Slow progress on the Timber frame project… the structural insulated panels, (SIPs), have finally arrived. They took a lot longer to get than I had anticipated.A SIP is basically an inside and an outside layer of OSB, (oriented strand board), with foam insulation sandwiched between. They are commonly used, as in this case, as a … Read more
The little island cabin is progressing nicely. The windows have been installed and the house wrap put up. It is ready for roofing and siding. The deck is framed and ready for the cedar decking to be installed. _____________________________ _____________________________________ ______________________ http://huismanconcepts.com/ Anyone who has lived in Ely for any length of time realizes very … Read more
a couple weeks after the footings were ready, the walls and subfloor have been framed up and sheeted… We have been having some beautiful September weather: Here is the architects rendering of the cabin… it should look something like this when it’s done: http://huismanconcepts.com/
One that’s been hanging on the wall for a few years… “Grouse”… 4″x9” pen & ink on paper. http://huismanconcepts.com/artwork-gallery/
Back to the small cabin project on the Island, footing piers are in at the building site: Now floor framing can begin and then walls… http://huismanconcepts.com/ ______________________________ _______________________________________ _________________ This is a great editorial in the Ely Timberjay this past week: http://www.timberjay.com/stories/Up-North-Jobs,11138 I don’t always agree with Marshal, but is this case he says it … Read more
The project we started a few weeks ago has progressed a bit.This is an interesting project, a little different than a lot of projects in that the homeowner has had an active role in a big part of the project, the timber framing.Last summer they took a class at the Northhouse Folk School in Grand … Read more
I just finished this one. It is a drawing of one of my sons, (quite a few years back), up in the loft of an old barn… Dimensions are 14″ wide x 17″ high… Just pencil on “Bristol Board”. http://huismanconcepts.com/
This past week we have started another project. It is a small cabin that we are starting from scratch on an island on one of the lakes in the area. The challenge, of course, with a water access project is getting materials, men and equipment to the building site.As with most projects, this one … Read more
Continuing the start of this project: Pouring the basement floor slab on top of the foam insulation and the “In-floor” heating tubes. Going up from there with the ICF forms …they stack up like life sized “Legos”… Here the insulated concrete form walls are completed and have been filled with concrete. Ready for a subfloor … Read more