14th round completed, July 1, 2010

Today we finished round 14. The next round is partially completed. We were rained out in late afternoon for the last two days. There will be 16 total rounds on the walls, then we begin to install the roof system, which includes cutting the tall deck posts to length and installing a log across them to support the roof sections over the deck on both sides of the house. The combined weight of all the logs on the walls is compressing the lower logs to the point that some of them have absolutely no gap between them. I love it when a plan comes together!

Half of 14th round completed, June 29, 2010

Here is my nephew, Steve Anderson, in front of the house with 13 and 1/2 rounds installed. We had the last two logs for the 14th round just about ready to put on the wall today when we were rained out. Tomorrow we have to move cattle, so we will not get back to the round until Thursday. We also installed the commode in the basement and plumbed it in. Modern conveniences!

Round 13 completed, June 28, 2010

Today we completed round 13. The first thing this morning I blew a hydraulic line on the lift. It was inside the boom. I called my cousin to see who I could get to fix it; It turned out I was the repairman! I had two new lines made (30.5 feet each) and installed them with the help of my nephew, Steve. We lost 3 hours as a result. We set, scribed, and sawed two logs today, and placed them on the walls. Tomorrow, we have to cut grooves in them to accept the ends of the loft planks. Then we will begin installing round 14. We also purchased everything we need to install the bathroom stool in the basement. We cut off the pipe below floor level and glued on the adapter that will hold the stool to the floor. Tomorrow we will finish the installation.