Happy New Year

Well a quick break in the weather and temps got into the 40's. We headed up and worked on the southern wall, getting the 2x6 rim installed and the joist hangers put in place for the next 8 floor joists.

No pictures this trip.

Weather changed by time we left, cold air blast from the north and we went home.

We should have more time to work on the place, Emily's house is almost done which took up most of the free time we had for projects.

Dec. 4th End of year

It was cold today but we decided to work on the cabin. Temps when we arrived were 32 degrees. We fired up the kerosene heater and kept moving around to keep from freezing up. We cleaned up the mess from past work sessions and removed the old wall that was still hanging around. We also bolted the loft wall on the north side. The pic shows green trees but we hung it back in October. We have not been up here much due to working on Emily's house.

Next project will be more work on the loft. Once that is framed in a bit, we will build the wall for the bathroom to help make it more "private".

vision into reality- October 3rd

Well, time has passed and now we are ready to make the rear windows appear. From concept to reality, what a project!!!

The first picture shows all three windows cut out and getting ready to be framed. Yes it looks quite junky, lot of stuff to be done getting in the way.

We started storing wood up in the loft area since we are buying as we can budget wise.

The whole process took a day to install and next day we were able to finish the caulk and insulation around the windows. Temps were in the 50's but dropped into the 40's while the windows were still not in the frames so whole time was pretty chilly. We bought a kerosene heater and that helped keep the place warm. Woodstove will have to wait till funds can be made available.

This was other window popped into the new frame we built. It replaced the rotted in place window that was removed and boarded up back in July/August. On this wall you can visualize two new windows, one for kitchen sink area and other for living room. The old black window will be pulled out and boarded up. All the freezable stuff was pulled from the cabin and RV anti-freeze poured into the toilet, temps for Sunday night are 29 degrees. We still have 4 windows to install downstairs and 2 windows upstairs.

And sitting in front of the new window "wall" is a treat, hard to get up and do stuff, easy to let time drift by.

Sunday September 19th

Well since we needed to prove the electric was off, we were able to work on a few items.

The bracket for the chimney was installed and the 2nd floor window got replaced. Now I need a day off to recover from all the driving and silliness.

Checklist for the OCD in all of us...

1. Turn off power
2. Turn off water
3. Anti-freeze in drains
4. Turn off power
5. Check and lock all windows
6. Close up foodstuffs/ coffee
7. Turn off power
8. Wash out coffee pot
9. Put outdoor toys inside
10. TURN OFF POWER
11. Lock the door/ deadbolt

Sheesh, all weekend I thought I left the electric heaters on. Little voice said to go check them to avoid "Murphy" coming and burning down the place.

Cripes. Everything was off. Insane.

And some days it rains...

That's a line from the movie "Bull Durham". Weather kinda messed up our plans to work on outside stuff. We camped out and had a nice evening, cept for the skunk that roamed outside in the back of the yard. Phew.

We installed the rest of the cement board and added two more sheets to the loft which need to be glued and screwed down. Rain made things cold and sleepy so we did not get to work on much outside. Got wet just going from house to truck to bring in tools.

Really wanted to get the woodstove going this year, plans don't look good to do that.

meh.

Labor Day short weekend

Labor Day was a short weekend but had a good time camping out , first good cool day for quite some time. Installed the cement board where the woodstove will be installed in the living room.
Also worked on loft area, installed the remaining 2x6's for the front of the loft then put in the cross bracing and loaded up two sheets of OSB flooring.
This is the upper window known as the "raccoon window". It will be replaced on the next work weekend.