Its been a long time since a post as we have been fighting the contractors and weather. The wring is finished as well as the propane hookup. The plumbing should be done in a few weeks. The interior is mostly finished with the exception of the the first floor flooring. Below are some pictures of the stairs and loft.
John Bernardi and I wired the cabin in three days. John did all the electric panel work.
All the internal studding is finished and stairs are in. Pictures of the studding look like a maze but the stairs make a good photo. Seth and I had to use block and tackle to get the stair bolsters in place. They look amazing.
The floor is a lot of hard work from our land. Seth hand planed the boards. Two inches thick and heavy but absolutely beautiful when you look up!
Dan is in the back and 75 years old. Eddie on the left is the crew chief and owns Axe Handle Distillary.
They will be used for 2nd floor carrying beam and rafter ridge pole.
Trucks had a tough time getting into the site, but were finally successful. Three in total. Everything arrived intact. They used $2000+ in diesel fuel costs if you can believe that. Unloaded most of beams including two 36 foot 10x8 carying beam.
The hardest job so far next to digging the cellar hole was installing and burying the conduit for the elecrical service. The cable alone wighed 350 pounds ansdwas all Seth and I could do to drag it in place. We laid the cable and then slid and glued the conduit over it. Glad that this job is behind us.
Just finished 200 feet of ditch for the electric, cable, and serial lines. No obstructing ledge!
Seth and I put a double plated pressure treated sill and carrying beam up this weekend.
The mill houses the the woodmizer, planer, and tractor. Its a 24' by 16' cantilevered design to hold up the roof using 4 10" posts. .
The forms are in for the foundation. So much work to get to this point using a backhoe. We dug the hole twice since we hit ledge at 5 feet. We removed a rock so big, the initial survey documented it thinking it would never move! You can see it in the lower left of the first picture. 9' by 4' by 5'.
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