| Building your Log Cabin: Working with
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| | If you are going to use vertical
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| Flooring and Rafter
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| | tongue-and-groove siding as theexterior
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| Connections
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| | finish, be sure to use a herringbone
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| Girders are used to support concentrated
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| | bridging system asshown in the sketch.
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| weight. Sometimes theyappear at the outer
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| | The purpose of this bridging is to
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| edge of the building in pier
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| | stiffenthe structure and to give an
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| foundationwork. More often they are at
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| | intermediate nailing surface forthe
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| some mid-point of a joist span. Theuse of
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| | vertical siding. Where sheathing is used,
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| girders permits joist members to be
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| | it is notnecessary to use bridging. If
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| smaller.
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| | the exterior finish runshorizontally,
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| In most cases the girders are made up of
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| | sheathing is optional and bridging is
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| several
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| | notnecessary.
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| 2-or-3-inch-thick members supported on
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| | Supporting members for your finished roof
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| piers. Solid memberswould be better but
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| | are called rafters. Inthe case of
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| are harder to handle and aren't
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| | single-slope roofs, they look and act
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| alwaysreadily available.
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| | like floorjoists. A pitched roof has the
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| Each cabin should have only one %-inch
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| | rafters running from the plate atthe
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| thickness of flooring fora starting
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| | outer edge to the ridge piece. Like the
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| point. This is sufficient for most
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| | floor joists, theroof rafters have been
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| cottages. At alater date you may want to
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| | designed to carry a load of 35 pounds
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| add either a composition or
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| | persquare foot and are based on a fiber
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| finishedhardwood floor. The planks where
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| | stress of 900 or over.
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| a composition floor is to belaid should
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| | Most members are 2 by 6 inches. If you
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| not be wider than 3 inches or may be
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| | live in an area of veryheavy snowfalls,
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| %-inch plywoodsheets. All flooring should
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| | you will want to increase the size of the
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| be tongue-and-groove except plywood.
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| | roofmembers (probably 2 inches in depth.
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| The sole is run around the perimeter of
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| | A double plate made of
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| the building like thesill, except that it
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| | 2-by-4-inch material is essential for all
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| is laid on top of the flooring and
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| | the cottages. Thispart of your
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| joists.
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| | construction is at the top of the studs,
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| A sole should also be placed under each
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| | and itforms a support for the roof
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| partition. If the studsare placed so that
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| | members. At the corners plates arenotched
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| their wide edges are parallel to
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| | or butted and spiked together.
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| thepartition length, it will be necessary
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| | You will find that over door and window
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| to cut the 2-by-4-inchsole to the 2-inch
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| | openings something hasbeen added to the
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| width of the stud.
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| | plate beam or additional support to take
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| The sole helps to transmit loads to the
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| | theextra load of the span. When there is
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| joists, girders, andfoundations. It also
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| | a pitched roof on thehouse and the
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| serves as a nailing surface for
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| | ceiling follows this pitch, be sure to
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| theinterior finish. The studs will be
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| | use collarsor crosspieces as shown in the
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| nailed to this surface.
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| | illustration. These should beless than 5
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| Studs are usually 2 by 4 inches thick.
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| | feet on center.
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| They are available inlengths from 4 feet
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| | Collars keep the pitched roof from
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| to 20 feet in multiples of 2 feet. They
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| | pushing out the sides and areusually
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| reston the sole and are tied in at the
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| | l-by-6-inch boards. When erecting a
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| top by a plate. The siding ofyour cottage
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| | pitched roof, nailthe end rafters to the
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| will be attached to the studs.
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| | ridge and plate first--this will give
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| In the corners of your building use three
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| | youa nailing surface for the other
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| studs as shown in theillustration. All
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| | rafters. You can also use one ofthe end
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| door or window openings should have two
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| | rafters as a pattern for notching the
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| studson each side unless shown otherwise.
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| | rest of therafters.
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| The corners should bediagonally braced.
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