After the chimney was completed we then framed up the small home-office, making use of left-over timbers from the other additions off of this cabin.
This would be a small cozy space, with a lot of charm featuring a log wall, the stone of the chimney, three walls that were timber framed, and windows with a view to die for.
Originally posted 2015-07-11 12:01:08.
A log home without a stone chimney is like a canoe without a paddle.
Originally posted 2015-07-10 15:45:12.
Like toadstools the porch post columns pop out of the ground.
Originally posted 2015-07-10 15:04:11.
Here we have the harsh contrast of the old, and the new. The best of what once was, with the best of what is new.
Tyvek is a wonderful product, (although a royal pain to install on a windy day). It repels moisture from reaching the wood, yet allows the wood to breath beneath it. And it’s low in cost compared to the value that one receives from it.
It’s not very pretty to look at though… I’m not certain why the manufacturer feels it so important to blast their name brand all over it. Even so, I try to apply this house wrap so that the wording is not upside down or at an angle. I’m funny that way… I don’t want salvagers centuries into the future thinking that I was a sloppy builder.
Originally posted 2015-07-10 14:51:29.
The downside to stress-skin panels is… well… they don’t make a house look any better, at least not a timber-framed home. What was a piece of art on the landscape is then quickly converted into a new wood box.
It always saddens me a bit when we reach that wonderful moment of having completed the assembly of a vintage timber-framed home and then we immediately start to cover it up.
I have built timber-framed homes for clients who never saw the finished product “standing for the world to see”. It seems that everyone is always in a hurry to witness the finished product and so many fail to enjoy the wonderful fleeting moments along the way.
Originally posted 2015-07-10 14:30:24.
Next up. The timber-frame sections are covered with stress-skin panels.
These modern inventions are extremely strong (some folks build house walls out of nothing but these.) They are cost effective, provide incredible insulation values, a finished interior wall and a nailing surface for any exterior covering.
Originally posted 2015-07-10 14:09:21.
I find that my eye is always drawn toward, and entertained by, roof rafters. I’m not sure why… maybe it’s their simple repeating geometry.
Notice also the exterior stone entry into the basement has been moving along…
Originally posted 2015-07-09 21:28:20.
I really love the point where the old timber frame and the log cabin came together.
There was a sense of tremendous strength in those corners.
The owner of this home will never fear the wind.
Originally posted 2015-07-09 14:56:43.
The timber frame additions each had antique hewn rafters that we would expose on the interior.
The log cabin though would have an attic space which would be used for personal storage and air handler equipment, so we would build a roof here using new lumber.
I’ve never assembled a roof using “engineered roof trusses”. I know, all the paperwork says that they are just as strong, or even stronger, than properly sized rafters, but they look wrong, they eat up the attic space, and well, I simple don’t trust them to hold up for centuries.
Originally posted 2015-07-09 14:40:16.
Isn’t it nice, on those days when you could use an extra hand, that someone just floats in to help you out?
Originally posted 2015-07-09 13:54:22.
