Week #3: Floor sheathing and Kitchen wall.

Last weekend we went over for two days (again I decided to cut my trip short due to rain in the forecast).

We were able to finish all the floor framing (including the cantilevered joists for the back deck, and installed the floor sheathing. We also finished installing the cross-bracing and the structure feels perfectly solid.

Now that we have the basic footprint of the cabin, we laid out the location for the windows, doors, interior walls and kitchen cabinets. We have some doubts about the bathroom door: the original plan was to use bi-fold doors but they might interfere with the kitchen cabinets, so we are considering using a pocket door instead; since we wont need to build the interior partitions right away we still have some time to make this decision.

We also framed the first wall. It went really fast, and we had time to raise it and brace it in place.


This will be the view from the kitchen front window:



I'm hoping that the weather improves over the next couple of days and go over and finish framing the walls!!