These lovely and simple timber structures stand on pillars and have their ground floor elevated.
Building a small cabin on piers.
I ll be sawing 6 thick d logs for the walls and know what i need to know about the floor system other construction above the piers no need for that type of info thanks.
As you can see this log cabin is perched on rock piers irregular columns of stone placed in each corner.
It was built on concrete piers but the building shifted over the years and the floor was not level.
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This building was drafty and a cold air layer at the floor.
I m building a small log cabin about 14 x 20 or 24 on a remote site where i ll be pouring sonotube piers below the frost line.
The previous cabin on the property was built in 1954 and i converted it to year round use similar insulation levels as the new cabin in 1982.