The Koenig Family Log Blog

Decided I needed a short break from all the wood work and decided to work on some of our interior cultured stonework this past week. After some really, really long days its all but done now.

First all the cement board had to be put in place.

After Cement board was put up, wire mesh or “Masons Lathe” was put over that…

Over the wire using a notched trowel and thin coat of motar a “scratch coat” was then layed for the stonework to attach to.

Putting up stone over the scratch coat

Stone was first layed out on the floor in the pattern that best worked varying colors and sizes and then place upon the wall.

Using eihter a mortar bag or doing like I did and just mixing a dryer batch of mortar crevices between the stones were filled and ready for “pointing”

Pointing up the stonework

Pointing up the stones gives it that finished look. Worked from early AM till midnight on our kitchen bar.

After the mortar was allowed to cure a couple of days my lovely wife Corrina began acid washing the excess mortar off before we seal the stones.

Mantel area all acid washed and hearth ready for acid washing

Another view of Mantel and Hearth area

View of Kithen Bar area all pointed up and ready for acid washing.

Another view of Kitchen Bar area.

Next Up… sealed stonework, tile all in and more board and batt done.

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve taken some time off from buttoning up the interior of our log home to dig a trench from the street to the our log home to lay in power, phone and cable TV (400′ long trench) and from out log home to our new well pump and pump house (a 480′ long trench) 

Trench with our power run through the schedule 40 pipe and our direct burial phone line and cable all layed in and spaced per code.

Poly Pipe run to our well along with UF 10-3 wire for power… Pic showing 2′ seperation.

Our 480′ long trench from Cabin to Pump House

Once power lines and water line was run trenches were back-filled to within’ a foot or so of being completely filled and a warning ribbon showing underground line was put in.   

Long overdue Blog Update here for sure…. been super busy trying to complete our log home right smack in the middle of our Spring Chinook season. Since our last update we’ve completed our rough plumbing and electrical, insulated, had a new well drilled and built a new pump house, added some granite counter-tops, sound proofed our framed walls and floors with foam board insulation, covered our upstairs floors with sub-floor and we are now covering our walls with their finish pine board and batt…. Check out the pics:

“The Canucks”, Trish and Andre down for the day helping out sound proofing our upstairs walls and floors with foam board insulation…. Thanks again Trish and Andre!!

LHBA  Member, “Dutch”… showed up with Trish and Andre to lend a hand for the day. Thanks again too Dutch!!

Good friend, Blues Brother Mark Belushi out to help install our granite counter-tops. (Of course Mark’s not really a Belushi… but he sure could be)

Rough Electrical all in and passed inspection… ready for cover and final. :-)

Rough Plumbing all in and passed inspection too.

Interior Framing all done, sub-floor down, Insulation in and all inspected… one last Building Dept. inspection… FINAL!!! … WAHOOOO!!

Cement board all up and ready for rock venear!

Chose not to use any sheet-rock any of our walls and keep with the rustic wood look throughout… Going with pine board and batt on all of our interior walls. Here’s our start on our upstairs bathroom.

Window trimmed out and board and batt started in the master bathroom!