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

Friday, February 10, 2012

Day late dollar short

Sorry for missing a post yesterday but I've been busy moving more from the storage buildings to the workshop and cabin. Today I moved my big honkin' band saw, wood lathe and dust collection system. Might not sound like much but to move it without damage and mishap takes some time. I made it up the mountain with the goods and into the workshop no problemo.

Spent the remainder of today putting up the last few pieces of wall plywood in the shop and making a few electrical changes. That should be it for the bulk of the workshop. I have a few more things to bring over but it will have to wait until next week as we're expecting some snow tomorrow and Sunday.

Tim drilling braces to accept bolts
Now to digress...Tim spent the morning with me yesterday helping me install the support braces for the decks. Code requires them just in case the deck starts to move around and 'rack'. Let me tell you, if the deck starts to move around and 'rack' then we've got far more serious problems than worrying about braces!

Insulation is scheduled for Monday. Once that's done and inspected, I start full-bore with installing the walls on the interior. Tim will be back on the 20th to help me install the ceiling boards because it's a two man job.

I plan on working some this weekend. If I can't drive because of the snow then I'll walk to the cabin.

More coming,
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