Fathers day the sun came out and I took advantage and laid a few more rows and did some staining. Only 5 more rows to go. It will slow down now because of all the window openings and cuts. I'll have 2 large windows on the gable end I'll make up from a pair of glass sliding doors. It ought to let in alot of winter sun.
Yep......by Tuesday, I ought to be prettyy much at ceiling height. This longer wall without windows is the other gable end that will end up being the house wall later
I thought for sure I'd be at 8' today, but balancing 12' logs over your head just slows things down. Tomorrow...... out comes the 8' step ladder. At some ppint, I'll have to go back down to the mill and saw up some more logs for the gable ends. Looks like I won't have enough in the pile I had stacked from last year
Man....I didn't think this point would ever come. Today was grueling doing that header! Doing these logs alone, climbing a ladder and balancing it on top of that wall is quite a bit of work! Add to the mix, the log was twisted. I guess in drying it took its own shape and was a real bear to get it down, even with those 9" log hogs, and a flat washer but it finally got there, and I called it a day.
One more row, and that tops it at 8' walls. I'll pull off a while to saw up some more wall logs, and dementional lumber I'll need for framing.
The first gable log...............ugh. I though 12 footers were a blast going up a ladder, buit 16 footers are an absolute riot!!!! Needed a long one to straighten out the wall. 24' is a long sweep and a bow was staring. The 16' took it righ out.
The wild rose bush we transplanted in the spring is budding. Kinda nice to see some color, although it takes getting use to...... a spec of white amoung the trees usually means white of a deer
This is why I wanted to build my own, rather than a kit house. I love the natural look of the log rather than a perfecly milled one as in kits. The kits have a full uniformity giving a better insulation value, but where the shop wall will be covered with drywall, and whatever cavities with the round of the log exposed, I'll fill with spray foam and saw flusg with the walls befor the rock goes on. The house will be different as I will use just 2 sided logs as opposed to the 3 sided, leaving the log exposed.
I've got a special place for this one ;-)
