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Robinsonm
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2019 22:25
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I'm gathering my logs, and and wondering if anyone has ever did 6x6 square timbers on a hunters cabin?
Will 6x6 be enough? Or should I get 8x8 milled instead?

ICC
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2019 23:56
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Isn't it in part a question of how thick you want the walls? Thicker = more thermal mass and a cabin that will stay warmer with less wood (or whatever) burned to be warm, once it heats up.

You did call it a hunters cabin. Occasional use, not full time? My experience with log cabins that are used only once in a while in cold weather is that they take days to heat up and by that time I was ready to leave.

Robinsonm
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2019 00:11
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It will be getting used a lot between the cousin's
I have spent 33 days straight in an outfitter tent. Same place. Same group.
Is 6x6 adaquate? Or just go 8x8 before we start milling?

Brettny
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2019 07:11 - Edited by: Brettny
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Theres prob a calculator for that.

Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2019 08:11
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6” should be good. We have 6” , 3 sided logs. Warms up real nice. And we use it more in the winter than in summer. And it gets warm fast. And stays warm. In Ak.

bc thunder
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2019 08:58
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6x6 is perfect.

bc thunder
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2019 09:03
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Mine heats up in less than an hour and stays almost too hot, but it does get cold quickly without a fire burning.......
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