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.