So we got to the job site Monday morning to clean up and get the orders to do window & corner trim. So back to the mill for some trim boards and off to work we go again.
Gotta admit it looks better with a little trim.
Now that we’re really done… I hope… It’s off to moose hunting camp.
#aklife #arewedoneyet #didyouseethatmoose
Friday was our ninth day and, except for cleanup and hauling off the tool trailer, we’re finished. Insulated, vapor barrier, accoustical sealant, and installed door and lock set. Short day and now we’re off to the cabin.
The forecast for this week wasn’t good, rain moving in. Yesterday I said let’s pray for rain to hold off tomorrow so we can get this roof done. It didn’t rain today.
#littlethings #answeredprayers #almostdone #day8
Days.
Today we made 6,731 trips up the ladder to install all the purloins and fascia. Metal goes on tomorrow if the rain holds off.
I lost track.
Anyway, we sheeted both gable ends with siding. Put the lookouts back up. Capped the front ones, will do the back and sides tomorrow. I finished nailing off the last few pieces of bird blocking too.
Then we start the roof metal. Oh the joy!
#akcabin #arewedoneyet #buildingisfun #day6
We finished framing the last wall and had the trusses delivered at noon.
Dean and Sheldon finished hanging all the siding while I went to pick up our windows. Got those installed. Then we started standing trusses.
We got 6 of them in place, 7 more to go on Friday then it’s roof metal time!
Kitchen side window.
Bedroom egress window.
Starting to look like a cabin now!
Tomorrow is a school field trip so we’ll be doing other things, be back on Friday for more building fun.
#aklife
#cabinlife
Today we started standing walls. Got 3 done. Tomorrow will be finishing framing and sheeting then trusses will be delivered at noon.
Let me just brag a little on the beautiful weather we’ve had the last two days. So nice. Alaska tan coming my way, right before the rain. ☔
#buildalaska
#cabinlife
Started the day off with getting our electric service hooked up. Dean worked on sizing joists while I set up our rain shelter and hooked up our temp power outlets.
The mill broke down so Sheldon showed up on the job site to give us a hand. We sailed through setting the floor system and in no time the sheeting was down and BAM!
Tomorrow is walls! Woohoo!
#shebuildsit
#cabin
No rest for the weary. Finished one cabin yesterday and rolled into the new job site this morning. This is a 12′ x 24′ cabin, dry in only. (No interior or finish work!!)
We spent half a day gathering supplies. The rest of the day we set our paver/pier foundation & brackets.
Then we sized our rough sawn beams and set them into place. Leveled and squared them and cut our rim joist and laid out our joist placement.
Time flies when you’re having fun. Time to clean up and stow our tools. Monday we will knock out the floor joists and blocking. Hopefully getting some sheeting down for the floor too.
Finished!! The building that is. There’s still plenty of clean up to be done this weekend. On to another waiting project.
#alaskabuilt
#cabinlife
#lakelife
#whitespruce
Alaska on my mind... 