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241comp
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# Posted: 17 Jan 2012 14:13
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The roofing used is 40-year steel roofing made by a local Amish shop that specializes in metal roof production. I did not install the metal roof myself, but the angle change from the cabin roof to the porch roof is accomplished with something called transition trim. This is necessary anywhere the angle changes. Your metal roof supplier should be able to provide the trim, made to match your roof color.
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241comp
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2012 20:53 - Edited by: 241comp
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We made it out to the cabin again this past weekend. The porch boards are drying nicely, resulting in nice-looking and functional gaps between the boards (so the porch won't collect water). We spent most of the weekend having fun, but had a few moments to get some work done.
We planted some fruit trees:
We began readying the cabin for next winter by installing the wood stove (not yet finished):
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dstraate
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# Posted: 18 Apr 2012 10:52
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Wow, that's all come together quickly. It's a lovely place, and great idea on the fruit trees. Great eats and it'll bring the wildlife by too!
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241comp
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2012 16:34 - Edited by: 241comp
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Had a great weekend at the cabin last weekend, despite the torrential downpours.
We began hand-scraping the logs we set aside for use as interior exposed beams:
We had a visitor living under eaves of the porch. He moved out the third day we were there:
We also discovered that giant marshmallows make excellent smores:
Not all went off without a hitch - all of our pine trees (planted earlier in the spring, intended for use as Christmas trees in future years) were dead this past weekend when we went to check on them and the riding mower quit, forcing me to weed-whack more yard than I care to.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2012 17:43
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Glad you had a good weekend-sorry to hear your trees didn't survive the lack of rain. I am also glad your "friend" moved out and hopefully won't be back. ICK! Our kids all enjoy peeling the bark also...it's kinda messy but very addicting huh?
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AU2009
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2012 23:31
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Be careful with the Bats. Bats can be reservoirs of rabies in this part of the U.S. I work for the state of TN and do the rabies testing. If you come in contact with the bat or are bit, then you should try to capture the bat and submit it for testing to you local health department. If you can't catch it, then you should think about getting prophylactic treatment, aka shots.
We have seen several positive bats in middle TN this year.
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241comp
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2012 23:49
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Well, no worries, the bat moved out the final day we were there and given our activity near his temporary home, I doubt he'll be back. If he returnss we will certainly keep our distance. I must admit that the lack of insect pests at night was very nice.
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AU2009
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2012 23:43
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Good deal, I just wanted you to be aware, we recently had a case where a young girl had been bit and the father was unaware humans could become infected with rabies...a mere 8 days after being bit..... SMH
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241comp
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2013 14:56
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Got back down to the cabin for a work weekend this past weekend and we installed the loft. To support the loft, we used log beams milled from trees on the property (including one that we had to take down in order to construct the foundation). We milled the logs flat on the top using a Granberg Mini-Mill (G555B) and a Stihl MS-290, which worked beautifully. The ends were squared on one or more sides to ease installation by free-hand cutting with a Stihl MS-190T and a wood chisel. The end result looks great and gives us a ton more usable space.
Pictures coming soon.
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241comp
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2013 11:22 - Edited by: 241comp
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As promised, here are the pictures:
Planning and Re-planning
Framing the bedroom and bath
Milling Logs (using a Granberg Mini-Mill)
Hoisting Logs (probably not OSHA compliant)
Laying the Floor
All Finished (for now)
The final picture makes the ceiling in the loft look deceptively low. I'm 6'1" and I can stand in about 2/3 of the loft.
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redbeard
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2013 19:55
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looks good!
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