Publications

Publications

Magazine articles featuring Rob Pickett include:

• STRUCTURE Magazine – “ICC Standard on Log Construction”, March 2006, a collaboration with John “Buddy” Showalter, P.E. This article is a summary of the purpose and content of the ICC400 standard.

• Contributing Editor, Wood Design Focus Log Structures, four articles on log structures, Volume 14, No. 1, Forest Products Society, Spring 2004

• Log Home Design Ideas -- 2-part series, "Log Fastening Solutions", February and March 2004 issues. The articles are dedicated to Bill Moffatt who collaborated with Rob to develop the Log Homes Council Log Tech Note on Fasteners. For a copy, contact Log Home Design Ideas at www.lhdi.com.

• Log Homes Illustrated -- Logology Column, (09-07: Paying Your Do's, Summer’s All About Protecting Your Home the Rest of the Year; 07-07: Comfy Cozy, Log Homes are Naturally Energy Efficient; 09-06: Peaking Interest, There’s More to Roofs than Just Topping the Walls; 07-06: Road Map to Success, How to Choose a Path that is Right for You), F+W Publications, Inc., Iola, WI

• Country's Best Log Homes -- Ask the Experts Column, "Maintaining indoor humidity; About log drying"

• Thermal Mass Beyond R-Value - A look at the thermal analysis of log walls. Also published as Thermal Mass Beyond R-value, Rural Builder, March 2001, pg. 51.

• The STC's of Log Buildings - How do log walls perform to sound? Also published as Sound Transmissions in Log Walls, Building Systems Magazine, Builder/Dealer Management Services Inc., Jan/Feb 2002, pg. 49-50.

• AFT Construction - AFT = Anti-Formosan Termite - Some research results in a positive response Also published as Fighting Formosan Termites, Building Systems Magazine, Builder/Dealer Management Services Inc., Sept/Oct 2001, pg. 48,50

Past publications that are no longer in print include:

• Sweet's Selection Data, Vol. 1 of the General Building & Renovation edition of Sweet's Catalog; McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company

• 1989 - SD.6/Fi fire protection

• 1988 - SD.6/He heating/cooling

• 1987 - SD.6/Li electrical lighting

• Log Home Fastening Systems, 1988 LOG HOMES Annual Buyer's Guide

• Log Homes Council Grading Program Training & Operations Manual; Log Homes Council of the National Association of Home Builders, 1984

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