Marcel builds a house. 1

isawlogs · March 14, 2006, 04:59:16 PM

I started to cut the wood for my house , had some poplar that need to be cut so that is where we are going .

The skidding of

The trees , full lenght poplar for pulp

~~Loaded~~Getting loaded, going to the Louisiana Pacific pulp mill

Norm · March 14, 2006, 05:18:01 PM

Cool stuff Marcel, will you be using any of the poplar for your house construction?

isawlogs · March 14, 2006, 06:46:12 PM

It is kinda cool to be able to build the house from scratch .. ;D
These trees that you see are for pulp , I did though remove the saw logs from them and have them in a pile waiting for the snow to go down so I can get at them with the mill , I forgot to go back and take a pic of them :

, but I will ;)
And yes I plan on making flooring with it . In my house the floor for the upstairs will also be the ceiling for downstairs , I will be cutting it into 2 X 6 and once ready will have it dressed ,V joint tongue and grooved .

Fla._Deadheader · March 14, 2006, 06:49:20 PM

I'm gonna do my best to keep up with this thread. Good luck, Marcel. 8) 8) 8)

isawlogs · March 14, 2006, 06:54:33 PM

a ... umm... going to be long .. I plan on doing this over two years ;D So countdown is on ;)

Fla._Deadheader · March 14, 2006, 06:58:06 PM

No problem, Marcel. Haven't got my computer hooked up yet, and the dial-up is slow. Should keep pace pretty well, EH ???

SwampDonkey · March 14, 2006, 07:00:14 PM

Thanks Marcel for sharing, very interesting work ahead. ;) I feel like I'm watching 'This Old House' in time lapse, only it's a new house. ;D

dewwood · March 14, 2006, 07:30:03 PM

Good job Marcel! It will be enjoyable watching as you progress through this project.

tnlogger · March 14, 2006, 07:31:39 PM

good work marcel I'm looking forward to a very long thead on this 8)

SwampDonkey · March 14, 2006, 07:37:12 PM

BTW, nice puckle of aspen. ;) :D Alot of aspen wood going to LP here as well, over in Maine.

UNCLEBUCK · March 14, 2006, 07:44:59 PM

You get after it Marcel and I agree that this will be a great thread to watch . It is allready ! I will take a picture for sure of the converted silo in my town so whatever you do dont be knocking down your silo until I get that picture on here . Or when you have your big celebration someday when your house is done me and Norm will take it down with 2 boxes of buckshot . Who ever knew that a silo falls like a tree :D

jon12345 · March 14, 2006, 09:23:49 PM

So, what kind of house is it goin to be ???

isawlogs · March 14, 2006, 10:39:16 PM

It will be a sawed dovetailed log home . White pine logs sawed 8 " thick , part of the house will be post and beam with board and batten .

South elevation

UNCLEBUCK · March 14, 2006, 10:46:52 PM

Oh that looks nice Marcel ! Where is my room ? Oh yeah thats right I get the silo ! :D Man you must be excited , I know I am ! 8)

isawlogs · March 14, 2006, 11:01:08 PM

I think you should be rethinking blowing it up . ;D ;D ;D ;D
I am real exited , been doing a lot of googleling lately , I want to build this on a heated slab, dont need no basement . I am leaning towards an electric boiler for the heating of the slab , some kind of fire box in the living room and a good old wood cook stove somewheres in the kitchen dinning room .
The hurling down of the pine trees should start next week ;D There is just too much snow to play around those guys now , the machine is having enough trouble going through the snow making trails and getting the poplar out .
I have two main beams that will be 10" X 12" X 20' red oak These might be first on the cutting down list .

barbender · March 14, 2006, 11:40:10 PM

I'll keep tabs on you Marcel, hopefully I get mine done before you as I am already about three years into this project. Mines handscribed red pine, theres pics in the timberframe/logbuilding board. I am going to use 2x6 flooring as well, and I was wondering about usin aspen, I have lots of saw logs i've been selling for pulp cause right now the pulp prices here are as high as saw logs. But I hate sending nice wood out for pulp. Anyhow, good luck on your project, can't wait to see it come along.

asy · March 15, 2006, 01:09:38 AM

Marcel, your house is so CUTE!!!

What's the floor plan like? It's so differrent to our houses here! :D

Is there a room for me? or do I gotta share the silo with buck??? ;)

asy :D

Nova · March 15, 2006, 05:54:39 AM

Marcel, what is your timeline for this year and how far into the project do you plan to be by this fall? Will you be doing this full time or weekends and after your regular work? What species of trees are you planning to use as well dimensions/thickness? I am interested because it sounds like my wife and I want to do similar things on the interior of our new house and I suspect you have more experience in this area than I do.

Nova

isawlogs · March 15, 2006, 12:02:34 PM

Here you go Asy ,
post and beam for the mud room , 48 feet overall width X 30 feet open kitchen dinning room and living room. At this time we plan on having 6 rooms upstairs, 3 bedrooms , sewing room, office play area for me ;D and a full bathroom.
How different can houses be .. A few walls and something over your head . ;D
Buck brought that apon himself , he is partial to silos , if you want to share it , you will need to deal that with him just hope he dont bring Norm and the shot guns ;D
This is not a typical house for here , this is a custom built home. We ( the other gender to you ;D ) are real good at making rustic log work look cute so the wimines like the look ;D :D

The logs are White pine 18" to 20" at BHD topped at a min. 12 " sawed 8" thick , Dovetailed corners ( 8 ) Dont know how you would do that inside an existing house .
As for schedule ... 2 years is the plan, to many variables to saye where I am at this fall , I am hoping to have the shell done and moved onto the slab , I would like to have the roof on but if it aint .. thats ok there will be time next year .

Jeff · March 15, 2006, 12:29:27 PM

If Mark M were here, he would know what to do with that silo!

Coon · March 15, 2006, 01:14:20 PM

Glad to see that you're getting your house started. I'm sure even though you got your plans down on paper that you'll still change your plans many times over. ;D Hope everything works out for you during the building processes. Take your time when sawing out the timbers, you will want them as acurate as can be. Hope you got lots of help to pull them timbers offa da mill.
Brad.

Nova · March 15, 2006, 01:56:40 PM

I was afraid you were going to say that :( Guess I'll have to learn the hard way :P and by trial and error. Your place is going to look nice when you are finished. Look forward to seeing the progress.

Nova

DoubleD · March 15, 2006, 02:24:42 PM

Congratulations Marcel your home will result really nice. Well I don't want a room for me but if I come over there Do you will cook some grits to celebrate your new home ??? ;D ;D