Timber Frame Cottage

Working on the inside

2008-04-07T19:34:00.001-07:00

Happy Holidays to Jamie from the Pine Bluff Beach Folks

2007-11-28T17:52:00.000-08:00

Siding is Completed

2007-11-28T17:49:00.000-08:00

Add a front door and siding

2007-11-11T13:33:00.001-08:00

Putting in the Septic Field

2007-11-11T13:29:00.001-08:00

B & B Sanitation puts in the new field.

Bill and his grandsons and do the work.

and then the Roof

2007-11-04T11:24:00.001-08:00

The team of Gray, Nick Vandyke, and Nick of
N.R. Vandyke Construction, LLC

The Windows go in

2007-11-04T11:14:00.000-08:00

Let's wrap this up

2007-10-28T07:47:00.000-07:00

When NOT Building

2007-10-28T07:41:00.001-07:00

The new entrance

2007-10-28T07:31:00.000-07:00

The porch is added

2007-10-28T07:29:00.001-07:00

Roof panals are assembled and raised

2007-10-28T07:22:00.001-07:00

SIPS Panels are Raised

2007-10-28T07:05:00.000-07:00

The Decking Continues

2007-10-28T07:02:00.001-07:00

The Decking goes on

2007-10-21T17:31:00.001-07:00

A bough tops off the timbers

2007-10-21T17:25:00.000-07:00

Tieing it together

2007-10-21T17:21:00.000-07:00

The Last Bent goes up - Oct 8th

2007-10-21T17:11:00.000-07:00

Oct 5th - Our Timber Frame Company

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Oct 5th - Last bent of the day

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Oct 5th - Raising continues

2007-10-06T13:03:00.001-07:00

Oct 5th - Connecting the first two bents

2007-10-06T12:53:00.000-07:00

Oct 5th Raising

2007-10-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

The first two Bents go into place.

October 4th - All bents finished

2007-10-06T12:41:00.000-07:00

The crew (Isaac Fleming, Tom Franko, Gene Kokinski, Eddie Holloway, Tommy Atkinson, and George) built all six bents on Wednesday and Thursday.

Oct 4th - A perfect fit

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October 4th - Bent Assembly

2007-10-06T12:27:00.000-07:00

October 3rd - White Pine Details

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October 3rd - Timber Truck Arrives

2007-10-06T12:00:00.000-07:00

October 1st - Fork Truck Arrives

2007-10-06T11:49:00.001-07:00

Final Demolition

2007-10-06T11:37:00.001-07:00

Taking down the porch provides more open air dining.

Final Demolition

2007-10-06T11:35:00.000-07:00

First Floor

2007-09-20T16:55:00.000-07:00

Deck the Halls

2007-09-20T16:47:00.000-07:00

Tommy, Eddie, GW and Carolyn move the project from concrete to wood.

From the ground up (a little)

2007-09-20T16:35:00.000-07:00

The Jeff Sterne crew lays the block, expands the porch and stops long enough for a picpure.

The crew is David, Jeff and Jason.

StreamLine Timberworks

2007-08-23T16:33:00.000-07:00

While there is pounding, digging, sawing, pouring, and all kinds of things going on in Hardyville, there's a team working hard on the project in Richmond and Floyd, Virginia. We selected SLTW several months ago to be our timberframe supplier. They took our initial plans and through hours of design work they have developed a layout and design that will WOW those guys going up and down the river. We're really excited with their work and can hardly wait for the raising.

In this photo above in Richmond; Mark Adams, the"Sales Guy" and Isaac Fleming, the "Project Guy" look over plans with George, the "Check Guy".

In Floyd, Virginia; Jessie Parrish, the "Design Gal" and Steve Arthur, the "Design Guy" create the "Coastal" timber frame. It's going to be SUPER!

Let's take a Break

2007-08-18T06:05:00.000-07:00

What a week!

Between Saturday Aug 11th to Friday Aug 17th:

Took off old roof and Bathroom

Put on new Roof

Enclosed and waterproofed new roof

Closed an old well

Dug footers

Poured footers

Removed a big stump and an old foundation

Time for three Soda Pops and one Brown Kool-Aid

Pouring the Footer

2007-08-18T05:58:00.000-07:00

Friday Aug 17th

The footer is poured by Jeff Sterne and Company

Weather Proofing

2007-08-18T05:54:00.000-07:00

Wed. Aug 15

Temporary roof ends are put in place and then roof wrap. All this to keep out a hurricane.

Removing a couple of Minor Obstacles

2007-08-18T05:42:00.000-07:00

Wed. August 15th

A stump and an old foundation are eliminated.

Digging the Footer

2007-08-18T05:34:00.001-07:00

Tuesday the 14th

Jeff Sterne starts digging the footer.

2007-08-18T05:34:00.000-07:00

Following the State guidlines for Closing a Well

2007-08-18T05:26:00.000-07:00

Tuesday Aug. 14th

We pour 9 Cubic Yards (the whole nine yards) of perfectly good concrete down our old well (which we did not know we had) and now the well is Offically Abandoned.

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2007-08-18T05:09:00.000-07:00

Building Back Up

2007-08-18T04:58:00.000-07:00

Monday 08/13 Eddie, Richard, and Tommy begin

24 hours later

2007-08-16T17:31:00.001-07:00

No roof, no bathroom.

Noth'in does it like a CHEVY Truck!!

2007-08-16T17:28:00.000-07:00

Supervision is Plentiful

2007-08-16T17:19:00.000-07:00

Sunday

Going, Going, GONE

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Saturday August 11, 2007

Jeremy, Armando, and Helper begin the demolition.

Going, Going, GONE

2007-08-16T17:13:00.000-07:00

Jeremy's Crew - roof ALMOST Gone

Going, Going, GONE

2007-08-16T16:57:00.000-07:00

Sunday 08/12 Roof almost off

The new well goes in.

2007-08-16T16:50:00.000-07:00

August 2, 2007,

A 110 foot pipe with pump attached is lowered into the well by Gary Blake and helper.

Water quality excent. Clearity - excellent.

All the Comforts of a Cottage

2007-08-08T14:31:00.000-07:00

August 7, 2007

Well, it arrived just in time. A "Trudy" porta potty.

This thing has a sink, a light, and everything else. Our HVAC expert and friend Lewis hooked up our 2.5 ton heat pump to the potty and man o man does it cool it down. Actually, it's a little over sized in the event we want to add a second floor.

It Starts Here

2007-07-10T14:14:00.000-07:00

Well, we'll well.
If we hit Oil before Water, we'll stop.
Gary Blake gets ready to drill on July 10,2007

In the Beginning

2007-07-07T12:33:00.000-07:00

July 4th Weekend (2007) and every one's at the Cottage. Barb says: "Hey, lets set up a blog for the cottage construction", so that's what we've done. This week we've seen contractors for the foundation and the well. All sorts of action and things to do. We selected Streamline Timberworks as our designer and supplier of the addition. Timber frame construction is strong (hurricanes) and very efficient on energy. AND it looks great. The timbers and walls are to arrive here on September 10th so we've got to get busy. Here's their web site: http://www.streamlinetimberworks.com/