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Posted: May 17, 2019 in 2018, Cabin, Family, Milling Logs

Posted: May 16, 2019 in 2018, Adding Electricity, Cabin, Electricity

Here is our pole down at the bottom or our driveway.
Our guy had to dig a 700′ ditch for the cable.
Here is the hole for the transfer case.
Tim and Red working on the electrical headed to the box.
I got lucky and was able to have the men send my garage electricity as well as the cabin.
Me, mom and Kara

Posted: May 16, 2019 in 2018, Cabin, Railing

You can see the unique twists on these logs!
I used branches for the Douglas Fir trees in my front yard. I cut them off the tree and peeling them to come up with this smooth branch.
I buy logs from Ken with unique twist to them.

Posted: May 16, 2019 in 2018, Balcony, Cabin, Ruby Beach WA

Rachael, Bonnie, Janice, Rob and I
Posing by the WA ocean at Klaloch Beach.
In back is a huge cedar tree.
One of the many deer that live next to our cabin.
There she is!! The roof is complete, but not all of the windows are in and it isn’t completely chinked yet.
All of us eating in Seattle before our Alaskan Cruise.
Emily is popping up in the background.
A sockeye salmon making its way up this small creek.
A train out of Skagway AK up into the gold rush mountains.
Glaciers in the background.
WhooHoo!!
The three girls up on the balcony doing something???
Emily and Liz helping screw in the 2×6 on the loft.

Posted: May 16, 2019 in 2018, Cabin, Chinking Cabin

We use mortar mix with a little bit of glue for our chinking material. We also add just a little bit of dye to color the mix slightly brown.
I have yet to come back and add finish trim to the doors and windows.
Here you can see the Butt n Pass method of log home building we used.
Look at the posts I used for the future deck. I choose logs that were beautiful with the curves and burls.
Sam and Elliot out chinking.
Hannah joins Sam and Elliot chinking.
We just cut this window out. As we were securing logs on the walls with rebar every 3-4 feet…we left spaces open without rebar for the locations of the windows and doors.
Bonnie and Hannah chinking here.
Here Jill mixes the mortar mix to be used in the chinking process.
If you figure out how long you have to chink…the cabin is 34×28 feet…14 logs on the long sides…around 20 logs x28 feet on the gable ends….that is close to 4,000 feet of chinking…almost ONE ENTIRE MILE!!

Posted: May 16, 2019 in 2018, Balcony, Cabin

Photos/Movies to come…

Posted: May 16, 2019 in 2018, Cabin, Stairway
Tags: log cabin, off grid, self build, Stairway

We cut a long log with a mill in half. Then cut a few inches off one side. We then began to add 3′ steps up that long log in order of a set of stairs.
Here we are done with the stairs and making an effort to raise it.
Here I am drilling holes to add the lag bolts to attach the stairs to the other side.
Looks like both sides are lagged and John is working with our metal lift in raising the stairway.
Wow…it was sure heavy…but the metal lift was more than up to the job!
John, Cory and I show off in front of our new set of stairs.
Here John is doing the brain work on the stairs.
John is cutting the stairs to fit.
Elk down below by the road! Pretty darn close for wild Elk!!
Look at all those Bulls!!
The big guy still has his velvet on his antlers. He’ll be a nice four point!
Getting ready to lift the stairway up on to the loft log.
I am sure happy at this point…it’s almost there!
Jack is cutting off the extra log.