Oct 7th - Last Log

I have removed the black plastic over the garage which is now in tatters and full of holes. We want to build a more durable tent over the garage area and by building a temporary ridge pole over the garage and 2 on either the south and north walls we are ready to install another piece of the reinforced plastic. Pat has the great idea to attach one gallon water jugs with bungy cords to the bottom edges of the plastic and throw them over the bottom ridges. These serve as weights for the plastic to stay taut. If you want to pull the plastic back, simply toss the jugs on the other side of bottom ridge. What a perfect way to keep things dry with a quick way to remove it if need be. Once up, we do have to move it to begin the final sections of log installation on the north and south walls.

We have determined where the top logs will be ripped down. Once drilled and fit, they have to come back down so we can rip them down with the beam saw. It takes a while to rip a 6" long down its full length especially since both sides have to be ripped down. The final top two logs are ripped down and glued in place on the corners. We then attach on the inside of the walls 4 microlam beams which are glued and screwed. These will further strengthen the upper courses of logs and provide a place to hang our TJI's and then begin another floor surface of warm board. The long micro lams are installed into two notches on the east garage wall and canitlever out over the logs. This will serve as a way to make the master suite above 2' longer than the garage. Tomorrow we will be ready to install the floor.