My Industrial Cabin Build

[buckeyefarmer]

You did good working alone.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

That looked frustrating.

It was a little. The next video coming out was way more trouble. Wife wanted to push on after dark. So we started a large panel after it was already dark. The excavator has good lights but darkness is unforgiving. We got the panel in but it was a goat rodeo and I was livid. I felt like we really pushed past the point of stupid. We had to have a talk after that. I am fortunate that my wife understands I was upset because I was concerned about her safety.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

You did good working alone.

Thanks. I am sure you understand the struggle of common sense vs ambition. For me, its an eternal journey.

 

[airbiscuit]

Working at night is difficult, but as much as you do it, why not get a couple of super bright work lights? I get that shadows are a problem, but more light would help.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Working at night is difficult, but as much as you do it, why not get a couple of super bright work lights? I get that shadows are a problem, but more light would help.

I bought a couple halogen lights on a stand, did a lot of my work after dark. But usually not standing panels, but building headers or marking top/bottoms for stud locations.

 

[s219]

I usually only work after dark when there is a serious weather deadline coming, like rain/snow. Both can impact all sorts of aspects of a project from ground to roof, even how materials and tools are staged. But sometimes it would make more sense to quit early and make other preparations instead.

I finished up a roofing job in the dark once, since rain was coming that evening. As the night went on, frost and ice crystals formed on the roof and I started to realize nature wasn't cooperating. All went well but I realized that one slip or dumb little mistake would have been dangerous and the roof would have got rained on anyway while I was in the ER. It would have seemed silly to get a major injury when a large tarp could have just bought me more time.

So when I was roofing my barn lean-to recently, I was looking at the clock and realized I could either push on into the night and maybe finish up before rain, or just put down a large tarp, make it home early for dinner, and come back the next day. After a little thought, option 2 made more sense. I think sometimes age, the appeal of a warm dinner, and safety go together.

What's not so simple are those jobs where you have to pull out a zillion tools to get working, and in those cases I am much more likely to push on. It can be a production to get setup so I take that into account.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Well our tool trailer is only about 50 yds from the build so It isn’t too bad getting all the stuff out that I need. We ran late again. And this time I moved the truck so it would shine on the work area.
Here is a picture of our latest progress.


And here is a link to the Video from last weekend. Im a week behind. It felt like this one was harder to edit than a lot of them.

We have Big Walls. SIPs House Construction. DIY SIP Build #29 We have Big Walls. SIPs House Construction. DIY SIP Build #29 - YouTube

 

[EddieWalker]

Seeing your wife standing next to that wall really puts into perspective how tall it's going to be. How tall is it going to be?

 

[WoodChuckDad]

That panel is 16’-5 13/16”. It is the tallest panel. In that part of the house, there will be an 8 foot ceiling with some small attic c space above it. In the main room (center of the house ) it is open, post and beam design with roof going from 9 feet to just over 16 feet. Bedroom roof walls is 9feet to about 13 feet with beams holding up the roof.

 

[oosik]

During our time in Alaska - 1960 thru 1982 - we built a log cabin. It was built in 1976 and is still standing and in use today. The hardest part - transporting the large Spruce trees from where harvested to where the cabin was constructed. The trees were harvested on State land - a distance of some twelve miles from the cabin site. The ONLY mechanical help during the entire build was the Warn winch on the front of my Jeep and a chain saw powered Alaskan mill. The concrete was mixed from scratch for the Sono tube foundation and all logs were two sided with an Alaskan mill.

Our water supply was collected off the roof and run thru two 55-gallon whiskey barrels. One full of sand - the other full of activated charcoal.