Having hauled up the roofing sheets the over hung roof was added and the basic ‘box’ was completed – below:
A new doorway was subtracted using the chain saw – only slightly nerve wracking!
Cutting a doorway in a log cabin
Now for the start of something big – the first stonework extension to encompass a bathroom downstairs and extra room upstairs:
Starting the stone work extension
Mr Titius – builder and stone mason
Mr Titus on the wall
Supports included for the floor joists in the next extension
Willard burning rocks to create our building materials
Scaffolding below the upper level doorway
Corbels built into the new wall to support floor joists.
Meanwhile the carpenters create new square entryways connecting the upper levels.
The completed stonework of the bathroom extension
Our local vet and school children
Eastern Highlander 