A heavy rain was directed into the bulkhead by poor grading. It was no consolation to me but the contractor's generator was in the basement.

After weather delays the trusses are up and 2 walls of the garage. Some of the perlins are in place on the trusses.

This view from the upstaris shows one of the posts that will support the trusses.

The front deck is complete except for the railing. The temp rose above freezing then it began raining. The dumpster has about 2 ft of water and will need pumped out before it freezes agian.

This is the view from the doorway of the upstairs bedroom and bathroom. Notice the opening for the basement stairs. Also the groove at the loft deck level in the logs. This is where wiring for the loft area outlets will be run.

The trusses are assembled and should be put in place next.

All of the logs are in place. Notice door from loft to the future space over the garage.

Front bedroom with ice.

Kitchen area with steel plates we painted last weekend. We may add another coat before Monday.

Kitchen to living room

The deck needs to be added to support the roof over. Next will be the roof framing. Notice door to the balcony from the loft.

The fill is in the garage ready to pour the slab.

One course of three that will extend over the porch has been installed. This course also supports the second floor framing.

The second floor timber framing is in place with temporary flooring . This corner is bathroom.

This view is looking forward from bathroom thru closet to bedroom.

This is looking forward from kitchen to living room.

A second delivery from the log supplier arrived Friday 11/21/08. Included were the steel plates to assemble the timber trusses. These need to be grinded, primed, and painted by Monday 11/24/08. Temperatures were 20 to 30 degrees. To do this we used a wire brush on a drill motor, wiped with paint thinner, heated on a gas grill, and spray painted outside. After dark we painted with a roller inside.

There were 56 pieces weighing over 500 pounds. Transporting from the building lot to our rental house, painting and returning to the building lot was a workout.

This is the lot in Nov 2007. Shortly after we bought the property

Oct 8, 2008: After a long wait for building permits from the Homeowners association the first step was clearing the lot.

The builder hopped to be able to provide a "daylight drain" meaning no sump pump would be required. He later said that to make the house high enough there would be a 6 ft rise from the driveway elevation to get to the garage door. Instead we went deeper and now need a sump pump. The specification of the pump is dictated by prefab foundation manufacturer, outside pit, alarms, industrial quality pump.

The foundation is complete. After an inspection the subfloor can be started.

Before the subfloor could be done 2 inches of rain fell resulting in about 4" of water in the excavation.

Oct 30, 2008: The logs were delivered a few days after about 8 inches of snow fell.

Also adding to the challenge the equipment the builder provided broke down and we had to unload the last bundle by hand.

The snow melted and another rain after the subfloor was built.

The water seems to be getting away even before the sump pump has been installed.

Nov 15, 2008: Logs are up to the top of the wall. Before the next course the supporting wall down the center will need to built which will support the loft area. This view is the laundry and bathroom.

This view is the front door. Notice the rope to pull wiring from the basement.

This view is the kitchen.

This is the front entrance with window to the downstairs bedroom.