Feb 7

 

Work continues on the house. Almost finished framing what I can before the log ridge and rafters go up.

 

 

 

Casey and I got started fitting the rafters to the ridge yesterday. It is much easier to do this on the ground than in the air.

 

The ridge log was marked with plumb lines at each end. Then, I marked the 8/12 pitch roof line on the log end. We rolled the log over until the 8/12 line was level and fixed the log to stay in that position. Next we position a rafter over the ridge and level it. Using a compass, we scribe lines on the rafter and then carve out the "cope" with a chainsaw. There is a stringline set where the tips of the rafter ends meet above the ridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later we will roll the ridge the other way to fit the back rafters.

 

I put two temporary rafters up on the house to make sure my measurements were all correct. The house is taking shape now. The building inspectors seem to approve..

Progress

 

 

Terry and I had some nice weather during her visit. We also had some snow.

 

 

Have been making some good progress on the house...

 

Snow slows things down sometimes..

 

I bought a toy quadcopter and mounted a little camera on it. It's fun to get some aerial pictures of the house.

New house

I had planned on starting a house in the spring however we had a warm week early in December and I was able to get a contractor to come in and build the foundation.

 

Here is the plan. For now we are going to build the main part of the house (the big part on the left) and we can do the addition later.

 

 

1st floor:

There is a window seat/bench under the large window that will contain a TV lift cabinet. The TV would recess down into it when not in use.  (There will have to be a hole in the floor underneath to allow it to go down.) The bench will be large enough to serve as an extra bed too.

 

loft (still needs a little editing):

 

 

 

 

The cold and snow returned as they were pouring the concrete. I rented concrete blankets to protect it while it cured.

Meanwhile, I got to work on the log rafters. The house will be framed conventionally but the ridge and rafters will be log. I milled one side flat and built a jig to make the end cuts.

Dec. 18, 2015 got started on framing the floor system. It was snowy all weekend with temps right around 32. Oreo toughed it out with me but Shadow stayed in the warm cabin all day each day.

 

Shadow got out on Sunday to inspect the progress.

 

 

 

Terry is coming in for Christmas on Thursday!

 

Merry Christmas everyone!