Camp BearBuck 2011 -- July 31st

Live bloggin at Camp BearBuck 2011!!! We really need t-shirts next year...

Arrived at 6ish after the insane traffic, forgot to provide sleeping solutions to some of the campers ( sorry Emily!!). We call it roughing it for a reason.

Made some delicious grilled cheese sandwiches ( not like you might think) for a dinner snack and had a good time slowly decompressing with a movie rental.

Early risers on Saturday had coffee and danish , rain moved in around 7:30am and whole place went back to sleep.

Will work on pictures later. Time to check for eyelid leaks.

We have volcanic flush!!!!

July 18th and 19th work progressed really well. There was a really nice nap on the 18th and rain storms to sit and listen too in the cabin. Very relaxing....

We got the floor done on Sunday . Toilet is just sitting there for looks.

On Monday, our Jr. Plumber came in and set the toilet flange ( oh I know it's called a "water closet") .

I was asked to provide a little more weight to set the wax ring on the water closet. The unit was tested and no water leaks!! Good flush too...

On Monday we built the window frame and installed the new window, boxed up the old window space, and then began prepping the wall for siding. The tar paper will come off once we seal the frame around the window, did not want rain or bugs getting in. We will cut the bottom off the tuff-r and 1 by trim pieces for the bottom edge on the wall. I tacked up two pieces of the cement board to see how they look on the wall.

Finished wall. new window, and working toilet.

cutting the pipe July 17th

The floor joists are in and it is time to cut the pipe! As in the toilet flange.
Ben and I geared up and prepared to cut the old broken flange off. Took 2 metal blades to get the thing off but now we are ready for the floor.



Today's phrase was "siphonic flushing". That toilet was $258 dollars and we are not sure we need "siphonic flushing" so we settled for the mid line toilet with max flush rating.

July 4th!!!!

Wow was it hot....... not like last year and flannel shirt season all summer.



Junior carpenter installing insulation in foundation.


Completed foundation, insulation installed and spray foamed into place. Ben was disappointed we did not cut the flange but it can wait a bit...



Saturday we tarred the wall to help prevent water damage. The black area will be finished with a river rock looking finish. But that is for another day.

This weekend began as very excited as we could see real progress on finishing the bathroom wall/floor project. Saturday hit a ton of bricks and by mid day a tension headache set in and work ground to a halt. The tar really stunk up the place and might have helped push my buttons a bit.

Hank stayed in the kennel out back on two occasions and was a very good dog, actually was sleeping one time we walked to the backyard and woke him up.

We need more windows if it stays hot like this, very little air movement in the cabin and it heats up by afternoon.

June 26-28 WorkWeekend!!!

Before we began, a moment to remember the old bathroom. All that wood at the sill plate is but a mirage, it is totally rotted out up about 18 inches on the wall.

The order is given, "remove the wall...."

Our first try was to follow the old wall by re-laying the brick, oh wait did we mention they used a 4 inch wide brick "and" it slopes downhill off the foundation that was poured? Yeah just a few small details that are not known till you rip out the wall and then it starts to rain.
Must think quick, it's also 4pm on Sunday.

New foundation is wood, much easier to fix the slope problem and make sure we make it all fit together.

Funny thing, I never looked at this as a wood foundation solution, the bricks must have mystified me!!!!

The rain cleared my head.

Completed foundation. It is level at the sill plate and ready for the floor joists. Glued and screwed the treated OSB really tightened up the wall pieces.

Working on Monday morning. I was pretty tired by this point and really appreciate the kids not bugging me. Kathy was helping and she kept the kids doing other stuff. We boxed it up and called it a weekend. Next trip we will frame in the floor joists and then replace the missing wall framing. After that, OSB the floor area and run the vent pipe for the sewer. We need to cut the flange on the toilet, another fun job......

June 19th work day

Well the old walls are all gone!!! And we have been pushing to finish the flooring, down to only one sheet to install to complete the main floor.

The old loft will now be dismantled and the new loft will be installed. A support wall need to be installed before the new loft is built. Next big project week is the old bathroom wall.

New Window May 22nd

Took longer to figure out the trimming of window then the placement. We will do all three windows as they are set a s a group. But for our purposes, the window is in!!!


Helpers on the new window project. We camped out again the night before. Bathroom capabilities are now job ONE!!!!!