A bit more to do with the framing but it appears to be mostly there now, notice the mid-span blocking algorithm will need some additional logic:


The critical items still needing further attention are:

- Cavity insulation
- Mid-span blocking
- Sheathing, Cladding, Gypsum
-  Ext. Trim: Corner Trim, Band Board, Frieze Board
- Quoins
- Beam Pocket cut outs (sheathing, cladding, gypsum)

The future items that will need to be addressed at a later date are:

- Estimating quantities for Gable Walls
- Framing dimensions for Gable Walls
- Simpson Strong-Walls

Working on in-wall columns for gable walls:



A full height column just butts up to the underside of the top plate(s) and is cut at a bevel to match the pitch of the wall as shown.

A more interesting scenario is where the column is less than or more than the plate height and you might then have a beam pocket, in this case at the peak of the wall:

The sail area of the largest walls are 9.5'x30'x I'd use 20 lbs per square foot for wind. The connection from pier to floor is not rigid, it's a hinge. If you have metalworking skills I'd tie bar stock to the vertical rebar in the piers and poke it out of the sonotube horizontally as a brace mounting point. Then tie angle, pipe or square tube to that as a diagonal brace up to the floor girders.  The braced walls above are then over a braced foundation. It sort of like putting a car on the dining room table, it'll hold it as long as nobody bumps the table. If you brace the legs with a diagonal from the foot of the legs up to the apron it'll hold it a lot more comfortably if there is a lateral force.

The piers need to be on footings large enough to distribute the weight over enough area not to sink.

Residential floor load is usually 40 psf, then the weight of your toys, roof no snow is back to that 20 psf wind, if snow is greater it controls. At typical loading the floor would work, use appropriate hangers on the joists.

More progress.
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Hi there John and Gary. Yes it is pretty quiet here.

FYI, we have as of this May closed our preschool because of the coronavirus. We're splitting our time between the suburbs and the cabin, alternating more or less a week at a time. The forest surrounding us is locked up due to wildfire hazard combined with coronavirus danger the firefighters might face.  With the reduced air traffic and no road traffic, the forest is very peaceful.