Building our dream home in the NC mountains

It's almost mid August 2011 and the love of my life and I are getting ready to begin a year long adventure building our dream cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. We're actually in Oregon, as we speak (8/11/11) wrapping up a glorious 10 day vacation with my wife's sister and brother-in-law at their cabin in the mountains.

Why the title "The Maple Tree Adventure"? Our property is on Maple Tree Lane at an elevation of 4200'...sounds like an adventure to us.

We've talked about this for a long time and now that it's a reality, we are excited to start the process. The process should take about 10 months. The build should be completed by next fall 2012.

Our goal is to offer up a blog entry daily. Some posts might include a photo, others may not. The adventure takes my wife and me in different directions for awhile. She teaches school and will finish out her career in June 2012 in Raleigh. I, on the other hand, will head to the mountains to get the cabin rolling in the next week or so (8/16/11).

Keep us in your prayers, leave your comments and plan to visit us next spring 2013.

Kent & Darlene
210 Maple Tree Lane
West Jefferson, NC 28694

(828) 406-4823

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The stairs are getting some stares

 The stairs are in the process of being built and probably will be completed by tomorrow. They're built with locally milled 4" thick x 12" wide pine. The stairs come down from the loft to a landing and then down to the first level of the cabin.

When the guys finish with the steps I'll use an axe to rough up the edges to look more like hand hewn lumber from yesteryear.

While Tim and James were busy with the stairs, I started to install the rafter vents. They're styrofoam baffles that run from the eaves to the ridge to allow air to flow through and serve as a cooler for the roof system. Insulation will be placed over the baffles in the next month. No it's not high tech, it just helps the roof shingles to last longer...the cooler they stay the longer they last.

I'm heading to town tomorrow to pick up the ordered piping for the fireplace chimney. I'm going to get the piping for the workshop stove also.


More coming,
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