"March Break": A Canadian-ism not used in America. Here the time spent to vacation during the month of March is called "Spring Break". UNCG had its break (Elizabeth) then (March 7-11) and I could not have chosen a better week, myself to take a few days off to work on the cabin in the woods. It was fantastic weather! We were without rain and temperatures in the mid 70's most of the week. We completed the OSB sheathing and wrapped and nailed the vapor barrier entirely below the gables which will protect it from the elements for a few weeks. With that done we worked on the deck framing most of the time. We installed a new post on the south side of the cabin to provide additional load bearing support on the midspan section for the side deck. The rest of the days we spent framing in the joists and installing the planks. Next up will be to install the doors, windows and construct the porch roof.
We also found some time to visit
Tobacco Pine LLC a reclamation company dismantling the old closed down American Tobacco warehouses in Reidsville. The many large warehouses were constructed with old growth heart pine cut near the turn of the 19th century. The company removes the nails fasteners and mills the planks into 3/4" thick flooring or 1/2" thick ceiling boards of various widths. They sell large timbers as well. The company will batch mill a customer order to your quantity and specification within the capability of their machinery. We will go with 4" wide flooring similar to the example shown here. This was a scrap piece which I used to write prices onto and you can see the big holes where fasteners were located and it is split. Of course the stuff you buy that will go in your house will be selected with fewer imperfections.
