Warming Hut Work
Weekend Scheduled for
Saturday 6/18/11 and Sunday 6/19/11
June 14, 2011
Our first warming hut work weekend of the summer is scheduled for Saturday, June 18, 2011 and Sunday June 19, 2011.
Materials to bring: Please bring your own snacks and drinks and work gloves and work boots. We will provide all tools and materials. If you have an ATV, you can bring it. If you do not have an ATV, you can ride-in on one of our trucks or ATV's.
Meeting Info: We will meet at 8:30am each day at the clubhouse and then head into the site from there. The White Mt. Ridge Runners clubhouse on Rt. 110 in Berlin, NH - across from Jericho Motorsports about 3 miles west of Berlin center.
Work to be Done:
Pour 11 concrete footings using Bigfoot bases and Sonna tubes and rebar.
Install underground conduit between generator pad and warming hut. Pour
concrete generator pad. We will have a generator and cement mixer on site.
Carpool Info:
With the high price of gas we are planning to carpool up to NH early on Saturday
morning and return on Sunday evening. We will be leaving central MA at
5:00am on Saturday morning. Our route will take us up Rt. 495,
Rt. 3 and Rt. 93 passing through Nashua, Manchester and Concord. If you want to join our carpool, please
send email to larry@twolakeslodge.com
or call Larry at 508-561-6398.
Accommodations:
Please note that the Lodge is not available on Friday night, but will be
available for free accommodations on Saturday night. If you want to stay
over on Friday night, we can recommend a place that is only $30/night and
includes a full cooked breakfast. Contact Larry for more info.
RSVP:
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO
ATTEND THIS WORK DAY!
Send email to larry@twolakeslodge.com
Rebar Plan
Goal: Keep
bottom of cement posts from moving by installing a ring of rebar around the
perimeter of the foundation just above the big foot bases. Straight and “L”
shaped rebar will be placed in the Sonna tubes prior to pouring of cement, and
then welded together after the cement has cured. The rebar will then be buried
underground tying the bottoms of all posts together.
Support Post Layout
Posts must
be perfectly aligned along length, width and height lines because we will be
bolting rim support beams directly on top of the cement posts. We will
plan to start by pouring the corners for the main cabin area and then pouring
the interim posts afterward. The three porch posts (at the bottom of this
drawing) will be poured after the rim support beams have been installed.
Site Layout as Seen from Rear of Building
The closest layout marks in this picture mark the position of back wall of
the warming hut. The faint orange marks that are furthest away mark the
front of the warming hut porch. The warming hut has been positioned so the
view from inside and the porch is centered on Jericho Mountain. The rock
retaining wall to the right of the orange marks will be removed and replaced
with a dirt ramp to allow easy access from the existing pavilion to the warming
hut.
Site Layout as Seen from Front of Building
The closest layout marks in this picture mark the front of the warming hut
porch. The faint orange marks that are furthest away mark the back wall of
the cabin. The warming hut has been positioned fairly close to the
pavilion so that the WMRR groomer can go around the back side of both structures
and then cross in front of the warming hut to knock down the drifts in the
winter for easier snowmobile access.
Site Layout for Generator Pad
The generator pad is located about 20 feet away from the rear wall of the
warming hut along the back edge of the site. An underground conduit will
be used to run an electrical cable from the generator pad to the cabin.
The generator will be used only for special events and will power conventional
110-volt recessed lights and plugs in the warming hut. At all other times,
the warming hut is equipped with 12-volt batteries and an LED lighting system
recharged from solar panels.
