June 28th workout

The wee one running in the woods

Rotten part of wall and floor removed.

10 foot rim joist and sill plate removed due to rot. Door removed and wall put back in with OSB for outer skin. I forgot to take the all done picture.

May 31st work

Image of how new roof will look.

We are stalled till we get "plans" and something called a "permit" before we can "repair " the obvious damage to the building.

Should look nice once the pitched roof is popped into place.

Kids were a big help, they like going to the cabin.

This is the well and well, it is a mess. Oh of course the pump was split in half because it froze. We need to rip all this out.

Chimney video Part two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDuaEKAXRIk



More Pics coming soon!!!!

May 2nd work-weekend

Lots of hard work this weekend. The "crew" worked on Saturday and Sunday.

We worked on the following:
Finished digging out the chimney
Removed broken gas pipe valve
Removed old kitchen gas piping/valve
Hauled out a truck load of debris, filling two washing machine boxes plus several other boxes
Marked out possible bathroom wall locations

Met with electrician, we will have power this weekend!! Lights, power tools, refrigerator!!
Tore out all the picky bushes in front yard
Hauled out two tarp loads of leaves to backyard

I'm beat. Too much like work, we got a 10 yard dumpster to order to finish the debris work and get all the junk out.

Chimney video part one

April 18th chimney removal day

We had planned a big push on the demolition for the 18th. Just about everything got in the way of that plan so we scaled down to working on the chimney as it was not going to be needed.

Anyways, after removing the top part we worked on the inner part with some unexpected results. Apparently, the floor joists are set 24 inches or more apart......

Josh spent about 3 hours on that project and then worked on knocking out the kitchen. I cleaned up the chimney after he left and then collapsed in exhaustion.

The roof was shingled over the hole so that is now water tight, unlike with the chimney.

April 11 workout!!!

Whew. Raking leaves is hard, especially when they are half rotted down. Dragged 2 huge tarps full to the back 40 and pulled up some tree roots that were right where people walk. Enough yard work for the trip imo.

Got the floor in bath fully pulled up and pulled out the old shower stall. Cut out old copper plumbing in bath.

Had a nice day with kids, we had a picnic on the porch and cooked on the camp stove. Kids were very happy and played out back and behaved really well.

Ben learned the terms hacksaw, hammer, and wreaking bar today. Hope he remembers them next week.

This is a new shot of the attic. Just imagine "loft" and no chimney.