Thursday, July 13, 2006

Now we have the first gable end finished, then we added a window , second end will be finished and get window soon. Wyatt tries his hand at staining/treating the logs with bug juice and wood guard. This stuff really stinks and is very potent...Killing all bugs and worms, and helps with post bees. Stain color is warm pecan, gable ends will be pecan also but a tad bit lighter. Window in the pic is white but will be painted a lil different color to match roof, which is pebble beige. Thanks to Clint gable end 2x6's finally on and braced well, He did a fabulous job here!. Here you can see the pitch a bit better...Very steep! Metal roof took quite a bit of work, but was well worth it. We did all of one side today and tomorrow shall hopefully finish other side. Clint and Dusty helped us so much at this stage, we really appreciate all the both of you did to get this side of the roof on. Was a hot day and we worked yall hard again.....Have to take a trip so will not work on this for about another week or two after tomorrow....I NEED a break!....LOL










Wednesday, July 12, 2006

July is here and we are getting a lot done. Its still slow going but it's going. In this first pic you can see Blake walking across the rafters without any support and help carrying a ladder. All the boys did this all the time....Was scary to me, but you how kids don't listen. I never could do this I woulda been on the ground! We have all the plywood up, steps for floor two are up, and logs have been stripped of oils and road dirt, and power washed, so they can be treated, and stained. Gable end is almost finished this is the one side only, made out of rough cut lumber from the trees we had cut 2 yrs ago. Brought them to the saw mill and had them made. Ladder Aaron is on is an 18 Ft ladder, as you can tell it wasn't long enough. Heather helped power wash, twice....And that is her in RARE form....LOL....Thanks babes!