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customrunner
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# Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:38
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Well your cabin looks great, any other picks of the inside setup?
Thanks Chad
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fpw
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# Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:55 - Edited by: fpw
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Curious about your window...no settling space.
Where your logs dry when you buildt your cabin?
Or.
Does the chinking and vertical log window opening account for settling?
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dstraate
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# Posted: 21 Dec 2011 13:20
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Thanks guys,
I don't really have any other pictures of the interior, at 180 sqft, that's pretty much all of it. Maybe I'll see if I can get another angle this weekend.
The logs were very dry by the time everything was built, but I'm hoping the vertical log will account for settling if it occurs.
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fthurber
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# Posted: 21 Dec 2011 15:11
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Lucky snowman!
What a great cabin. Did it break your heart to cut the hole in the roof for the wood stove vent? I have to decide on a straight pipe and a hole in the roof or a side pipe.
Did you use a clear varnish on the beautiful paneling and logs?
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dstraate
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# Posted: 21 Dec 2011 16:28
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Yeah, the snowman gets more love than me! What gives!
It was an absolutely terrible feeling to cut the roof hole. Especially since we got such a good do on the roof. Still, everything I read said a vertical pipe was the way to go.
Clear varnish on the aspen t&g, carmel log stain.
Oh, and I rounded up another photo for Chad. This shows the entrance. That's pretty much all there is to see! Not much space in there.
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Tim
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# Posted: 24 Dec 2011 20:34
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dstraate
That smile in the very first set of pics says...."I'm pretty proud of myself! lol....you should be!!!
But on a more serious note, I cought your very pretty wife kissing another fellow. Keep an eye on that guys. If I were you I would start a fire around him. lol
Tim
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adakseabee
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# Posted: 26 Dec 2011 16:58
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What do you do for water, do you haul it to your cabin in that fine Chevy truck (I have a 2004 Dk Grn 4x2 crew cab Silverado)? I read somewhere that in Colorado landowners do not have rights to the water that falls on their property in the form of rain, snow, or hail. Just wondering if this is true for you guys in Colorado and/or other western states. I don't have that problem in NY.
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dstraate
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2011 21:45
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From what I understand, rain catchment isn't allowed here. The water belongs to some aquifer, and you should build a well to pump it out. Don't ask me. It doesn't make sense on this end.
We haul it in the fantastic 03 Dk Grn Silverado. (I'm partial to them as well)
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dstraate
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# Posted: 23 Jan 2012 17:28
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Got back after a 3 week hiatus. Our longest yet. I was jonesing like none other. We got one heck of a storm too. Outperformed the local ski hill by 5 inches. We spent the morning skiing and the afternoon helping the wood pile get caught up. The trusty Husquvarna was at it again.
It got to be 10 and the snow was relentless, so I decided to take a few more laps on the driveway with the truck to track everything down and make sure we didn't get stuck. Well, I got stuck. Let me tell you how pleased my wife was with the prospect of leaving the warm cabin and bed to head down the road in a blizzard. Well, she came anyway. With a bit of shoveling, much cussing (her, not me, I was having a ball), we liberated the truck and she went back to bed. No pictures of the events, so I'll post a few from warmer days during the site prep.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:18
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very wonderful cabin.
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dstraate
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# Posted: 18 Apr 2012 10:26
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Well, we were planning on taking Mtn Bikes up this weekend, but mother nature had other plans. It's still snowing. We're now past 6 months on the ski season, but we're not sick of it yet! I am out of wood at this point, so I'm hoping for a warming trend. I guess I didn't quite realize how long the winter lasts up here. (My lilacs are blooming a short 3 hours away).
Our first unpleasant experience in the cabin: We had a mouse. It had been 4 weeks since we'd visited, and he'd managed to eat through the pillows, and leave plenty of waste on our futon. Definitely not what we wanted. We found him in the dog food and the Mrs. got him with a shovel. It was a bit unsettling to see the aggression she's capable of when she's in assassin mode. I'll make a note to treat her right. Attached are pictures of dinner and the ski hill.
So long for now!
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# Posted: 21 Apr 2012 20:18
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Your dinner looks mighty inviting!. Sorry to hear about how the cold weather has hung on so long and being "out of wood." Boy...that makes me shiver just to think about it. I'll bet this summer you'll be cutting wood with the best of them. We still have to split a great deal of wood that we cut two years ago but we have plenty to last us until summer. I could not believe how many logs we needed for one day (pre-insulated) and (post-insulated). I'll tell you...it's probably somewhere around 1/4 of what we needed before we insulated.
I have a cousin that had 20 solid oak pallets delivered to my home and Old Buddy and I cut them up with a chain-saw in a flash. The slats are only about 12" long and about 3/8 thick by 3",4 or 5" wide and they burn really hot. They are great to split into several small pieces about 1/4" wide and pile them up for a great starter fire.
Do you have any plans of hauling wood in for this year or not?
From your photos you are in some beautiful country.
Old Old Buddy
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dstraate
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# Posted: 17 Aug 2012 18:04
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Got some cabinets installed last weekend. A lady posted them on Craigslist, and I paid 100 bucks to remove them from her rental. Sanded them up, put on a fresh coat of paint and spraypainted the pulls, knocked out the ugly tile, and VIOLA! My wife said it came out, "OK" which is about as much as she ever likes my DIY projects.
I'm thinking about dropping river stones into mastic for the countertop. Has anyone tried this? I'm thinking with a bit of grout, that might be cool. I already have a flat surface on the left with the wood, so this would just be more for aesthetics. Thoughts?
Old Old Buddy, I've already started the wood pile. I won't be running out this year. No Sir!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 17 Aug 2012 20:14
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Looks great!
I like your idea of river stones and I think it will look really cool! Be sure to post pics if you do it.
Are those all your ski season lift tickets??? That is a lot of skiing 
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aktundra
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# Posted: 19 Aug 2012 16:34 - Edited by: aktundra
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Wow nice cabin!
What did you use for chinking? I need to rechink my cabin and I can't decide between Permachink or making my own!
I like the rock idea and it's something I want to try to... just trying to collect the right rocks!
Have you seen this Alaska cabin building website: http://www.alaskaantlerworks.com/Alaska_cabin_page6.htm
The couple did a river rock counter, and it turned out really nice!
AKTUNDRA
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AU2009
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# Posted: 10 Sep 2012 22:12
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Not necessarily against permachink but we have had problems with it on our cabin. The heat has almost melted it out. We had a rep from the company come out and look at it, and he said it wasn't put on right. The guy that did it for us is going to take care of it, but it retrospect we think we would have gone with plain old mortar. While it isn't supposed to last as long, its easy to patch up.
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dstraate
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# Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:19
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aktundra-Thanks for the link. That is an amazing job. I guess I've collected smaller rocks, so we'll see how that works in contrast. I really do appreciate the pictures
AU2009 - No problems yet. Just keeping our fingers crossed I guess. I'm hoping to do more to keep heat away from the log surfaces this winter. I'll post pictures if I ever get any work done.
Dave
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dstraate
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2012 10:05 - Edited by: dstraate
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Well, it took me and the biggest guy I know to hoist them into the truck, but we found the perfect rocks, hauled them up to the cabin, and dropped them into place to create a staircase. That makes entry a bit less nerve wracking in the middle of the snow, night, or after a few cold ones. Photos are attached. Turns out the toughest part was getting the darn things into the truck. Dropping them out and getting them in place were a breeze comparatively. I also managed to set river rock on the countertop. They were smaller than the picture above (thanks aktundra) but I really like the way it came out. Unfortunately, my camera was long dead by then. I'll post those photos later.
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exsailor
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2012 10:22
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Those are some great looking steps, and perfect for a log cabin. A friend of mine lives in West Virginia around the Greenbrier county area. His hunting blind is on the side of a mountain. We were looking over the blind and a lot of trees had blown down in the area. It is simply amazing to see flat rocks like the ones in picture IMG_19099, embedded in the root ball of an upturnrd tree. There were loose stones laying in the root cavity broken loose as the tree went over. All those flag stones just laying around, a flatlander like myself would pay good money to get for a project. Yes they are heavy, more than I wanted to pick up by myself.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 10 Oct 2012 10:42
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Quoting: dstraate From what I understand, rain catchment isn't allowed here. The water belongs to some aquifer, and you should build a well to pump it out. Don't ask me. It doesn't make sense on this end. We haul it in the fantastic 03 Dk Grn Silverado. (I'm partial to them as well)
I'd just tell them, after catching it, I will return it when I'm done. Not taking, just borrowing it.
Nice cabin.
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TomChum
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# Posted: 10 Oct 2012 13:09 - Edited by: TomChum
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HAHA Save a few trucker bombs just in case they say "hand it over, pal".
If rain catchment is an option I would just do it, and not worry about getting caught. It's probably on the books for some other reason, and probably not enforced unless you are causing some kind of trouble that puts you in contact with them. At which point you'd have to dismantle it until you get rid of the other trouble.
x2 nice cabin, and you have some great views too.
Like the footpath style steps, will look better and better over time. Maybe you can find some rocks with local mosses already on them, will spread faster to the other rocks?
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Bevis
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# Posted: 11 Oct 2012 13:28
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I did a riverstone counter top for a lady, and poured poly acrylic over it. It has held up good for the last 5 years since doing it.
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dstraate
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# Posted: 11 Oct 2012 15:20
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Hey Bevis,
Thanks for the note. I guess I don't quite know what you're talking about. I just used thinset so far, thinking of adding grout, but I hadn't heard anything about a topcoat. Any particular product you'd recommend?
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 11 Oct 2012 15:43
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Stairs are sweet!!!!! Counter top is going to be equally as sweet!!!!! Be sure you get pictures...then have someone make you a Smore!!!!
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Montanan
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2012 16:36
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I absolutely LOVE those stairs! I showed your photos to my better half as an example of how I want ours done- and they look nice with the rock perimeter you have that is similar to ours.
Where are the photos of the counter tops??
Bevis~ I want to know more too. Was it like a resin (pour in as liquid and it sets up looking like clear plexiglass?) We're doing a bar top with old bottle caps and that's what we're planning to use but I wondered how difficult it is to do.
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dstraate
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# Posted: 22 Oct 2012 20:14
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Attempted to finish the countertop this weekend, which unfortunately became a comedy of errors. I had the rocks in mastic, sealed them 1st. (Pic #1) and they looked great. Grouted them, ran out of grout, and lacking a similar product at the hardware store, bought sandless grout with buff coloring to match the original application. My buddy put in a LOT of buff, which made the grout turn this salmon pink. HIDEOUS! We went back and attempted to overstain with charcoal coloring the next day. Left everything as I had to get back to work. Hopefully I'll be able to wash everything and uncover a success when I return. As it stands, it seems to be the worst $60 I've ever spent. (With grout, two different colorings, wire brushes, etc. I'm really frustrated with how this turned out.
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Bevis
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# Posted: 23 Oct 2012 22:27
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Quoting: Montanan Bevis~ I want to know more too. Was it like a resin (pour in as liquid and it sets up looking like clear plexiglass?) We're doing a bar top with old bottle caps and that's what we're planning to use but I wondered how difficult it is to do.
Yes it's a 2 part mix, stir it up and pour it on (self leveling) I did it in two separate pours so it wouldn't take so long to dry. Not hard at all.
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Montanan
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# Posted: 24 Oct 2012 16:18
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Thanks Bevis! Do you have the name of the product you used?
dstraate~ I love the way it looks in the first photo. I hope you can get it cleaned up. When are you headed up next? Also, how level is the surface? Are you aiming for a perfectly smooth counter, or are you planning to leave it "bumpy" with the rocks being different heights?
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 24 Oct 2012 21:20 - Edited by: trollbridge
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Quoting: dstraate I'm really frustrated with how this turned out
Don't give up just yet...sometimes the projects that give us the most headache and frustrations turn out to be the favorite in the end!!!
My guess is that it will clean up fine the next time you get back!
PS...notice how we have yet to grout the stone wall we did in the kitchen of our place??????? Nothing like procrastination 
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dstraate
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# Posted: 26 Oct 2012 16:32
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Quoting: trollbridge PS...notice how we have yet to grout the stone wall we did in the kitchen of our place??????? Nothing like procrastination
Maybe it's best left as is... I'd tend to agree with Montanan that it looked better before.
I don't know when I'll be up next. Hopefully before my 31st on the 9th. I guess I'll be scrubbing as a birthday present:down
The surface is cobbled, but level enough to place glasses on. I think I'll keep it like that. I may add a resin if I see it done well on here and I feel confident about my abilities.
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