I started framing the loft last Monday. There is a bedroom with a walk-in closet at each end of the loft and a bathroom between them. I have four short 2 X 4's left to install on the north bedroom, then I can begin wiring the loft. I will install a 100 Amp load center in the loft and feed all the loft electrical, the lights over the deck on both sides of the house, and the light fixture on the main floor over the family room from this box. This way I can run just one set of large cables from the loft to the main panel in the basement. It will save a lot of wire.
Once I have the wiring in the loft completed, I will insulate the entire roof system, then I can install the blue pine tongue and groove boards on the ceiling. I will fully insulate all three rooms in the loft, and install baseboard heaters in each room controlled by a thermostat mounted on each heater. I will sleep in one of these rooms when they are completed while I work on the main floor. Tomorrow I begin building the log stairway from the main floor to the loft.
