Building progress shots

**Jill** · 7th January 2006, 01:29 PM

Thanks, Steve B., Junkboy, Peter, and TTIT!! I'll look into the free hosting website thing later on Peter. I'm happy to post pics on here, though if anyone wants more specific detailed shots - pre-slab, etc. And TTIT - this has taken us over a year (with SW WA wet weather) to get to this stage, but with the round logs and everything having to be fitted into that, at all different levels/measurements along the length of the logs, it takes so much longer than normal. My husband does hold a full-time job.....and I homeschool 4 of our 5 kids (the eldest is finished school, is working and studying & our youngest is just starting year 1 this year), plus we have 31 acres complete with animals and I have a veggie garden - to be extended when we get time to fence the 25 x 30 area! So I guess that qualifies as at least a part-time job?!

I'll att. a pic of the stairs my husband built, and our 13 y.o. daughter did the stair risers herself - jigsaw (triton superjaws to hold the small bits) work to cut the end pieces to fit the logs, about 150 small p'c's of jarrah flooring - she sanded them all before nail-gunning them up by herself, too. The balustrade cut in work my husband did - the final board on the flooring, and I did the walls/wall lining in the lofts - with the cutting in around the logs as in the pic. The dormer rafters I had to cut in (jigsaw & then chisel the back away to 38 degrees to fit the rafter angle) and the top of these timbers had to be angled, and the bottoms angled to follow the roof rafters up. Time consuming - esp. since we had no stairs and I was up and down the trestles about 50 times a day, only being able to cut 2 - 4 at a time before adjusting the length, because of slight variations. I don't think we need to go to aerobics/weightwatchers/the gym/walking while building! Another benefit!

Thanks for the encouragement - helps boost us along for the final stretch! We hope to be done in the next few months, all being well, if not sooner. Most of the time consuming work is done, now.

Cheers,

Jill

**Jill** · 7th January 2006, 01:36 PM

Another pic, to help justify the length of time taken - hours upon hours of cutting in around logs, etc. but not regretfully - we love the look & so it is worth it for us.

Cheers, Jill

**ThePope** · 7th January 2006, 05:03 PM

Well Jill, you've just floored me with what you're building there. The type of construction you've chosen is far more time consuming and difficult than traditional methods, brick veneer ect. Yet you guys seem to have tackled it with ease, the results you've achieved are very impressive.

I'm assuming neither you or hubby have any background in the building industry, so it's no exaggeration to say the quality of work you've done would put many in the trade to shame. I've not worked on a pole home for a fair number of years, in a way I'm glad cause they're fiddly damn things but I do miss the satisfaction level when the jobs finished, I get very little from all the brick veneers I do.

You, hubby and the kids!! should be very proud in the home you're creating. The blood,sweat and tears you've invested in this will have a certain value attached measured in dollars when complete, the shared experience of doing it together as a family is priceless. I've not had that opportunity so I'm kinda jealous.

Oh, if you ever want a job swinging a hammer Jill gimme a holler, you do damn nice work. Although, looking at your pics you don't much care for customwood, so turning you to the dark side may pose a small problem

Not sure why but your exploits have transported me back to a time long ago and almost forgotten, a time when all there was, was timber and time spent was of no concern...

**Jill** · 8th January 2006, 02:04 PM

Thanks so much - not sure it's worthy of such high praise, though! It is very satisfying working with logs & natural materials in general, isn't it! The kids tend to think this house building thing is just normal life, but are positive about it & esp. love to help now that the heavier, more dangerous bits are done.

Darksiding - maybe later when I have more time!! Now our kids are starting to build furniture I want them to learn to do trad. joinery, so I'll learn more, too! I'm still on 'L' plates, well & truly, yet, but willing to learn! There's plenty of inspiration on here to make me want to push myself to learn more & do finer work.

Hope you get the op. to build your dream one day!

Cheers,

Jill

**junkboy999** · 8th January 2006, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by ThePope

You, hubby and the kids!! should be very proud in the home you're creating. The blood,sweat and tears you've invested in this will have a certain value attached measured in dollars when complete.

You can say that again. That type of work you will not get for your money these days.

Keep Pic's coming

**Jill** · 9th January 2006, 10:56 PM

Thanks, Terry, I'll post more in the next couple of weeks.

Cheers,

Jill

**Pete Vivian** · 14th January 2006, 03:33 AM

Sorry Jill I owe you an apology, I've never looked at any of your work before, but I've just seen the building photos.; all I can say is amazing you are one very, very talented person

All the best

Pete

**Jill** · 14th January 2006, 11:21 AM

Thanks Pete - got a loooonnnngggg way to go (skillwise) to get up to speed with where I want to go - but inspiration and determination are definitely in place, and the journey is the fun part, isn't it!!

Cheers,

Jill

**mickp** · 4th February 2006, 11:03 PM

jill have you stopped work on the house, 3 weeks and no updates. stop keeping us in suspense.

**Waldo** · 4th February 2006, 11:23 PM

G'day Jill,

Beaut looking house, love it!

**Jill** · 5th February 2006, 11:47 AM

Thanks for the interest, Mick - pictures on the way - just got to make the time to take & shrink some! We've had some other things that took priority in the last couple of weeks, too - but now should be able to get stuck into it.

Thanks Waldo, too!

Cheers,

Jill

**Ashore** · 5th February 2006, 12:09 PM

Great job jill , wonderful family commitment

Congrats to you all.

Rgds

Russell

**Jill** · 6th February 2006, 10:34 AM

Thanks also, Russell. It is a big commitment, but a very enjoyable, rewarding one!
Cheers,

Jill

**Jill** · 6th February 2006, 11:39 AM

Okay - here are some more pics for those interested. Mainly my husband's work with some help from me, as I've been helping my daughter build her desk in this time (on another thread). I also have the french doors (3 sets) only about a day off being finished in that time. Now that school is back in, I am flat out with that, and it's hard to find time and energy for building. We're almost ready to order the limestone for the walls, though, so then I'll be pushing myself a lot again.

The garage took about a day to get to log frame stage, and another day to do rafters and battens, bracing, etc. I milled the battens to size & planed them, plus put chamfers on them, & oiled them, while Steve leveled the rafters where they meet the round log - cutting in with the chainsaw. I had cut the rafters to length and angle, laid out ready for brackets, etc. The roofing was mainly Steve's work, too - the girls and I just handing the iron up to him. He is also working on lining the end gables of the house with hardiplank (sorry woodies - low maintenance option, Steve's choice!) which will be stained to a jarrah colour. He's also done the guttering on the house and all the iron trims.

Oh, and my apologies to the clean freaks for sawdust around the place.

Cheers,

Jill

**Jill** · 6th February 2006, 11:43 AM

And one with the roof on...

Cheers,

Jill

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