The Cabin

The Cabin

Friday, September 28, 2012

Gazeboblog - Episode 8: Rock, Cupola and Bling

In the past two weeks we have been able to complete nearly all of the work on the gazebo, including addition of the cupola and completion of the rock work. We even added lighting today using 300 LED lights.








As discussed earlier, the cupola adds style and is supposed to be a vent for fire pit smoke. In reality, 99.99% of the smoke drifts sideways 99.99% of the time, so my vent idea was unnecessary. Oh well, we still like the cupola. The spindle in the center of the cupola is made on my lathe from a 4" round hunk of tamarack log, similar to cedar.



Deb, the master stone mason, tirelessly finished the rock work today, having slathered and shoved mortar and stone onto the 6th and final pillar. Now we just need to apply a bit of mortar in between each rock and we'll be be done.

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