Tuesday, July 16, 2013

July 16, 2013 Capped loft logs, built stairway header, cut keyway for loft floor planks.


   Today we finished capping the loft logs. These are the most difficult logs on the garage. One side has 8 notches, the other side has 9. They fit very well with very little fitting with a sawzall. We also installed the two logs over the loft log caps. These two logs are grooved to accept the ends of the loft floor 2 X 6's, which is shown in the third picture below.



   Once these two logs were installed, we installed a 3.5" thick header for the stairway. The header was milled from a very large lodge pole pine.


   Here you can see the groove that was cut to support the ends of the loft floor 2 X 6's. We ran a straightedge across the flat tops of the loft logs at each side to mark the bottom of the groove, then we measured 1.5" up from that mark and used a chalk line to outline the groove. We cut along the lines with a chainsaw, then removed the center section with a chisel.

   I'll stain the 4 logs we installed, as well as the stairway header, then I will install the loft floor. There are 6 more wall logs to install, then we start building the roof system, which will be post and pole, the same as the house.

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