Diary of Building a small hut



  First we make a small hut to keep tools and so on for building.
  We hane a plan to make a bigger one after that.

       Imaging・・・・
       the old hut upper Peyto Lake ↓
http://canmore.canmorealberta.ca/alpineclubofcanada/peytohut.html



〔2011〕

Oct 9th
Our first step for a small hut




Oct 15th
We visited to the mini cabin shop.


Nov.
We ordered a kit of our small hut.


Dec.7
We bought the foundation blocks for a small hut.



Dec.14

leveling
   

Good job!
  


Dec.17
The kit of our hut was delivered.  Many parts!  



Dec.23-25

with our boys,
     


The holes for the foundation
  


It is a good way for beginners to paint the woods at the first stage of building.
  


Dec.29

Concreting the bottom of the hole for the foundation
 


Dec.31

Painting many parts of the hut



〔2011〕
Jan. 
7

Today's work bP               bQ
       

bR                      bS
      

bT



Jan. 

 We sometimes go backward 2 steps after we go forward 3 steps.


Jan. 
Even 300 kg of gravel is so thin once spread.



Jan. 15

Before → →  →           →                       After
   


Jan. 21

It has been snowing since last night.


We cut the woods and painted in the snowy rain.
 


Jan. 28

When we have no rain or snow, we can do many things.
   


Jan.29

Insulation under the floor
   


Feb. 4

Cutting & setting insulation
  

 Under floor


Floor
   


Feb. 5

Nail and nail
   

Trying to make a wall panel
 


March 11

2×4 panels standing !
  


March 20-22

We made walls and roof.
  


   



Happy to see the mountain through the window !
          
      
Our helper to carry the boards



March 25

Outline of the hut has shown up!
 


April  1

detail works
   


 


April 8

We are enjoying building the hut step by step.
 


April 21−22

Our hut is getting cool! 
 


April 28−30

We use 'Onduline classics' for the roof.  → http://www.onduline.com/
  


 


May 13

We are dreaming of a happy lunch on this woodendeck.
    





May 21

Preparing for our bed            Steps for the woodendeck
 


June 2

Preparing for the rain trough


June 7-8

It will be OK for the rainy season-the rain trough.
We will have much rain from the middle of June to the end of July.
 


Wall insulation



June 24

Our bed..
  


December

We have lights.