It has been so long since we started building, I kinda forgot what the model looks like. I’ve been visualizing the house we are building, which is similar, but mirror reversed. I drove out to walk around it again, spend some time and check out …
It is Sunday, February 4. I woke up to the sound of freezing rain on the skylight. When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, …
Here is another log cabin you can get on eBay. This is the White Tail Cabin, made by Deer Run Cabins in Campbellsville, Kentucky. They sell modular cabins and cabin kits. You can order a modular cabin complete, with kitchen, bathroom, hot water heater and …
So, the engineer has been out to the land and has issued his Excavation Report. We are going to have to put in Engineered Footings. The standard footings are included in the cost of the house. We have to pay extra for anything beyond this. …
The house will have a cement driveway, but they are putting in a construction driveway that will cross the gully to where Cliff will put the barn. The gravel driveway is pretty wide. It’s got a ditch on the right side. It is raised and …
January 15th: I went down to see how things are going. It is wet, muddy and very cold, but they got a lot done. They scraped and leveled the driveway and put in a drainage ditch. They put in two culverts. They dug a trench …
They are working on our footings and foundation today. The contractor came out to dig trenches for frost footings. What should have been one foot is about four feet. They have to keep digging till they get past the mud. They dig. Poke with a …
They started digging the footers today. Around 11:00 the builder called. The grader had called him and said he was not hitting stable ground. He had already gone down as far as is typical, but was hitting soft soil and clay. The first contractor had …
The Mayflower by Allwood Tiny Home Kits is a modern interpretation of the Conestoga Wagon. Allwood makes two versions of the Mayflower. The original Mayflower has wheels and stairs. It is not designed to be actually towed on the road, but in many areas you …
This cabin kit, sold on Amazon, makes this little cabin with a wide front porch. The kit includes nearly everything; the pre-hung and glazed door and windows, pre- assembled gables and all the nails, screws and other fixings. It even includes the handles and door …
