There's smoke in the chimney!

I just finished installing the chimney and hooking up the woodstove today. It is now nice and toasty in the cabin. It will make for a nice atmosphere to work in this winter.

Lots of drilling, notching, and chiseling and the log rafters for the second floor are in place. This area is above our bedroom and bathroom.

Second floor rafters over the kitchen area.

Lots of grooves needed to be cut in order to run all the electric in conduit in the log rafters and girders before the decking can be laid down.

Part of the second floor decking laid down on the log rafters.

Rough frame installed for our large bedroom window.

Large bedroom window installed.

Two of my large 4'x5' windows were cracked when I went to get them out of the crate. I found two smaller windows of the same width and slightly taller to put in one of the openings and a window of the same width and 5 inches shorter to put in another opening. My two part window came out better looking than I figured it would.

Notice the shorter window on the east side of the house, the two large ones on the south side, and the two part window on the south west corner. Those four windows were supposed to be the same size... but I guess these will do. The dormer windows weren't nearly as hard to get into place as I thought the would either.

We worked for a fellow named Bill this summer who gave me this old unframed door when he found out I was building a cabin. It isn't the prettiest but it will work. My homemade door jamb came out pretty good too.

I think we're ready to keep right on working on the inside through the -70 degree weather this winter.