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 Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Taking Shape
Posted by dirttodone

Here are the latest pictures of the construction. The entire structure is now taking shape.


The family was reassured by Golden Eagle that they design all of their homes to meet or beat local codes for wind and snow loads. This is especially important because of the recent weather in Wisconsin.



The house has 2"x12" rafters. The garage has regular roof trusses.






Note the large LVL main ridge beam. It is supported in four places, the front/back walls and two log posts in the loft. The front and back posts are built into the wall.



The worker's ladder is leaning on the loft floor. The loft floor is 24" thick and clear spans 28' wide. Wiring, plumbing, lightin and speakers can all be hidden in it.



Roof rafters with overhangs. Remember this house is a Golden Eagle log home with 10" split log, meaning its half log siding will be put on later.



This will be the loft bathroom.



This is the view of the house from the lake. The black silt fence along the lake is new code to keep sand from eroding into the lake.



This is the view standing in the middle of the loft facing the loft bedroom and bath. The hole in the floor is where the log stairway will be.



This is the loft view of the big lake.

Construction
1/30/2008 10:56:36 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #  Comments [0]
 Thursday, January 10, 2008
Construction Continues
Posted by dirttodone

Construction the family's Lakehouse continued over the holidays. Below are pictures of the main level construction.



In  the photo above, the loft floor trusses are about to be placed.  These floor trusses are 24" tall and designed to clear a span of 28'.



What you see here is the garage end of the home. Two of the three men are standing on the garage floor. Under the 3 stall garage is another 3 stalls of space.


Look closely at the two vertical log posts holding up the LVL header. This is where the log stairway to the loft is going to be, and carpeted stairway to the basement level.


Loft floor trusses installed.


Here we have the joist hangers put on by the builder on the LVL ridge beam before the crane lifts into place. This ridge beam is engineered by Golden Eagle Log Homes to handle the heavy snow loads that this roof will encounter.


Here we have the crane beginning to put the roof up. The two large openings in front here are the garage door openings.

Construction
1/10/2008 2:54:52 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #  Comments [0]