Sept. 7-8 don't eat the oreo's

Thanks to the rain we worked inside and finished the kitchen/bedroom wall. I added the lower wood to make sure the kitchen had the same look and feel as the living room area. We will drywall the rest of the wall.

Tell these guys to stay off the beds and cushions and then go look at what they do.

We almost needed the woodstove Sunday morning it was a tad chilly, summer is really going fast now. Installed 5 of the 10 pieces of siding we brought up but the "3 bad cut rule" kicked in on Sunday and no more siding.

Really overate the cookies and junk food, carb-o-holic weekend must come to an end.

Labor Day Vacay!!!!!

Arrived up here on Thursday and stayed till Monday afternoon. What a nice break away from the daily grind. Perfect end to the summer. Spent about 20 hours working on the house over the course of 4 days. Also went swimming twice and did the usual fun tourist stuff.

Drip edge installed. 22 foot long had to get creative to be able to bend it.

Monday morning, working before the sun got over the trees, made it too hot on Sunday to work out front.

Ran out of long pieces, we took 15 up for the weekend. Will get the rest done next trip.

North wall is up to top of windows, next piece is the toughest as we work in the window.

Started the back corner. The house has some small issues with being square and either you follow the house lines or you follow the bubble in the level, they do not match. We went with the bubble.

Also started working on the lower front wall, going to have some fun with making it look nice. Had 5 different people ask me if I was moving up to the house. 

August 24,25th spray foam weekend

Ben caught Hank being talkative. Such a coonhound....

Flu epidemic? Or maybe spray foam has arrived. Yeah go with the foam. This was the first of what now is probably going to be 3 sets of foam tanks. Whew tough work, people who do this for a living earn their pay.

This is a the before picture, forgot to take an after. Will try to get another set of tanks up to finish the upstairs areas. Keyword is dropclothes, lots of dropclothes.

Weather was great, what a stellar summer!!!! We also installed 5 more pieces of siding and worked on the brick mold for another window. It is expected we will bring up at least 10 pieces for Labor day, more if we wait on the foam. Want to also install flooring in hallway and kitchen. Probably need 20 pieces to finsh the north wall, south wall and begin the front wall. Will need to work on soffits before too long.

August 11-12 more siding...

Sunday we got most of the corner done. Took 2 tries since we goofed up the alignment on the wall. Friday was a rainy day, supposedly the area got 5 to 7 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. We worked on window trim Saturday and ran 1 row on the north wall. Still have 5 pieces of siding left over from the weekend. It is enough to finish the southern side we started or run 2 more runs on the north wall. Probably need 20 more pieces to finish the project for the year. I was looking at siding the front piece above the porch roof so maybe will need some for that as well. Really want to paint the siding before fall hits. And insulate. And run electric. And finsih floors. And.And. And.

Really need to fix my checklist for shutdown. Seems I cannot remember if I locked the door. Grrrrr.

keep on siding July 28-29

Well we brought up 12 more pieces and spent a good part of Sunday and Saturday putting up siding. Had to work the brick mold on the windows so we can side around them.

Need to figure out how to end the siding. Do I want a trim board or just a cut piece to go at the top here.

Also got the downstairs bedroom cleaned out and the mattress is now in its room. Wall will go up in a jiffy so we can wire it up. Purchased the box for the oven wiring and can hook that up as well now. Hot biscuits in the morning!!!

Really want to paint the walls now. I like the blue for the siding.

Weather was fantastic, warm but not screaming hot like other weeks this year. Went swimming and biking with the kids. We did hotdogs on the campfire out back.

July 21-22 Hot as blazes

Another hot summer day, really not complaining just noting it REALLY slows down progress in the heat.

This is a Pileated Woodpecker, considered rare. It is the largest woodpecker in the USA. We got two of them working the squirrel tree this weekend. And what a cool call they have, They were "laughing" in the morning.

This is a color test to see how I like the color choice for the siding. I like it a lot. Most of the houses are brown, beige or white so this will really stand out.

Need more room so we worked on the platform to hold the wall oven up in the kitchen space. We should be able to wire it up and use it next trip or so. This is under the stairs in the hall closet.

Sunday was warm and after lunch/church we all decided to take a nap. And we did for 2 hours. Too hot to work since what is being done was right in the beating sun. I owe the kids a trip to the beach, we had to cut short due to work issues.

Foam insulation is coming. Get ready probably in September we will be foaming the roof and working to get the walls sealed up. There will be another 20 pieces of siding heading up next week and then we will need to make sure we have the wires in the walls ready for foam. That requires a trip under the house. Yuck.

Person stopped by on Saturday who says he grew up in house. Gave him the tour and had a nice visit.

July 14th siding begins

Well the siding project began, we trucked up 20 pieces of LP SMartside and began to install it. Our Jr. Architect was in charge of level as we installed each level.

This was 10 pieces installed right before a quickee rain storm that halted work for the day. We need to do the brick mold around the window for the next piece.

Hank being funny.... He jumped into the bed to tell me it was time to "eat". Hunter joined in the "fun" yikes!

Next day we worked on the south wall, got about 8 pieces run before we hit the window.

Jr. Carpenter adding caulk to seal the nails before we install the next run of siding.

It was hot again, really soars on temps, we all went swimming to cool off. Too hot to even cook much.