Building The Little Rox


Day 1: Nestled among the Texas Live Oaks land is cleared for four new cabins.
Day 2: A 320 square foot one bedroom cabin is beginning to form
Roxann is proud of the new foundation.
Deck down and ready for the walls.
Day 3: Walls up! Roxann had to add the front door right away.
Day 4: Siding installed, windows in, and support beams measured, cut to length and installed
16 foot long cedar beams were stripped of the bark and installed for support.
Each beam weighed between 300 and 400 pounds. Wish we had photos showing you how we got them up there but it was some tense moments.
Beams installed using 1/2" x 8" carriage bolts through the plates
Notice the yellow hard hat... Rick started wearing it after being struck between the eyes by a 10 foot 2x4. Too little, too late I'd say but it got his attention. Trailer load with roofing material.
Day 5: Rafters complete... Boy did we learn something about rafters.
Day 6: Roof deck installation.
Front half complete
Day 7: Roof Deck Complete
Day 8: Electrical Installed. Here's where I attempt to stick Austin. The City of Austin SUCKS when it comes to Electrical Inspectors. I can't begin to tell you how close we were to installing our own generator and telling Austin what to do with their meter loop.
Electrical complete Inside and Out
Day 9: Closed in the eves and started on the roof
Day 10: Finished Roof - And what a Roof it is: 3/4" plywood decking covered with 15 LB Tar Paper, then 3/4" Foam Insulation, then V-Grove Tin screwed on 16" centers.
Day 11: Cabin is fully insulated
Shower was completed using a plastic shower floor, Galvanized corrugated tin, and 1/2 water pipe for the curtain rod
Rain shower head.
Cool pewter Texas stars for the shower curtain hangers
Our State-of-the-art Toilet... the Incinolet. All stainless steel uses NO water... It incinerates the waste to a fine gray odorless ash that can be disposed of in the trash, sprinkled on the lawn, or dumped into the lake. USCG Approved.
Day 12: Sheetrock, taping and floating complete.
Tomorrow... Texture and paint!
Floor is in... Saltillo Tile look Pergo
Painting done. Roxann chose these extremely cool colors... Caramelized Orange on the back accent wall and Arizona for the rest.
Is this not the coolest fan you've ever seen? Hand carved wooden leaf fan blades with a three speed motor..
Cabin finally painted and tin roof complete
Roxann's curtain rod and holder are made from stripped cedar posts and cast iron spurs
Cast iron spurs make great rod holders
Check out the door molding... half cedar trees. Check out Dakota's 6-point horns above the door she drug home one day.
Door and window trim made of half cedar trees add a great rustic touch
Deck down for front porch
Our "home made" bed. We made this bed from discarded cedar posts found on the property. Three of the main bed posts were the original entry gate posts at The Bed Rox and the one closest in the foreground used to stand where the cabin stands now.
Not bad for "home made"?
Bathroom Complete. "Home made" vanity as well.
Starting with a 22" x 36" piece of free scrap marble faucets were added and a pottery bowl used for a sink all sitting on a wrought iron stand... Cost: $150. Doing it yourself: Priceless
Front porch complete with tin roof and four stripped cedar posts.
 
 


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