I have reached a major milestone in the log cabin build and I'm now dealing with difficult roof transitions, material selection and potential future issues with cold, snow and ice.
The most challenging issue facing me right now is how to tie in the breezeway roof to the cabin roof, considering the variance in the settling rates of the two building types. The breezeway is stick framed vertically with 2x6 lumber while the cabin is built with 12" horizontal logs. The breezeway may settle 1/2" over time as the green lumber dries while the log walls could settle as much as 6" over 5 years. Therefore, the log cabin walls and roof are going to slide below the level of the breezeway roof. My solution for this is to keep a flat roof on the breezeway and waterproof it with a continuous membrane, extending it well up onto the sloped cabin roof so that ice damming and meltwater cannot penetrate the transition. The membrane will have to be loose on the vertical part of the transition so that it can fold and buckle as the roofs settle. Eventually, once most of the settling has occurred, I will build a sloped roof on the breezeway, tying the ridge into the ridge of the main cabin with two valleys channeling snow and ice off the roofs.
For insulation, I am filling the rafter cavities with batt insulation, with a vapour barrier on the interior covered with 1" ceiling boards, a waterproofing membrane on top of the roof with a 1.5" rigid insulation board and strapping and a metal roof protecting it all.
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