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Click TOOLS OF THE TRADE to see some of the tools and equipment we used. Click CREDITS to see the major companies and suppliers we've worked with. |
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7-1-11 Jeff's cousin Ryan offered his skill in hanging drywall today, focusing on the bathroom. Our use of our own rough-cut lumber provided a few challenges for squaring sheets, but Ryan was able to improvise. Jillena chinked the lowest log gap from the bathroom to around the bedroom, and many other family members were busy installing outlets and switches. |
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Although Ryan's Rotozip made quick work of scribing against the log wall near the doorway, it didn't turn out to be as close a fit as we would have liked. So, on the opposite wall of the bathroom, Jeff used a scribing tool again, but cut the drywall the old-fashioned way - with a knife. Checking for fit, cutting areas that needed trimming, and rechecking, over and over, resulted in a very nice fit, but it took hours. Later, Paul and Jeff got the front door 3-gang switch box wired up and the two nearby ceiling fans working. |
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Our new friend, Mike, took the LHBA class a few weeks ago and drove up from Pennsylvania on a weekend trip to visit Fletcher's log home, then continue north to see our home and stay with Bill, another local LHBA member who has recently started his home. While here, he offered his drywalling experience and hung the upper sections in the bathroom for us, then started on the laundry room. He also assisted us with some electrical work. |
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Ryan was back today, hanging more drywall for us in the laundry room and temporary walls around the stairwell. In the bathroom, many hands were helping with the taping and mudding. Later in the day, Jeff finished the work on the outside GFI outlets and basement entry light, and hung the main kitchen lights. |
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Jeff and Paul finished up the drywall mudding in the bathroom and brought up the bathtub from the basement. Later, they started laying down the bathroom flooring. no additional Framing & Drywall pics for today |
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Jeff hung a few more drywall sections, with Stephen helping him cut out a couple of outlet boxes. A few loads of dirt arrived for our front yard, and Jillena was busy working on the finishing of the bathroom floor. |
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Jeff hung another custom-scribed drywall sheet today while Jillena applied the second of four coats of Varathane to the bathroom floor. |
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7-17-11 Painting began today, with Jillena covering the ceiling with one coat, and the walls with the first of two coats of primer. Jeff finished off the left end of the bedroom wall backing up to the stairwell, and added custom-made guides to the bottoms of the pocket doors. |
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7-18-11 Jillena and Stephen began painting the bathroom today and Jeff put up another section of drywall over the pocket door opening tonight. |
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7-19-11 Tonight, Jillena painted the baseboards and peeled off the edging tape around the ceiling. The bathroom is officially done...for now. Just need to add the fixtures. |
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7-20-11 Jeff scribed the drywall piece on the outside of the bathroom tonight. He also got a good look at three bucks grazing in the SW lot. |
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Jeff finished scribing and hanging the drywall around the laundry room doorway. We also set the clawfoot tub in the bathroom and are ready to connect the plumbing. |
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Bob did a fantastic job on the temporary support for our kitchen sink and countertop. Jillena and Jeff made some more progress on the drywall, and we continued to receive loads of fill dirt for our front yard. |
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7-30-11 Jillena and Jeff worked on drywall again today, finishing the boarding of the laundry room and bedroom, as well as one side of the short wall at the top of the stairwell. |
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7-31-11 Today, we put the first coat of mud on the laundry room walls. |
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8-2-11 Jeff put a second coat of mud on the seams tonight, which you can see in the darker areas of the joints. no additional Framing & Drywall pics for today |
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Jeff applied another thin coat of mud to the scribed wall in the laundry room, then moved out into the hallway to apply a second coat to those walls. Jillena stapled more lath strips in the east wall. Outside, the local cropduster flew right over our house as he worked on our neighbor's field. |
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Jeff mudded the drywall that was up in the kitchen and sanded the hallway work. Jillena did some chinking by herself along the back wall. |
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8-7-11 Jeff worked on the hallway again today, as well as the temporary wall and exterior of the bedroom. |
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8-9-11 Another coat of mud for the temporary wall and bedroom wall. |
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8-10-11 Another coat of mud for the temporary wall and bedroom wall, as well as a coat of primer for the hallway. |
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8-11-11 Jillena finished the priming of the hallway walls today. no additional Framing & Drywall pics for today |
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8-12-11 Jillena's family was up for the weekend. Bob was here as well, working on setting the concrete slabs for the side entry landing and steps. Inside, Jeff finished hanging the drywall in the kitchen and worked next on the stairwell. |
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LouElla primed the drywall all around the kitchen counter after Lydia primed the laundry room. Paul was busy grading outside and Jeff was in the stairwell working on drywall. We also had a crew stuffing insulation in the east wall. |
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8-16-11 Jeff set a custom-cut sheet in the outside corner of the stairwell landing tonight, scribing against the girder support log for a tight fit. no additional Framing & Drywall pics for today |
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8-19-11 Jeff hung two sheets at the bottom of the stairwell tonight. no additional Framing & Drywall pics for today |
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8-20-11 Jeff finished the lower section of the stairwell tonight, and started on the outside of the upper stairwell section that drops into the basement. |
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8-21-11 Jeff fit the last upper stairwell section piece in tonight, with a scribed fit against the GSL. He also finished off the wall at the bottom of the stairwell with a narrow piece and glued down the base plate for the short wall under the inside corner of the staircase. |
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The studs are now in place for the last bit of drywall that needs to go in around the stairwell. The outlet covers are all in place in the kitchen as well. no additional Framing & Drywall pics for today |
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Bob built the side entry landing and rails today, which will eventually have steps descending from it. Inside, Jeff was working on a box soffit for the light over the kitchen sink. |
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Bob finished the side entry steps today and helped Jeff lift out the upper staircase so he could finish the landing flooring and stairwell drywall. |
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9-11-11 We're including the stairwell handrails in this section since it only took one day to complete. This was a minor project, but the last of all the requirements for our C of O. Just a few little things to tidy up and we'll schedule an inspection. We still need a final instrument survey of the property completed, which is scheduled for next week, and house numbers out by the road. |
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Our C of O inspection was this past Monday, the 19th. Everything passed except one thing that slipped our minds when we set the concrete pads for the side entry steps. We didn't leave enough clearance around the boiler exhaust pipe. The pipe comes out of the foundation wall under the left side of the deck. Bob removed some of his nice framing work in that area. Then we removed a lot of rock and dirt from under the pipe. We also had to chisel off the corner of the pad. The inspector came out later and gave us the thumbs up! |
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