The Log house Project begins........
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The door looks great.. The porthole is a cool touch. Have you decided on the lockset and handles?
Did you get any of the hail yesterday? Chattanooga got baseball size hail with tornadoes and I heard a tornado hit Lee Co, Va pretty hard. Two years in a row is too much.
Did you get any of the hail yesterday? Chattanooga got baseball size hail with tornadoes and I heard a tornado hit Lee Co, Va pretty hard. Two years in a row is too much.
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MotorSeven
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I decided on a rim lock set, just have not decided which one yet:
Nope, we lucked out again...all the real nasty stuff skirted us on both sides. We did put Les's Sorento in the garage of the log house...don't need another $5,500 in hail damage
Nope, we lucked out again...all the real nasty stuff skirted us on both sides. We did put Les's Sorento in the garage of the log house...don't need another $5,500 in hail damage
brin
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I will say this...NO matter who the big bad wolf is ...he can huff and puff but he is not going to blow your house down...Really coming together nice...You should be real proud...I love the door...
Obed
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We got some quarter sized hail last night but seemed to miss significant damage. One car got 4 little dents. According to the weather service, a tornado passed right over our neighborhood but I haven't heard that it touched down. Knoxville, as as you know, got hit hard with hail last spring. I heard 200,000 houses got or are getting new roofs. We're all tired of hail and tornadoes.MotorSeven said:I decided on a rim lock set, just have not decided which one yet:
Nope, we lucked out again...all the real nasty stuff skirted us on both sides. We did put Les's Sorento in the garage of the log house...don't need another $5,500 in hail damage
Obed
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MotorSeven
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Thanks Brin,Eddie & Shane!
I got the 4 side light windows in(either side of the french doors) installed, no problem:thumbsup:.
I also noticed that the used 8" Class A flue pipe was leaking water down onto/into the stove. It came with a Windbeater flue cap(the Class A was all used off craigslist) and when I installed the cap I noticed that it had no skirt to keep water out of the pipe and or the double wall w/insulation. I em'd the seller & they said they never had a problem......but their install was 90 degrees out thru a wall, then 90 degrees up on an exterior wall, so water would have just run down the pipe onto the ground and not make a 90 degree turn. Anyway, I ran down the skirt which is called a "Storm Collar" and got the only one that the distributor said he "found up in the rafters of the warehouse"(wheeeew) and it is on the way. I fired up the stove today, 50 degrees out with a little wind and it drafted great, so I may not need another 4' of flue pipe. It is getting colder tomorrow w/possible snow, so I am going to get the stove humming and see how it performs.
All in all a good day..and the sun graced us with it's presence
too:thumbsup:
Obed, yes last spring is what nailed Les's Sorento. Lately it feels like we live in S. Dakota with all the violent weather.........
I got the 4 side light windows in(either side of the french doors) installed, no problem:thumbsup:.
I also noticed that the used 8" Class A flue pipe was leaking water down onto/into the stove. It came with a Windbeater flue cap(the Class A was all used off craigslist) and when I installed the cap I noticed that it had no skirt to keep water out of the pipe and or the double wall w/insulation. I em'd the seller & they said they never had a problem......but their install was 90 degrees out thru a wall, then 90 degrees up on an exterior wall, so water would have just run down the pipe onto the ground and not make a 90 degree turn. Anyway, I ran down the skirt which is called a "Storm Collar" and got the only one that the distributor said he "found up in the rafters of the warehouse"(wheeeew) and it is on the way. I fired up the stove today, 50 degrees out with a little wind and it drafted great, so I may not need another 4' of flue pipe. It is getting colder tomorrow w/possible snow, so I am going to get the stove humming and see how it performs.
All in all a good day..and the sun graced us with it's presence
too:thumbsup:
Obed, yes last spring is what nailed Les's Sorento. Lately it feels like we live in S. Dakota with all the violent weather.........
BoFuller
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M7, WOW. I've been busy for awhile and just now got caught up. Beautiful door!!!! Nice job. And I love the port hole. You'll be able to sit in your easy chair and watch as I get started on my building project. :laughing:
I just ordered some logs - average 22" diameter, so I won't be lifting any of those bad boys by hand.
Keep up the expert work. I've got pages of notes from your post. Thanks!
Bo
I just ordered some logs - average 22" diameter, so I won't be lifting any of those bad boys by hand.
Keep up the expert work. I've got pages of notes from your post. Thanks!
Bo
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MotorSeven
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22" logs...wow that's gonna be a "Lodge" not a cabin
I'm putting all the stops in for the gable glass. I am using leftover Hemlock slabs and making 1.5"x1.5" stops. I have made two trips down to the mill because I used up the first batch on the side light windows....it sure takes way more than you think.
Then I was trimming out a side light and ran a 3 " screw into the edge of the glass....a $100 mistake...{sigh}
I'm putting all the stops in for the gable glass. I am using leftover Hemlock slabs and making 1.5"x1.5" stops. I have made two trips down to the mill because I used up the first batch on the side light windows....it sure takes way more than you think.
Then I was trimming out a side light and ran a 3 " screw into the edge of the glass....a $100 mistake...{sigh}