The attic floor needed finishing. I could not do it before as first I had to build the attic steps. The piece of floor that needed doing had to be fitted around the top of the steps.
Here is my wwoofer, Mogens, trimming a piece for the side of the steps with the chain saw.
And here he is hand-sawing a piece to fit.
Eventually the whole attic will be insulated. I plan to make a library (I have well over a thousand books) and a spare bedroom.
That cabin is amazing for being built with a chainsaw as your only power tool.
How many hours do you have invested in it?
Also curious how long the drive is from your place to Anahim Lake (winter & summer)?
How close do you get to your homestead by vehicle?
My dream is to move to that area (Tatla, Anahim or Nimpo) & live off the grid but not quite to the extreme you are. I would want running hot & cold water, probably more power via larger # of solar panels & maybe even wind power.
What is it like to get supplies in either Anahim or Tatla?
About how much more would supplies cost there versus Williams Lake % wise?
Mike: Don’t forget I bought milled lumber for the cabin at Ginty Creek although I did shape some with the chainsaw. It is impossible to measure the hours I put into it. Hundreds! Thousands! I have written a book about it – it will be called: Ginty’s Ghost. It is being read by a publisher right now and will probably be out in the fall of 2012.
If you read the blog you will see that I can drive to the door here although the road is rough.
Stuff is definitely more expensive out west. Gas is 10 – 15c more per litre. If you want to find out the logistics of getting food into a place like this, read A Wilderness Dweller’s Cookbook “http://www.nuktessli.ca/books”