I’ve been putting off insulating the floor as long as possible. No one wants to crawl around under a house pushing itchy insulation up in between floor joists while sitting uncomfortably on gravel rocks. Also, the footprint of this house … Continue reading Floor Insulation Done
I’m looking at my posts, and I haven’t made one for quite a while. Chinking is extremely boring, so that’s why the silence. But, as usual, at the end of doing something new, I’ve improved at doing it, so maybe … Continue reading Final thoughts on exterior chinking
Alternate title: How to save $14,000 when chinking your cabin… Introduction I’m by no means an expert – I’m only building my first cabin. Many folks have built dozens of these. Take this post with a grain of salt – … Continue reading The Chinking Post
I haven’t updated in a few weeks – mostly because there’s not just “one thing” to write about. How about a mishmash post, then? 2nd floor The second floor continues to progress, slowly. The price of lumber isn’t helping. I … Continue reading The way things are going
Whew. That was hard. I’m now officially “under roof”. I knew the roof would be a multi-part series, but it was more long and drawn out than I thought. I am now far behind my goal for finishing the home in 2-3 years. In fact, I thought back in October that I might be able to finish the roof by the end of 2018. We are now halfway through 2019. On the bright side, I’m still within budget, and now that the roof is done, I can take a breather and finish projects I left hanging like installing a motor … Continue reading Roof – Part 4 of 4: Shingles
box frame for insulation almost complete The shingle elevator was made out of wood, and it broke after the week of rain weakened it. So I welded a new one. It works better, but I’m worried about the rails it rides, which are 22 foot long 2×10’s. I’ve made a lot of progress on the roof- the frame is complete, the insulation is completely installed on both sides. I had to stop and measure how much insulation I had left- and use the hot wire foam cutter to cut the 9″ thick pieces down to size – they were too … Continue reading Roof – Part 3: Installing almost everything on the roof
What is a Built Up Roof? This style of roof is also known as a cathedral roof or ceiling. But the simplest answer is a built up roof is a roof where the insulation is on top of what you see from the inside – different from a roof where the insulation is inside and below the roof. A log home can be built with a conventional roof, but nobody wants to walk into a log home and look up to a white dry wall ceiling. Besides, according to a lot of folks who’ve done both styles- the built … Continue reading Roof – Part 2: Insulation and other materials
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