Steve's Cabin - part 5

Navigation:
Part 1 - The beginning - 2008, getting ready for the roof
Part 2 - 2008-9, building the roof, start inside floor
Part 3 - 2009-10, building the loft and fireplace
Part 4 - 2001-12, building the doors, trim and finishing work
Part 5 - 20012-14, chinking, interior finishing and detail work, start porch <= You are here
Part 6 - 2014, porch roof, deck, and bath framing
Part 7 - 2015-17, bathroom addition, details

December 2012

Steve played hooky during a period of unseasonably warm December days to finish the interior chinking. The warm days allowed the mortar time to dry without freezing.

This is the last section to be done.

All chinking - inside and outside, is done! You can still see the wet mortar in some of the areas above the fireplace.

Enjoy the View

The outside of the cabin is done, and the chinking is done on the inside. The interior gable boards are up, and some of the ceiling boards are up. From here on it will be interior work for awhile - ceiling, floor, trim, etc. At the end of 2012 it's time to just step back and admire what has been done so far.

June 2013 Work Week

During the first part of the year Steve completed covering the ceiling.

The mission for this work week was the floor and railings on the steps to the loft. Ed came for the week, and others came for individual days. One of the first orders of business was convincing the cabin's mouse trap that it wanted to live somewhere other than the log carrier, a matter that remained in dispute for a little while:

Of course, not all of the week was hard work.

But, by the end of the week, the new railing was up and the flooring down

With some urethane to finish the floors.

Fall 2013 - "This is why I built the cabin"

It's been five and a half years since Steve first started laying the foundation. The cabin is mostly done - at least the main part. It's starting to look pretty cozy inside, a great place to settle in with a fire, good friends, and a little bit of Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon on a cool Fall evening.

End of 2013 - next steps

The main part of the cabin may be done, but Steve is not. Next on his list is to replace the tarp awnings ("Redneck Porches") with something more permanent

At the end of October Craig, Jean and I helped get the footers for the new front porch poured. Steve had already done some dry stacking of rocks in preparation to build the piers, and he laid out the footer locations for us.

While Craig and I dug, Jean and Steve were preparing the concrete.

With only a break for some of Craig's excellent venison chili,

we completed pouring the front porch footers.

As 2013 ends, the footers are poured and covered. The rocks for the piers have been selected and tested in dry stacks, and I believe Steve has already procured the lumber for the porches.

Aerial Views

Another friend named Steve has a helicopter. In November he took Jean and I out to get some photos of the cabin from above. The cabin is definitely in an excellent scenic location!

May 2014

Porch update pic from Steve:

Summer 2014

Incremental progress was made, with additional framing for a deck/utility addition on the side being done.

In October of 2014 Steve had another multi-day Work Party - continue to the next page for the results...