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All remodeling took place the fall of 2002 and winter of 2003. The cabin was ready for occupancy in the spring of 2003.
Nothing about moving a cabin around is pretty until it is all done. Pieces of the old foundation have been dragged out of the way so the guys could get underneath and place the cribbing for the large beams needed to hold "Colonial" in place until it's new foundation was ready. After the cabin is raised up and blocked, it's time for the new foundation. Footings, this time below the frost line, were dug and a new block foundation was laid. Here is the cabin with the new foundation in place. You can also see where we tore out all the old rim joists. The original joists were completely rotted away. In some places, all that was left was some wood fibers mixed in with the dirt.
A lot got done in the past week. After all the rim joists were replaced, the cabin was ready to sit back down on it's new foundation. The guys from Ecker House Moving took only about two hours to get it set down and remove the 45' steel beams the cabin had sat on for two weeks. Once the cabin was back on it's foundation, the concrete guys returned to fill in the holes and backfill around the foundation. All that was done the morning of Friday, October 11. Just in time, too, since it rained over an inch that night. "Colonial" is now sitting about 18" higher than in it's old location. The next step is to build the new addition. We start on that Monday, October 14. The cabin wall you see below with the siding removed will soon be gone also. That wall in currently where the new bathroom and kitchen will be.
The next step was to build the new floor and raise the new walls. The floor went on Monday, October 14, and the walls went up the next day. (Photo, below, left) I need to take a couple of days off now to pull docks off the lake and drain all the water out of the lines so work on the trusses won't start until next week. The photo to the right below shows the Woodens of M&M Landscaping in Longville. They are doing a great job getting the devastation around the cabin (tracked Bobcats really make a mess) cleaned up, the grounds leveled and new sod down before the weather gets too cold.
Work continues before the break for deer opener. Lynn Zwart, a neighbor and local contractor, is helping me with the new construction. We got the trusses on and the shingles on the roof sometimes working in light rain or snow and always in cold weather. It's starting to look like a cabin again instead of a construction site.
After deer season is over, Lynn and I will start the next phase, finishing the exterior. First, all the old windows in the cabin will be replaced with new vinyl clad sliding windows. When all the windows are in, we will reside the entire cabin in cedar. That will take us awhile. Working outside in below freezing weather makes for slower progress. Our goal is to have the siding on before Christmas. __________________________ Well, we are getting there. Here is the cabin on December 14. All the front siding is on as well as most of the north end of the cabin. We took some time to build the deck before installing the windows and siding to give us something to work off of. It was a good plan because, as those of you familiar with the location recall, the ridge slopes away quickly to the lake from the cabin. We still plan on having the siding completely on by the end of next week although the weather forecasters are predicting some real winter weather next week that might slow us down. The railing and the stairs off the deck will have to wait until spring.
And here is the finished (on the outside, anyway) product on December 21. All the siding is on but there is a little trim work yet to do. We'll take care of that next spring when it's a bit easier to work outdoors. The last of the siding was put on with snow falling in temps that didn't get above 30 degrees. Now we will start the inside work. The walls for the new bedroom and bathroom are already in place. Then we need to have all the new wiring and new plumbing installed. After that, we will start with the knotty pine on the ceilings and walls. Last will be the new flooring. Probably get that done about 2 days before the first guests are expected to arrive. Just kidding, I hope.
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