Starting a blog is easy but maintaining it regularly is not! With the last blog occurring in November 2016 I have fallen woefully behind with keeping progress reports coming. Quick summary of things that have taken place with the home build then some pictures.
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| Hickory joists for cabin loft |
December - tree felling, chipping and hickory milling
January - construction home loan closing
February - stump clearing and basement foundation hole excavation
March - Superior Walls installation / plumbing for septic tank roughed in
April - basement floor / barn floor concrete poured
May - Framing starts and continues
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| MF 240 moving chipped tree limbs |
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| Shooting practice (target: paper plate nailed to a dead log) |
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| Hickory joists and oak plank loft boards in cabin |
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| Winter cabin setting |
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| Mr. Buddy Heater - bad news...almost burned the cabin down after running it for 10 minutes in 27 F temps. The propane evidently had leaked at the connection and caught fire. I turned it off quickly and took it back to Field and Stream for refund. Don't buy this product! |
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| Hickory and oak logs waiting to be milled into beams for the big house |
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| Tick embedded (March). Insidious little creatures. This got infected and required doxycycline prescription to clear it up. RMSF II ? Doctor said I tested positive but were they antibodies from episode I? |
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| Kenneth the excavator pulled the stumps then leveled the site and dug the basement hole |
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| Basement tailings and topsoil set aside for backfilling later |
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| Cabin Camping Easter weekend |
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| Ready for foundation |
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| Superior Walls installation |
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| Buried cable for 400 amp service to house |
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| Basement floor complete |
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| End of first week of framing beginning of May |
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| Back of house |
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| End of second week of framing |
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End of third week of framing - this is looking out the living room. Fireplace will be located in section between windows.
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As of May 19 they had started the shed dormer in front.
