12 Sonotubes installed for new foundation
New pressure treated wood floor joists. Gas generated air compressor in foreground is for pneumatic nailer.
Abe, Andy & Jeff begin laying tongue-in-groove recycled douglas fir flooring
Abe works the Bowrench decking tool. Jeff runs the pneumatic nailer.
Foundation & Flooring completed
Andy begins preparing cabin for move to new foundation
Reinforcing the cabin before the big move
More reinforcement
More reinforcement...ready for the Handi-Jacks to lift and make the move
Angled blocking board to stear the cabin SW towards the new foundation when they begin lifting
Cabin has reached new foundation, now to lift it
Abe lifts a corner with his Handi-Jack to clear the new foundation
East side, after lifting and inserting blocks, Andy Miller angles his Handi-Jack to guide cabin towards the new foundation
Jeff Clark adds more blocking to SW rear corner of the cabin
Andy has blocked the SE corner of the cabin and has his jack tipped to lift and move the cabin towards the new foundation
NW corner, Abe lifts cabin higher to skirt the new foundation
Handi-jack about to lift NE corner
Virge Domes watches as cabin is slowly moved off its old flooring & foundation. Note old concrete shower pad
First cabin corner on new foundation. Roller inserted under the corner for the next push
Jeff has installed two Come-alongs, one at each corner of the cabin, to slide the cabin onto the new foundation
Half way there!
Abe cranks the Come-along inside the cabin to ease it all the way onto the new foundation
Jeff monitors the Come-along which is anchored to both corners of the cabin
Cabin totally on new foundation - Woo hoo ! !
View to show new placement of all three cabins
Old floor platform - ready for deconstruction
Larch planks that Russ Vacinek gave us, all planed on one side & ready for residing the cabin
One larch board flipped over to show how the rough cut sides will eventually "gray-down"
Close up to show how new cabin siding is angle-cut to slide under the original
Cabin resided! All of the North side upper boards were kept & new boards angle cut for its lower portion
West facade - Trimming the siding on south side
New Dutch door & temporary latch
West & South window trim has been replaced. Note that Abe retained a lot of decent old siding to replace the rotted siding on the bottom half of the south wall
Dutch door opened
We've eliminated the folding door & the shower window on the east side of the cabin
Close up of repaired window trim
Old platform flooring entirely deconstructed
Old flooring ready to haul off to give to friends who have wood burning stoves & furnaces
Close up of old flooring joists...incredibly dry !
Blue crayon marking on one of the old tongue-in-groove boards that reads "Olmstead, Sardinia New York"
Sorted old flooring boards ready to put up into the horse barn for future projects
Cabin Interior to show color of "new" one-side-planed Larch siding. Many people think Larch is Cedar.
Left over larch boards to be used in construction of outdoor shower stall
Salvaged old flooring now stacked in the horse barn
Crummy pieces of old flooring ready for Connie to deliver to Deb Wolf's wood stove
