Stair finish details

Beginning to pin down some of the details on the interior stairs. Both sets of stairs will have the tread covers below on the.

The stairs going up from the main floor will have large glulam stringers and open glulam treads with the covers above protecting the treads. We'll seal both sets of stairs with some varnish for protection, but otherwise leave them natural.

The stairs going down from the main floor are traditionally framed and enclosed with 2x12 dimensional treads, also with the covers above protecting the treads. Door at the bottom, and storage underneath the staircase.

The main floor stair case will also have each tread fastened with two 8" lag bolts and these malleable washers.

Still working on the railing for the main staircase but I'm angling towards square tube steel posts with spaced cabling filling the void between posts.

Behold, glazing! (and more snow).

All but one of the windows are installed now. Front door and deck door are waiting for installation. And we bought a door for the basement that I pickup tomorrow so it can be installed next week.

When Katie showed up with her buds, the framing crew was there with all their kids, who were sledding. Fun.

As you'll see in the pics below, the top floor framing is completed. Very gratifying to see it all take shape.

This was the 2nd outing of the new "Adventure Club". 

Their trailhead was blocked by fallen trees downd by the snow, so it turned in to "Lunch at Stevens Pass Club" and "Come check out the cabin club."

Our septic drain field awaiting inspection.

Time for a site cleanup work project.

Windows on the North wall are in. And our beetle stained pine is curing inside.

The fireplace opening is getting reframed so that there's wood storage below the fireplace, which will be installed next week.

A view from the main floor down the stairwell. The stairs going from the main floor to the top floor are temporary stairs. The "real" stairs will be made from the big glulams that are wrapped and laying on the floor in the picture above. 

Looking South from the main floor's North windows wall. That big blank wall will become the kitchen.

The Adventure Club on the top floor (looking South).

I think this is looking North out the master bedroom.

View from the other side of the master bedroom.

View from the hallway door in the master bedroom.

Looking South in the master bedroom. Hallway door to the right, bathroom door to the left.

View out the doorway of the bunkroom.

View from the South wall of the bunk room looking North.

View from the West wall of the bunk room looking East.

Cutest picture (selfie) for last.

Snow....

Two inches of snow overnight and on the ground at the cabin this morning. Four inches at Stevens.

KnArrow Haus, 12 Oktober 2017

Stevens Pass Plaza, October 12, 2017

What's on tap today?

• PUD came by and did the pre-inspection prior to hookup (tomorrow?)
• Sheer wall inspections.
• Interior framing and corrections.
• Window installations
• Trim prior to garage door install
• Septic is waiting on an inspection before they backfill

Slab, stair landing, blue pine, septic tanks and crushed rock

It's been a busy week up at the site. 

On Friday, Norm and Spencer poured the basement/slab-on-grade and used the remaining concrete in the load to form the exterior stair landing/approach.

On Saturday, I met my Montana-based lumber supplier at the site to take delivery of 1500 sq. feet of blue (beattle) stained pine that we will use on the upstairs ceiling and selected (tbd) spots throughout the interor. There's also a big pine beam on top of the pile (covered in plastic) that I'll use for the fireplace mantle.

Good progress is being made on the septic installation. That tanks are in and the sand for the drain field has been delivered and will be installed this week.

And on Monday we took advantage of an empty dump truck trip by the septic installer to transport one-and-half crushed rock that we'll spread on the driveway.

The weather is turning much colder, and there's a chance of snow pretty much every day for the rest of the week.

Upstairs layout changes

We're almost complete with the framing. Just the interior framing on the upstairs and the basement are remaining. As the *actual* dimensions of the building have become clearer -- nothing is ever exactly to plan -- we realised a couple things:

1. We have an amazing, rockstar view out to the North of Liechentberg Mountain, and it just seems right to switch the bedroom and the bunkroom so that the bedroom where the "grown-ups" sleep get that money view.
2. We also have a little more room to play around with, and so after a few tries, I found a layout that adds a private powder room (toilet & sink) to the master bedroom, but still keeps the layout in the main bathroom so that the toilet room and shower room have doors and can be used independent of the main sink area.

So here's the layout we started with originally:

And here's how we are changing the layout.  (a) Bedroom and Bunkroom swapped, (b) hallway widened to 4 ft., (c) powder room added to master bedroom, (d) main bathroom reconfigured. 

In the picture above, the master bedroom is at the top (North) and the bunk room is at the bottom (South).

Time Lapse of Framing, Roofing, and Septic

Crane Day Video/Slideshow

Here's an extended YouTube version of KnArrow Haus's "Crane Day".  The roof deck is on, and the building is really taking shape. This is a blow by blow of the entire day.

Big Meaty Wood Beams "Flying"

This was a BIG DAY.  A bunch of big meaty glulams "flew" from the ground to the roof and sides of the building - courtesy of the crane.  Katie was on site to take pictures throughout the day.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Yes, that is snow at the top of Seventh Heaven at Stevens Pass.

Framing Photo Fest

Drove up this afternoon to see the progress and make sure the framing is what wew want. It gets really hard to fix things later.  The interior doors on the main floor are all going to get reframed so they are 8'. With 10' ceilings, it just makes more sense and looks better.

The staircase from the main to the top floor is temprorary. The *real* staircase will be using glulam stringers and treads. 

The roof beams and joists have all be delivered. They couldnt' get a crane up there until Monday. (I hadn't realized how tall the building is. It's TALL.

View from the street with the roof joists across the driveway.

Top floor looking from the SW corner looking to the NE corner.

Looking at the West wall. It's awaiting beams on either side of the taller center part of the wall. 

Looking at the South wall (bedroom) from the bunk room. 

Closeup of the South wall (bedroom).

Looking at the North wall (bunk room)

Temporary staircase from the main floor to the top floor. 

Looking North out the main floor door to what will be a small deck.

The view out the North wall on the main floor.

Looking at the North wall on the main floor.

Main floor fireplace framing. (It's wrong.... They need to reframe it so there's a 2ft space below the fireplace for storing wood.)

The view South out the main floor powder room.

Looking up at the North facing wall from the NE corner.

 

Looking up at the North acing wall from the NW corner.

 

Looking up at the front door and the SE corner of the cabin.

Looking at the East wall of the cabin.

There's a lot on the docket next week:

• Roof joists get placed with a crane.
• Roof deck (and possibly metal roof) will get installed.
• Slab on grade should get poured.
• Windows delivered midweek.
• Septic install begins.
• Garage door may bet installed.

And, of course, I'll be out of town for all of it (again).