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I've wanted to get these pictures up since last fall but just haven't had time.
The wife and I spent the summer at our cabin in NW Montana. I did a lot of tree felling and used the logs to construct a log bath house that she'd wanted for 20 some years.
I used my Stihl MS290 and Husky 55 for the felling. Have to say I prefer the 55!
First a friend visiting from Germany. He and I took down 4 100' larch snags from the property. Each was over 200 years old (counted rings). Here I am hauling an 88' section of one log to the cabin site.
The larch logs are meant to be used as the posts and poles for the bath house. A buddy later came up to help me log a bunch of lodgepole pine snags for the log walls (beetle kill from the 1970's and 1980's).
Here is a pic of us setting the ridge pole. The insert shows the log notching technique I think I invented - at least I've never seen it before. LOL
And here's a pic of the deck we replaced on the cabin. It was 25 years old and rotten. That's why this time we uised larch for anything near the ground. It should last 4 times longer.
Okay, here is the bath house as far as I was able to get it last summer. The porch will be screened in and the bath house will house a washer and dryer so the misses won't have to go to town to the dreaded laundromat ever again. The door has the unusual shape because I will be insetting a stained glass window into it that came from the whore house in the awful movie HEAVENS GATE which was shot, partially in this area. A buddy was a carpenter on the sets and came away with the leaded glass window.
And finally, on the right is the old bath house. It was built 24 years ago as a "temporary" solution. It has gravity feed water from our creek and originally had a small wood fired water heater. A couple of years ago I surrendered and installed a propane hot water on demand heater (it can be seen in the back corner). The tarp is a fall solution to cold breezes - in the summer no tarp so we take showers during the late afternoon and enjoy sunshine and views.
The pic on the left is the new bath house shower stall. It is 4'X4' with two glass walls. I'll tile the floor next summer. We wanted to recreate, as much as we could, the atmosphere of the old bath house. Every friend who ever took a shower in the old bath house said it was the best shower they ever took. I know I'll miss the old girl!
MONTANA - THE LAST BEST PLACE!
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The wife and I spent the summer at our cabin in NW Montana. I did a lot of tree felling and used the logs to construct a log bath house that she'd wanted for 20 some years.
I used my Stihl MS290 and Husky 55 for the felling. Have to say I prefer the 55!
First a friend visiting from Germany. He and I took down 4 100' larch snags from the property. Each was over 200 years old (counted rings). Here I am hauling an 88' section of one log to the cabin site.
The larch logs are meant to be used as the posts and poles for the bath house. A buddy later came up to help me log a bunch of lodgepole pine snags for the log walls (beetle kill from the 1970's and 1980's).
Here is a pic of us setting the ridge pole. The insert shows the log notching technique I think I invented - at least I've never seen it before. LOL
And here's a pic of the deck we replaced on the cabin. It was 25 years old and rotten. That's why this time we uised larch for anything near the ground. It should last 4 times longer.
Okay, here is the bath house as far as I was able to get it last summer. The porch will be screened in and the bath house will house a washer and dryer so the misses won't have to go to town to the dreaded laundromat ever again. The door has the unusual shape because I will be insetting a stained glass window into it that came from the whore house in the awful movie HEAVENS GATE which was shot, partially in this area. A buddy was a carpenter on the sets and came away with the leaded glass window.
And finally, on the right is the old bath house. It was built 24 years ago as a "temporary" solution. It has gravity feed water from our creek and originally had a small wood fired water heater. A couple of years ago I surrendered and installed a propane hot water on demand heater (it can be seen in the back corner). The tarp is a fall solution to cold breezes - in the summer no tarp so we take showers during the late afternoon and enjoy sunshine and views.
The pic on the left is the new bath house shower stall. It is 4'X4' with two glass walls. I'll tile the floor next summer. We wanted to recreate, as much as we could, the atmosphere of the old bath house. Every friend who ever took a shower in the old bath house said it was the best shower they ever took. I know I'll miss the old girl!
MONTANA - THE LAST BEST PLACE!
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