One way we lowered the cost for our pre-fab cabin foundation is to use Thoroseal parging instead of a stucco finish on the block. Thoroseal is not actually Thoroseal anymore. It is now called MasterSeal 582. There are a lot of variations of MasterSeal. The …
The surveyors came back out over the weekend and marked the foundation. They marked the block with where the foundation goes. This man snapped chalk lines on the footing connecting the marks the surveyor had made. A load of block was delivered and moved into …
The very next day a truck backed in with a concrete pump. There was no rain in the near forecast, so we are going to have our footers* poured. I will be so relieved. Last time our footers took months and cost tens of thousands …
As soon as we got the permit, they started cutting into the bank to make a level building site. This will be the back of the house. The site seemed pretty level already, but now it is really level. He cut the top of the …
We don’t have a permit yet, but we have a job box ready for it. It should not take this long to get a permit, so Taylor went down again to try to shepherd it through. They said they had sent me an email about …
It rained all night and water was flowing over the field behind our house. Cliff went out in the rain to see what was going on with our construction area. The field behind our house was flooded and the waterway behind our house was overflowing. …
While we wait for permits, we can put in the driveway and clear and level the site. Nothing happened for a few days. While we waited for the contractor to get back the estimates from the subcontractors, it rained. And rained and rained and rained. …
The Cabin Planning Guide from Westwood Cabins lists three phases and we are nearly at the end of the last phase, site work to get our property ready for the home. Westwood Cabins suggested a local contractor, Taylor Fowler. He had helped with a cabin …
The HVAC Plan includes the mini-split heat pump head units (the inside part) and the condenser (the outside part). Plus it includes the bathroom exhaust fan, range hood vent and dryer vent. Mini-split Heat Pump The cabin has two Samsung Quantum Wall Mounted Heat Pump …
This post details the lighting plan with photos of the wiring and photos of the finished rooms. The plans specify LED lights in every room. There are two ceiling fans and plenty of outlets. The Light Schedule specifies Topaz LED Surface Mount Disk Lights. They …
