a little progress update on the cabin

And the roof is done. God bless John who did almost all of the work on the roof. It was a great big job but it all worked out and got done. Here are a couple of pics of us putting the shingles on the back side of the building.

The pitch of the roof was so steep we had straps to keep us from slipping and rolling off the roof.

Work now is being done on the inside of the building and its moving forward. more pictures coming shortly.

The porch roof

Here are pictures of the porch roof going in place the rafters for the porch roof are 4 by 6 and the boys cut a design into the end of each one. It took a bit of time but the effect is definitely worth it.

John looking all happy with his work. Good work John.

Here is a better picture of the porch roof. Tim from Blanco came over to check it out so we snapped a picture of him on the roof too. Hi, there Tim.

Here is what it looks from underneath with the planking. we wanted to do it in planking instead of OSB so that the nails and anchors we use for the roofing material won't come through.

Here is another view. See how the porch roof changes the look of the building giving it quite a bit more character.

Now comes the roof

We had quite a bit of rain this last week because of the hurricane Dolly. but still the work went on. Matthew came over and helped us frame the roof. i was not involved at all, as Leila had the baby last week and that kept me pretty busy. But check out what did get done.

You can see the framing of the porch roof supports in this picture.


Here is John and Phil putting on the OSB for the roof. Note: how steep the roof is.


Soon we will be out of the weather. Hurray

Here are some more pictures to show what has been happening in the last week or two.

The roof, and porch, and inner walls.

Okay now comes the gabled ends of the building. Here they are going into place. John anchored the logs at the apex. It was about 18 ft off the ground and we did not have a ladder tall enough so he just shimmed up the log and anchored it down. Very brave man.

Here is a view from the inside of the building we were going to complete the gabled ends with Logs (Ie fill the holes in the triangle thingy) but we decided to go with siding instead as it was faster and so much simpler. And we could move on to the roof without completing the sides. We have Mat coming to help us put the roof on this week so we wanted to jump to that phase of the building. (remember Matthew from the blanco home who helped us move the studio?)

In preperation for the roof we have to have the porch posts in place. Here we have a pic of Dale craving out the porch beam to accept the posts. The beam and posts are 6 inches by 8 inches. it will have a robust look. At least it should.

framing out the inside of the building checkout how high the center wall is.




Pictures from the other side of the dividing wall

Here is a picture of the slots we had to cut above the door and windows to accept the top trim of the windows as the walls shrink and settle. Oh joy.

God bless John and the boys who did all that.

And the last of the perimeter logs......

This was a momentous day. Why? ‘Cause the last of the perimeter logs went into place. We carved our names and symbols into the last one dropped in place. So in 100 years when this building is a national heritage site and they need to move it they will find all of our names for quick and easy reference.

Here is pic of the view from the top of the wall. It's kind of high from up here.

Dale atop the wall anchoring it down. Note the wires coming up through it.

We put in these really nice large windows cause we got a very good deal on this size window. I think it will work out nicely. Each window will have a nice view and let in plenty of light.

Next comes the gabled ends which we still have not quite figured out how to do yet. Pray we can figure it out/make up our minds how we want to do it. And then comes the roof and then finally we are out of the Texas sun. While it is good vitamin D and all, according to experts you only need 10 minutes of exposure to get your daily dosage, and in Texas, on a hot day that would probably translate into like 30 seconds. Anyway, all that to say we are looking forward to having the roof on and working in the shade. Stay tuned for more pics and progress.

Its happening just as it was foretold.

Here are more pictures of the progress that has been made lately. You can see the smaller bathroom window frames behind Gabe and his large hammer.

Sam laying the pink insulation foam between each log

Check out the corners. They have 12 inch flyaways on them. It really gives it the authentic cabin look..

Sam feeling all powerful atop the wall. This is basically how the corners will look from the inside.

John using the 10 inch chop saw to do some fine cuts.

Over all the progress on the cabin has been great. the wheather has been good and each day we go up a few more courses of logs. Soon will come the gabled wall ends and the roof. Stay tuned

More progress.

Here are a few more pictures to see the next steps. The project is moving along nicely and John is happy with how fast installing the logs has gone. You can see the window bucks going in. Thats kind of like the frame for the windows so that the walls can shrink around the windows. We thought it would be very complex to factor that in, but considering how very "professional" our work crew is we did not run into any difficulty with it.....yet.

We picked up some pink colored foundation foam it comes in a roll and is so much cheaper to put in than adhesive weather stripping. it goes between the window bucks and the logs and helps to seal it all up good. (Cool tip from Jeff the man who sold us the logs)

Sorry no pictures of the guys doing the work. i will include more of those next time. We have had a bit of rain this week and that has set us back a little.

A A picture is worth a thousand words so i will let the pictures do the talking. Enjoy.

Pray for us as we keep moving forward with the project dispite the ever increasing price of gas. (it sort of effects alot of things like the price of materials and transprotation etc.) The Lord has gotten us this far so we are confident He will continue supplying for the project. So send us a prayer when you get a chance. Thank you.