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Before we started!	Level plot -start footer.	Existing pump house	Clean up plot Cut trees	Digging the footer

Did this in August Okla heat!	Rebar ready - Bring on concrete	Footing ran! Yippee!	Pouring Piers!	Piers Complete! We need logs!

Oh! Here's the logs (3 loads)	Unloading logs - The Okla way.	Two stacks of logs - 94 total.	These are white pine - avg 12in.	Time to get the first log - finally!

First log is on the piers! only 63 to go!	Four logs up! Yeah!	One big load of 2X12's	Testing the HarborFreight demo hammer	Testing the Dewalt demo hammer

Cutting more rebar! Takes a lot of rebar!	Working on round 5!	Sara and the Wheelhorse moves cutoffs	Raising the Lifting Poles.	Seven rounds up!

Ten rounds up!	"Bear" is checking roof design!	A rebar "Quiver"	A view from the top of 10 logs See the rebar?	10 high with rebar waiting to be driven.

Fred Casey drilling with "Hole Hawg"	Fred moves along level 11 after drilling.	Chuck - ready to drive rebar - Round 11	Driving rebar in round 11 using demo hammer.	Vern, Sara, Chuck and Fred

Setting a log on round 13 with Sara & Coby	Lift w/ FEL to round 9 and then straps to 11	Setting log in place - notice black clouds!	Time to cut Temporary Door	Slightly leaning - but will work

Slide RPSL under wall	Now it's inside the building	Starting to raise RPSL	Almost up!	Sara holds it against wall!

Chain hoist the RPSL up above the rebar	Set it down on the rebar	Use a plumb bob to true up RPSL	Now, bolt to the wall log.	West RPSL now installed.

Go get the Ridgepole	Lift little end up on the walls	Now, push it until it teeters and pull over to other side	Now lift it up to the top!	Now, climb up and rebar to RPSL!

It's done! An adrenal rush delux!	Sunset view in Oklahoma!	Install the center RPSL	Finally got it in place!	Three RPSL's in place.

Install the 2nd floor Girder	Almost in all the way	Inside view of 2nd floor girder	It's almost in far enough.	RainClouds again!

Time to cut some 24ft rafters	Move it over to the house.	Lean it up on the building.	Pull it up to the top of RP.	Now, chain the bottom to cap log.

Drill and bolt at the top.	Duplicate and now we have two sets!	Cut more rafters	Place block on bottom for stop	They break when you drop them!

Jimmy cutting all thread	22 rafters up!	West end view.	Rebar the Rafters to the Cap log	Raise the S. Porch support

Almost up!	Get it Straight!	Now rebar some rafters to it.	Build a walkway to the roof	and start the decking.

Decking with 2X12's	Yea! I found the top!	Decking complete -South side	Frame in the North porch	North Porch

Build a walkway to North side	Decking Complete Both sides	Now I have to build a roof on top of the Decking!	First, sleepers are installed	North side ready for insulation

Install the facia boards and trim	Yeah! The metal has arrived	Putting up metal over double bubble radiant barrier	More metal on North Side	My friend Randy Titus helping with metal install

Insulation installed - ready for metal	Metal on South side!	Okla Ice Storm took the day off	Okla Ice Storm my front yard	Okla Ice Storm Neighbor's home

Roof finally complete. Whew!	Time to do the floor joists	Randy mounts more hangers	Putting down the sub floor	More sub floor

Floor complete!	Now, start hanging 2nd floor joists	Bracket to hang joists on wall	2nd floor joists	more 2nd floor joists

Girder support Bracket	2nd floor decking	Vern & Sara on 2nd floor loft	Sara checking out temporary stairs	Looking down from 2nd floor

Ready to raise 3rd floor girder	Attaching 3rd floor joists	Steve M. Checking out 3rd floor	Loading the last of the 2X12's	Lifting 3rd floor decking up.

Vern waving from 3rd floor	View from 3rd floor	Sunset from 3rd floor	Randy working on East gable	East gable framing complete

OSB board installed	West end gable framing started	Cutting Windows	Windows in west side	Windows on East side - start board & bat

Window trimming	Windows w/ door - west side	Completed West side - board-bat	Completed b&b East side	Starting walls Bathroom/mud room

Chinking under stair landing	more chinking	starting the landing	Setting the Stair rails and landing	Placing the stair threads

Main Staircase to second floor	Never have enough ladders!	Long ways up to board/bat inside	Cutting front door w/ guide	A door at last!

Cutting and framing windows	Framing bath window	Looks like a cabin in the woods!	Backdoor w/ windows	Dog-on good wood!

Preparing Blaster for corn cob blast	About 10 minutes on wall	Corn-cobbed & ready for stain	Sanding the logs removes fuzz	Starting the Stain

East side Stained	Electrical Wiring under way	Main panel ready to wire	Mounting an outside box on log wall	Mounting an inside box on log wall

Cutting insul. w/ electric knife	Spraying on stain	Sara's new (old) sink	Unloading our 100 year old floor planks	Sara stuffing insulation

New (old) floor is down!	Flooring around RPSL	Grandson Aaron chinking	Randy working on plumbing	Grandkids chinking

Family chinking party	Signing name	More artists signing	Everybody signs the log	Rear of house chinked

Front of house chinked	Chinked window	West side of house	Sewer line being connected	Building front door

Front door w/ latch	Front door latch	Cutting big hole in roof for stovepipe	Attaching the flashing	Lots of stove pipe!

Inside of stove pipe box	Pex plumbing good stuff!	Mounting Ceiling Fan	Floor tile going in	Cutting/installing floor insulation

Putting the wood up on walls	Bathroom wall finished	Tile complete in bathroom	Threading Pipe for Gas	Cedar slab for eating bar

Planing more wood	Hand Rails going up!	Handrails - spindles later	Making rails on table saw	Newyears party!

More Newyear parter	Board/Bat on bird blocks	Walls finished w/ board/bat	Wildfires are very scary!	2nd floor sink cabinet

Staining 2nd floor	More 2nd floor stain	Used the paint crew airless	Complete tile work	Tile around the sink base

Sanding the 2nd floor	Finished 2nd floor	Rough in cabinets	Rough in upper cabinets	Cabinets faced need doors etc

Moved in - left critters in barn!	Closet work	Upstairs bath works great!	2nd floor loft	more upstairs loft

Office area - 2nd floor loft	more 2nd floor loft	2nd floor bath