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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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