Log Cabin

[ruffrecords]

Finally got my new workshop built. Although I ordered it mid Feb, the Log Cabin kit that will become my new workshop only arrived a week ago. The build team was supposed to erect it last Friday but their van broke down and anyway the rain was pouring down. They turned up today (Sunday) and fortunately it was a sunny day.

Here is the concrete pad it sits on:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtaUlrTmtJLTQ0Tnc

The floor:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtMGFTRWEzYXE2VTQ

The start of the walls:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtZ3VEZE1zdk1ZME0

Walls finished:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtOE04UTBCZUZCRDg

Starting the roof:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtSENpZEVOT2w4d1E

And the floor:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtVmNjcmhzOUtVVTg

Roof and floor nearly done:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qteHRBZ3ZaMjRlQ0k

and finally finished:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_n67A1hN3qtU2g0dS1vVVk3U0U

The only gremlins were some damage to the window frame but that is easily repaired and they were short six roof tiles which are on order.

I am one happy bunny.

Cheers

Ian

 

[Gene Pink]

Finally got my new workshop built.

I am one happy bunny.

Hop Hop Hurray! Congrats.

Gene

 

[pucho812]

looks nice. 8)

 

[Youngwhisk]

Will it have power? I didn't see an underground conduit or cable.

 

[PRR]

Hmmm... am I doing it backward?

 

[ruffrecords]

Will it have power? I didn't see an underground conduit or cable.

That is the next step. I have already primed the local electricians. They said to call as soon as it was up. Fortunately they wired my new bungalow and left a spur connection on the patio sockets so it is a straightforward job.

Carpet is laid on Thursday. I already got some component draws screwed to the wall and ordered another eight. Hopefully this workshop will be a tidy one!!

Cheers

Ian

 

[fazer]

Looks good Ian.  I've seen numerous studios done this way in England as of late.  Log cabin seems to be the vernacular used.  In America the zoning boards don't want this kind of structure for fear of a apartment rental but it seems very practical for running a small business. 

 

[ruffrecords]

Looks good Ian.  I've seen numerous studios done this way in England as of late.  Log cabin seems to be the vernacular used.  In America the zoning boards don't want this kind of structure for fear of a apartment rental but it seems very practical for running a small business.

That's right. Here in the UK they are more commonly billed as a 'Home Office' when people sell their houses. Lot's of small businesses start out this way. As it is not a permanent structure you do not need planning permission.

Cheers

Ian

 

[Mbira]

Perfect man cave!

 

[Spiritworks]

Nice looking place. Reminds me that several years ago SSL were selling a pre-packaged studio similar to this, IIRC.

 

[fazer]

I remember the ssl shed .  There was a video on it.  Very  cool .  I tell my wife we get rid of our 4000 sq ft house and buy a 1200 sq ft home and two 600 sq ft sheds in the backyard and live in bliss.  Hers would be for art and mine for music with a test bench on one wall.

 

[Gold]

In the US construction using 2x4 framing is called "stick construction" in the trade. At least around here it is. Log Cabin usually means a structure made by from pre engineered logs in a kit from companies like Alta.

 

[ruffrecords]

In the US construction using 2x4 framing is called "stick construction" in the trade. At least around here it is. Log Cabin usually means a structure made by from pre engineered logs in a kit from companies like Alta.

Yes, things are generally on a smaller scale here in the UK.

Cheers

Ian

 

[PRR]

> In the US .... Log Cabin usually means a structure made by from pre engineered logs in a kit

We chortled this last winter.

https://groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=64803.msg822474#msg822474

https://groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=64803.msg822511#msg822511

Ian's "logs"(har!):
https://www.summergardenbuildings.co.uk/products/log-cabins/log-cabin-11305585.html

His logs are a bit more than my studs. (This house is all full-size 2" by 6" studs.)

After England was logged-out, much of the US was heavy timber. Maine was logged-over 120 years ago, the loggers moved west. But the stuff grows back. My land was logged-over again about 70 years ago, and thinned (to yield my studs) about 30 years back. But some of that wilderness (the word means grown-back, not virgin) is 20" across at my waist and 70 feet tall.

That other thread has a pic of a true (though machine-age) LOG cabin. (Also a factory-milled "log-like" structure.) Picture a little cruder, that is what housed MANY early settlers in North America. Trees were useful weeds to be cut-down for fields and houses. While the English/Germans were accustomed to slicing trees to sticks and boards, some Scandinavians knew how to stack whole trunks. A fair number of "normal" houses around here are solid logs under vinyl siding and plasterboard.

 

[ruffrecords]

Thanks PRR for saving me the trouble of finding the winter thread. I suspect we call these log cabins to make them seem upmarket compared to regular sheds which are so flimsy I suspect the average cowboy could blow over in one puff whist whilst rolling a cigarette at the same time.

Cheers

Ian

 

[Gold]

That's a nice shed...Ha. I tricked out a prefab shed for my Adirondack retreat.

 

[audiomixer]

Nice, Ian.

hope you can connect to the house central heating, or we will not hear from your projects any more in the winter. well that is forgetting that you use valves a lot, so may be you will have a cosy cabin anyway in winter, just leave your equipment on all the time.

cheers,

Michael

 

[fazer]

Adirondack retreat

With a lot of young people your Adirondack retreat is all they want or need.  A model of efficiency and function.

 

[Gold]

A model of efficiency and function.

That's what I was going for. When we first get there it seems small.  After a few hours it doesn't seem so small anymore.

I think American home building is in a terrible state. Like many things American, quantity is used as a substitute for quality. McMansions and the like. Everything is like a Trump building. Glitzy lobby, crappy construction, crappy apartments with granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and a gym membership.

 

[ruffrecords]

That's what I was going for. When we first get there it seems small.  After a few hours it doesn't seem so small anymore.

I think American home building is in a terrible state. Like many things American, quantity is used as a substitute for quality. McMansions and the like. Everything is like a Trump building. Glitzy lobby, crappy construction, crappy apartments with granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and a gym membership.

My wife watches several American home makeover programmes. Whenever I chance to be there wih her I am astounded at how large American houses are

Cheers

Ian