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Construction Photos

Saltery Lodge construction Photos.


The shape of the lodge is starting to be evident.
Starting to take shape
The Roedda coming into Saltery Lodge with a load of furniture.
Roedda
Spraying the downstairs with primer.
Spraying downstairs

Jim

Granite Install

Wayne
View from the master bedroom.
Master View
The garage side of the basement getting some paint
Painting the basement
Bringing the plants and trees to the property with machinery
Buggy on Barge
Randy having some fun
Cartoon Sheetrock
Getting ready for sheetrock in the basement of the house.
Crew quarters ready
Applying some mud to the sheetrock.
Sheetrocking the crew quarters
Excavator on the Beach
Excavator on the Beach
At one point during the basement construction, the main house stored many things.
Full House
Steve Axelson and his boat bring us some furniture for the lodge.
Roedda bringing supplies
One of the many barges we had - bringing in a load of rock and some equipment.
Barge
These trees started growing the day the old cannery was abandoned in 1930.
Clearing the lot
Excavating the eventual site for the lodge.
Excavating the pad
The footprint of the eventual lodge.
Building Footprint
Landing the barge at the property. Everything came out on a barge.
Bringing in Rock
The barge was VERY full!
Approaching the property
Barges like these brought all of our supplies and building materials out.
Lifeline
Getting utilities in the ground gets difficult with snow.
Foundation Prep
Cold weather and snow shut us down for a couple weeks in February.
Stopped progress
The bay and the beach iced up. Now that's cold!
Iced up
Building a dock requires a dock building barge.
Dock barge
Driving pile to hold the dock in place.
Pile driving
We finally found an area that the pilings would drive into.
Starting to take shape
The dock building barge at sunset.
Sunset dock barge
Things that are simple on the road system, like ordered concrete, become much more difficult off the road system!
Concrete Barge
The concrete barge unloading at the property.
Concrete Barge
Concrete had to be mixed on-site with heavy machinery and bags of material.
Mixing
The second concrete barge two weeks later had much poorer working conditions.
Second concrete pour
Making the pad smooth.
Second pour
Concrete is poured, the lodge is ready to go up.
Right before construction
There were so many windows in the lodge, that a heavy steel sub-frame had to be inside the walls.
Steel Sub-frame
The lodge going up, as viewed from the salmon stream.
From the beach
Helicopter Setting Ridge Beam
Helicopter Setting Ridge Beam
Scott Kemp with his girls. We were the general contractor on the project.
General Contractor
Bringing in more building supplies by barge.
More Supplies
Before the siding went up.
Lodge from the ramp
The siding going on.
Siding going up
The lodge from the back, showing the generator shed and the fuel shed.
From the back
Looking at the house from the dock.
Siding almost done
Bringing in cabinets, appliances, and insulation.
Another Barge
Chris getting some help putting up the stone.
Getting some Help
The framing crew leaving the job, well done.
Jim Byron Construction
The lodge showing the deck under construction. The interior was still in the bare studs phase.
Lodge from the water
Lodge showing the finished rock work on the chimney.
Chimney done
Lodge, all dried in, receiving its first dusting of snow.
First dusting of snow
This is were some of the sub contractors stayed on site during the construction.
Crew Cabin
There was no snow the day before.
Morning snow
Not the best day, but you play the cards your dealt.
Bringing in more rock
Bringing in more gravel in the snow.
Bringing in gravel
Overseeing the barge unloading from the tugboat.
View from the tug
Cold outside, good thing the lodge is dried in with temporary heat.
Cold
Nice day for building.
Nice Day

Helping Out
Working on the rock.
Sheetrocking
The battery and power system for the lodge.
Power System under Construction
Painting the walls. A messy job.
Painting
A lot of the walls were cut in and painted by brush and roller.
Hand painting
A cold day at the build.
Nice and cold
Finishing the front entry door.
Front door
Pulling the copper cap on the chimney.
Capping the chimney
Getting ready for pain downstairs.
Masking off
A high tech wood burning built-in fireplace.
Fireplace positioning
The first fire in the fireplace.
Fire
Applying the VG Douglas Fir trim.
Trimming the house
Angela checking out the eventual kitchen.
Scoping out the Kitchen
Some of the hardest workers we had were the tile contractors from Seattle.
Tile Work
Getting to know the router on a first name basis.
Up Close
Fireplace is all done, showing the flame.
Finished fireplace
Ketchikan Public Utilities bring out the conduit for the wireless internet run.
KPU
Your host, Angela, and her two girls.
Angela and Girls
Watering the plants before they got planted.
Landscape Plants
As viewed from the water.
Saltery Lodge
Building the new out-shed
Building the new out-shed
One of the many barges, this one delivering plants and furniture.
Another Barge
Pouring the concrete for the new outbuilding.
Concrete Truck barged in
Barged in from Kwalock
Concrete truck on the property
Taking the sheetrock scrap to the landfill is a little more involved when you are remote.
Scrapping rock
Towing the dock
Towing the dock
We had a lot of help that day. Over 10 people helped to unload the barge.
Unloading Plants

Byron and Crew

Byron and Crew
Scott and Angela with the framing contractor Jim.
Scott, Jim, Angela

Calvin

Gary

The Gun Show

Mike

Steve
Right on the water, Saltery Lodge has a 270 degree water front.
Front Row
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