Timber frame with log walls?

[monte]

Hello,

I just found this forum and bookmarked it right away. I am a newbie when comes to timber framing terms. But I have been working with wood(mostly fir and cedar). for 13 years. Just enough time to be confident enough to get myself into real trouble .

 I am a chainsaw carver who has worked on everything under the sun. From carvings to furniture to buildings.

Well now it is time to build a house. I have just purchased a mill and am going to start cutting.

But anyways, to the point. I want to build a post and beam house, with soild timbers as the walls like a log house.  The uprights will be 18 by 18 fir timbers(overkill I know but it will be a b&b so I want it to look good) and the walls will be cedar or fir 8 x 8 's.  IT will be two storeys,  with two rooms in thr roof. I got the idea from tne fire hall down the road. It has been their for fiifty years and know one knows a lot about it.

What is the name of this construction type. I have tried numerous searches to find nothing. I need to educate myself on this and I am running into a brick wall. To answer some questions ahead of time. I am using wood because it is more economical for me that standard contructed walls. I have a good suppy of wood.

I look forward to getting to know some of you folks and thanks ahead of time for any answers you may have.

Hey carver!
I'm interested in doing close to the same thing maybee we could help each other out?

[carver45]

Hi Monte,

That is an interresting building. Along the lines of what I am doing. I will ask a few more questions later.
Just munching down on lunch right now.

Chris

[treeboy]

Hi Carver45, I am hoping to do something simular around 100 mile house. So far we have decide to use a log frame and fill in with 2x4 walls. The book I'm reading suggests filling in with logs and has some good info (piece-sur-piece).

The craft of modular post and beam by James Mitchell. I just checked it and several others out from the Surrey libary.

good luck!

Spencer