Dave and I both missed going down to watch the building progress last Thursday so got around bright and early Friday morning to head down with the plan to hang out all day. Mom had been wanting to check out the progress as well as she hadn’t been to the lake since just after we purchased the property, so she made plans to come along with us. Building had slowed down a bit the past couple of days as José had to take a couple of the guys off to finish another project that they had previously started. Andy had also returned to home for a few days so we were down to just half the original crew. When we arrived, a few of the men were working on laying the back deck, while the others were around front setting the heavy timber porch frame over the front door.
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- view of the cabin just after we arrived
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- they’re building us a cabin- the least we could do was bring them hot coffee to drink on such a blustery day
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- Mom pulls up a chair close to the fire so she can watch the action
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- Bingo, always happy for a warm lap to sit in, soon joins Mom
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- meanwhile, the men are busy putting in the heavy timber frame around the front porch entrance
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- they had placed the heavy porch posts and roof system since we’d been there last
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- the porch floor had been placed the previous day as well. FYI – it took 2380 screws to attach the porch floor
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- the a-frame for the roof is in place
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- Mr. Lipham brings over the heavy timber for the porch roof- he may not be as spry as he used to be, but he can still carry him some timber. 😉 Do you realize how heavy these things are?!
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- the pitch on the first frame was slightly off so a new frame was built
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- working on making a steeper angle for the roof frame
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- our vantage point from in front of the fire
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- the steeper pitch was perfect so the crew began to place the heavy timber peak connecting the porch roof to the cabin roof
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- meanwhile, the other crew members were busy laying down the deck floor
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- Mr. Lipham checks out the newly laid deck floor
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- the beautiful view from our deck
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- bringing up more temporary flooring for the second floor
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- the crew breaks for lunch over by the fire…notice the recently delivered roof insulation stacked behind them
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- Miguel takes the opportunity to get in a little more fishing
If you know Dave at all. you know that he has been dying to jump in and do a little work himself. He had been fretting for months over the fact that the deck and porch posts were going to be placed directly onto the concrete pads that had been poured and finally decided that he was going to improve upon that plan. He drilled into each concrete block, epoxied a large metal bolt into each hole, and attached metal hangers on which to place the posts upon.
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- Mr. Lipham and Dave discuss where the porch posts will sit
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- uh-oh, our first injury
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- a contractor’s bandage- napkin and electrical tape…duck-tape’s not the only multipurpose tape you know
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- Dave begins to drill…
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- and drill…
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- 5″ bolts seemed good on paper, but once he started to drill the concrete, 2 1/2″ suddenly seemed way better
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- Dave puts me to work blowing the dust out of the holes
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- time for the epoxy
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- in goes the bolt
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- once the epoxy sets, the metal hanger will be bolted down, ready to support the post
I know I’ve posted plenty of photos of the lake and dam, but I just couldn’t help taking a few more…it’s just so beautiful. I will leave you with a few more shots…
the coleman cabin 
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