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Steeny
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2015 16:45 - Edited by: Steeny
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What size is your cabin and how long did it take you to build it? How many people were working on it? Trying to get an idea for comparison, but curious to hear what all has been built by others.
I've been working on my 10x12 writing cabin here at home with my husband since the beginning of August. We made some mistakes and had to start all over again on August 13, so it's been nine days now on this stretch, and we've finally just got the floor frame done, with insulation in place and sub-floor screwed down.
We've not been working on it 8 hours a day. My husband has a weekday job, but this past week he had holidays, so we got to work on it much more. Still, with me having fibromyalgia, and seven kids, it's not like I can go gung-ho on it even when hubby IS around to help.
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Just
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2015 20:53
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4 days 2 guys to get this far on a 9x12 single skin
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PatrickH
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2015 21:16 - Edited by: PatrickH
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Going on 3 years for us,Its usually just me working on it. My father,mother and brother pitch in here and there and of course my wife and kids do what they can.
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SandyR
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2015 22:36
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Ours is 20x20 with a 10x20 loft, and it took my husband 5 days to build it with the help of 5 Amish boys. He and I just put on a 8x20 deck and with the two of us it took 4 days start to finish.
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SandyR
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2015 22:38
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We also made a mistake with the decking and had to make another trip to the hardware store for different decking. What a pain!
Our three kids are probably a bit older than yours so it wasn't so bad.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 22 Aug 2015 22:56
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9 days for a dried in shell, myself and one buddy. Then 3 more years to completion, ie fully finished inside. Now I am on decorating. I am always looking for items to add (western look/cowboy era stuff)
Mine is a 16X18
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Salty Craig
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# Posted: 23 Aug 2015 00:03
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16x28 took myself and 2 friends 6 days to dry in the shell. That was 5 years ago. I still need flooring and baseboard trim. I work a little, then fish or go sailing.
My advise is dry in quickly. Do the details at your leisure. Enjoy
Craig
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ShabinNo5
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# Posted: 23 Aug 2015 09:24
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We started in 2010. The original plan was for a 10X20 with a 10 X 6 loft and a 6 foot deck wrapping around three sides. However we like to change as we go..
- Two sections of the deck were pushed out to 9 feet.
- The loft was expanded to 10 X 12
- Re-purposed a 6 X 9 section of the deck to be a bathroom
- Added five windows not on the original plan
- Built a storage level under the original 10 X 20 foot print
- Re-purposed the remaining 6 X 11 section of the deck to interior space.
- Moved one door and three windows.
- Have plans to add one more room next summer.
Mostly it is my wife and I on the weekends, with great appreciation to family and friends who stop by when they can.
Beware of a slow pace, it provides too much time for new ideas to take root  .
Currently the final dimensions should be 30 X 16 with an covered open deck on two sides.
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Kennyquad
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# Posted: 23 Aug 2015 21:52
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My father started mine in 1984 and I have been working on it since he passed away several years ago. It's 26 x 30 and has 2 12 x 12 bedrooms upstairs. All of the wood is rough sawn lumber that came from the local sawmill that has since closed. Today I got primer on the most of drywall before I had to make the four hour drive home.
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carr0406
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2015 12:05 - Edited by: carr0406
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Mine was enclosed in about 5 weekends with help from a few friends. Finishing the outside this fall and inside next summer. 16x32 Enjoy the process! Pic attached
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2015 16:52 - Edited by: silverwaterlady
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Our log cabin is 24'x34'. It was built by our builder and two family members he hired to help. Started in the spring of 2006 in our builders yard. Our builder lettered and numbered the logs and moved them 25 miles to our building site. He finished erecting the cabin in the fall of that year.We didn't get to see the cabin until the summer of 2007.
We are no where near done. It's taking us a long time because of location and the cost of building supplies.
A lot of things still need to be done like railings in the loft,the second loft,appliances,insulation,flooring,a three season porch and a deck on the back. Our son has moved to the small town where our cabin is located so we have him doing all the remaining building. He spends a lot of his time there so we no longer worry about our cabin sitting vacant. That is a load off our minds.
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NorthRick
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2015 17:36
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So, shortly into our build we had made a trip a few miles south to visit with an old timer. He had been on the lake for 20 something years and has a nice log cabin. In the course of our conversation I asked how long it took him to build his cabin.
"I don't know" he said, "I'm not done yet!"
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Simpleman
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# Posted: 28 Aug 2015 16:05
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Going on 3.5 years. Started cutting trees in February of 2012 and spend most weekends working on it. Been a labor of love. It goes by fast!
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Wilbour
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# Posted: 30 Aug 2015 07:18
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It's been two summers now and I'm still working on windows and siding. Doing 90% of the work by myself. Sometimes my wife or son come down but their schedules are full. It's way longer than I thought
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R9R Photography
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2015 20:05
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1 year earlier this month for the cabin. Hand built, by me. Kids & wife help as much as they can. Added what is going to be a bath/wash room a few weekends ago.
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R9R Photography
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2015 20:07
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I meant to note that the year was a weekend at a time lol. M-F and sometimes Saturday job, and the cabin is an hour or so away lol.
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Shadyacres
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2015 21:00 - Edited by: Shadyacres
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Mine was started Oct 2013 and it is basically done but I still have lots of small things to complete. The most time consuming is the stair rails and spindles. I think I have most of the limbs and logs that I need , I just need to have time to finish them and install them. I have been just enjoying the cabin a lot this summer. This winter I hope to get the inside complete. I will never finish because I love to work on it , I will always find something new to add or will change something.
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Borrego
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2015 21:39
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Starting year 7 this week...took about 9 months to get the 24' x 24' dried in with me working on weekends and a couple buddies helping out once in a while. Been living in it for 2 years and finishing the interior, front porch, etc... Still to do is the screen porch, solar...here is a fancy photographer's picture...
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neb
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2015 22:04
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About 6 days if I remember right but not long days. I did all the work alone and had to pack all material in on sled or carried it in. Mine is a 10x10 and was all closed in and I don't have mine finished inside and never plan on doing it. Small enough to heat well and didn't want mice in walls that I couldn't get too.
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Ontario lakeside
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2015 23:50
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ours is 500SQ and has taken 3 years. Two guys and family on vacations and weekends. One more summer should get it "done"!!
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Gary O
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2015 05:35
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Gonna say six months, weekends only, for the main (10x20) body.
Things have grown (groan) considerably since then.
aaaand, we now live at the cabin(s)
ouch!...just pinched myself
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Gary O
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2015 05:38
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Quoting: Borrego here is a fancy photographer's picture
Borrego, I used to follow your thread years ago...now I see I need to pick it back up again.
Those two pics are gorgeous.
Great work, man. Really unique...and beautiful.
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