The Construction Journal is a weekly record of Paul's activities working on the log house. It is fairly lengthy, so this index is intended to help you find your way through it, or into it, to read about some specific subject. If you wonder what any terms in this journal mean, please consult the glossary.
To go to the first Journal entry for a particular year, click on the year:
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
To go to a specific Journal entry, click on the year range below that covers it and a direct index will come up. Clues are provided to give you an idea of what projects were being worked on at what times.
1991-1994
Winter 1991 Bought the property
Summer 1991 Built trails, surveyed property
Winter 1992 Roadway and trailer site
Summer 1992 Snowshed for the trailer
Winter 1993 Roadway
Summer 1993 Springbox
Winter 1994 Site excavation
Summer 1994 Excavation and timber harvesting
1995-1998
Winter 1995 Designed building, moved rocks
Summer 1995 Temporary power, made planks, poured footings, bldg permit
Winter 1996 Stockpiled concrete blocks and rebar
Summer 1996 Laid up foundation
Winter 1997 Worked on log walls
Summer 1997 Log walls
Winter 1998 Log walls and porch logs
Summer 1998 Log gables and purlins
1999-2002
Winter 1999 Ridgepole
Summer 1999 Roof (rafters and OSB)
Winter 2000 Main subfloor
Summer 2000 Metal roofing and staining outside walls
Winter 2001 Loft subfloor and partition stud walls
Summer 2001 Stain outside walls, front door, log porch structure
Winter 2002 Log porch structure
Summer 2002 Chink outside walls
2003-2006
Winter 2003 Ripped planks for porch deck
Summer 2003 Porch deck, finished chinking, water pipes, windows
Winter 2004 Packrat eviction
Summer 2004 Water line, scrape and varnish interior walls
Winter 2005 Varnish interior walls
Summer 2005 Chink interior walls, baseboard receptacles in log walls
Winter 2006 Varnish loft walls, phony log for duct
Summer 2006 Front staircase
2007-2011
Winter 2007 Varnish loft walls, front staircase
Summer 2007 Back porch, wood stove
Winter 2008 Varnish loft walls, roof panels slid off
Summer 2008 Permanent power service, concrete stairs, fixed roof
Winter 2009 Lighting circuits and fixtures, back stairs
Summer 2009 Chinked loft
Winter 2010 Loft staircase, plumbing
Summer 2010 Plumbing, ventilation, insulation, wiring
Winter 2011 Smoke detectors, move stove
Summer 2011 Bathroom, drywall, painting, start floors & ceilings
2012-2016
Winter 2012 Flooring, baseboards, cabinets
Summer 2012 Drainage, outside ceilings,
Winter 2013 Ice storm damage, outside ceilings
Summer 2013 Interior doors, countertops, stove, kitchen sink, fix spring leak, inside ceilings
Winter 2014 Repair hole in roof
Summer 2014 start logging, 60' of waterpipe
Winter 2015 Inside ceiling installation
Summer 2015 Loft fascia, front stairs
Winter 2016 Front stoop
Summer 2016 Back stairs, front stair rail
2017-2023
Winter 2017 Front stair rail
Summer 2017 Front porch rail, baseboards
Winter 2018 Logging Phase II
Summer 2018 Logging, outside railings
Winter 2019 Logging, outside railings
Summer 2019 Ram pump, inside railings
Winter 2020 Inside railings
Summer 2020 Final inspection
Winter 2021 Trim
Summer 2021 Log to drywall transitions
Winter 2022 Light fixtures; cabinet panels
Summer 2022 Forest fires
Winter 2023
2023-2024
Summer 2023
Winter 2024
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