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The Log House Project
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NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
The Spyders Get a Home
Today the last garage walls went up. The Spyders will have a home. They also put in the posts for the front porch, and the electricians installed the meter socket and transfer switch for our backup generator. We need the meter socket before the power company will install a pole for the primary and run the secondary electric service to the house.
Here is today's rapid progress video. I'm not sure what I will be able to share once the shell is closed in and complete. It is harder to take meaningful videos inside.
I also took a video of the view out our back door. The deck isn't built yet, but it was nice to sit there and have a snack and do my hand exercises for OT. What you can't see from here is the rest of the woods, the ravine, and the stream that crosses the property. Very peaceful, quiet, and tranquil.
There is a long way to go, but we are looking forward to being here full time someday. If you come to visit, there is still lots of work to do.
BTW, the thumb is coming along well. They extended my OT by a week, and I regressed a little in my testing after I got off the pain meds, but the hand is moving much better. Not quite as much range of motion as the other, and a bit painful at times, but the rate of progress has been amazing. The doctor did a great job!
Today the last garage walls went up. The Spyders will have a home. They also put in the posts for the front porch, and the electricians installed the meter socket and transfer switch for our backup generator. We need the meter socket before the power company will install a pole for the primary and run the secondary electric service to the house.
Here is today's rapid progress video. I'm not sure what I will be able to share once the shell is closed in and complete. It is harder to take meaningful videos inside.
I also took a video of the view out our back door. The deck isn't built yet, but it was nice to sit there and have a snack and do my hand exercises for OT. What you can't see from here is the rest of the woods, the ravine, and the stream that crosses the property. Very peaceful, quiet, and tranquil.
There is a long way to go, but we are looking forward to being here full time someday. If you come to visit, there is still lots of work to do.
BTW, the thumb is coming along well. They extended my OT by a week, and I regressed a little in my testing after I got off the pain meds, but the hand is moving much better. Not quite as much range of motion as the other, and a bit painful at times, but the rate of progress has been amazing. The doctor did a great job!
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
We have no choice but to make rapid progress while we can. Sooner or later the weather will change for the worse. We are hoping to have the roof on by the time the rains hit next week, but that looks a little tight, even with a second crew working. The trusses start to go up Monday, and the roof sheathing immediately following. The rain may delay the shingles, though.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Ready For Trusses - Sorta
It's been a rough couple of days. Jousted with the electrician yesterday. It ended in a draw. He got his way on one item and I got my way on another. At least I got him moving so we could get the electric service installed. I found a supplier wo could provide what his could not. This morning we found the trusses, which were due to be delivered at 9 AM, unceremoniously dropped in the middle of the driveway sometime after we left yesterday. They had to be moved by hand. They got a couple of parts of the order wrong, so we wrestled with that all day. Second round of wrestling Monday.
Progress was still steady today. The carpenters finished the front porch posts and beams, sheathed the garage and wrapped it, moved the trusses, put together the separate halves of the gable trusses and sheathed them, then built the overhang framing for the gable ends. I backfilled a ditch and finished the cable conduit. I rode the Spyder, and did some chasing to the store in the warm sunshine...very welcome after the 40 degree morning ride. Mid-seventies by the time I rode home, about ten degrees above normal. Good therapy after the frustration with the electrician and trusses. Nancy drove out later, after her dentist appointment.
Today's video shows the walls completed, awaiting the trusses Monday...or at least part of them. There are a couple of problems and some will be delayed, while others will have to be discussed, since the plans clearly showed rafters instead of trusses on the back porch. Those two roofs will have to be done the hard way, a few days later at best. Rain in the foecast may stretch it out even more. I hope we can get the place closed in before the weather goes to pot. The house really looks big now, with the garage attached. It sure looked smaller in the model I built!
It's been a rough couple of days. Jousted with the electrician yesterday. It ended in a draw. He got his way on one item and I got my way on another. At least I got him moving so we could get the electric service installed. I found a supplier wo could provide what his could not. This morning we found the trusses, which were due to be delivered at 9 AM, unceremoniously dropped in the middle of the driveway sometime after we left yesterday. They had to be moved by hand. They got a couple of parts of the order wrong, so we wrestled with that all day. Second round of wrestling Monday.
Progress was still steady today. The carpenters finished the front porch posts and beams, sheathed the garage and wrapped it, moved the trusses, put together the separate halves of the gable trusses and sheathed them, then built the overhang framing for the gable ends. I backfilled a ditch and finished the cable conduit. I rode the Spyder, and did some chasing to the store in the warm sunshine...very welcome after the 40 degree morning ride. Mid-seventies by the time I rode home, about ten degrees above normal. Good therapy after the frustration with the electrician and trusses. Nancy drove out later, after her dentist appointment.
Today's video shows the walls completed, awaiting the trusses Monday...or at least part of them. There are a couple of problems and some will be delayed, while others will have to be discussed, since the plans clearly showed rafters instead of trusses on the back porch. Those two roofs will have to be done the hard way, a few days later at best. Rain in the foecast may stretch it out even more. I hope we can get the place closed in before the weather goes to pot. The house really looks big now, with the garage attached. It sure looked smaller in the model I built!
Bob Denman
New member
Those busy bees were working so fast in the prior video; it's obvious that they're not union labor! :roflblack:
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Of course not, they're Amish.
I just wish we could time lapse until March, and move in.
cuznjohn
New member
hey bob
hey bob i resemble that union remark
Of course not, they're Amish.
I just wish we could time lapse until March, and move in.
hey bob i resemble that union remark
Bob Denman
New member
Scotty,
"Patience is a virtue that none of us can wait to acquire..." :shocked:
"Patience is a virtue that none of us can wait to acquire..." :shocked:
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
I will certainly second that motion, not to mention their traditional skills.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Now It Looks Like A House
The place is finally starting to look like a house. The main roof trusses went on today. It is really neat to see it taking shape at this point, much like the plans and model, but full size and in 3-D. If the rain holds off until afternoon tomorrow, we can get the roof sheathing finished (if they didn't finish after I left for OT). Then comes the deck, setting the garage trusses after the replacements arrive (they built the wrong kind of trusses), framing the valleys and sheathing the garage, and framing the screened porch. Then they put on the shingles. I'm not sure what the weather will do to us. Last nights raindrops were frozen on the trusses this morning. Hoping to have the roof complete by early next week.
The place is finally starting to look like a house. The main roof trusses went on today. It is really neat to see it taking shape at this point, much like the plans and model, but full size and in 3-D. If the rain holds off until afternoon tomorrow, we can get the roof sheathing finished (if they didn't finish after I left for OT). Then comes the deck, setting the garage trusses after the replacements arrive (they built the wrong kind of trusses), framing the valleys and sheathing the garage, and framing the screened porch. Then they put on the shingles. I'm not sure what the weather will do to us. Last nights raindrops were frozen on the trusses this morning. Hoping to have the roof complete by early next week.
MarkLawson
RT-S PE#0031
I just finished watching all of the videos in one sitting. I found myself trying to pick you and Nancy out in each. Sometime it was easy and sometime not so easy. Kind of reminded me of 'Where's Waldo'! On the video where they raised the garage wall and then brought it back down, I did notice someone who looked a lot like you standing in front of it, he was inspecting it, and then it came down. Was that you & if so, would the problem have been found if you had not been there? I did a screen shot of that first wall to compare with the modified wall, but couldn't see any difference. What caught your attention that had to be changed?
Really enjoying this Scotty!
Really enjoying this Scotty!
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Unknown as yet. I'm guessing about March.
Yes, that was Scotty. I was holding the wall down to keep it from slipping off the back side of the wall as they raised it. Nancy also helped the second time around. The up and down situation was due to a booboo. The wall was 1 1/2" too tall when first raised. Error in measurements, so it had to come down and be cut off and rebuilt.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Looking Like a Real House Now
Today they got the main roof sheathed. It is really starting to look like a real house. We also dug the holes for the deck posts, moved some materials, and built the basement stairway. Got the electrical inspection, so we are ready for the power company to bring in some power. Met with the plumber, sheathed the walkout wall, and I moved dirt and dealt with some other loose ends. It is coming along!
Today they got the main roof sheathed. It is really starting to look like a real house. We also dug the holes for the deck posts, moved some materials, and built the basement stairway. Got the electrical inspection, so we are ready for the power company to bring in some power. Met with the plumber, sheathed the walkout wall, and I moved dirt and dealt with some other loose ends. It is coming along!
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Progress Despite the Rain
Made a little headway today. They delivered the correct trusses and the deck and roofing materials late yesterday afternoon, so we were ready. It rained last night, but stopped by morning. It was muddy, but workable. The hi-ranger (telescopic lift) had a heck of a time climbing out from behind the house on the slippery clay slope. They managed, after several tries, and got to work lifting the attic trusses onto the garage. They finished that by lunch, but it had begun to drizzle by then. The lake-enhanced rain got a bit stronger, and more persistent, so Nancy and I haeded back a little early for my doctor's appointment. I doubt much more work was done. The roof was slippery, it was too wet to run power tools, and they were starting to cover materials as we left. Tomorrow is another day.
Made a little headway today. They delivered the correct trusses and the deck and roofing materials late yesterday afternoon, so we were ready. It rained last night, but stopped by morning. It was muddy, but workable. The hi-ranger (telescopic lift) had a heck of a time climbing out from behind the house on the slippery clay slope. They managed, after several tries, and got to work lifting the attic trusses onto the garage. They finished that by lunch, but it had begun to drizzle by then. The lake-enhanced rain got a bit stronger, and more persistent, so Nancy and I haeded back a little early for my doctor's appointment. I doubt much more work was done. The roof was slippery, it was too wet to run power tools, and they were starting to cover materials as we left. Tomorrow is another day.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Not when it is cold in West Michigan.
We have set records for lack of sunshine when a cold wind blows across the warmer Lake Michigan.
MarkLawson
RT-S PE#0031
A brilliant electrical engineer friend of mine and his wife designed and had their house built about 20 years ago. He told me that the only major disagreement he and his wife had was that he wanted every room wrapped with a Mylar insulation product, which added a lot to the cost to build. She eventually relented & it was done. (All except the kitchen and bathrooms). He convinced her that, in the long run, it would pay for itself in utilities savings, as he knew how to figure those kind of things. It did. Between the extra insulation and high efficiency heating & air units, the monthly utility bills for the new place was lower than for the old place. Oh, and the square footage was 8x's greater!
Will you be insulating the garage?
Will you be insulating the garage?
Bob Denman
New member
These guys weren't friends of yours; were they?? :shocked:
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