A Step-by-Step Guide to the Process of Completing my Cabin

Excavating the Hole & Septic System
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The hole for the
foundation
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The Septic Sytem
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Brian in the
excavated hole
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The big digging
machine
The Foundation is Poured
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The foundation
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Gives you a little
perspective on the
size of the house
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Ken and Randy
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Another angle
Stacking the Logs
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The trucks
arrive
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The logs get
stacked
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First layer
of logs
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The first
corner
is complete
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The header
log is placed
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We have
started on the
second floor
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Lifting a log
into place
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Mike & Rob
build the
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The windows
looking over
the lake
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Building the
A-truss
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Building the
second floor
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Raising the
A-truss into
place
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The 2nd
Floor
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My loft!
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Side view
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The loft has
a ceiling!
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The front
view
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The purlins
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Rob making
some cuts
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View from
the Lake
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Side view
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T&G on
the Roof
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I love
this angle!
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Brian waves
down from
his perch.
Tongue and Groove & Roofing
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Hanging some
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We've still got
a long way to go.
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The Styrofoam
Insulation is in
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The OSB gets  put on
before the metal
Putting on the Metal Roof
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The beginnings
my metal roof.
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Here we see my
crew putting the
finishing touches
on the roof
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This is my
FAVORITE
view of the roof
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The front of the
house overlooking
the lake
The Cabin Survives It's First Winter
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Close Up of
the house from
the lake
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A Great View of
the Cabin from
the "almost"
frozen lake
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A Different
Angle
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One more
Angle