Anderson Log Cabin Fever, Log Home Building: 9/1/19

August 2019 Main floor doors and trim

All four interior doors on the main floor have been installed.

The master bedroom closet clothes racks have been installed.

All baseboard trim and the trim around the ceiling on the main floor is complete.

August 2019 Basement stairs

Here are the completed stair rails going to the basement.

Again, all that is left is to fill nail holes, light sand and clear coat.

All posts were secured with eight inch screws recessed into the wood. I'll fill the holes with 5/8 inch dowels, and sand them flat before applying the clear coat. Some of the posts on the stir sections are secured with 1/2 inch diameter lag bolts, twelve inches long, pre-drilled and screwed in from the bottom of the stair treads. All railings are very solid.

August 2019 Loft and stair railings in house

This week I installed the railings around the loft of the house and down to the main floor.

I had to purchase a special laser guided drill to get the proper angles on the stair railings and spindles. All the posts for the railings were cut in the mountains above Butte, and hand peeled.

The railings, which are four inches in diameter, and the spindles, which are two and a half inches in diameter material were purchased from Marks Post and Pole near Helena Montana. They all came in twelve and a half foot lengths, which I cut to size, hand peeled and installed. I used a special machine to put tenons on the ends of all rails and spindles.

August 2019 Garage ceiling and end gables

I finished installing the ceiling boards this month. I also replaced the long tube florescent lights with angled cans inset into the ceiling with LED lights.

As you can see, all windows are now trimmed out, and all trim around the end gables is complete. The garage windows on the main floor have been trimmed out and finished with a clear coat. I have also installed shades in all nine garage windows.

August 2019 Loft and stair railing Garage

We finished installing the railings in the loft and down the stairs in the garage.

All that is left is to do is fill some nail holes, do some light sanding and clear coat the railings.

July 2019 Finished rest of floor on main level

We finished installing the rest of the flooring on the main floor. There is in floor heating under the flooring in the master bedroom with its own thermostat. There is also in floor heating in the family room and the kitchen, each with its own thermostat. You will also notice I installed the last two steps off the landing to the main floor above.

Here is the kitchen area. I had the cabinet people in to measure for the kitchen cabinets and island. I have to build a flat sheet rock wall, seven feet high on the north wall to facilitate the cabinet installation. I will also install electrical outlets in the wall I build.