A few months after my log home logs were in place and the framing was done, I received a letter from the Colonel (owner of the Stallion Springs subdivision land) stating that I needed to get the pier and beam foundation covered up, as that’s part of the rules in this subdivision. At the time, I needed a quick and cheap solution, which was OSB boards. That did its job until now, but the boards were coming loose and moisture had made them weak. In combination with the slightly exaggerated report that Ozuye was infested with wasps, this trip I’m replacing the OSB with much more aesthetically pleasing cedar planks, a process that is known as skirting.

Above you can see the first result, with the new cedar skirt on the right and the old white OSB on the left.