Thursday, July 7, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Windows!
We've been hard at work up here. The window frames have been transported from the storage unit to the work site and all the north frames and windows have been installed and braced. We put two pieces of 2' long 1/2" rebar through each frame and gently nailed in long scrap wood to the ground so they won't budge.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Course 7
Course 7 April and Jen are here and we finished a course in a day! In five hours! Oh my, what a treat.
The plastic is tucked under and we're going to stake down the windows frames beginning tomorrow before we continue bagging around them. It feels like quite a milestone.
Sample bags after two months in the sun
Damage from running my foot over it.
After a tractor ran over it. Chunks are like rocks.Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Frames & Wool
I've been loving my "break" this week. Not only have I not been doing back-breaking work, but I've been staying at my friend's house. There's a (hot) shower and walls. Gulp. Almost like vacation, right?
I bought a bunch of 2x6 and 2x8 and have made all but one of my window frames and various other boxes that have to placed down sooner or later. I opened a storage unit a week or two ago and the owner, who lives on the premises, has been a guardian angel. When I told him I was taking six 2x6x16 and five 2x8x16 to cut with a cordless drill at my place he told me I was crazy. And I was! Instead, he opened up his shop and helped me cut all my wood with a *power* saw. Mmm. Electricity. Staying at my friend's house has also been fabulous because there's outlets to charge my batteries. That's good because I go through at least one a day by screwing all these pieces together and sawing small things I forgot.
I bought a bunch of 2x6 and 2x8 and have made all but one of my window frames and various other boxes that have to placed down sooner or later. I opened a storage unit a week or two ago and the owner, who lives on the premises, has been a guardian angel. When I told him I was taking six 2x6x16 and five 2x8x16 to cut with a cordless drill at my place he told me I was crazy. And I was! Instead, he opened up his shop and helped me cut all my wood with a *power* saw. Mmm. Electricity. Staying at my friend's house has also been fabulous because there's outlets to charge my batteries. That's good because I go through at least one a day by screwing all these pieces together and sawing small things I forgot.
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