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Finished!

A happy little cabin, nestled in the happy little trees on a happy little lake.

Finished!! The building that is. There’s still plenty of clean up to be done this weekend. On to another waiting project.

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Almost done

We’re almost done with this little log tiny house build.

280′ square feet of interior living space. Equal storage space below. 4′ x 14′ of covered front porch. Full service kitchen and 3/4 bath. The customer will be doing the shower at a later date

So much finish work. The bathroom pocket door trim consists of 12 components! All custom made trim, nothing store bought. It’s all Alaskan white spruce. Local logs milled at SND’s sawmill. You can’t get more “Alaskan Made”.

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Back to Building

We started a new rec cabin this week. It’s been a long break but I’m back.

This is a 14’×20′ on a picturesque lot overlooking Island Lake.

It’s always exciting to start a new project.

Beams and floor joists on techno metal posts.
Subfloor down.
Temp stairs, door framed and first two logs laid.

Hoping to end the week with three courses of logs done. We’ll see how tomorrow goes!

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Log Cabin Building Update

Well we have the cabin roof decked and tar paper on, then we put in windows and insulated around them yesterday. Shingles are going on today. Once we get the gable ends enclosed and doors on we can put HEAT inside and work in comfort! 🙂 There is much sanding to be done. I finished one wall up yesterday, only 6 more to go inside and then the entire outside of the house. Yes, lots of sanding.

Plus I was able to see four moose yesterday from the job site. I love moose. I don’t think I’ll ever grow weary of seeing those large goofy looking critters!

New Project

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January Sunrise