Anyone built/own a log cabin? Pictures of ours.

[StoopidMonkey]

Heres some picture of my last 2 weeks. I can only image 10 pictures so some of them are linked. My dad retired last year and was working on his dream. Unfortuantley he has cancer and wont live to see it complete. He didnt even get to come outside to see it being built. He just had to stare at it from his window in his RV.

The area is the North Fork road up in Montana. 6 miles from the Canadian border and right outside Glacier Natl. Park.

If anyone in the Kalispel/Flathead area is a brick mason, can frame in a fireplace, or can do metal roofing and can do it at a good price let me know. We still need to get the fireplace up, and then a roof on it.

The job site where we live.
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The foundation forms are made from giant styrafoam lego like blocks, then concrete poured inbetween them.
Here is a picture from inside the basement when my brother was assembling the foundation and the scafolding.


Here is the foundation site, the black stuff is the waterproofing material since you cant spray the foam with an asphalt emulsion.
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Pump truck setting up getting ready to pour. To get the concrete where we are at cost $200 a yard. Plus $125 an hour for the pump truck.
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Pump truck pouring the foundation walls.


A look inside the basement after the walls were poured. The 2 center columns support 3 steel I beams. You can see the beam pocket on one side in the styrofoam.
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Half the joists done. You can see the steel I beam spanning the length of the foundation in the center.
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Most the floor decked, 2 layers of 3/4" 7 layer plywood, finish quality on one side. We got it all for free from my brothers work, they were 8 feet long, but only 14" wide. Not the funnest to lay down, but it was free.


The cabin was delivered on one trailer, here it is getting in position
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The crane and the log truck. That crane was at the max of its boom which i think was 100 ft.


I didnt have any pictures on my camera of the logs being taken through the air by the crane. Thats scary being under a 36' long x 10" diameter log. The crane had to lift them off the log truck, up over some trees and then down to us on the cabin. Here are the stairs the crane just dropped off.


Setting up the base logs that sit on top of the foundation. This took the longest, the logs had to be drilled for the all thread that holds the logs down to the foundation, and notched for the bolts sticking up through the sill plate, and of course everything leveled and squared. These guys were surgical with those big stihl chain saws. I cant do half of what they were doing with something way smaller.


After the base logs were all set up, the walls started coming. This went really fast.
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The logs are taken off the truck, but first they have to have insulation stapled to the bottom of the logs inside the V notch.
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1st set of perlins installed. Talk about nerve racking being that high up with logs that coule easily crush you being flown through the air.
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And the cabin finished as far as logs go.


Stairs installed
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Loft area


The view from the kitchen window. The river is about 50 ft vertical down that slope.


Driving my dad up from the job site in our Kubota
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[Kim~]

Cool!!!!

My cousin built their log cabin up in Missoula. It's pretty awesome.

[TLCObsession]

Who did your log work?

[StoopidMonkey]

Originally Posted by TLCObsession

Who did your log work?

http://www.montanaloghomes.com/ The fit on those logs is amazing. My dad was considering not going with any chinking since the logs fit so tight, but i talked him into it for insulation purposes.

[Cue-Ball]

Was that a Kit house? My father built one when he was in college on some land my grandfather got in trade for some legal work. Built it the old school way with some help of one of the local old timers. The old timer just turned 100 on sunday.

You can rent it if you want to.

http://www.highlandsresortrentals.co...robertson.html

More pictures when I get home to my personal Computer if anyone wants to see it.

[Terrys_85_Toy]

I hate you.

[Welby]

Originally Posted by Terrys_85_Toy

I hate you.

Getting in line behind this guy

[0ILBURNER]

Well you're about 1,000% ahead of me
We have the property & building site cleared, but all the contractors are booked up through the start of winter so we're going to build our barn first.

Beautiful place - at least your Dad knows you take his dream seriously & will see it through.

[jmhinescj]

In the middle of the dan woods, surrounded by trees and you get you log home brought in on a flatbed

Just messin with ya...that looks great...I'd love to do something like that someday

[candctroll]

My sister and her husband are currently in the process of building one. They hope to have it done in the next couple months.

[brector]

Originally Posted by candctroll

My sister and her husband are currently in the process of building one. They hope to have it done in the next couple months.

Isn't that one of the fake ones that just have "siding"?

[candctroll]

Nope all logs. I will see if I can find an earlier pic with it under construcion.

[candctroll]

Here are some more pics.

The logs


House under construction


I said it was all logs but I could be wrong. I just know they are spending a ton of money on it.

[imgonnasnap]

Originally Posted by candctroll

My sister and her husband are currently in the process of building one. They hope to have it done in the next couple months.

Now THATS a log house!

and yours is pretty sweet too, stoopid monkey

[StoopidMonkey]

The logs on that house look like they are run through some sort of mill for all the notches. I wonder if that lowers price or raises it?

Everything on our logs were hand cut by chainsaw.

[Black Dog]

Originally Posted by StoopidMonkey

The logs on that house look like they are run through some sort of mill for all the notches. I wonder if that lowers price or raises it?

Everything on our logs were hand cut by chainsaw.

Yes, those logs are milled, not scribed. It is cheaper by far.

Nice pad Stoopid! Beautiful location too.

[StoopidMonkey]

Im headed up there in the next couple days. Unfortuantley not for fun, my dads condition took a turn for the worse and hes in the hospital now. He probably wont live much longer.

[Richard]

I have a kit , just waiting for this weekend to get started , should get it done in no time

[Big91RustyBucket]

Originally Posted by candctroll

My sister and her husband are currently in the process of building one. They hope to have it done in the next couple months.

What doe's the material's cost for a cabin like that?

[Paul Gagnon]

That's pretty cool but it's more of a log house than a log cabin. I'd like to build one some day.

My Uncle has a log cabin by the lake that he built with the logs that he cleared from his own land. No where near as fancy as yours but lots of great memories.

[Slowerthanu]

I'm sorry about your father.

When my parents built their place in Moab (The only place I think my father is truly happy) I promised him that I would make sure it stayed in the family as long as I was breathing. He is still alive though so no pressure on me.

[Romogo]

This is my dad's up in Alaska about 90 miles northish of Anchorage. About 6-6 1/2 hours to get there by snow machine.



This is a guy that lives about 3 miles away on a different lake. He built this himself with a chainsaw. Milled everything himself. Pretty amazing stuff. And he lives there year round.

[Pavement Pounder83]

I'll try and get some pics my my uncles parent house. They fell the trees themselves and did all the work even made the nails.

Drew

[StoopidMonkey]

Incase anyone was following this thread, my father just passed away Friday night. Me and my brother were headed up there to see him on Sat. morning.