What king of tree were those logs? If their cedar you've got no worries.
What kind of treatment did you apply to them for termite protection?
Bob the builder
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "doris" <dorisburton03@...> wrote:
>
> I just posted a picture of the east wall we worked on today.
> (It's in Ron & Doris album ) You will see that we hung some wire from
the box beam to hang down then we will encase it in the middle of the
forms with PC Ron will be on one side and I will be on the other. It is
also secured to the logs.
> We installed two windows and attached heavy fencing wire across the
beams on the windows then it was attached around the columns plus the
logs then tightened .
> The logs were treated for termites, that the white stuff you see on
them. We got several logs on a fire wood permit five years ago and just
new we would use them someday on a building project : )
>
> I'm tired tonight! So is Ron he decided to drill throuh his thumb nail
this morning, that wasn't too much fun but didn't slow him down for
long.
> Doris
> PS: I put the logs in after looking at the box beams resting on the
edge of the concrete columns and worried a little about shear on that
sharp concrete edge. Ron
>
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