I thought I’d give you an update of what I’m doing at work. This is the cabin we started the first part of December. There are three of us working on it and we’ve been stacking logs for three weeks now. This past week we finished the 11th course and started the 12th. Only 4 more courses of logs to go and then the trusses will go up.
the front of the cabin, faces south.
This photo shows up to the 9th course. We are up to the tops of the windows now, and will be laying logs over the top of them this week.
front of the cabin including the garage
This cabin has a nice attached garage.
inside of the cabin which will be one of the two bedrooms
This will be a two bedroom, kitchen, bath, living room and laundry/closet, a small starter home.
corner detail
My favorite part of log cabins, the corners. I love the way the log ends overlap and protrude. The signature of a true log home.
spline detail of how logs are joined together
Every place where two logs meet gets a spline to lock them together. We also use big stretch caulking and Timberlock screws to secure each log.
window/door slides
Every window and door gets framed and attached only at the bottom. The sides have slides that allow the logs to shrink and settle without binding the frame. The tops of the frames get a 2 inch space to allow for the settling/shrinking of the logs.
outlet boxes
Every outlet on the log walls has to be router-ed in and drilled to allow for the wires to be pulled through. There is a lot of drilling involved! And a lot of work involved in general.
This cabin will be finished out with drywall interior walls and be ready to move into when we are finished.
And this sort of thing is an added blessing to the job:
January Sunrise
Alaska on my mind... 