my brother is having a log cabin erected in the next few weeks/months... he ordered it from canada, about 9 months ago, and the guy comes over from there and erects it..... this guy has built various log cabins around the country,and my brother has met him on various sites to view his work... if you are near edenderry (co offaly) there are a number of log cabins he built on fairfield golfcourse not far from there... they will gladly show you around, why dont you try to meet up with this guy and watch how he does it (its a skill in itself) maybe you could order the timber and try to put together yourself???...- my brother also travelled to canada to see cabins that he built there.... if you want more details...pc me and i will give contact information to you....