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bldginsp
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# Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:43 - Edited by: bldginsp
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Made the first step- poured a concrete spread footing for my cabin. Here are pics:
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:03
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Nice to see a full footing/stemwall. Only way to keep varmints out. No crawlspace access via the wall, good idea, I made mine a trap door in the floor too (secure)
What is the unit hanging off the side, a vault for a well tank system???
And the post anchors? Shed roof?
Looks nice BLDG INSP
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Tobit
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# Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:40
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Nice job so far. I really like it.
I'd love to do a full concrete footing for my cabin but there is no way to get a concrete truck into my land and don't think I want to hand mix it all by myself.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 18 Jul 2013 17:25
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Thanks Toyota. The bulbous chunk of concrete is th front steps. It will make more sense once it is back filled. There will be a small porch roof over it, thus the bases.
Tobit- one thing you could consider since you can't get a concrete truck onto your site, is a block stemwall. You still have to mix concrete but not as much. Wet-set the blocks into a shallow footing of concrete (or to the frost line), then fill them with grout. A lot more work than piers, but a better foundation on the long term.
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jrbarnard
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# Posted: 19 Jul 2013 10:38
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You people and your concrete bases!
I am jealous ;)
We did not have the water for it and a foundation of concrete would have cost more than the dang cabin 
Keep the pics coming!
Russ
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 19 Jul 2013 11:04
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I originally thought this foundation project would cost about $3000, boy was I wrong. It finally broke down like this:
-$2500 for concrete, delivered by truck, including pumper. I needed 16 yards because of the slope on one side.
-$700 for backhoe removal of stumps and cutting trenches. This was a low price. The operator is semiretired and generous with his pricing.
-$1400 for 70 hours labor by local guys at $20/hr.
Total $4600 does not include cost of lumber, rebar, post bases etc, nor does it include my time, about 100 hours total.
Now I know why people build on piers. But, in the long run, I'll be glad I did this, because eventually I can add to this building and make it part of an approved permitted R-3 residence.
Here's a pic of the back side, toward the slope, which had to be dug deeper due to the slope, causing me to buy a lot more concrete:
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jrbarnard
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# Posted: 19 Jul 2013 11:10
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That is exactly what caused me to do pier and beam, but you are very fortunate and correct, it is done now and you are good to go!
Russ
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:04
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Concrete work s***s. I did this whole thing, from pulling stumps to stripping forms, in two weeks. The second week my hands and arms woke me at 2 AM with pain that nearly made me scream. Could not have been done without the dedication of my intrepid crew of guys, shown here with the forms just after the pour and the trucks were gone:
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 19 Jul 2013 14:15 - Edited by: CabinBuilder
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Oh, I know those guys - they play in ZZ Top! 
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 19 Jul 2013 14:23
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They were unique characters indeed, and honest and hard working. I don't know if they can play guitar
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 8 Dec 2013 19:22
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Dec. 2013 update: pictures of procedures making rafters from logs.
First each log gets power planed on top for a straight, flat surface. then jigs are screwed to that flat surface to align cuts such as angled cut off, notch for birdsmouth, and notches for bird blocks. Finally, a pile of processed logs.
I was doing this in 6 degree weather. That's 6 degrees F, not C.
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neb
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# Posted: 8 Dec 2013 19:27
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Great start.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 16:11 - Edited by: bldginsp
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May 2014 update;
Worked on the subfloor just enough to hang the underfloor plumbing:
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Just
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 16:16
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nice neat looking job
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 16:19
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Then I took a few shots of my sheds etc. just for the record;
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snowberry, or snowflower
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 16:20
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Home sweet home, until the cabin is done
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 16:24
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Thanks Just. It's kind of fun fitting ABS together, it's a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Passed my inspection with no problems.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 19:10 - Edited by: toyota_mdt_tech
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Quoting: bldginsp Thanks Just. It's kind of fun fitting ABS together, it's a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Passed my inspection with no problems
Man, I would hope so. 
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 1 Jun 2014 19:55
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Reality is I'm no plumber and I did make one dumb mistake but I'm not going to tell you what it is.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 15 Jul 2014 18:15 - Edited by: bldginsp
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July '14 update: finished the underfloor framing, gas piping, and combustion air ducting:
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combustion air ducting for the water heater closet.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 15 Jul 2014 18:18
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A mouse that I caught in a Havahart trap, and the underfloor framing covered with old roofing for the winter. Can't frame it up til next spring.
fierce chewer of stored insulation, caught in the act
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ready for winter. Could raise chickens in there as is, but the building dept. said no.
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Shadyacres
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# Posted: 15 Jul 2014 21:09
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Looking good and building it to last.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 8 Sep 2014 08:57
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Sept. 2014 update- while waiting until I can frame up and roof my cabin, I built this little guest bath/outhouse. I have a septic, so this will have toilet, shower and sink for my guests to use when they stay in the tent trailer, and I'm in the cabin.
Built this whole thing in 8 days. I had a lot of help. A local Maidu Indian chap, 65 years old, dug the six piers with my rotohammer, we set forms and placed precast piers on top of the wet concrete. A friend, a retired contractor, came and we framed it up in two days. Rafters are site cut poles, which were prepared ahead of time.
Doesn't look like much wrapped in tar paper, but that's as far as I got.
Bath house, framed and papered
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2016 18:55 - Edited by: bldginsp
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Update- completed bathhouse. Contractor set up to frame cabin in June.
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Popeye
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2016 19:11
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Does that say Ritz Carlton or Schitz Carlton? 
Congrats on hiring a framer!
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2016 19:57
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Ah, nice! What an adorable bathroom!
Don't know why but I thought you had been living in your cabin for years already! Probably because you offer so much insight/help to others here.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2016 23:23 - Edited by: bldginsp
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Thank you Julie. I'm glad you think it's adorable, because its main purpose is to make my place appealing to women visitors, so they don't have to 'rough it with the boys' so to speak. There's a Sponge Bob SquarePants toothbrush holder and wastebasket inside so it appeals to kids. Seriously. Found them on eBay.
Yes Popeye it does say Ritz Carlton. Only the best for our customers.
Ever taken a *€#% at the Ritz?
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 2 Jun 2016 10:50
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Up on site and framing it up. Hope the photo comes thru.
My contractor said that he flunked math in high school but it doesn't matter anymore since they switched to metric....
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2016 15:16
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A few more pics
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2016 16:51
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YAY!!!! That looks great!!! I love the view through the trees in the third photo. But that's just the artistic streak in me.
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