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Crafting Log Homes Solar Style

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Crafting Log Homes Solar Style: An Inspiring Guide to Self-Sufficiency
by Rex & LaVonne Ewing

A down-to-earth guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos plus enlightening stories from log home owners across the country. Follow the authors’ journey of handcrafting an off-the-grid log home in the Colorado Rockies and discover how renewable energy is a perfect match for modern log home living, from small weekend cabins to expansive year-round homes.

The Completely Revised Edition of Logs, Wind and Sun

REVIEWS

"By their very nature, the majority of log home owners are concerned with living a sustainable, responsible lifestyle and leaving the lightest possible footprint on our surroundings and resources. The Ewings seem to have discovered that sweet spot in crafting log homes where self-reliance, comfort and economy coincide, living in harmony with nature without sacrificing any of the modern amenities we all require. Read Crafting Log Homes Solar Style with caution. You may find yourself unable to live without a log home. And you will certainly never regard your energy use the same again. "
— Brian Gabriel, www.log-cabin-connection.com

“A great resource! There aren’t a lot of books that focus on the nuts and bolts of log home construction. Fewer still that focus on the energy efficiency possibilities. Rex and LaVonne’s book tackles them both and does it well. It’s broad enough to give you an accurate perspective on the entire process and detailed enough to serve as a manual during construction. Besides being filled with up-to-date real world advice, it's well-written and filled with personal experiences. This book should be at the top of your list for any log construction project.”
— Jim Cooper, author of Log Homes Made Easy

“This eagerly anticipated edition explains the realities of handcrafting a log home and living off grid. It is loaded with tips so you can avoid common construction pitfalls, and you'll be encouraged by spotlights of a dozen very different log homes using solar and wind power. I highly recommend it!”
— Tracy Johnston, Log Home Store, Inc.

AT-A-GLANCE

Log Home Living, Solar Style

Site Selection
Plans and Permits
Dead Trees and Great Expectations
Tools for Construction
Excavation and Foundation Work
The Floor
Peeling, Lifting and Building with Logs
Gables and Dormers
Roof Framing
Windows, Doors and Wiring
More Settling Issues
Chinking and Finishing
Harvesting Solar and Wind Power
Heating of House and Water
Pumping Water
Finish Work: Making Your House a Home
LaVonne's LogBooks and Log•ically Solar: Homeowner Profiles from Around the Country
Appendix (Costs to Consider, Notes for Off-Grid Homes, Resources, General Bibliography, Recommended Reading)

MEET THE AUTHOR

Rex Ewing’s diverse interests have led him from Colorado to Costa Rica to Alaska, working cattle and horses, mining gold, and formulating equine supplements. He now lives at the end of a bad dirt road in the Colorado Rockies with his wife LaVonne and two dogs. There he writes novels and non-fiction books from his hand-hewn log cabin powered by the sun and wind.

An award-winning graphic designer, LaVonne is the owner of Image Resource, a graphic design firm that specializes in book design, art catalogs, and corporate identities. She is also a managing partner with ArtCantina.com, an educational site for the visual arts.

BOOK SPECS

ISBN 978-0-9773724-4-7
256 pages • 7½ x 9 paperback
illustrated • 2008

We believe words are powerful and that a book in hand is empowering in ways the internet can't be. To really delve into a subject and glean some hard-won wisdom, read a good book.

Educational Materials Also Available

We make it easy for teachers, schools, organizations and other non-profits to buy direct from us: our store lists quantity discounts of books AND we offer a variety of educational materials (door hangers, pocket guides, study guides) to help educate and motivate your students and members.

About Us

Rex and LaVonne Ewing

owners

How we ended up here

In 1999, after publishing a best-selling book on horse nutrition, we relocated our new publishing company several miles off the beaten path to a place of breathtaking views and endless wildlife. But no utilities. And so we began the odyssey of handcrafting a home from a pile of trees and learned how to harness the sun and wind to provide the energy. We then transformed our hard-won knowledge into a couple of popular graphic-packed renewable energy books. Soon afterwards we added more authors to our lineup and expanded our range of topics.

What we publish

PixyJack Press publishes non-fiction titles about nature...the wild and not-so-wild:

• renewable energy and sustainable living

• log home planning and building

• wildfire readiness and recovery

• fire safety at home

• bear smart advice

• simple horse nutrition

• Costa Rica nature and history

All in all, PixyJack Press is rather ‘green’ when it comes to our list of environmental titles and our reliance on renewable energy. Even Publishers Weekly took note of this unique combination in the article, "Green and Off the Grid," by Bridget Kinsella (2009).

But since the real-life adoption of renewable energy transcends petty politics, readers never know that our authors come from both ends of the political spectrum; guilt trips are left at the door.

Our authors

Every good book starts with an articulate, passionate author who effectively puts together thousands of words to inspire and inform.

Renewable Energy: Rex Ewing, Doug Pratt, Gregory McNamee, Donal B. Lloyd

Bears: Linda Masterson, Sylvia Dolson

Costa Rica: Jack Ewing

Fire & Wildfire: Einar Jensen, Linda Masterson

Log Homes: Roland Sweet, Rex Ewing

Horse Nutrition: Rex Ewing

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