June 28, 2013 Main Beam

   We are now working on the ninth round of logs. The next log will be the main beam which will extend the length of the garage. It will be supported by two uprights standing on the garage floor.

   I'll drill a 1/2" hole in the concrete floor that will match a 1/2" hole I will drill into the bottom of each upright. I'll then screw a 1/2" steel lag bolt into the bottom of the uprights, and cut them off with 2 inches sticking below the wood to fit into the holes in the concrete

   The next logs will be the cap logs at the ends to cap the main beam in, and the six and a half loft logs. The stairway will come down at the right rear corner of the garage. The half of a loft log I leave out is where the stairs will come down.

   We have already flattened one side of the loft logs. This weekend I will stain the main beam, the  uprights and loft loft logs. Tuesday we will install the loft logs and the cap logs. Then I will install the loft floor.

   When the loft floor is in, we'll install two mores rounds of logs, then the roof system is ready to be installed.

June 24, 2013 Building

Here you see us working on the 7th round of logs. This round will cap all the windows and doors. 

When I was sawing one section of round six, I hit a rotten core in the log. I tossed the log and put up a replacement. I think that building with beetle kill lodge pole pine will get tougher as more years pass and the logs have been dead longer. Rotten cores will become the norm.

June 17, 2013 Garage Logs Delivered

   I have been very slow posting to this Blog for which I apologize.

  On the Monday the 17th, the logs I cut for the garage were delivered. It is amazing how much straighter they looked while they were still standing. I hired a log peeler to do the peeling for me this year. I definitely want to get the garage completed before I leave in the fall.