Early Tour

Here are pictures of various spaces in the house, you can get an idea of what the rooms are like now. 

Looking through the living room from the dining room.

Dining room on the left, kitchen on the right.  Stairs to the lower level where the ladder is now.

Beautiful half-log stairs (railings will come later).

Master bed room (the master bath and  closet).

The loft office area, foyer on the left, South facing glass on the right.

Looking through into the guest bedroom.

The guest bedroom dormer provides a lot of spece.

Main floor rooms are classic log, while the upper floor is a maze of roof geometry and stout log columns and beams.

Deck Framing

Ian installing a joist.

You can walk out onto the deck from the living room.

View from the golf course, the deck beams break up the vertical columns with a horizontal element.
Note the packs of stone veneer which will cover the lower walls.

Putting in the beams and joists to support the back deck, which runs across the entire North side (golfcourse side) of the house.  Decking planks (synthetic) arrived this afternoon and we will start installing them Friday.

SIP Roof Installation

SIP (Structurally Integrated Panels) are a sandwich of OSB on top, 10 inches of styrofoam (R44) and tung and groove pine panels on the bottom. 

Large, 4 foot wide panels are cut to fit on the ground, then lifted into place with a crane.  Once in place they are secured with 13 inch screws into the structure (ridge beams, purlilns, etc.).

The installation should have taken 3 days, it took five (and way too much stress on my part).

First panel in place.  A framer sits on the ridge beam to screw the panel into place.

The steep 12/12 pitch of the roof makes it difficult to work on.  Workers used toe boards to keep from sliding off.

A panel flying into place.

Another panel (attached to cable).  On some afternoons, the wind picked up, making the panels higher to control.  Good to say, no-one was hurt.

Log Set

Placing sill sealer to prevent air infiltration.

Setting the logs!

The process took two days.  Tuesday the walls sent up and Wednesday the posts and beams that support the roof.

Greatland Log Homes arrived with six workers and a crane to do the lifting.

Everything fit increadibly well, no cutting was needed to make everything come together.

The first log flys into place.

Squared up and placed just so.

More logs.  We drilled vertical holes for electrical outlets which some later.

Logs stacked very quickly.  Every log was labeled so they kniew where it went.

Long logs tied short sections together.

Day 2 starts with the stairs flying into place.



Beams up high.  Much climbing around was called for.  No one got hurt.



View from the golf course.There's still so much to do

Ready for logs

We are now ready for log installation.  The logs arrive Sunday and will be stacked Tuesday and Wednesday (we're having a party to celebrate).

Rough grading completed, now there is room for the crane that will lift the logs into place.

The deck is ready.  Note the sleepers where the logs go.  They raise the logs to allow for 1 1/2 inches of concrete and the finished floor that goes on top.

Rim joists are papered and steel lath applied.  The exposed concrete and the lathed areas get stone veneer.

The SIP roof system has been problematic -  two local contractors have backed out on us.  We're going to have to bring an installation crew in from Indiana!

Garage

The fire danger has passed, 98% contained yesterday and we're having afternoon thunderstorms with lots of rain now.

Nancy haming it up in front of the site, the garage is in the background.

Garage door framing.  Note the continuous double LVL beam header (added strength).

The garage is framed and ready for trusses (arrive the 19th).  We built the walls with sheathing attached for extra stiffness.