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Today was an exciting day, indeed... our first load of logs was delivered. These logs will make the outside walls of our first floor. Two more deliveries will bring the second floor logs and window jams and roof trusses. Oh if only we could control the weather. By late morning, it started to snow. No work will be done until the weather clears. And to think that every other year I wished for a white Christmas!!
Not this year.... ok... we can have a white Christmas; as long as it melts right afterwards!
It is amazing to me that one man can deliver an enormous load of logs by himself. That crane was amazing! It lifted several pallets of logs with no effort at all and placed them right on the subfloor of the house. From here they will be placed around the outside to form our outside walls.... yes, just like Lincoln Logs!
- Clear Skies
Clear skies make for great construction days. Today was a big day...our contractor hired a crane to lift the main beams into place. Very soon we will start to see the logs of the second floor go up. This is a 10 by 10 solid pine post that helps to hold...
- Sunny Days
Cold, sunny days are great for construction. If we could just hold the precipitation off until the end of January, the shell of our log home would be complete and under roof.This week the logs for the first floor are finished. On Friday, after New Years...
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Two days of clear weather, and more logs have gone up. The first floor is not quite complete...but getting a little further along each day. Eventually the inside and the outside of the logs will be stained a bit darker. A view of the front of the...
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Yesterday was quite a productive day on the construction site. The cement truck finally arrived and poured our basement concrete....which remains tucked safely under a warm blanket. Log placement began and you can see our back wall starting to take shape....
- The World's Largest Raincoat
That is what our house is wearing right now. Construction has been slow due to inclement weather.....lots of rain. The subfloor for the first floor is finished and covered with the world's largest tarp. They have been unable to pour the basement concrete...and...
Animals
First Log Delivery
Today was an exciting day, indeed... our first load of logs was delivered. These logs will make the outside walls of our first floor. Two more deliveries will bring the second floor logs and window jams and roof trusses. Oh if only we could control the weather. By late morning, it started to snow. No work will be done until the weather clears. And to think that every other year I wished for a white Christmas!!Not this year.... ok... we can have a white Christmas; as long as it melts right afterwards!
It is amazing to me that one man can deliver an enormous load of logs by himself. That crane was amazing! It lifted several pallets of logs with no effort at all and placed them right on the subfloor of the house. From here they will be placed around the outside to form our outside walls.... yes, just like Lincoln Logs!- Clear Skies
Clear skies make for great construction days. Today was a big day...our contractor hired a crane to lift the main beams into place. Very soon we will start to see the logs of the second floor go up. This is a 10 by 10 solid pine post that helps to hold...
- Sunny Days
Cold, sunny days are great for construction. If we could just hold the precipitation off until the end of January, the shell of our log home would be complete and under roof.This week the logs for the first floor are finished. On Friday, after New Years...
-
Two days of clear weather, and more logs have gone up. The first floor is not quite complete...but getting a little further along each day. Eventually the inside and the outside of the logs will be stained a bit darker. A view of the front of the...
-
Yesterday was quite a productive day on the construction site. The cement truck finally arrived and poured our basement concrete....which remains tucked safely under a warm blanket. Log placement began and you can see our back wall starting to take shape....
- The World's Largest Raincoat
That is what our house is wearing right now. Construction has been slow due to inclement weather.....lots of rain. The subfloor for the first floor is finished and covered with the world's largest tarp. They have been unable to pour the basement concrete...and...