Play Misty for me

Apologies for the delay in posting this week but I forget to take the iPhone/camera out with me on Sunday morning for a final morning's work before writing the blog and therefore, when I came to write it, I didn't have half the photos that I needed. This week started where the previous week left off,  with applying the final UV coating to the logs of the exterior of the cabin.  On Monday, I worked by myself and managed to complete the South Gable and on Tuesday I had Kyle to help me and we did the lake side of the cabin as far as the kitchen.

The South Gable completely finished by close of play on Monday.

Scaffolding in place ready to start lake side logs on Tuesday.

The prow all finished by COP.

On Wednesday, we decided our time would be better spent cutting wood for the deck framing because there is a chance that the Forestry Department will soon close the forest to cutting for fear of fires as a result of the hot weather. So Kevin, Kyle and I went out to my licensed cutting area and spent the day cutting, loading and transporting wood for spindles, railings and posts. Strewth, it was hard, hot work and I wasn't the only one who felt pretty worn out at the end of the day, which didn't finish until nearly 2100 hrs. Once again, Tex had a meal waiting for us when we got back and we were all grateful. Good on ya Tex.

We started in an area suitable for spindles and railings.

With two saws working, we quickly cut the first load which Kyle loaded and Kevin and I cut. Trailer half full.

For the posts we needed bigger stuff, some of which we found lying on the ground. Often it required quite a lot of cleaning before cutting into lengths but, ...

more often we found better stuff from standing dead wood. These proved easier to find, prepare and …. 

collect ready for loading and …. 

…. delivery to my place. From here they will have to be hand peeled ready to form part of the deck framing. As you can see, Kevin's trailer was on the limit of being overloaded and there are still a few logs, that we cut, that are waiting to be brought in. We'll collect them next week. 

 On Thursday it was back to staining the logs and Kyle and I managed to finish the cabin by mid-afternoon and we cleared the scaffolding and took it back into the main cabin great room ready for putting up the last valley and it's jack rafters next week.

Finally, the lake side of the garage saw the exterior staining task finished. Now I need to start work on the interior staining.

On Friday, I got on with building the platform in the garage, that will eventually provide access into the main cabin, once the steps are added. I should have completed this work on Saturday, but a thunder storm soaked all the wood and boarding, which prevented me from using the glue and so finishing it had to wait until Sunday and, as you know, I forgot to take my phone and camera.

The platform leading up to the entrance to the cabin from the garage. NB all the water from the thunder storm that stopped play on Saturday.

Just about done and ready for floor boards and steps.

Sub-flooring for the utility area in place.

Play Misty for me - the lake in early morning.