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grover
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# Posted: 19 May 2013 22:27
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I don't know if this qualifies as a "small" cabin but I have received a lot of inspiration from this site so I thought I'd share. Wife and I are building a 24 x 28 one bedroom on 5 wooded acres. Planning on a 12 x 12 loft/storage area. Main level will be a bedroom, utility, and bath under the loft plus living/kitchen/dining with cathedral ceiling. Planning on a 12/12 pitch outside and a 9/12 pitch inside with scissor trusses all the way throughout.
A friend of mine who is a builder is helping me, (more like I am helping him), get a start on my cabin. We rented a small excavator and dug the footers last Sunday, 05-12-13. I took off an afternoon of work last Thursday and helped him pour the footers. We drove up today 05-19-13 and dug out the crawl space. We had to do a step down in the footer on about half the foundation because the back half drops off down hill.. Gonna go three blocks high on the front portion and 4 on the back part. I'm gonna try to attach a pic of the progress as of today.
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neb
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# Posted: 19 May 2013 22:42
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Looks great and I'm sure it will qualify as a small cabin. Keep us infromed on the progress.
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ErinsMom
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# Posted: 20 May 2013 21:19
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Would look to see floor plans as after several yrs am still in the dream / some day stage.
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grover
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# Posted: 20 May 2013 21:29
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I'll try to scan the plan I have and put it on here tomorrow.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 20 May 2013 21:47
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sounds wonderful.cant wait to see what u are doing.
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knock
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# Posted: 20 May 2013 22:35
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Good start. Are you and your friend going to do the block work yourselves?
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grover
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# Posted: 21 May 2013 21:24
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Floor Plan
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grover
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# Posted: 21 May 2013 21:32
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Didn't work too well. See if the link works.
http://www.coolhouseplans.com/print_details.html?pid=46196
The floor plan will be the same but the dimensions will be 24 x 28 instead of 23 x 26 and the porch will be on the long side and the roof will be a 12/12 pitch.
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spencerin
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# Posted: 23 May 2013 23:26
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Whereabouts in IN?
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grover
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# Posted: 23 May 2013 23:30
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Perry county
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spencerin
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# Posted: 23 May 2013 23:51
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I have a very small cabin in Owen County. I always get just a little bit excited when someone in IN posts. 
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grover
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# Posted: 15 Jun 2013 09:12
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Any comments about the plan as far as good things, bad things, things you would change???
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Kirby
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2013 02:59
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Grover, I love the plan & can't think of a thing I would change. Love the mud room with W/D. Hey, I'm a hoosier too! Hopefully will find a little land someday in Switzerland county. Spencer I get pretty excited too when I come across another IN post.
Grover--Keep us posted with pictures of the progress.
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grover
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# Posted: 18 Aug 2013 14:29
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Build update:
I'll try a pic that shows where we are as of yesterday, 08-17-13.
One shows the trusses with purlins 24" on center. The plan is to put the osb on top of the purlins, 30 felt, then the metal.
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grover
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# Posted: 18 Aug 2013 22:36
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Here are a few pictures from last Saturday when the floor was completed and walls were raised.
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Fryman
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# Posted: 5 Sep 2013 23:39
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How did you do the footings without going below frostline
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grover
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# Posted: 6 Sep 2013 15:01
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We did go down below the frost line. When finished we will backfill around the foundation.
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Fryman
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# Posted: 6 Sep 2013 22:37
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I am planning on building a 24 x28 also on 3 acres in southern Iowa. Had you considerd a poured foundation? Just wondering if it was a big savings from poured to block. What is frostline where you are at?
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grover
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# Posted: 9 Sep 2013 07:49
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I think the frost line is about 18-24 inches. We did the block because that is what my friend who is the contractor was most comfortable with. It didn't really mater to me. I never really looked into the costs of the poured compared to block.
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Fryman
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2014 16:38
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Any update on your progress? Would like to see more pics.
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