Almost there!

We got the beam up on the other side and all of the purlins set. Now we have

two thirds of them ready for decking.

Okay, Cameron and Josh said that since I showed the hole in the floor that the beam made when it got dropped, I had to show my mistake! One of my jobs on Friday and Saturday was to put the half logs in between the purlins. They are set on an angle so that when the decking is nailed to the top of the purlin there is not a gap. It was rather difficult to keep the log in place as it has to kind of sit on an angle towards the back of the log below and flush with the purlin. There is glue there too making it a little slippery. Then it has to be screwed down. This particular log had given me fits for quite a while. First it was too long and had to be cut off, then it was too tall and Randy had to cut some more off the top so it would'nt stick up too high. Finally it fit in place, but kept sliding down. Finally I got one screw in the right place and thought I had the other two in good until Saturday morning when Josh and Cameron noticed my two screws that didn't make the correct angle into the log below! I'll be correcting that this Saturday!

Lael and Dave came to check on the progress of the cabin.

Getting the beam into place for the rest of the purlins on the southwest side.

Slowly, but surely!

Each day bring us one step closer to the roof. And each day of warmer than normal weather is a great help too! Friday when Randy and I went up, the southwest side looked like this.

We wanted to finish the triangle so that when the crew came up on Saturday we could get the this side's roof purlins up and in place.

We accomplished our goal!

The septic tank got delivered and is in the process of being hooked up. It should get burried sometime this week.

Lots to catch up on

So much has happened at the cabin in the past few days. It might take a couple of posting to get you up to speed.

Thursday Kody and Randy went up and unloaded the last truck full of logs. Hopefully this will be enough to finish since this is a figure out what exactly we need as we go project! They were able to work on some more of the walls upstairs in the bedrooms.The excavator was there digging the holes for the septic tank and drain field. This is a great time to get these in so we won't have to fight the wetness of spring. If next spring is as wet as this past winter/spring, we may not have been able to get the septic tank in until July!

Septic Tank Hole

Drain Field

The plan is to have the septic tank delivered on Monday the 2oth, Inspected on Tuesday and then burried on Wednesday. The best news about this is that first thing next spring we can hook up a real toilet in the cabin and not have the "Honey Bucket" on the property!! I'd insist on one next week, but I don't want the freezing issues to deal with this winter.

Friday Justin, Randy and I went up and continued working on the bedroom walls upstairs. We had a great assembly line going - once we could keep the chain saws running!

Friday Morning's wall height


Friday afternoon's wall height. It made it this tall in the back also. which you can't see.

Randy Josh and Cameron headed up early Saturday morning. I stayed to get the store open and a few thing done (like shop for food for lunch!) Jen and Jane and I drove up to fix lunch and see what we could do to help. As we were coming down the road and could start to see the cabin through the now leaf-less trees this was the sight we saw!

The beam was in place to start the purlins for the roof on the one side! It was awesome to drive up and see that sight!!It was quite the process to get the purlins in place. There was only one mishap, and that happened before the crowd got there to watch. The main beam got out of balance on the forklift and fell from the top and went through the tongue and groove floor of the second level and crashed through the floor of the main level to the basement! It was a good thing we weren't there preparing lunch yet!

The hole in the tongue and groove, covered up with a peace of plywood on top.

There is a lot to show about getting ths purlins up so I'm going to show you it in a slide presentation.

We appreciate Jared, Mickey and Cooper coming up to help on Saturday. Even Lofi got into the action! It was a great day to get much accomplished. Maybe winterizing at least the two sides isn't so far away afterall! Keep your fingers crossed for good weekend weather.

Good Weather

Randy and I went up on Monday the 6th to see if we could make up some of the work we didn't get done over the rainy weekend. We found out that the forklift will reach the beams going across the upstairs bedrooms. That will be very very good.

Robert and Lynnette Zeeman came up to check on the project. They helped up put in some screws and lifted logs. Thanks for the help Zeeman's!

Cameron got done early from work and came up too. We got a lot done that day. This is the full log going across the doorway and into the king post for the bedrooms and bathrooms on the kitchen side.

Randy and I left for the buying market in Indinapolis. Justin and Cameron went up on Friday and got one of the triangles done on the side so it is ready for the beam and purlins. Kody also made it up to help in the afternoon. It was killing Randy and Josh to know that those guys were there working and they weren't. Justin sent me a picture on my phone, but I can't figure out how to get it to the memory card. I'm still working on it though. The weather is supposed to be good this weekend, so you know where you will find us!

Rain, Rain Go Away!!

We were hoping to get a lot of logs stacked this weekend, but the weather did not cooperate.

Instead we worked where we could stay dry.

Cameron started the stairway up to the next level.

Josh trimmed all the logs going through the windows and doors on the main level

We got some scaffolding so that we can continue up in the great room.

And, Jen and RaNel began the long process of chinking.

Anyone willing to squeeze a caulking gun is welcome to join in!

Zac and Isaac holding down the board being cut.

It was good to get some of these things done, but discouraging not to get any higher with the second level logs. Oh well, maybe next week!