STEP BY STEP CONSTRUCTION OF PITZER'S CABIN


Welcome to the progress page on constructing our own log cabin. This is our first log home. We are the general contractor on the job so we have managed the entire process.

We will try to educate you on log home construction while we learn in the process. We should be updating these images monthly as things move along.

If you have any questions along the way please contact us at info@ncloghomes.net.

 

These our house plans, the Dakota, with an addition of a loft. 
 
 		    
   


The first thing you need to do once your subfloor and waterproofing is inspected is to prepare for the logs. Sorting the logs beforehand is key. It will save about a day and a half of work. This picture shows the first step, laying a thin wood guide 1 inch in from the outside edge. The groove in the bottom of the logs fit on top of this guide.
Here you can see the log sitting on the wood guide. We layout the entire first row to make sure all the measurements are correct before we glue, nail and screw.

 


Once the measurements are correct, we row the logs back, clean the area and tape the entire outline.
 
Then we use a very sticky glue type of caulking in each corner. You pile up about an inch of this stuff to ensure a good seal. This stuff stays tacky for years and years. It never fully dries.
 

Here is a shot of the tape and the glue in once of the corners.
Do not be frugal with the glue, you will have enough. Don't get this stuff on your clothes, it never comes off. I know too well
:-)
 
You will then glue one of the logs and put them together. This is a good shot of the mortise and tenon patented joint by Country Log Homes.

 

Here is another picture of the corners going together. We built a ramp where a door will be. It helps to walk the logs up on to the subfloor.

 
Between non-corner logs you place a piece of Styrofoam in it for expansion and air block. You can also see the screws in place. You also toe-nail each joint with the largest nails you have ever seen.
 

Second row is now going on, our pace is picking up.

 
By row four you can start seeing the windows and doors taking shape.

 

And by the end of the first day, we have laid seven rows of logs. We are exhausted.
 
You can see the windows and sliding glass door openings in the back after day two.

 



End of day two we have completed all the rows on one half of the house. You can see one
of the sliding glass doors on the right. This is 14 rows high.
 



 
   



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