The Log house Project begins........

[MotorSeven]

Hey Brandi, sorry but for some reason I am still not getting thread notifications. As for settling, maybe a quarter of an inch total...the cedar is extremely stable.

I know you bought a mill, have you started your house yet??

 

[MotorSeven]

M7,
I just finished reading this. It has taken several days but it was a great read. I linked here from the Forestry Forum link you added to a thread there. I noticed I had posted on this was back in the beginning.

All I can say is wow! You have done some really neat stuff! A couple of questions:

How is the Waterlox doing on the floors? Is it holding up the the foot and ‘paw’ traffic? How many coats did you do, or do you remember.

Did your dripping on the deck go away with the OAK for the furnace? Why did you change out from the old soap stone?

Thanks for the detail and time you put in this thread!

The Waterlox is great and mid last year I steam mopped the floor and re-coated with the glossy-er Waterlox and it looks much better than the old dull finish. So far it is holding up well, but if you drag something across the floor it will mark it. Fortunately, a rag and a little bit of Waterlox will fix those spots quick and easy.

As for the soapstone, it just could not get the house much over 68 degrees, and I was burning a cart of wood a day when it was below freezing outside. With the furnace I am burning almost half of that because of it being ducked and the hot air forced up from the basement. It was 8 degrees this am and 72 on the main floor. Yes, all the water dripping has stopped, the wood heat keeps the moisture at bay.

 

[BoFuller]

Eddie, did anyone in your family do the dna thing? We did and it's pretty interesting....it even tracks bloodlines on emigration routes and locations.

My wife and I got a couple kits as Xmas presents but we are not going to do them. After researching the fine print, they can do whatever they want with the results of your DNA. As a matter of fact, the cost of the kit is tiny compared to what they make selling your info to everybody and anybody that will pay for it. I can not see putting that out there all over the universe.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[MotorSeven]

I hear ya. Add that to 'smart' phones that listen to us when the screen is 'off' ...we don't have much privacy in this day and age.................

 

[AndyBees]

Wow! This is the first notification I've received in months... good to catch up on the activities!
Andy up in Kentucky..

 

[bindian]

Hey Brandi, sorry but for some reason I am still not getting thread notifications. As for settling, maybe a quarter of an inch total...the cedar is extremely stable.

I know you bought a mill, have you started your house yet??

Rick, 1/4 inch is amazing. Good info to retain. Looks like I can get ERC two hours from me, in Alto. But Texas ERC is $48 for a 6x6 eight footer. I have found it for $27 each up in Arkansas. So I'll buy a minumum truckload what I need out of Ark. and if needing any more, I'll drive up to Alto and pick more up.

Still working on a place to permanently put the mill. So far I have only cut 3 pine logs. But I now have a huge White Oak waiting to get cut up. I sawed off about 2 foot of it to make some wedding cake cookies for a co worker. Maybe next weekend I can get that on the mill.
hugs, Brandi

 

[MotorSeven]

Hey Andy, how's things in KY? I still have that 'item' of yours.....will drop it off one day when it warms up enough to go for a long bike ride.

 

[MotorSeven]

$27 is a decent price. I bought 300 of them for my build and figure I milled out another 100 longer or specialty ones. Cedar certainly is now my favorite wood to build anything,.... especially a house.

Btw, if you are having them trucked in on a 18wheeler flatbed, the cost will be the same if you have a half load of a full one, so make sure you get enough:thumbsup:

 

[AndyBees]

Rick, no problem... haven't been worried about it at all. We may come your way
sometime this spring. If and when that happens, we'll give you a heads up!

Yeah, things been going good here. We survived the deep cold snap.
We're planning to build a small greenhouse on two sides of an existing building.
Everything will be facing south and west.

 

[bindian]

$27 is a decent price. I bought 300 of them for my build and figure I milled out another 100 longer or specialty ones. Cedar certainly is now my favorite wood to build anything,.... especially a house.

Btw, if you are having them trucked in on a 18wheeler flatbed, the cost will be the same if you have a half load of a full one, so make sure you get enough:thumbsup:

Rick,
Thanks. I will do that. Do you think those 8 footers are 75 pounds. Or do you think they are around 100 pounds?
hugs, Brandi