Synopses & Reviews
Have you ever dreamed of living in a handcrafted log home in the heart of nature, far from the incessant buzz of the city? And still have all the modern conveniences, without the cost of running outside power to the home site?
In this inspirational, hands-on guide, the authors, Rex and LaVonne Ewing, take you through every facet of handcrafting your own log home and then bringing it to life with power from the wind and sun. From selecting a site and building a log home, to buying and installing the components of a powerful solar and wind energy system, you will learn how to make your dream a reality...and blaze your own trail to self-sufficiency.
With a minimum of equipment and outside labor, the Ewings built their own log home from the ground up, and installed a renewable energy system that supplies all the electricity they need to live and work comfortably. Drawing on their own experiences, and those of others in the Colorado Rockies, they show you, simply and enjoyably, just how attainable your dream really is.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 298) and index.