building News welcomes advertisers. members. Articles, photos and letters are Please contact the ILBA office for deadlines. Cathy Hansen, Executive Director welcomed. Contact the ILBA office for the Advertisers can send completed ads as: [email protected] LBN 44 deadline. • Press optimized PDF format with fonts Robèrt Savignac, Executive Director If you submit articles in Microsoft Word® embedded [email protected] on CD or by email, send them directly to • QuarkXpress format (Mac preferred, but Ann Miks, Administrative Assistant the ILBA office. PC is acceptable) with screen and printer [email protected] fonts, images, and graphics included. Back issues of Log Building News are avail- • PhotoShop (6.1 or below) or Illustrator International Log Builders’ Association able from the Association office. (9.0 and below) EPS files P.O. Box 775 Call 800-532-2900 to order. • 300 dpi greyscale TIFs Lumby, British Columbia V0E 2G0 Canada Copyright notice All greyscale images should be scanned at Log Building News is copyrighted in 800-532-2900 toll-free 266 or higher and be in JPG or TIF format. Canada and the United States. Express 250-547-8776 phone written permission is required from the Black and white line art should be sent in 250-547-8775 fax ILBA and, in some cases, from the author, TIF format scanned at 1200 dpi or as origi- www.logassociation.org before any article or photo can be photo- nal art for scanning. copied, distributed or republished. Contact Submissions can be made on Zip disk, the ILBA office for details. CD-ROM, floppy disk or via email. Compressed .sit, .zip or .sea files are 2003 ILBA officers Disclaimer President Directors The views and information expressed in acceptable. Dave Gardner Ph: 250-547-2400 Dr. Edwin Burke, PH. D articles and ads appearing in Log Building Editorial submissions can be made in Fax: 250-547-8888 Ph: 406-251-6189 [email protected] News are those of the authors of those arti- MicroSoft Word, Works, Simpletext, PDF, [email protected] cles and ads. The International Log or QuarkXpress formats and can be sent as Vice-President Katharina Koelbel Builders’ Association assumes no responsi- Dalibor Houdek, PH.D. Ph: 011499791501339 above. Ph: 780-413-9031 [email protected] bility for the accuracy of the information Fax: 780-413-9032 Contact the ILBA for other digital file infor- contained herein and does not edit or [email protected] Elaine Nosaka mation by email at Ph: 703-227-5275 investigate any article or ad for that pur- Treasurer [email protected] [email protected] pose. Jeffrey J. Patterson Ph: 208-676-0422 Kurt Overholt Log Building News is a great way to con- Fax: 208-676-9129 Log Building Standards Ph: 406-821-4602 tact the best log home builders. The ILBA [email protected] [email protected] The ILBA Log Building Standards, the is the largest group of builders of hand- Clerk “building code for handcrafted, scribe-fit Mark Fritch Ryan McBride crafted log homes in the world — our Ph: 970-390-1836 log homes” are available online at the ILBA Ph: 503-668-7130 members made well over $250 million of Fax: 503-668-3285 mtnstatescustomlogworks@ Web site, www.logassociation.org and can msn.com logwork last year. [email protected] be downloaded to your computer at no charge as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. Please contact the office at 800-532-2900 for an advertising specification sheet and Joining the ILBA ad rates. Membership in the International Log Builders’ Association is open to any interested person. Members get one year of Log Building News, IN OUR NEXT ISSUE membership certificate, voting privileges, dis- counted conference registration, a listing in the Annual Directory, a copy of the Association Constitution and Bylaws, use of computerized help wanted and work wanted ads, and all ILBA mailings and notices. Company memberships have additional benefits. Company members can Coming up in the July/August issue of Log Building News— consider becoming Certified & Pledged Builders. The ILBA accepts Visa or MasterCard. a more detailed TechTalk, plus information on the location of For more information on dues and member benefits, please call the ILBA office at our 31st AGM/2004 Spring Conference...and much more! 800-532-2900.

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