Friday, July 5, 2013

July 5, 2013 Loft Logs in

 

   Two days ago we finished installing all the loft logs and  capped the main beam on both ends. Yesterday, I started staining until I ran out of stain, then I installed screws through the top of the door and window frames to secure them to the next full log.

   Today, I went to Three Forks and purchased the rest of the logs; 10 wall logs and 2 purlins. I'll stain logs until the roof structure materials arrive on Monday, then I will start prepping TGIs (Rafters) and building blockers to go between the TGIs. As I type this up, the wind is blowing probably close to 40 MPH and it is getting ready to dump a lot of rain!

Thursday, July 4, 2013

July 2, 2013 Main Beam Completed



   Today we finished installing the main beam and the posts. Before we finished today we installed most of the loft logs. The fit on the top of the posts looks like they were shaped in a lathe.