cabin progress UPDATE "Outside is Complete!!!!!"

Magicman · August 19, 2011, 08:33:48 PM

Congratulations on getting one more step completed. Now all that you lack is "finishing up". :D

Stephen1 · August 30, 2011, 09:37:42 PM

I would have come down, I'm moving at the end of the Sept, and I just started working on the barn, I've kept things in there for the last 28 years.........

sbishop · September 05, 2011, 08:46:17 PM

I got my cabin all stained on the weekend. Left Friday morning at 4am as my younger brother was there fishing for a few days and was leaving that day by 5pm.

Him and I got 2 sides completed that day. On Saturday i did all the railing and post...took it easy as a good friend of mine was coming up Sunday to give me a hand. Well we finished the stain by 6pm. What a long day but it turned out really good and i'm happy with it.

I ended up using a garden type sprayer and back brushing. I remember asking Jeff what his thoughts were about using a sprayer and he said that it was just as fast using a brush..I agree but i had the sprayer so i ended using it...I though it went good except lots of over spray. The stain is used was Sikkens SRD Cedar 077.

And for a bonus we got the stove and pipe installed this morning...even put a few pieces of paper and wood to say that we tried it. I got to get the stove inspected hopefully later on this week for insurance reason....then i'm good to go with the stove....Then on with the stairs with the help of Jim!!!

Dormers won't be completed till next year i think..depending on the family and how fast the winter arrives...maybe i'll get lucky and get it done! if i do, i will be installing a green facia at the same time!

Enjoy!
Sbishop

WDH · September 06, 2011, 08:25:35 AM

That looks great!

sbishop · September 06, 2011, 09:20:47 AM

Pic of the stove.

A lady at my work had given me the stove about 6 years ago, she's happy to see it installed!

Sbishop

Raider Bill · September 06, 2011, 03:48:21 PM

Beautiful!!!!

WDH · September 06, 2011, 09:45:51 PM

Is that an Earth Stove by Colony Hearth?

sbishop · September 06, 2011, 10:04:29 PM

It is an Earth Stove but not sure about anything else, this is the sticker that is on the back.

Anyone know if this stove is good or bad? I got it from a lady at work, she bought a house that had this in a living room, decided to get a new more efficient one

SBishop

WDH · September 06, 2011, 10:12:31 PM

Yes, that is it. My Earth Stove is fantastic! Been heating my house for 30 years. I absolutely love it.

sbishop · September 06, 2011, 10:35:41 PM

Awesome WDH, that's great to hear. if you are heating your home...I think i shouldn't have an issue heating the cabin...I can't wait for the -30c weather...snowshoe in with the family and stay the night!

Sbishop

WDH · September 06, 2011, 10:40:24 PM

I think that you found a diamond in the rough! I am not sure if they make them anymore, but I don't think so.

SwampDonkey · September 07, 2011, 04:52:51 AM

If it's well insulated that stove will heat the camp just fine. ;D

The insurance may want to see a heat shield behind the stove. ;)

Nice camp!

sbishop · September 07, 2011, 05:39:01 AM

SD, i don't think i'll need a heat shield has i'm 53" away from the wall, i'm only required to have 48" but if the stove was CSA approved i would only need 36". We'll see come Friday when the inspector comes out! 8)

Sbishop

ljmathias · September 07, 2011, 05:56:02 AM

Beautiful, WDH- can I ask what type of finish is on your stone? We are soon to install a wood burning stove (from Lowes and a lot like yours) and we'll need to build a fire resistant wall of something. I have a pile of stones similar in appearance to yours but dull looking without a coating of some kind- used it on the floor and fireplace of my own house and we love it. Polyurethane on the floor looks great and is very durable but I would worry with it behind the stove- melting, oxidation, catching on fire?

Lj

WDH · September 07, 2011, 07:58:05 AM

Lj,

To make a foundation for the stove, I cut off the floor joists and framed the opening. Then I dropped down through the crawlspace and dug a footing. Poured the footing with concrete and hired a mason to lay cement bloc up to the bottom of the joists. Then, filled the blocked in hole with red clay and really packed it down. Then poured a 5" concrete slab over the whole works to subfloor height. The walls of the "L" were then bricked by the mason to within 1 1/2" of the ceiling to leave an air space. Along each side is a vertical air vent about 2" wide that goes from near the floor to the top of the wall. Along the bottom of each wall are air ports about 3" x 3". Then the brick walls are covered in stone veneer, in this case "Smokey Mountain Gray". Before the stone veneer is applied, screen wire was placed over the air vents and ports in the brick. Well, that is a lot more than you asked for, but I knew that you would appreciate the significant "over-engineering"! A tornado could take the house away, but that stove would still be standing there.

Another part of the story is that I could not get homeowner's insurance when I built the house because we live 1/2 mile from the county road way back in the woods way out in the country. That was enough of a deterrent to the Insurance companies without having a wood stove to boot. When I finally got an independent agent willing to consider it, the construction of the stove area with the air space behind a brick wall with air ports on a dedicated concrete slab sealed the deal. I have now been with that agent for 30 years and he is a friend by now.

There is no finish to the stone. That is just the way it looks natural.

Magicman · September 07, 2011, 09:05:49 PM

sbishop, I have been following your progress and enjoying every post. No question, my next project will be a Log Cabin Bunkhouse. Here I am planning and I have not completed the one that I am working on. ;D

clww · September 23, 2011, 12:23:04 PM

sbishop-I'm really enjoyed reading every posting on here. Inspirational for me as we just put in our down payment a month ago on our retirement cabin. August 2012 will be here really soon for me.

sbishop · October 23, 2011, 08:24:41 PM

Got the stairs installed on the weekend...with all the planning that went into this...it was actually a piece of cake!

THANKS Jim and everyone else that helped!

I'm all done working on the camp for another year but i will putting on a railing first thing in the spring!

Sbishop

sbishop · October 23, 2011, 08:28:48 PM

Wife bought me this sign about 4 years ago to put up at the camp....well i finally put it up yesterday with the help of my son Hunter.

He also helped me stack some wood so when we come up at Christmas*...we can keep warm!!!

I winterized it today as deer season starts tomorrow and i won't be back till sometime in December. It was around 15c, it sure felt weird draining the water out of the camp and it so beautiful out! :D

Sbishop

Mooseherder · October 23, 2011, 08:41:08 PM

The way life should be.

beenthere · October 23, 2011, 08:52:03 PM

Looking good, but wonder why you are not there to deer hunt?? ??
No deer or go somewheres else? That is a loooong time to be away.

sbishop · October 23, 2011, 09:05:03 PM

BT,

I hunt about an hour from there...about 1/3 closer to home. My godparents live about 15min away from my stand...so i usually crash there since we are in the stands before dailight and get out when its dark!

Not too many deer around the camp but lots of moose and millions of bears :D..there is some deer but not plentiful...but the deer population in NB is not that great these days...but 7-8 years it was. The last 3 winters has been hard on them!

Sbishop

sbishop · May 01, 2012, 10:47:10 PM

Hi guys,

Opening up the camp this weekend! I will be bleaching the dormers this weekend in preperation to have them finished by the end of june. Is it ok for the bleach to hit the meta roof? it will be a mixture of 50/50 water and bleach.

This year, the plan is to finish the cabin 100%. exterior will be complete by end of June. upstairs railing and finish the floor on the lower level....that will do it!

Thanks
Sbishop

beenthere · May 02, 2012, 01:39:42 AM

I'd suggest testing a small area for any effect. Could "bleach" the coating.

Thehardway · May 02, 2012, 09:17:29 AM

What kind of paint is on your metal roof? If it is a Kynar type paint I doubt it will hurt it. You may find that it brightens the paint slightly by removing haze and oxidation leaving a slight color difference. I would not expect it to "bleach" the paint. Forgive me if you have already stated what kind of paint it is. I did not take the time to read through all 9 pages of this thread. You may want to start a new thread on this topic with just the specifics. Nice cabin! I dream of going to NB someday and fishing for sea run Brookies. I have a special place reserved on my wall for that future trophy.