Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Done for the year....

Winter is here - supposed to get up to 6" of snow today - which means a foot up at the cabin. My Dad and I arranged the remaining 4x10's into a temporary roof - nailed down some plywood and put a tar paper on top of that.

It's been a great first phase and I look forward to getting back to it soon.

The garage - someday!


I have stacked the logs I will be using for the garage so they will dry. It's going to be a while before we get to the garage.....

A view from the top


The top floor of the cabin with traditional stick built - here is the view from our bedroom.

3rd Floor complete!


My lovely wife and I finished the decking on the 3rd floor and my Dad and I built the stairs.

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

3rd floor joists in place....


The joists for the 3rd floor are hung and in place. We are getting there - slowly but surely!

On to the 3rd floor


Once we finished the second floor we hung the joist hangers for the 3rd floor.

Stairs from 1st to 2nd floor

Another view of the second floor


and the top of Jerry's head.

The bookworm returns!


Here's Jerry Jenkins - Uber Worm - coming up the ladder to the second floor. The 2x6 tounge and groove is also complete.

View of second floor from above

Second floor joists are in place


This design has 2 lofts - what you see here is the joists that hold up the first loft (second floor).

Another view of the first floor


It sure looks great.

First floor is in....


After placing the joists we nailed down the 2x6 tounge and groove. Looks great and solid as brick s*@thouse!