September 29, 2010. The crew is here, the trucks have arrived with the logs, and the walls are starting to go up! We wish we could have been there to witness the beginning, but at least Ryan, the contractor, took lots of pictures. We are using 10" diameter logs. They have been milled to take off the bark and make them more uniform, but they still have a more hand-crafted look than the kit homes. The log walls are put together using the Swedish coping method, which means that the top log has a notch cut out of it lengthwise, allowing it to fit down on top of the log below it. This gives a stronger, more efficient fit. It also is more aesthetically pleasing, at least to me. A view from the north, looking toward the garage entrance.
The crew consists of six men. They are hard workers, they don't stop till they're done, sun-up to sun-down.
The holes are where the windows and doors will go.
A view looking northward. There will be a porch on this side of the house.
The corner where the guys are working will be the downstairs master bedroom.
This area will be the great room, kitchen and mud room. In Colorado, it's a good idea to have a mud room!
Almost done with the first floor. We still need to backfill the foundation a bit more.
There was a time when Don & I thought we would like to hand-build a log home ourselves. We actually spent a week's vacation at a log-home building school in Minnesota, learning how to peel logs, hand-scribe them and do the Swedish coping by hand with a chain saw. What were we thinking?!!!
Starting on the second story. We will be sheetrocking the interior walls ourselves.
The crew was lucky enough to have good weather. It's early October, and hunting season has started. There are lots of deer and elk in the Cuchara area. Don is hoping to take advantage of that next year!
Putting on the center beam for the roof.
Obviously nobody is afraid of heights!
The rafters are starting to go on.
The basement before the floor is poured.
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