FREE LABOR
WHEN BUILDING A LOG HOME
GRADUATES OF SKIP'S SEMINAR OFTEN VOLUNTEER TO PROVIDE "FREE LABOR" TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING LOG HOMES.
THE FREE LABOR IS REMINISCENT OF THE "HOUSE RAISING" AND "BARN RAISING" PARTIES THAT WERE ONCE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE.
People generally volunteer their free labor for the following reasons:
1. After graduating from the seminar, many people want to start working on a log home immediately BECAUSE IT'S FUN.
2. Graduates are eager to try out their newly acquired knowledge.
2. Many graduates do not yet have property of their own to build on.
3. Many people attend the seminar when they are still quite young (students in high-school, college, etc. ?) and it is understood that they might not have property of their own for several years (?).
4. We hear that many people get their homes built without ever touching a tool.
5. We also hear that people in wheel chairs have attended Skip's class – and they have ended up with beautiful log homes that were built with volunteer labor.
IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!
THERE ARE USUALLY MORE VOLUNTEERS (willing to provide free labor) THAN THERE ARE LOG HOMES FOR THEM TO WORK ON.
ELSEWHERE IN THIS WEBSITE, THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF "FREE LABOR." WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHECK IT OUT.