A timber frame cabin memoir

[civilian]

Some hardware stores and box stores may aalso key them alike. Jon

 

[caver]

And yes, if you order multiple locksets from Build.com at the same time they can key them alike on request for free. I just did it in fact.

That's what I ended up doing last night.

 

[Snobdds]

You should get some form of house wrap on your wood. The sun is not being kind to it. Would hate to see you have to redo stuff.

 

[caver]

Agreed it went way too long but I have a guy coming in about a month and agreed to enclose for a set price. I'm still working on it. I should have done many things different in hindsight. I'm back home because rain was in the forecast there and where I live. This has been a really rainy spring. At least it's gotten us out of a drought last year and into winter.

 

[caver]

Contractor put off a couple more weeks. My well was drilled a couple days ago. Not the outcome we wanted but for a small cabin it should work. 3-5 gallons a minute. He hit granite at 290 and had warned me a few months ago. Neighbors wells are about 3-350. I do have a spring but feel it is likely a karst spring as it fluctuates due to drought conditions. I did some work on putting in the loft rough cut joists also. I have a couple weeks so time to go on a much need camping road trip to the mountains. Last picture is showing Legacy Timber Frame how much the rough cut shrunk next to the ripped dimensional lumber. I'll take a power plane to it.

 

[caver]

The well sat overnight and this was morning blow down before they tripped the pipe out.

 

[ponytug]

Contractor put off a couple more weeks. My well was drilled a couple days ago. Not the outcome we wanted but for a small cabin it should work. 3-5 gallons a minute. He hit granite at 290 and had warned me a few months ago. Neighbors wells are about 3-350. I do have a spring but feel it is likely a karst spring as it fluctuates due to drought conditions. I did some work on putting in the loft rough cut joists also. I have a couple weeks so time to go on a much need camping road trip to the mountains. Last picture is showing Legacy Timber Frame how much the rough cut shrunk next to the ripped dimensional lumber. I'll take a power plane to it.

I would not overlook the benefit of having a second, developed water source, even if you mostly were to use it for irrigation. If it were me, I would take the time to develop the spring, (enlarge, seal, cover) and perhaps put in a storage tank. If it is a karst spring, I am curious how hard the water is.

All the best,

Peter

 

[caver]

That's the plan Pony

 

[JJT]

Contractor put off a couple more weeks. My well was drilled a couple days ago. Not the outcome we wanted but for a small cabin it should work. 3-5 gallons a minute. He hit granite at 290 and had warned me a few months ago. Neighbors wells are about 3-350. I do have a spring but feel it is likely a karst spring as it fluctuates due to drought conditions. I did some work on putting in the loft rough cut joists also. I have a couple weeks so time to go on a much need camping road trip to the mountains. Last picture is showing Legacy Timber Frame how much the rough cut shrunk next to the ripped dimensional lumber. I'll take a power plane to it.

You'll be fine with 3 - 5 gallons a minute. Just don't get crazy watering the lawn or washing multiple vehicles. Building our house living on-site in a mobile home we lived on 1 gallon a minute for several years. Had another well drilled when we moved into the house that came in at 3 - 4 gallons a minute and have been fine for the past 28 years.

 

[caver]

You'll be fine with 3 - 5 gallons a minute. Just don't get crazy watering the lawn or washing multiple vehicles. Building our house living on-site in a mobile home we lived on 1 gallon a minute for several years. Had another well drilled when we moved into the house that came in at 3 - 4 gallons a minute and have been fine for the past 28 years.

I will wait a few months before I have him install the pump and associated things like pressure tank. I don't want anything freezing in the basement. I said to him you are more than welcome to come by, if in the area, and check the static level for your own curiosity. Of all the wells he's drilled in my area he has never broken through the granite. He did hit a small fracture in the granite that picked up a little more water.

 

[ponytug]

I will wait a few months before I have him install the pump and associated things like pressure tank. I don't want anything freezing in the basement. I said to him you are more than welcome to come by, if in the area, and check the static level for your own curiosity. Of all the wells he's drilled in my area he has never broken through the granite. He did hit a small fracture in the granite that picked up a little more water.

FWIW: Some drillers have the capability to hydrofrack granite for better flow.

This guy has posted a few videos on the we'll fracking work he does;

All the best, Peter

 

[caver]

PT I actually watch his channel and learned a few things over the past 2 years.

 

[ponytug]

PT I actually watch his channel and learned a few things over the past 2 years.

Me, too!

 

[caver]

Making headway with contractors. Backside of cabin with some sheathing. I have to get some of the loft floor put down so they can rest that big upper wall on it. Tomorrow is their last day so I hope they get front wall done and house wrapped and finish the side walls that do not rely on the loft floor. I got over here late Thursday morning. The telehandler broke down with a fuel leak and a little rain was making everything greasy since most is clay. So the larger polygon windows they had framed on the cabin floor. they looked smaller. Loads of head scratching and then we finally realized they gave the long vertical measurement of the triangle and short side for the polygon. Even the guy that did the window quote spring of "24 missed it. he did catch the triangle mistake. We were using his quote sheet as these are windows Andersen can make. Bill the carpenter made the upper angles on the same plane and I figure a smaller window will be easier for me to install using a boom lift in the future.

 

[caver]

Almost freezing at night and upper 60's which brings the Asian beetles out by the thousands. They had to quit on the south side as the beetles seemed to love the sun and warm surfaces. It's a phenomena that happens late fall cool days then get a couple warm days and they just come out of nowhere. Some of them even bite. They are coming back for another day early next week. Hopefully the beetles are gone by then.

 

[caver]

Contractors left yesterday. The Asian Beetles came back yesterday and more so today. Freakishly warm temps. here's a short video showing where I'm at. I need to put that loft floor down so I can finish the walls that set on it. That being said I doubt I will get much...if any done the rest of this month.

 

[EddieWalker]

All Progress is Good Progress!!!

 

[caver]

This was also over a week ago.

I've been watching prices off and on for PVC conduit for the long feeder run I have to make. Prices have dropped assuming a reflection of oil prices. 2.5" x 10' at the local Lowes is $25.88. At Menards it is $44.88 before the "rebate." The local supply house I just paid $16.90. It pays to shop around.

I have also found better deals for building materials via a small town lumber yard about 30 miles away. The service there is far beyond any box store service.

 

[EddieWalker]

Same here on prices for materials. Big box stores are wanting $16 for a sheet of OSB, but a local lumber company that's only been here for a year now is selling the same OSB for $9. They are $4 cheaper for treated 2x6x16's and $2 cheaper for 12 footers. They also load your truck or trailer for you!!!

 

[dstig1]

Looks like you are pretty much fully enclosed now. That is a big step. Congrats!