Cabin
-
Whose siding are you on?
With the roof in place it was time to get the cabin closed in. And the first step in doing that was getting siding on. We used panels for siding, and they install onto the strapping that covers the Tyvek. As mentioned in a previous post this creates channel behind the siding, so that any
-
Thirteen ways
A poet I follow, mostly on his channel (stack?) Poetry Unbound on Substack, is Pádraig Ó Tuama. In his latest post he speaks about Wallace Stevens' excellent poem, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, and the entire genre of poetry it inspired. If you are unfamiliar with the poem you really should search it
-
That Iceberg is blocking my view
At the end of August that year, I arrived at the cabin one afternoon to discover that a large iceberg was grounded offshore in front of it. Distances and such can be hard to judge here, things seem a lot closer than they are. But to give you an idea this iceberg was 80 feet
-
I guess it needs a roof
Building alone brings challenges, and forces you to be innovative. There are times where you need that extra set of hands, that just aren't there. So, sometimes you need to make them. Sheathing the roof was the part of the build I was least looking forward to. The roof pitch is steep, its almost 45
-
Running on photons
This past weekend we switch over completely to solar at the cabin until (hopefully) the dark season. During the day the panels run the electricity and charge the battery, and after the sun goes down, it switches over to battery. Amazingly even after the sun has set the panels are still contributing. The other day
-
Its a wrap
Continuing on with the history of the cabin build… After the roof joists were up, it seems that the next job up would be getting that roof sheathed. But there were other things that needed tackling and, quite frankly, I wasn't looking forward to that aspect of the job. Now not every joist was done.
-
Wait, that’s not right…
The next step in the build was getting the roof joists in place. The joists, in this case, are 2X6s that run from the centre beam, down onto the wall, and extend a bit past it to create an overhang of the roof. In theory, although it appears complicated, they should be fairly straight forward.
-
Politics
How can I, that moon hanging there, My attention fixOn American, or Russian, Or Canadian politics? (With apologies to W.B. Yeats) This past Saturday found me in a bad mood. I was grumpy, and irritable. And though I recognized that I was part way through the day it did nothing to mitigate it. Every mve the dogs
-
Moving on up
It was clear to me, at the start of this process and certainly as I moved through it, that the roof was going to be the most challenging part of the cabin build. Doubly so doing much of the work on my own. In order to accommodate a loft, and give enough height in that
-
Porched
Progress was slow after the last (ha) wall went up in April. Early spring there were challenges getting there, especially with material I needed to continue. But by late June, early July some progress was visible. After it was warm enough for adhesive the subfloor of the porch was set down. And a little bit