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I built the cabin on piers. For a floor I lagged 2 by 6 planks into the bottom log. I put a long piece of railroad rail on shorter piers in the center of the cabin.. Then joists were lagged into the...

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the chinking is lime mortar. There are strips of plastering screen nailed into the logs with fiberglass stuffed in between. The screen makes a good surface for the mortar to adhere to.

thanks for the comments, tis rustic. I like rustic, mistakes simply become part of the character of the construction, lot easier too LOL. The lights are alladin mantle kerosene lamps. reportedly the...

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here's a few more. Hello to your parents, I've often wondered how they have been doing.


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I dug down a few feet or so and then I poured a 2 foot by 2 foot pad about 6 inches thick and laid block on top of it. In hindsight I should have brought it up one more block.

here is a cabin I...

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I figured I should tell a story, it is a small world and the www makes it so. Plumbmaster's grandfather was my mentor and dear friend. He was responsible for me becoming a...