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omiles
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# Posted: 15 May 2017 09:58pm - Edited by: omiles
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My wife, son and I purchased 18 acres in beautiful Homer, Alaska and will be building starting late next month. We keep going back and forth between a square cabin and a rectangular cabin, 16x16, 16x24. Curious what the most economical size would be? Thinking 16x16 may be a bit to small, would like to keep the square as we want to do a shed/skillion roof. Thanks for any input!
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Salty Craig
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# Posted: 15 May 2017 10:15pm
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In my opinion, it's easier to layout the interior of a retangular shape. Full width in front for living area. Rear can be divided into sleeping quarters and restroom. Of course any shape will work. There's folks who go round.
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david_woods
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# Posted: 16 May 2017 05:39am
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Hi Omiles,
It's probably best to look at example floor plans of log cabins to see if you prefer a square of rectangle. In terms of sizes I would suggest either a Rectangle at 12x32 or a Square cabin at 20 x 20.
Both offer good spaces for a single bedroom, bathroom and then an open kitchen/dining/lounge area.
If you haven't seen log cabin plans, take a look, they have lots of free floorpans and designs you can use and take inspiration from!
Hope this helps!
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Atlincabin
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# Posted: 16 May 2017 10:44pm
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Economy also depends on not wasting money on lumber cutoffs etc. Doing things in 4-foot increments works pretty well to optimize things like plywood and 2x lumber. The minimum amount of lumber used per square foot would be a square; a 14x14 vs 12x16 is only four square feet different, but you will have more cutoff (potentially wasted) material on the 14x14 compared to the 12x16.
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