We both missed going down last Thursday to check out the progress on the cabin and were completely astounded when we arrived Friday at the site of the great room ceiling! We’d seen countless photos of the interior of many a two story great room in our Log Home magazines but were still unprepared for what we walked into that morning…it was simply breathtaking.
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- looking up at the guest room
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- and on the other end, the kids room
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- looking out towards the front door and the guest bath above
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- the fireplace
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- another view of the guest room and second floor bath
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- the great room door onto the deck
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- looking back at the kitchen with the kids room above
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- looking straight above in the great room…Andy was right, with the cross ties and t & g in, the off center beam is not an eyesore, thank goodness!
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- another view above of the off center beam.
Most of the crew worked outside putting up more log siding, finishing off dormers and laying down more roofing felt. They’d been working particularly hard so we thought we’d bring in pizza for lunch.
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- pizza break!
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- outside, the crew works on placing log siding on the great room peak
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- cutting the log siding
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- Dave steps in and sharpens their chainsaw blade
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- covering the dormer roofs
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- Miguel lays down more roof felt
Although some of the first floor wiring had been done, we hadn’t witnessed first hand just quite how difficult some of the wiring would be. As I had mentioned in a previous post, all of the wire has to be hidden in window and door frames, across the first floor rafters and under the second floor t & g, and also up over the roof for the second floor ceiling lights and fans . This requires drilling through the heavy 12″ timbers and running over half a mile of wire, all to be connected down in the basement.(I’d somehow turned off the autofocus on my camera so some of the photos are slightly out of focus. Boo.)
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- Andy wires for the deck lights
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- Mr. Lipham steps in to give his son a hand
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- it takes the two of them to drill through some of the beams
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- this one was particularly difficult…
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- still drilling….
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- he seemed to be struggling so I offered to take over…much laughter ensued for some reason 🙂
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- a brief rest…
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- Andy puts in everything he’s got…
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- and voila, it’s through but takes some effort to remove the drill bit
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- Dave and Andy discuss electrical box sizes
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- another team effort by father and son
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- it’s stuck!
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- hey Andy, do ya think you should be wearing safety goggles maybe?!
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- next, Andy goes up to the highest point of the roof to drill the hole for the great room fan!
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- and it’s through! (right where the off center beams meet)
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- a little off center but it’s through and will be covered by the fan base anyway
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- Andy seems a little worn out…why, I wonder?
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- Andy and Mr. Lipham discuss what still needs to be done
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- all of the wires have to be run into the basement to the electrical box
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- Dave checks out the circuit box
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- our awesome father and son team, Andy and Kenneth Lipham
Andy had to leave at the end of the day to drive back to Alabama and I must admit, we were sad to see him go. He has added such a positive energy to the work site, constantly laughing, helping everyone out and keeping the entire atmosphere upbeat. Before he left, he told us not to hesitate to call if we need help while we’re finishing the inside of the cabin…we may just have to “create” a problem so we can call him to come help us out! ;-D
the coleman cabin 
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