Cabin basics:
Not really that rustic. Has indoor plumbing, electric & a propane heater. Wish it had a wood stove since its on 10 acres in Acworth, NH. Rough dimensions are 16’ x 32’. The first floor originally had an 8” screened in porch on the eastward side. It was built as an architects thesis project. My father & I have come to call it furring strip framing/construction. It has 4” x 4” posts every 8’ on center & double 2” x 8” beams between them. Then a layer of 1” planking nailed vertically on that. After a layer of foil wrap they put ¾” furring strip horizontally. Another layer of foil wrap & more furring strip vertically where the seams for the siding hit, more 1” ruff saw planking.
The second floor was accessible by what reminded me of a submarine ladder type staircase. Originally it was open in the middle with a 4’ walkway between the two ends. I wish I had more pics of when we started.
By the time I got there this fall my father had ripped down most of the ceiling. Being only used occasionally mice had infested the place. What started as jst tearing out what was needed to redo the staircase became more & more as the damage the mice had done became apparent. Wiring was chewed so bad that he decided to pull it all down & redo it.
The original plan was for me to help him install some walls on the second floor. When I arrived for vacation the staircase was a ladder & a pile of lumber. I always hated building staircases & have never did one with a turn in it. By the time the weekend was over we had a step done!
Yeah a whole one before we realized we didn’t have what we needed & it was back to lumber yard. Although I was supposed to go hiking I couldn’t resist the challenge & spent the week cutting & gluing & building the steps. It wouldn’t have been so hard if I didn’t have to build them as free standing to slide into place once the wall was insulated & finished. But I got the hard part done by the time he returned
& when I got frustrated I would just go out & spread some wood chips on the path to my brother’s house.
Next step was enclosing the screened in porch. We installed two sliders on the southeast side.
Took the old entry door out & replaced it with a window. The new entry door was installed on the end where the driveway is. While sealing off where a window was on the north side the framing system frustrated us. We decided to rip off all the furring strip & replaced it with 2´x 4” on the flat with foam in between before tyveck & siding. Come spring rest of the cabin will be retrofitted the same way.
Not really that rustic. Has indoor plumbing, electric & a propane heater. Wish it had a wood stove since its on 10 acres in Acworth, NH. Rough dimensions are 16’ x 32’. The first floor originally had an 8” screened in porch on the eastward side. It was built as an architects thesis project. My father & I have come to call it furring strip framing/construction. It has 4” x 4” posts every 8’ on center & double 2” x 8” beams between them. Then a layer of 1” planking nailed vertically on that. After a layer of foil wrap they put ¾” furring strip horizontally. Another layer of foil wrap & more furring strip vertically where the seams for the siding hit, more 1” ruff saw planking.
The second floor was accessible by what reminded me of a submarine ladder type staircase. Originally it was open in the middle with a 4’ walkway between the two ends. I wish I had more pics of when we started.
By the time I got there this fall my father had ripped down most of the ceiling. Being only used occasionally mice had infested the place. What started as jst tearing out what was needed to redo the staircase became more & more as the damage the mice had done became apparent. Wiring was chewed so bad that he decided to pull it all down & redo it.
The original plan was for me to help him install some walls on the second floor. When I arrived for vacation the staircase was a ladder & a pile of lumber. I always hated building staircases & have never did one with a turn in it. By the time the weekend was over we had a step done!
Yeah a whole one before we realized we didn’t have what we needed & it was back to lumber yard. Although I was supposed to go hiking I couldn’t resist the challenge & spent the week cutting & gluing & building the steps. It wouldn’t have been so hard if I didn’t have to build them as free standing to slide into place once the wall was insulated & finished. But I got the hard part done by the time he returned
& when I got frustrated I would just go out & spread some wood chips on the path to my brother’s house.
Next step was enclosing the screened in porch. We installed two sliders on the southeast side.
Took the old entry door out & replaced it with a window. The new entry door was installed on the end where the driveway is. While sealing off where a window was on the north side the framing system frustrated us. We decided to rip off all the furring strip & replaced it with 2´x 4” on the flat with foam in between before tyveck & siding. Come spring rest of the cabin will be retrofitted the same way.