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Leatherbarkfarms
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# Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:31
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Tim, I've been reading this entire thread and have enjoyed all of it. So much so that I sent the link to my wife ( i'm currently 'out of the area') and we ordered the book to have for hands on. Great work!! Thank you for posting with all the pictures and I look forward to building our cabin when I return home in a couple months. I will be home in a couple weeks for a break and we're gonna do our layout and maybe the piers / posts then. We ordered 'The Huntsman" plans @ http://www.townandcountryplans.com/huntsman.html and cant wait to get started.

Keep up the great work and Thanks again for sharing!!

MtnDon
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# Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:47 - Edited by: MtnDon
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be safe

Tim
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# Posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:06 - Edited by: Tim
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Leatherbarkfarms
That's a great looking cabin in the plans Leather.......nice choice! May God be with you and protect you until you are safe at home. Thank you for your service, and the sacrifice you and your family have made.

Keep us posted on progress.
Tim

Leatherbarkfarms
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# Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:15
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Will do- and thanks yall... we'll start our thread soon--

stubby72
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# Posted: 1 Feb 2012 13:31
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Excellent Work!!!! I just read every page. I can't wait to see your finished product!!

TimJ
# Posted: 2 Feb 2012 13:11
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Thanks Stubby,
I was about to begin finishing the interior now that the wiring is done, but I am having second thoughts. Since the weather has been so incredibly mild, I am thinking about putting the front porch on now, instead of waiting until spring. I will be deciding that very soon and will post pics of what ever it is I do.
Thanks again,
Tim

Tim
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2012 08:47 - Edited by: Tim
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Yep! Decided on the porch. Here are some progress pics:
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Bevis
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2012 09:46
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I like the Front porch, makes the cabin look almost complete.

customrunner
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2012 10:20
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Wow Tim the place looks great...

trollbridge
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2012 12:41
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Awesome Tim!! You will be glad to have that porch already completed when summer comes...it will be a wonderful place to sit and catch a breeze!!!!! LOVE IT!

hattie
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2012 13:19
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Beautiful!!!

Tim
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# Posted: 11 Feb 2012 14:10
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Thanks everybody! Yeasterday just as I quit, it started snowning. It lasted all night. So, this morning I decided to stay home in the shop and cut the spindles. Well..........I just couldn't stand it. I wanted to see what they would look like put on. So, in the wind and blowing snow, I went to the cabin. Here are some more pics
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Tim
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2012 12:33
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Yeasterday, I put the porch roof on. It was cold, windy and miserable, but somehow I managed to get it put on. Now all that is left on the front is the steps and step railing. Here are some pics:
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hattie
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2012 12:39
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You should be very proud of this. You are very talented!

Nirky
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:41
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I'm shaking my head. It's going up and down. Great progress, Tim!

turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:15
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fine job on the roof !!!!! Place looks GREAT!!!!!what type material is your board and batten????

Tim
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2012 19:11
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turkeyhunter
That is rough sawn poplar. I got it for 35 cents a board foot!

Tim
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2012 21:44
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Today, I finished all the railing, built the front steps and put the railing on both front and back steps. Here are some pics.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 26 Feb 2012 13:44
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Two words....................LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!

Tim
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# Posted: 27 Feb 2012 19:23
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trollbridge
Thanks! That means alot to me. It sure has been a lot of work, but finely coming together now.
Tim

OpsY
# Posted: 27 Feb 2012 20:32
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Looks wonderful. It makes me very eager for spring so snow melts and I can start building my own!

trollbridge
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# Posted: 28 Feb 2012 16:51
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Quoting: Tim
Thanks! That means alot to me. It sure has been a lot of work, but finely coming together now.

Tim...you have much to be proud of!!!!! Your place is beautiful!!!!I am excited to see you work your magic on the interior now...maybe a well deserved break is in order first huh?

Tim
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2012 05:58 - Edited by: Tim
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trollbridge
Funny you should mention that. lol......We have come full circle on our plans for the interior finish.

First we talked about wood run horizontally. I get the rough sawn for 35 cents a board foot (or square foot). That was my first choice. She wasn't crazy about rough sawn on the inside, so we checked out toung and groove "V" groove siding.

Around here, "V" groove runs about $1.50 a square foot. Then we thought about drywall, which is about 25 cents a square foot. I was about to stop and get the first load of drywall when my wife saw an article in the current Martha Stewart "Living".

There were pictures (page 119) of a 540 square foot cottage (same size as ours) with the rough sawn lumber in the interior, run horizontally, and painted white.

She loved it! I am ordering the lumber this afternoon!

QUICK! Before she changes her mind!!

Tim

Tim
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2012 05:59 - Edited by: Tim
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Something a little like this, but this isn't the one she saw:
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2012 07:14
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nice job on the rail and B & B----really like the poplar wood.,...good choice and priced to move at .35 cents....did you use galv. ring shank nails for the siding???

TimJ
# Posted: 1 Mar 2012 08:40
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turkeyhunter
"did you use galv. ring shank nails for the siding???"........

Yep....but I don't think I really needed the ring shank. Nails hold unbelievably well in green wood. I mostly used them for the galvanized part.
Tim

trollbridge
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# Posted: 1 Mar 2012 17:53
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Quoting: Tim
There were pictures (page 119) of a 540 square foot cottage (same size as ours) with the rough sawn lumber in the interior, run horizontally, and painted white.

This is a beautiful look Tim! Bright and airy and I can understand why your wife loves it! I am really excited to watch it all come together for you. We got our rough sawn lumber for 35 cents a board foot also and felt really good about the price. It will soak up the paint-you may want to consider spraying it on, but it will look fabulous when it is done

Tim
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2012 19:35
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While I am waiting on the lumber for the inside, and now that I have porches, I just had to have porch lights!
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Tim
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# Posted: 8 Mar 2012 18:09
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The inside lumber is finely being delivered tomorrow around noon. I am taking a half day vacation to get started, and working all weekend. I can't wait!

jgiffi
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# Posted: 8 Mar 2012 23:38
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Looks great Tim! Just curious, when you slide the porch roof under the main house roof did you have to seal between the two? any concerns with snow building up there and water melting between the two? Thinking about doing something similar and wasn't sure if I needed to be worried about anything like that.

Thanks keep the pics coming...

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