September 5th Update

The third living floor is now within reach! Soon the subflooring for that third floor will be put down. That's two living floors on top of a 2,000 sq ft garage with 12 ft ceilings.

Here you can see the square side of the square-D logs, which are visible on most interior walls.

However, on certain walls the rounded side of the log is visible (like in the dining room), when that wall is also an exterior wall as it goes up.

The logs have to be placed perfectly by our ambidexterous builder, not an easy job!

"But, Bill, what about those logs that are showing some mildew?" Lesley asks. Bill says that that will all go away with the cloroxing of the logs. This is done to clean up the logs which have set out in the weather. They will sand any dirt spots at the same time, as they don't want any of that on the logs when the sealer is applied.

You can see evidence of mildew on the third beam...a common occurrence that the cloroxing process will take care of, not to worry, Bill says.

Dr. Ellen, meanwhile, is still looking at interior studs on more solid ground.

Our first view of the third floor! Some boards have been put down around the periphery to give the electricians something to stand on while they install wiring in the subflooring.

This is the view from the top of a ladder, as Dr. Ellen has judiciously decided NOT to climb up on these beams just yet!

Ditto for Lesley. Fearless Bill looks on...

WOW!

We think that log home builders are maybe born without a fear of heights.

Bill laughs at Dr. Ellen's wobbly grip on the ladder.

Speaking of wobbly! They have to be daft walking on parts of that evolving third floor! Check out the opening to the garage level (where the stairwell will eventually go), then look at what the scaffolding itself is sitting on...this is NUTS! That area has to be kept open to accommodate the stairs and elevator shaft that connect all three floors.

The yellow jackets were really getting to be bothersome at the site so Lesley decided to do some cleaning up. Bill thinks the glue used on the logs attracts them...but we think it (also) might be all the discarded soft drink bottles and candy bar wrappers and watermellon rinds and...and...

Even the photographer has work gloves on...what a switch!

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