More Logs Peeled

Thanks to Ted and Nathan's help we now have 44 logs peeled. I know what we will be doing Memorial Day! We are having a problem with bugs, so we really need to finish the peeling so we can treat them.

Almost A Third of the Logs Peeled

As of this minute, we have 28 logs peeled. Hopefully by the end of the day we will have a few more done. Blane, Jr. is going to work some on the chicken coop this afternoon. He has not been able to touch it since week before last. It is hard to after more than one project going at the same time.

Blessings

We were blessed on Saturday to have our friends Ted and Nathan come and help peel logs. Thank you so much guys.
We also had a sweet visit from fellow log home builders, Rachel & Keith. They both jumped right in to peel logs. Thank you for the help and for sharing your wisdom. We then enjoyed fellowship around a campfire, roasting hot dogs and making s'mores. They are building a log cabin in Florida and are about 4 months ahead of us, so we were able to glean from them.

Foundation is Almost Finished

We only have to back fill around the piers and put on the seal plates and foundation will be finished! The forms boards did not come off as easy as we had hoped. We had to dig them out and unscrew them all. We will try something different next time.

We had to hire someone to pump the concrete into all the pier forms.

It was a big job to build all the forms. We started out measuring each one, clamping each brace into place and then screwing it on to the form boards, but then Blane, Jr. made a jig that made measuring and clamping unnecessary and it went a lot faster.

We hired a backhoe to dig trenches for the piers.

We used the board and batten system to square up our footprint.

Now the push is on to get all the logs peeled and treated before insects start eating them or they start to rot. It takes a few hours to peel one log. It is not the fun part of building a log cabin. We look forward to these logs becoming walls!