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| Chinking operation |
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| Knotty Alder front door with Clavos (nails) |
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| This Pinon had to go! |
That's the way it seems to be going as of late. Though I did lose sleep over it, I gave in and let a plumber install the DWV (drain) piping in the home. I've done it all before but decided all the head scratching and numerous trips for supplies coupled with an inspector that will want it to "flow", made for an easier decision. I'm still installing the water side of things and am waiting for PEX supplies to arrive. I admit I'm not the best at multi-tasking when it comes to large projects like this so I put electrical on the back burner until plumbing is completed. Besides, plumbing gets the "right of way" when it comes to piping, walls, crawl space, etc. So what have I been doing? CHINKING! Yep, not what I planned on but the weather has been awesome and we decided it needed to get done before, not after the drywall goes up. It'll be easier to scribe the drywall to the finished wall vs. guessing or chinking up to the drywall. So back to insulation stuffing and nail pounding. Thank you palm nailer! I've been on the chinking kick for 4 days now and have the upstairs completed and am working on the large open living area. I enjoy the chinking but the prep takes a while. And yes, I'm the only one chinking, mixing, climbing scaffolding, etc. but I asked for it to be that way. That way I can only blame myself it it cracks, crumbles or looks like bird poop! Just a note, the interior chinking has yet to show any hairline cracks, unlike the outside. This is awesome as I have no intention of going over it again. Must be because the temperature has maintained at around 50' inside. Oh, but I did have to do some electrical in the log walls. Installed some gray plastic boxes and ran UFB wire. Fortunately the electrical inspector allowed Romex (barely) but was happy to hear I upgraded to direct burial wire. He wants to see 1 1/4" of mortar over the wire. Got it covered!
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| Upstairs chinking begins |
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| My "flame thrower" heat source at work |
WoW! I've read your whole blog up to this point and I'm now more interested in building my own butt and pass log cabin. I plan on taking the LHBA's class soon in Las Vegas. I take my hat off to you and your family for all of your hard work, and thank you for giving me an idea of what to expect.
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