As many of you know, I brought family and
friends out to help me build our Cabin. It was a labor of love to say
the least. Here are a few pictures that I found:
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This may not look like much but this old log
road from when the owner almost 100 years ago used to cut and drag logs
down to their primary home in Frederick proved be the reason why I was
able to build my driveway through Cunningham Falls State Park for me and
my guests to use. But that's another story. |
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This was taken in the early stages
when I was digging out the basement. |
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This is the pond on lower part
of land where I cooled off after digging all day. |
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Here's the 2 most important pieces of equipment.
My backhoe and my Transvan Camper where I stayed before there was any
structure to stay in. |
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Foundation going up. Thanks Rick.
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Rick mixing up cement for basement walls.
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Foundation complete. Ready for first floor
deck.
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Moving the stone with my trusty
backhoe. I bought the backhoe brand new in 1978. It earned it's keep over
and over through the years. I used it to move the trees I cut down to
clear for the Cabin, I spent a week on it digging out the full basement.
I then dug the footings, backfilled, graded and almost all of the heavy
lifting. |
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Foundation Moving along well.
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Ready to put in exterior perimeter water drainage
system.
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Log Rafter arrive. Installing them was poetry
in motion. |
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Well Drilled. It rained the day Maury and
I poured the footing for the Cabin.This concrete deck was the leftover
concrete from the footing pour.Waste Not Want Not.. It didn't rain again
until an hour after we finished sealing in the roof. Pretty Lucky !!
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Ron & Larry happy about something. Just
being able to be building the Cabin was so much fun !!
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Friends and I having just moved
the main log beam into Cabin by rolling on small logs. Just like they
did it in the old days.
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Beginning to lay the floor for
Master bedroom. I'm standing in what is now the Loft right over Kitchen
window with Geof. |
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Amir enjoying the day putting floorboards on
the loft. |
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This was when we were getting
ready to place the log rafters. This required very careful planning and
then more careful execution. My neighbor called up all the other neighbors
and they all came up for the weekend for a roof raising event. We notched
all the rafters before starting. Everybody had a job. First it too 5 guys
to lean the log rafter against the wall and in my backhoe bucket. I then
lifted it in the bucket as high as I could, then I climbed up into the
bucket and lifted the rafter while others guided it with a rope to the
ridge pole in the center of the Cabin. There were 26 rafters. I know because
I had to do this 26 times. Let's call it a Labor of Love.
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Walls are up and fireplace is roughed in.
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Picture from Greatroom up into loft. Starting
to do electrical roughin. I had to take the electrician's license test
to do my own electrical work but I am fully trained.
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This is shot from loft looking
down on Greatroom. |
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This is the peak in Master bedroom
where both dormers and peaks come together. It was a geometric nightmare.
Thanks Ron. |
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Loft Area above Kitchen. |
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Master bedroom dormer roughed
in and windows installed. |
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Me Urethaning the Cabin. It took
about 3 days to prep (tape up windows and other things) and 1 day to urethane
on all three levels from top to bottom.
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Kel doing some carpentry.
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Maur installing first floor.
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Rear of Cabin when framing up, shingles going
on. I was shingling the roof which is a 10/12 pitch (almost 45 degree
angle) for about 2 weeks.
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View
from the driveway side of the Cabin.
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Kitchen moving in right directon.
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Cabin near the end of winter.
Weather cooperated the whole time.
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A little Bench I built and put down by the
stream.
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pictures to return to rest of Cabin pictures and floor plans |
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