A timber frame cabin memoir

[caver]

JJT,

They have options if engineered drawings are needed but not required in my build area. Since my previous response my project contact at Legacy sent this photo he found online which just shows two top plates with no header. He suggested I give him a call today which I will and hash it out.

 

[bullbreaker]

No expert here , been enjoying thread . Dabble in T frameing for years . Always been an interest of mine . Have a good arsenal of Barr and Robert Sorly tools [chisels , slicks , draw knifes ] etc . Anybody lookin to get a good draw knife on the cheap Geodore OX makes good ones from Germany. They make the larger STIHL axes and mauls and STIHL just rebrands them with there colors . Thanks for starting thread . Keep it a coming ! ....

 

[geteh]

A ten foot basement, ok 8'9", sounds great!

The short bolts on the sills in the drawing make me wonder what the tornado specifications are for your area. (Having lived places with tornados, wind, and earthquakes, I prefer to go a little on the cautious side during construction as the marginal cost is usually close to zero in the big picture.)

How is the drainage on your site?

Looking forward to the progress!

All the best,

Peter. SpotifyPremiumAPK

I’ve seen Avrame and MADi, both of which I like but have more of a sleek polished finished than I like. I much prefer the unfinished wood aesthetic and don’t need a premium finish or price. Is there anyone over here offering kits like that? Or any tips on searching for them? Also, I like the looks of these Cabins. They say they can be made fully residential with building reg friendly options. Any thoughts? Anyone used anything similar? i appreciate that while the building itself appears fairly reasonable costs will soon mount up with installation if needed, fitting out with electrics, plumbing, connecting services etc. But are these viable options? Am I barking up the wrong tree/timber build?

 

[ponytug]

I’ve seen Avrame and MADi, both of which I like but have more of a sleek polished finished than I like. I much prefer the unfinished wood aesthetic and don’t need a premium finish or price. Is there anyone over here offering kits like that? Or any tips on searching for them? Also, I like the looks of these Cabins. They say they can be made fully residential with building reg friendly options. Any thoughts? Anyone used anything similar? i appreciate that while the building itself appears fairly reasonable costs will soon mount up with installation if needed, fitting out with electrics, plumbing, connecting services etc. But are these viable options? Am I barking up the wrong tree/timber build?

Where do you want to build it?

 

[caver]

I am back to working on this thing part time but more focused on getting my current home on the market. Taking the advice of many to just sell as is. There's a few glaring things I want to deal with and then have a realtor lined up to look at it. I did some research and she's one of the top sellers in this part of the state. Having a handyman deal with a few ugly drywall issues and a bathroom cabinet that will be replaced. So at the cabin I had a well driller come by. I should have a well in 2 months or less. He can work me in he said since his step brother lives nearby. I want to hire a couple guys to use a telehandler and get the upper south wall studded out, sheathed and house wrap. I also talked to my dirt guy to have some initial septic done...clear some trees. My backhoe needs four cylinders rebuilt and the front motor mounts replaced or I would do some myself. I will say a mini ex is more agile on the hilly terrain with lots of small trees.

 

[EddieWalker]

You have a lot going on!!!

My advice for selling a house is to have at least 5 realtors come by and tell you what it will sell for as is, and what you should do to increase what you can get for it or sell it faster.

Sadly, most realtors will just agree with everything you say just to get you to sign a contract with them. The good realtors know what people are looking for, and what turns them off. Usually the things that hurt the sale of the house are things that offend the person selling the house. Nobody wants to hear that their style, taste or choices were bad.

A good realtor will look at the house with fresh eyes, no emotional attachment, and tell it like it is. I've worked for a lot of sellers that took their realtors advice, and almost all of the work I get hired to do is painting, removing wallpaper, changing lights, and new flooring. A house that has been on the market for years will sell in weeks after it's been cleaned up. While I'm doing my thing, the homeowners are packing up their "stuff" and hauling a bunch of it to the dumps.

Never try to sell a house with stuff in it that you are going to throw away when it sells!!!!

 

[caver]

The agent I plan to use will come and look at it in the next month. My biggest concern is if we don't get a home flipper I may have to get a new roof put on as loaners and insurance are real picky about stuff like that. I should have sold during covid but coulda shoulda woulda. Skyrocketing lumber prices made me also hold of on my cabin start. Could I do some of the handyman stuff myself? Probably but I HATE finish work and drywall. I don't mind hanging it but finishing it...uggg This guy does painting too and I hate painting. I'm moving most junk to a storage unit. I want minimal in the house for what I need for basic day to day living. I did forget to mention I found a better source for Andersen windows and have my basement door and two windows on hand. It took a month to get the windows made. This area lumber yard has been great. No dealing with the dummies and just pure incompetence at the box diy stores and often he beats their prices.

 

[caver]

I heard these are good screws for vinyl windows. Something about recessed bit allows you to loosen screw and fudge window into level. I can't find them except amazon in way bigger quantities than I need. I painted my window jambs and will try and mount the basement windows next time I go over. I may just get some regular flathead screws. Andersen says minimal 1.5"

 

[Gator6x4]

I heard these are good screws for vinyl windows. Something about recessed bit allows you to loosen screw and fudge window into level. I can't find them except amazon in way bigger quantities than I need. I painted my window jambs and will try and mount the basement windows next time I go over. I may just get some regular flathead screws. Andersen says minimal 1.5"View attachment 3540918

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[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Enjoyed reading about your home build. It brought back lots of memories as I was the GC for my 2600' Log home. The glass front looked similarly to yours with 4 6' glass and the trapezoid type windows, and a wing on each side.

In my case I had someone build the crawl space foundation and a contractor stack the logs and put the plywood on top, I hired a roofer.

That is when I took over and did as much as I could while working a full time job. I hired an electrician and a plumber to keep me in code I and my BIL were the grunt laborers, running pipe, setting fixtures, running wires. I hired a sheetrock company as one room had 23' ceiling. Used stained tongue and groove boards for the great room ceiling.

Mine took me 18 months to complete from the time they dropped everything for framing it in on 6 tractor trailer loads. The day they came I had rented an outdoor forklift, it had just rained and was getting stuck. WHEW... But it got done (I think the truck driver helped get me unstuck.

Man was I ecstatic to get the CO. Unfortunately even though I got the CO I didn't complete some things that weren't required to get it. I was in it for about 5-6 years before I finished some parts.

Like the hickory hardwood floors, flooring the attic to be able to store stuff.

I learned so much about building a house. Prior to this I had never seen a house build before. I saw some framing but never did it. I had never seen or done any tile work, very little plumbing or electrical work. I read a lot, watched some tapes (yes before you tube was a thing, about 1999) and asked a whole lotta questions.

In hind site I wished I had finished it completely before moving in.

I'm impressed with your grit. It takes that to keep moving. Keep up the great work and know we are all cheering for you!