Man Cabin update

Spent the weekend down at the "Man Cabin" this weekend, worked on Friday and Saturday and lounged around on Sunday at Mom's house. I ran the power from the main panel in the barn to the sub panel in the cabin and ran 7 outlets so I don't have to have extension cords everywhere now. Next on the agenda is to get the bedroom walls and bathroom walls up then install the temporary overhead lights and the rest of the outlets installed. That will probably be about all that will get done on the inside before Deer season. I want to get the retaining wall installed and the front yard area in grass before winter.

I bought a sectional that has two recliners and a sleeper sofa for the living room off of Craigslist, it's really too nice for a Man cabin but it was only 6 months old and I made an offer on it and got it for a great price. I'm also an avid rocker so I went to Big Lots the other day and found a really good deal on a rocker recliner as well.

I brought this little kitchen table down from the "shack" and put it in the dining area, we (family) have had it since the late 60's and it was used when we got it, the quality back then was so much better, all the chairs are still like new, no tears, rips etc.

This is the temporary kitchen, it is a Cabela's camp kitchen, I got it for free with Cabela points I had. The picture is kind of dark but it has zipper storage compartments underneath for storing plates, food etc. On top is a toaster oven and microwave and a coleman one burner stove.
This was Jonathan's first bed, we had given it to his aunt and she called last week and didn't need it anymore so here it is.

This is the indoor outhouse, it will have to do until I get the bathroom finished. The cots will go in here when the outhouse is gone.

This is where the bathroom will be when it is installed.

I put out food plots about a month ago, it has only rained on them once before this weekend, hopefully they will take off now.

Until next time,

Tim

Catching up part 6

With the outside completed, except for the front porch and rear deck it is time to start on the inside. Since this will eventually be my woodworking shop I am going to leave the area as open as possible.


Before the bat insulation and horizontal studs were installed I used spray foam (Foam It Green, great product but a bit pricey) to spray all of the vertical and horizontal seams to give me a tight seal as well as keeping out the creepy crawlers. It was close to 100 degrees that day with very high humidity, on top of that I had to wear a pair of Tyvek coveralls and mask. I was sweating so much that the mask clogged up with sweat and I couldn't breathe, I had to raise up the mask take a few breathes and then spray some more. The big problem was if you didn't spray for a few seconds your tip would clog up and you would have to replace it. When I was finished I was so weak from sweating and the heat I had to set down about 15 minutes to recover, when I took off the coveralls I was drenched from head to toe, I couldn't have been any wetter if I had fallen into the pond.

Until next time,

Tim

Catching up part 5

After the roof sheeting was installed they started framing up the windows and doors. Once that framing was complete the rest of the sheeting, trim, gutters and shutters were installed.

Now it is time to start on the inside.

Until next time

Tim

Catching up part 4

After the sub floor was installed it was time to start setting the walls.



As you can see from the picture above we had to remove the sheeting from the existing barn to tie in the new building.

Tomorrow we start on the sheeting, doors and windows.

Until next time,


Tim

Catching up part 3

After the basement floor was poured I started setting the floor trusses. I went with trusses because I wanted a clear span so I wouldn't have any post in the basement to work around. My next door neighbor where I live volunteered a day to help set the trusses. We used the excavator to set the them see it went pretty fast, thank goodness because it was hot and humid that day.

Started installing the sub floor.

After the sub floor was completed it was time for the walls to start going up. It had to be the hottest week I can remember in a long time, it was still in the 80's at 6 in the morning and reaching mid 90's by lunch. This really slowed down the productivity due to all the fluids we had to stop and drink.

Until next time,

Tim

Catching up part 2

When I was digging the basement I hit sandstone about 12' down, so after hammering out the rock it was time for the footers to be poured.

After the footers were poured it was time for the walls to be poured.

Added the gravel, leveled it out then waited on the concrete trucks to show up.

Poured the floor, next step floor trusses.

Until next time,

Tim

Catching up

As I stated in a post last week it has been awhile since I last posted so I wanted post what all has been going on the past year. After I finished the barn last spring/summer I had a concrete floor put in it and decided that I needed more room. I have always wanted to remodel/modernize the little cabin on the farm, currently it has electricity but no insulation and no indoor plumbing etc. Since I needed more space I decided to add a 30' X 40' building with basement onto the side of the existing barn. I will use the basement for storage (small equipment) and the upstairs will temporarily be used as the "Man Cabin" until I get the little cabin remodeled. After that the "Man Cabin" will become my woodworking shop. So here is a pictorial of the last year.

Installing concrete floor in barn

starting excavation for the basement

Since I had a lot of work to do around the farm I purchased an Excavator

At this point we were ready for the footers.

Until next time

Tim