Nov 21st and 27th 2009

Well its been a while since my last update, life has been busy and the weather hasn't co-operated lately with getting some work done on the cabin. We did get up there to install the chimney fascia and get some more boards on the outside.

Here is the outside...The flat board is where the porch roof will attach...

Finally found the right fascia for the stove pipe I had...

Pile of Cedar Slab wood...

2x4 pile is getting low!!!

On the gable end we will put the cedar slab wood vertically not horizontally like the rest:

I am hoping to get up there in the next week or so to get the loft sorted out. It would be nice to have that done before the winter hits us. I also have the insulation up there to do, as well as the vapor barrier... Here is hoping!!!!

Nov 9th - 15th 2009

Well in the past week Patty and I have been busy at the cabin. We managed to stay there from Tuesday to Sunday morning. What a feeling to actually sleep and stay in something we built. Here are a few pictures of the progress we made. Patty has been such a huge help, I decided to get her her own tool belt :)

I started to work on putting in the first window. Keep in mind that I cut most of my wood with my chainsaw.

Patty worked on finishing up the floor and putting the floor insulation:

The fireplace was brought up and put in place:

We enclosed the openings temp, so we could stay:

Patty shimming up the door:

Picture from the front, with the door installed and the gable end closed in:

Reclaimed metal for the roof, it was on a historic building in our town at one point:

Installing the roof:

We managed to get the siding started:

Picture as we left for home:

Here are some pictures of the inside... We didn't work on the loft, as we concentrated on work outside, but it was cozy and with each day of work the cabin really seemed to stay warmer and warmer...

We really had a lot of fun getting the cabin this far. Hopefully some insulation inside and some more siding will get completed in the next couple of weeks.

Nov 2nd 2009

Just some pictures from the last time we were up there. I know that the tape is to hold the Tyvek type material, but we will not be using any, so I taped the seams for good luck I guess...
Here is a 32x80 steel door that I re-claimed from a metal bin:

We managed to get the one gable end complete:

And the other is not complete yet, as I am still trying to locate a window for it:

Inside picture of the loft:

I have got a lead on some metal roofing for $50 (again reclaimed) and hope to pick that up today. Finishing the floor and the roof are next in my list as well as getting our wood stove installed up there...

Busy busy busy