East Wing

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>We expanded our cabin in 2005 by building the "East Wing"</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>The White Pages Online</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The White Pages Online"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cabin Construction"><U>Cabin Construction</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cabin Move"><U>Cabin Move</U></A>   |   <B>East Wing</B>   |   <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="East Wing 2"><U>East Wing 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="East Wing 3"><U>East Wing 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="East Wing 4"><U>East Wing 4</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Construction Photos"><U>Main Construction</U></A>   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures"><U>Main Picture</U></A>   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Index"><U>Site Index</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>East Wing</I></div> <div> We are adding on to the cabin!  The addition is 14'X20' and will have a loft like the existing cabin.</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-15-05</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3cf902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Foundation" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Day one Whitney and Adam re-leveled the existing cabin and built and set the foundation for the new addition.</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-16-05</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3d0902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Floor Section" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Working on the floor.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d1902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Floor" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Keeping it all together.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d2902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Completed Floor" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The completed floor system.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d52c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALT="Log Drop" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The logs were delivered late in the day but now the "fun" begins.</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-17-05</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3d82c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Pulling the bark with a draw knife.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d72c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Planing the inside surface so we wouldn't have to do it after we build the wall.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d9902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A hard day's work done. Over 1100 feet of logs peeled and surfaced.</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-18-05</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3da2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALT="Spline Boards" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Making the spline boards and planing the beams a friend milled with his chainsaw.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3db2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALT="Datto" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> One of the two dados we had to cut into the existing cabin for the spline beam so the two cabins will become one.  It started raining this afternoon just in time for Adam to head to the radio station for his normal shift, God's perfect timing.</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-20-05</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3dc902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Opening the roof up.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3dd902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The first logs are down!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3de2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The spline that lets us join the old and the new.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3df2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Running the log screws in.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e02c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Squaring up the ends.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e1902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The jig to cut the spline notch.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e2902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We put up six foot of wall today!</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-22-05</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e3902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Those logs get heavier and heavier the higher you get.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e42c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The logs are set!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e52c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Adam and Chad tearing the roof off the existing cabin.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e6902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Making sure the wall is straight.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e7902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> And the loft is in!</div> <bR> <div> Chad Martin, a college buddy of Adam's, and Ken Smoll, a co-worker of Chad's, were in Fairbanks for business and came down to help for the day.  Thanks Guys!</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-23-05</B></div> <div> Today's project was setting the ridge beam and putting the valley in.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e8902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> "OK, now how are we going to do this?"</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3ea2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We pick this end up first.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3eb902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Then you go pick up the other end.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3ec902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Looking more and more like a house.</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-24-05</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3ed902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It's been raining lately but we are still making progress.  We framed the dormers and closed in the main gable  before we made a supply run to Fairbanks.</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-27-05</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3ee902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Getting closer.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3ef2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Starting to put the metal roof on.  The goal is to be "dried in" by the time Whitney heads home Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> <B>06-29-05</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3f02c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Working on the ridge-cap.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f1902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It's dried in!  Let it rain.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f2902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> From bare ground to dried-in in 14 days!  Lots more to do still but we are well on our way.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f32c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Thanks Whitney for all your help and thanks God for wonderful weather and safety!</div> </td> </tr></table></body>