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Started by thedoublejranch, May 27, 2021, 11:59:49 PM

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thedoublejranch

OK, we call them shelters on the west coast, seems they are called pavilions elsewhere. I have 40 acres of Ponderosa pines and some doug firs, western bark beetle has been chipping away a few a year, so I drop them, skid them out and in a year, with a flooring scraper (bark spud) was able to knock the bark off real quick like.

So now I have these nice peeled logs debating on what to do. So I decided to build a log park shelter. Its a 10X16 and I just finished the roof and metal roofing in April. I picked a time for some real pricey lumber, but planning for a year, had to follow through. Didnt want log frame setting through another winter.

Built footers out of 1/4" plate steel, massive units, 8" wide, 10" tall, log is slotted and its pinned with a timber lock screw to prevent any lift, but the shear weigth, probably never lift. Lots of bracing and each brace has 2 of the 10" timberlocks going in at different angles at each end (4 total), zero flex or rocking. Every log joint is pinned with no less than 3 timberlock screws at 10: length. I was concerned as there is a joint at the ground and another above. But its rock solid and I added plenty of bracing.

Rafters were 4X4, was going to use 2X6, but wouldn't of looked right, a 4X4 looks more like a timber frame, no blocking needed as a 4X4 wont flop on its side and its way easier landing plywood sheeting on a 3.5 inch surface than a 1.5".


 

 

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samandothers

Nicely done!  Use a chainsaw to slot the posts? How big are the concrete piers?

Thanks for sharing! 

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thedoublejranch

Quote from: samandothers on May 28, 2021, 08:49:20 AM
Nicely done!  Use a chainsaw to slot the posts? How big are the concrete piers?

Thanks for sharing!
The footers are 12" sonotubes, they go down 2 feet and bell out so frost wont lift it, also with sonotubes, frost doesn't grab the sides and lift it either. All reinforced with rebar. I did slot the logs to fit over my home made brackets with a hole and pinned with a timberlock screw.  Brackets  are cemented in with a hole in base inside the concrete and a small chunk of rebar going through it and 4 sticks of rebar vertically. Probably way overkill, but when I an not sure of something, I just over do it. I have 40 acres set up like a full park, our entire theme is USFS or national and state parks. I have campsites, markers, signage, ranger station, and this will probably get painted in the "forest service brown" color soon. But its all private, no public access.
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Quote from: firefighter ontheside on May 28, 2021, 08:56:42 AM
I love it and its setting.
Thanks, its at 3500 feet, next to a national forest, we have moose, white tail deer, mule deer, black bear, sparse grizzly, wolves, turkey, bobcat, cougar, grouse and a load of other varmits/pest like coyotes, ticks, western bark beetle... etc.
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Quote from: thedoublejranch on May 28, 2021, 03:38:21 PM
Quote from: firefighter ontheside on May 28, 2021, 08:56:42 AM
I love it and its setting.
Than ks, i ts at 3500 feet, next to a national forest, we have moose, white tail deer, mule deer, black bear, sparse grizzlie, wolves, turkey, bobcat, cougar, grouse and a load of other varmits/pest like coyotes, ticks, western bark beetle... etc.
Sounds awesome.
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samandothers

It does sound awesome.  You do great work, enjoy it!

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thedoublejranch

Was out last August, trenched in from cabin, laid in some 1" gray PVC conduit underground, tied into cabin inlet plug (feeds cabin), so the plan in spring is to pull the wire through (10AWG) and install a small 2 space sub panel with a pair of 15A breakers at the shelter (cabin has its own panel), one for lighting, other for plugs in shelter.

Adding 2 ceiling fans with lights, plus some plugs on the uprights. Will install a rail around 3/4 of it with plugs above the rail height and maybe a large flat board to act as a narrow surface to set food and drinks on, large table across the back.

Nice place to hang out with family, protection from summer sun, fans will keep mosquitos at bay, but I have hardly any there and help keep it cool during summer heat.

Have Klein 100 foot fish tape to pull the wires through.

Its all closed up for winter, head back out in spring.

 

 

 
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kantuckid

FWIW, name wise we called them a "shelterhouse" in my native KS and same thing here in KY too. 
Hey-don't try to "look" too much like the guvment! 
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thedoublejranch

OK, too late, looks like a govt operation, but its all private and well marked as such. I do collect USFS and NP stuff and incorporate their styles into my place.

OK, shelter all wired up. If you are doing PVC gray conduit, a heated blanket for shaping conduit is one of the better investments I made.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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All painted up now, fully completed. On to next project, probably a log swing set with a seesaw

 

 

 

 

 

 
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CJ

Personally, I wouldn't have painted it. It looks good, but I prefer the natural state of the wood. JMO. 
It looks quite quaint and I'm sure that you will receive a lot of attention from visitors. Great work! Cheers!

Jim1611

Nice work! That end away from the picnic table would be the perfect place to hang a porch swing.
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I was back there is August of this year and added a back counter made from an old long dead old-growth snag and also added rails and a 2X8 on top of the rails for setting food/drinks on and a backsplash to keep items from falling off the back. Left it open on the front and the RH side near the front. Counter is coated with a product called "Stone Coat", great stuff, simple to work with too.  It is completed now. I do have one more huge log section to slab, its actually bigger than the one I cut up already. Burnt my brand into it and added the medallion in the center, same as my avatar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Andries

Great work, hope you and the family enjoy it for many years.
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Finalized the shelter and rear serving counter, added a cool sign above, I got from the Harriet Hageman campaign slogan she used when defeating Liz Cheney, (RIDE FOR THE BRAND) liked it enough to incorporate into my ranch.

Also bringing in buried power, about 3/4 of a mile, long run, paid the PUD 30K, contractor to plow it down in 3 feet deep inside conduit it $1.75 per foot, should be coming in any day now.
Meter base is installed and signed off, met with the PUD crew and contractor already, all on auto pilot now

Also added a new RV cooktop/oven with all the chatter of banning gas stoves, trenched on power wires from cabin to meter base, added a horseshoe pit (still needs work) cemented in post for park style BBQ grille, some signage for the shelter etc.




 
Shelter above




Close up of the serving counter




Pilot Rock BBQ grille, larger HD version with small griddle from Pilot Rock


 



Post cemented in for grille, set on top, insert a security locking wire and rotate it, then grille no longer comes off, but does spin.

 



Meter base in, L&I has signed off, installed slip riser from pipe to meter base/load center combo

 



Wire going in for power to cabin, UF feeder cable inside 1" conduit, goes under footer, end is terminated inside panel, but not trimmed out yet. Other end is buried 1 foo from panel, hook up ends when power comes in. Going to be a 30A 220VAC feeding subpanel

 



Signage at shelter

 


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