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

[ruralruss]

It will eventually be covered, but open at least until spring/summer. The truss engineer said that he has seen this done and it wil not hurt the trusses and actually make them stronger provided that they can't pivot. I was planning on a 20' 2x12 with 10' of it attached inside the basement to the trusses..not 4'. I do think you are right about the wall attachment, so I have a better idea. When they pour the basement floor, I am adding a 4' sidewalk on the creek side and a 6' skirt in front of the garage door. I will dig post holes every 6 or 8' along the creekside edge of the sidewalk, drop rebar into the holes and tie it all to rebar in the sidewalk. My supports off the deck beam will then tie in on top of those poured holes. This way I do not touch the walls at all and I won't be banging my head on all those 45 degree supports. I think I am going to scale back the deck to 8' instead of 10 so I will only have about 4' of cantilever which is really the max for a 2x12.

I'll shoot some pic's of the location and Photo Paint in the planned supports. If you get a chance swing by some time and take a look at the site.

I am off to go cut firewood since I don't have a stick yet and there was that cool 'tinge" in the air last night. Then I have to fluff 20ac of hay, so no work on the house today.

That sounds much better. We have a 8' deep porch and it gives you plenty of room to entertain.

 

[MotorSeven]

That sounds much better. We have a 8' deep porch and it gives you plenty of room to entertain.

That's good to know since I have never had one smaller than 10'.

 

[MotorSeven]

Here is a creekside photoshop pic showing the proposed cantilever deck:

It's hard to see it so I outlined the creek in blue, taken from the subfloor of the main floor. The incline is dramatic:

 

[bindian]

Rick,
Looks like I will have to put Y'alls place on my "to visit" list. 3RRL's log manison out in CA is already on the list.
hugs, Brandi

 

[EddieWalker]

My porch is 9 feet deep and it gets a little wet when I have a strong storm. If there is wind, then it's really not enough protection if you want to be out there while its raining.

Eddie

 

[tnmike]

The new deck support system es mucho mejor mi amigo. I would go below the frostline directly under the posts with the concrete and anchor the posts to it.

 

[firefighter9208]

My porch is 9 feet deep and it gets a little wet when I have a strong storm. If there is wind, then it's really not enough protection if you want to be out there while its raining.

Eddie

I agree with Eddie. Our back porch is 16'x34' and about 1/2 of it gets wet in a blowing rain. I used a 2x12 band against the house with two 1/2" x 12" carragie head bolts between every floor joist. The joists I placed on 24" centers, but wish I had placed on 18". It's a little bouncy with 30 or 40 people on it .


Chris

 

[MotorSeven]

30 or 40 people...what ya doing...square dancing? 16x34 is a monster deck. Hmmm, this one faces North, and we do get some good wind through a cut in the opposite ridge. 10' would be the max without doing a lot of heavy hard ground work on a 70 degree slope. I'll have to ponder 10' some more & I guess I can knee brace off the posts to the end of the deck.

 

[BoFuller]

Good work M7. I just wish I could get started on mine. Plans are still with the engineers.

 

[dave1949]

Good work M7. I just wish I could get started on mine. Plans are still with the engineers.

How can it be that an engineer is required to design a log cabin? :laughing: I know how, but it strikes me as a bit odd, just the thought of it, given the history of log cabins.
Dave.