Siding

The back side of gthe garage

The front of the house.  Log, Board and batten and windows.

Board and .  It looks great, and will be stained along with the logs.Batten siding is installed to non-log exterior walls

Running Wires

Friend Art Szabo came out from New York to help running wire.  BIG help Art, THANK YOU!

All the wiring to outlets and switches are run back to the electrical panel in the utility room.

Windows Installed

Pella windows are installed along with doors.

In Floor Heating

PEX in-floor heating tubes (looking up at the ceiling).

We ran the heating tubes for the 2nd floor loft and guest bedroom areas.  This included aluminum plates that spread heat and improve condustion through the floor.

Stone, Stairs & Plumbing

We've started attaching the stone veneer to the foundation walls below the logs.  It's looking great, we're using a river rock style.  Mix some mud (morter), butter the back and shlep it on the wall.

Stairs are finally in place so we don't have to climb a ladder to the lower lever any more.  Red oak treads, we pre-finished them before installing.

Now it's plumbing.  We hired out the waste and venting but are installing the PEX supply tubing, red for hot, blue for cold, it's hard to screw up.

Starting in the corners, Nancy works her way out.

Smile Nancy.

Steve does most of the ladder work.

New stairs.  Look at all the space to store junk.

Red and blue PEX tubing.  It's flexible (sort of) so long runs can bend around corners.

Some of the tubes stubbed out in the master bath.  Heavy duity drill 'cause it many holes.

Framing

We hired Whitley Homes to do the exterior framing, they have log home experience and are framing the rear deck roof, all gables and dormers and the garage trusses, facia and roof deck.

I am doing the interior framing including the master suite, kitchen and utility wing as well as partition walls up on the loft level.

The master bath.  Note the pocket door frame. 
These walls (on the log level) must be made to allow the ceiling to drop up to 4 inches as the logs shrink and settle.
The settling jack atop the wood column had to be lowered (along with others) as the house has settled about an inch already.

Setting the roof trusses for the utility wing (3/12 pitch).

Framing rafters over the rear (North side) deck.

Gable end framing of the upstairs guest room. 
This space is intgeresting because of all the roof angles and heavy beams and columns.

Placing the garage trusses.  In one day they attached the trusses, installed sub-facia to the West side installed the floor decking in the storage attic of the garage and attached the roof decking on the West side.  They'll finish it tomorrow.

The front facade looks different with the garage tussed and sheathed.  Note the log headers above the garage doors.  From the headers down we'll use stone veneer.  Above the headers will be board and batton.

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.