Learn about the process of building our log home.

This page has been created to present links to all the entries for our PA construction project.

(This post to remain on top for as long as I remember to change the Posting Date!)

Log Home Entries

Log Home Update: Part 62:
Hey we’ve got gutters!NEW November 2007!

Log Home Update: Part 61:
Chimney gets finishing touches

Log Home Update: Part 60:
Stain and stone

Log Home Update: Part 59:
Stain and Mortar

Log Home Update: Part 58:
Wash and Stain

Log Home Update: Part 57:
Time to sit before the fire

Log Home Update: Part 56:
Finishing for the winter (?)

Log Home Update: Part 55b:
Home for the Holidays.

Log Home Update: Part 55a:
Home for the Holidays.

Log Home Update: Part 54:
Almost finished

Log Home Update: Part 53

Log Home Update: Part 52:
Another slow, short week
Bear hunting and Thanksgiving

Log Home Update: Part 51:
We’re getting there!

Log Home Update: Part 50:
Finished tile work, primed walls, deck railing and more!

Log Home Update: Part 49
Kitchen and Bathrooms

Log Home Update: Part 48
Tile work, Sheetrocking, and Painting and more

Log Home Update: Part 47
Lots Doing

Log Home Update: Part 46
More Progress

Log Home Update: Part 45
Progress

Log Home Update: part 44
Midweek Report

Log Home Update: Part 43:
Multitasking

Log Home Update: Part 42
On the road again still

Log Home Update: Part 41
Yet More Electrical and Plumbing Progress

Log Home Update: Part 40
More Electrical and Plumbing

Log Home Update: Part 39,
Electricity and Plumbing

Log Home Update: Part 38
More siding, framing and electricity

Log Home Update: Part 37

Log Home Update: Part 36
Siding and Electricity
and it's HOT!

Log Home Update: Part 35
Framing and Siding

Log Home Update: Part 34
Stairs, Soffits and Framing Walls

Log Home Update: Part 33
Soffits, Heating,
and
Electricity Shooting into the Walls

Log Home Update: Part 32
Windows and Doors and Decking

Log Home Update: Part 31
Windows and Doors and Decking

Log Home Update: Part 30
Doors and Decking

Log Home Update: Part 29
Windows and Doors

Log Home Update: Part 28
Up on the roof:
sheathing and shingles: Part 3

Log Home Update: Part 27
Up on the roof:
sheathing and shingles: Part 2

Log Home Update: Part 26
Up on the roof:
sheathing and shingles: Part 1

Log Home Update: Part 25
Concrete floors and Plywood roofs

Log Home Update: Part 24
Heating, Phone lines, Deck footings and more

Log Home Update: Part 23
Framing gable walls and roof rafters

Log Home Update: Part 22: Views

Log Home Update: Part 21b:
Photos of a Ridge beam rising, and rafter and prow placement

Log Home Update: Part 21a:
Ridge beam rising, and rafter and prow placement

Log Home Update: Part 20
Panelized walls, roof trusses and floor joists

Log Home Update: Part 19: Progress and Purchases

Log Home Update: Part 18
More logs on the walls

Log Home Update: Part 17
Window and door bucks,
drilling for electricity and
laying logs

Log Home Update: Part 16
The first row of logs
the most important row

Log Home Update: Part 15
Delivery!—My First Day

Log Home Update: Part 14
Floor joists

Log Home Update: Part 13
Beams and floor joists
and backfilling the foundation

Log Home Update: Part 12b: Tonka Toy Time

Log Home Update: Part 12a

Log Home Update: Part 11
Rafters and floor joists

Log Home Update: Part 10c:
Repost of floor plans

Log Home Update: Part 10b:
Construction Begins

Log Home Update: Part 10a: The Concrete Pour

Log Home Update: Part 9

Log Home Update: Part 8b
The Foundation

Log Home Update: Part 8a
The Foundation

Log Home Update: Part 7b
Dry Stacking the Logs

Log Home Update: Part 7a
Dry stacked first floor

R-value of log homes

Log Home Questions Answered(?)

Log Home Update: Part 6
Footers

Log Home Update: Part 5
More progress

Log Home Update: Part 4
Excavation Report

Log Home Update: Part 3b
Ground has been broken!

Log Home Update: Part 3a
Ground Breaking

Log Home Update: Permit and Ground Breaking

Log Home Update: Baby Steps

Log Home Update

Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Log Home Progress Report

Saturday, October 29, 2005
Another Meeting In PA

Sunday, October 09, 2005
Log Home: Ordering Engineer's Drawings

Monday, October 10, 2005
Log Home Plans, Part II: The Design

Monday, October 10, 2005
Log Home Plans, Part I: Why Beaver Mountain?

Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Log Home Update: Progress Report

Thursday, May 05, 2005
Log Home Update: Part 2
One Step At A Time

Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Log Home Shopping Part 1a

Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Log Home Shopping Part 1