While searching for information on ladder access to a cabin loft I came across your site and found it quite interesting. I am in the process of building a 20x24 "log" cabin. The walls are made from 6x6 "D" logs and I am putting conventional parallel cord trusses on top of that at 10:12 pitch. One half of the cabin has a loft and one of the long sides includes a covered porch. I had 11 cords of logs hauled to the site and a gentleman came in with a portable mill to saw the wall logs along with much of the dimensional lumber used for things like the 2x6 loft floor. Although I am not done yet I am getting closer every day and would be happy to share my learnings.
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Welcome to the forum. We'd really like to hear more about your experiences and see more pix. Yours is similar to the one Chatycady and Co. built. :)
I started this project just over 1year ago with the building of a "wood" shed to store my logs. Following that we sawed logs and the rets is history. It is amazing what one person can accomplish in a short period of time. I have worked just about every weekend and vacation for the past year on this project. I was lucky whith respect to weather, Minnesota experienced a warmer than normal winter last year, if the temp was above 15 degrees I was working. The few weekends that were too cold I built an outhouse in my garage and hauled to the cabin site which is 45 minutes away. Inoticed many questions on your site about foundations. I have lots of clay so choose to put down 12 inch round concrete piers to a depth of 70 inches. On top of the piers I bolted two rows of railroad ties. In addition to tie runners on both long walls I ran a row of ties down the middle so the 2x8 treated floor joist only span 10ft. The floor is insulated with 5 inches of rigid styrofoam between the joist.
Thanks for the foundation inf. We always have members asking and my area has no frost depth to speak of.
Nice out house. I could really get comfy in there. :) Looks like blue stain pine.
Can you still get Sears catalogs for the proper operation of the outhouse?
Ode to the Little Brown Shack Outback (http://realmgantra.ballardsbytes.com/mus/ode.wav)
Very, very nice! That outhouse is too cute!
QuoteThanks for the foundation inf. We always have members asking and my area has no frost depth to speak of.
Nice out house. I could really get comfy in there. :) Looks like blue stain pine.
Can you still get Sears catalogs for the proper operation of the outhouse?
Ode to the Little Brown Shack Outback (http://realmgantra.ballardsbytes.com/mus/ode.wav)
I haven't heard that in years. Thanks for posting it. :)
It's one of my favorites. :)
Yes, the outhouse is superb. Is that an electrical cord snaking thru the snow, or cable TV?
Might be the electric seat warmer? :)
That would be most welcome in MN, wouldn't it?
Glad you folks like the outhouse, as I mentioned it was a winter project, I had a 300 gal tank installed before things froze up. The day we moved it to the site it was -15 without wind chill, needless to say we did not try it out that day. Building in the winter can be a challenge the picture below was the coldest day of the year that I did any log raising. It was about 14 degrees, I had to be careful not to strip out the 8 inch screws that went from one log into the other as some had enough moisture that the screws would strip if countersunk too much.
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