I am building a cabin with material that I milled on my home-made sawmill. The location is about 80 miles away from home, I have been going there one day a week to work on the cabin (this will take quite a while). I will post some progress pictures as progress occurs. The walls are 8" square pine "logs" with half dovetail corner joints. I am aiming for a 1" average gap between the logs (some have shrunk / warped). The cabin is 16 ft by 24 ft and will have a 8 ft by 24 ft covered porch.
The foundation is not traditional, it consists of 2-7/8" OD oilfield tubing set about 3 feet in the ground (concrete around the pipe and inside the pipe). Those pipes were cut off to the same height and a 6" square plate welded on top of each. Lag bolts go up through the plate into the bottom log.
Foundation
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Current status
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Wow Sir, this will be a wonderful build.
I always wanted to build a log something but time and birthdays have eliminated that notion.
Looking good. Can't wait to see more.
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Picture from a couple days ago, this is 10 logs high, my target is 13. It is pretty rustic with some warped logs and warts in the workmanship. I am keeping the structure sound but not too concerned with perfect appearance. Soon we will be adding a beam (8" x 14") to support a loft on the right end. Once we get to 13 logs high, will add short posts to support a ridge beam, then the roof will be stick framed. Planning to cover the gable ends with board and batten siding.
I do believe those are the stoutest wall brackets I've ever seen :)
Rustic is what will make it all the more fun.
Looks great, I love log buildings and watching people build.
A little more progress, this picture is from the Southwest. Eventually there will be a covered porch on the South
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side with the door and windows.
Update: 2/20/2024
Walls stacked and ridge beam installed. A temporary staging is located just above wall height, it was helpful while setting the ridge beam and will be helpful while installing rafters. There is a 5/8" diameter vertical steel rod near each corner ran through holes drilled as the logs were stacked. The rods are threaded on the bottom end and nuts are snugged up. I expect to tighten them more as the logs shrink / settle. There is no floor installed yet, that will be done after the roof is finished.
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It's good to see your progress. :thumbsup: ffcool
That's a good looking cabin.
What kind of chinking material are you going to use?
I plan to use mortar reinforced with metal lath for chinking. I will probably get the roof on before summer and let it dry / shrink under the roof for the summer before chinking.
Update 3/14/2024
Rafters installed, pine decking done on North side
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WOW! just WOW!
It has been a long time since I updated this thread. Got the roof on before summer started and let it sit, dry and shrink over the summer. The first picture shows the beginning of floor installation, then next couple show the floor and loft done.
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The next picture shows the lath I am using to reinforce the mortar chinking.
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The chinking is finished on the West wall only.
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It's nice to see you come up for air again. :thumbsup:
Great to see the cabin coming along! What kind of chinking ?
The chinking done so far is type S mortar. I am going to try some type N mortar on the next wall, not sure if it matters but I am thinking the extra lime in type N will be a good thing.