My Cabin

[Support]

I imagine you putting so much effort on building it then just for the new owner to do that.. tsktsk. I sure do hope you can buy it back and restore it to something amazing.

 

[digitS']

Well, I'm NOT very serious about buying it back, Support .

For one thing, I'd have to go out there where I'd only have about a 100 day growing season again . . ! Yeah, back to growing Sub-artic tomatoes and Polar Vee sweet corn. Shoot.

That cabin picture just caught my eye - what was wrong with that cabin??! Wait a minute! Those logs are in side out . . . or, something!

You know, concrete starts off as a liquid. And . . !
Steve
"Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light." ~ Le Corbusier

 

[897tgigvib]

Insulating floor is most important of all insulating, imho.

Next is making sure there are no gaps for chill wind to flow in through. These days, for logs, that means either preparing the logs with a flat top and bottom, and or using silicon or acrylic sealant between them. There are good mortar mixes that chink good for years. Also, the interior can be sheeted using furring strips first. That also allows for insulating the walls. If the roof overhang is nice and wide the walls receive more shade in summer, plus it keeps weather off the walls.

If the roof is exposed to sun, it should be well insulated, nice and thick. Well insulated like that also means it is insulated on the top from inside heat. Snow will not melt from inner heat much, so it should be well sloped so it doesn't build up too much. (((*whohmp*)))

The older I get, the more I believe in floor insulation.

Also, remember, when figuring out insulation designs, if you are doing the figuring in winter, not to forget to insulate against summer's hot, and viseyversey.

 

[ninnymary]

Steve, could the siding perhaps have protected the cabin/logs? Our victorian house was covered with shingles and it protected the redwood underneath. After we removed them, we only found a few places where wood or gingerbread trim was missing.

If you are serious, I say approach the current owner and see if he's willing to sell. You have nothing to lose. I think it would be kind of neat.

Mary

 

[digitS']

I did the best I could with the chainsaw mostly, for getting the logs flat on 2 sides. It is a little tricky as I suppose one could imagine.

Notching the corners can't be rushed into because that will determine how the log will lay in the wall. Of course they aren't straight but neither do they bend in only one direction . . .

I had the narrowest of crawl spaces under one-half the cabin. The cellar was really a half basement. There was no code to worry about that I can remember but I was winging it . Getting under that one side of the the cabin was going to be tuff. I must have done it tho' because the kitchen wasn't plumbed until the 2nd year, or 3rd year. Yeah, I had water to the garden for a long time before I had water to the cabin. Priorities, you know.

Steve
edited: oh Mary, I'm too old to do that sort of thing again . . . besides, I was lonely out there . . .

 

[Nyboy]

Steve, could the siding perhaps have protected the cabin/logs? Our victorian house was covered with shingles and it protected the redwood underneath. After we removed them, we only found a few places where wood or gingerbread trim was missing.

If you are serious, I say approach the current owner and see if he's willing to sell. You have nothing to lose. I think it would be kind of neat.

Mary

Mary you have a San Francisco painted lady, please post a photo. Old house lover here.

 

[digitS']

Here might be partly what Marshall is talking about and it shows that the Swiss have some aesthetics that would please most anyone:

Here
is
what

I'm
more
into

today:

just kidding! digitS'

 

[Smart Red]

You'd better be kidding. I don't think any of us is ready for that! I see white padded walls and a white jacket being the only way I get into something like that. What could it be used for?

 

[digitS']

I don't think I have any idea except it is a part of the Museum Insel Hombroich. They seem to have extensive archives . . . . ?

It also maintains a very small footprint . Maybe a little larger and you could have 1 room on each floor with a lift. (Might be a good idea to have a fire escape ladder on one side.)

Huh, huh? This lot is only 50' by 120' -- Think how much more outdoor room I'd have with only a 400² footprint.

Steve

how about this, instead: House K (link)

 

[thistlebloom]

[quote="Smart Red, post: 169651, member: 3684" What could it be used for?[/quote]

A cubist silo.