This past Wednesday (1/26) we went up north. On the way up Sue and I picked up a special order toilet (10" rough-in) and purchased the water heater (80 gallon electric) and a 26" sink. Thursday we went to the benefit for Bill in TRF Thursday evening and were joined by Dick. The benefit went very well. On Friday we went out to the camp. Tom and Billy Vig and a friend were mudding sheet rock. Mike Whitlock and Keith Schmeideberg were working on rough-in plumbing. On Saturday Dick and I went to Menards Grand Forks to pick up two 48" special order vanities, buy a 26" sink, and took them out to the camp. The following pictures were taken on Saturday.
This is the entry and is mostly for storage. This area will be insulated and sheet rocked. We will also have a baseboard heater. We didn't have to order any additional steel for this entry.
As you walk in the cabin, you notice the heat is on right away. All three zones are running and holding the temperature at 65 degrees. Here you can see the stairs going up to the loft and a little of the vaulted area.
This is the area under the stairs. We decided to enclose the stairs and add a door which should create a nice storage area. Tom Vig pulled a wire into this area so we could add a light for this closet if we wished.
This is looking south from the loft area into the vaulted area. We have six windows on the south side and for this picture, the top three are covered with translucent plastic and the bottom three were covered with sheet rock (they just hadn't cut the sheet rock out yet). This will be a very bright area.
From the previous picture I turned to my left and took this picture so you are looking east toward the "Tree Stand" area. By the way, the scissor trusses have really made this area feel large. Originally we talked about 7' ceilings and standard trusses. We changed to 8' ceilings and scissor trusses. These trusses are 6/12 on the top chord and 3/12 on the bottom cord so from floor to peak is 12'. It really feels spacious.
This is what you see when you walk into the cabin. Three of the lower windows are covered. They are not quite done sheet rocking and none of the taping, mudding has started here.
Here's the view through the patio door
Here's the Kitchen. The door for the mudroom is on the left. The pressure tank and regulator are in the cardboard box and the opening to the vaulted area is on the right. You can see the framing for one of the two 30" pocket doors. This room looks nearly ready for paint.
Looking down the hallway and it looks like it is close to paint.
This is the mud room showing the boiler system. We have three zones; kitchen-mudroom-bathrooms, vaulted area-west bedroom, and the northwest-southwest bedrooms. In order to fire up the heading system we asked Todd Truedson to do this work. He installed the "off peak" meter in the box on the yard light pole and ran a run from the "off peak" panel to the boiler.
This the shower/bath for the main bathroom in the lower level. This bathroom will also have the 48" vanity.
This is a picture of the west bedroom.
This is the northwest bedroom.
This is the northeast bedroom.
This is the loft area where you can see the northwest bedroom, the hallway, and the northeast bedroom. We have to wait to complete rough-in electrical before we can sheet rock. We are wondering if we need to have framed closets in these two bedrooms. You can see they are framed but I think the cabin committee will decide which we will do. We are also considering if we have enough lighting in this open area. We currently have a fan/light planned for the center of the room but are wondering if we should add sconce lights as well.
This is to show the open area in the loft. In the future we could create a sixth bedroom. It's maybe a little hard to see but none of the ceiling has been taped yet.
The "tree stand" area. You can see the entry door to the bathroom on the left side. The triple combination window is currently covered with plastic.
A little more detail for the northeast bedroom in the loft.
Northeast bedroom
From left to right, you can see the doorway to the northeast bedroom, the north bathroom which will have the 48" shower and 48" vanity. The bathroom on the right has a 36" shower and a 26" pedestal/sink. On the right side you can see the edge of the "tree stand" area.
The notion of these pictures is to give you a sense of the current construction status for the cabin. The next activity is rough-in electrical for the loft area.
Finally, on Monday Sue and I were with Peggy and Floyd for Peggy's surgery to remove a small malignant tumor in her right lung. The surgery went really well. Peggy went home on Wednesday and is expected to have a follow-up appointment next week or so.
Hope you are all doing well. If you have any questions please let me know.
Bob
