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Originally posted by Robertt View PostWhere are you staying while there during the construction?
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Originally posted by wlee15 View PostI have never thought of that but it makes perfect sense. I honestly wasn't looking at that I was just choosing the best looking side. And when I read you post I had no idea what you were talking about, but after looking at the ends of the boards in the pictures I can see the "cup"
Should I go though and flip them around, assuming I am gonna stain them and MOST of them will be under the covered porch?
Thanks for the input, will look at that for sure the next deck I build.
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Originally posted by DesertDug View PostI would not worry about it too much, but over time the boards will bow/cup up. If just a few, you may go ahead and flip.The other way the grain gives the board more strength.
wlee15- just curious did you consider going with Trex instead of wood?
My deck is buckling pretty good now that it is 10 years old but then again the construction was pretty bad at best.
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Originally posted by ballgame View PostGood to know, you learn all kind of things on TBH.
wlee15- just curious did you consider going with Trex instead of wood?
My deck is buckling pretty good now that it is 10 years old but then again the construction was pretty bad at best.
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Originally posted by Ouch View PostI could fall off that porch!
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Last weekend Andy and I went back out to complete the framing...... and I can officially say we are done welding on the the structure!!! We will need to break out the welder again after we are dried in to finish the railing around the porches.
First we worked on the side framing on the cabin itself. We added 2 cross members angled at the roof line for the side wall to terminate to at that top then added vertical supports between the center of the cabin and the outer edge. One of the challenges we had is that on the non loft side of the cabin, the welder leads would not reach. We had the suspend the welder from the center beam high enough to reach.... PIC 1
We then added the roof supports over the front porch. PICS 2&3
We also cut 5/8" solid bar to form 3 horizontal rails centered to the front porch railing. PICS 4-6
We also cut down the deck boards to length and routered all the edges on the from of the porch.
Now all we have left is to do some grinding on the porch railing and Paint what we added, then install the Roof, side panels and Windows to get it all dried in.....
We plan to have a "raising the roof party" to entice some of my friends to come out and help with that portion of the build. This will be done the weekend of March 23rd. Pray for good weather and light winds!!!!!
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Originally posted by wlee15 View PostTrex was an option but it was out of my budget right now. I am literally trying to keep the entire cost of the cabin build under 10K. At this point I think I will be about 2K over budget when its all said and done.
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