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1-1/2 story Alaska Cabin Here are photographs and the story of a rustic owner-built home going up in remote Prince of Wales island in Southeast Alaska. Here's are Nevada Mike's most recent photos - Scroll down for earlier construction photos Click HERE to see another version of the same basic house plans (these folks did not do the porch or dormers).
Here is an earlier report (5/4/05)
These photos and information from Nevada_Mike building in Alaska. 6' wide dormer framed between the site built trusses. The trusses are doubled up 2x6s where the roof is slanted. This provides the need room for R-30 insulation. The second 2x6 can be put in later to reduce the lifting weight of the truss if desired. The plans do not have the dormers shown but you can see how to do it here. Truss made for the dormer. Two of these for each dormer. Connection of the trusses to the wall with blocking between The stairway framing and bedroom and bath behind. Mike reveresed the floor plan from the standard plan layout. This is easy to do in 3D Home Architect. This will be a rough view to wake up to...
Earlier Photos: View from the air of a remote site on Prince of Wales island in Southeast Alaska. The nearest town is Coffman Cove. The view from the site is looking over the inside passage and when the clouds are not in the way, snow covered mountains are in view and we sometimes see whales. For reference, Ketchikan Alaska is across the passage to the right about 50 miles. The concrete batch plant is 2 hours away. Our "grey gold' arrived wet wet wet. I don't need to tell you that it was expensive. The locals thought I was crazy for not just using a post and pier foundation. I will admit they are obviously smarter than me on local building best practices. The finished pour. It appears that Mike has done a concrete footing and short stemwall with the footing resting on a well drained gravel pad. A wood stemwall was then built on this to enclose the crawlspace.
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