We are just west of Fish Brook
The local watershed - we are between the two branches of the Tully River
Beginning
October 30th
November 13th
November 20th
December 3rd
February 4th, 2006
We are just west of Fish Brook
The local watershed - we are between the two branches of the Tully River
ROYALSTON:
Population:
1990: 1,134
2000: 1,253
Land Use Summary:
92.8% forest, wetlands, & open space
2.8% agriculture
2.7% residential
0.2% commercial, industrial, transportation
1.6% water
Below are some pictures and descriptions of progress...(soon to come will be pictures of the main cabin and the beauty of these woods...)
I didn't get any pictures of the foundation, but it is made of cinderblocks and two 4x6 skids, underneath 2x6 floor joists and 3/4inch plywood.
this is the early part of the framing - without any windows or doors framed in yet...
this is when much more of the framing has been done...
the kids helped holding boards up and getting tools, etc. - notice the tarp on the roof, because the plywood is up, but no drip edge, paper, or asphalt shingles yet
now the siding is going up - we got the boards from the guy up the street, who had saved them from when the original cabin was built...they are rough cut, so the widths and even thicknesses of the boards vary widely, making it a challenge to fit them together, but also taking the pressure off of trying to make it look perfect!
10/30/05:
Most siding is up - doors need to be framed and hung...notice the roof shingles on the lower half of the roof
The framing with three of the four windows in on the south-facing side - the windows we got from the guy up the street - I cleaned them up, reglazed, and painted green (we've got more windows I found in the trash that we will use for the kids' treehouses)
Same wall from the outside...two windows open and so have screens - the third is fixed
Now we've run out of siding boards, so we are using the floor boards from a project from 7 years ago when I renovated our attic in Arlington to create an upstairs room. Thanks to Cori's foresight, we saved all those boards and they are now helping to complete the project - actually, I had built a playhouse in our Arlington yard using some of those boards and I am now taking that apart to use the boards for siding, in addition to the other boards we've stored in our basement...
CURRENT STATUS (as of October 30, 2005):
Right-side door is hung, but Cori wants to put down some flooring, so I'll have to rehang it...oh well...
This the short side of the roof - it is a fascimile of the existing cabin's roof
Getting closer!
This side of the roof has wooden shingles, the other asphalt
Done
This is the solar cell we use for storing electricity in a battery..
Both doors are now hung. The siding is done all around and the last windows have been hung. Cori asked for an unplanned window above the right door - I'll have to paint it green later.
Before and After:
Of course, there are many details still to be taken care of, even on the exterior - cut off the excess shingle overhang, put siding below the doors, add screen doors, more bracing to protect the roof from heavy snow, nailing up lathe to cover the cracks between the rough-cut lumber (as is done on the old cabin), etc.
Here is a view of the original cabin on the site, with the new one in the background on the right(the old one was built about 12 years ago and abandoned. I've built the new one to look like a smaller version of the old one, including the materials and the style of roof and windows...
I did more work on 12/3, but didn't take pictures. It was pretty cold and windy. I...
Here's the window in the back - but over the last couple of months I've found several nicer, larger windows in the trash, so I may reframe and replace....
