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.

June 23/24th beautiful weather weekend

This is the samples pulled at HD for the kitchen. Since we already have 2 of the cabinets and the flooring, we decided to make sure the top looked good with them. They have a light colored top but doesnt look as good.

Working the blue foam finally. Added last 7 sheets to the north wall. Once done we installed the vapor barrier. This was a tad more difficult with both kids not quite grasping the concept. But we did get it installed. Just as the mosquitoes hit for the night. Apparently we will use 37 or so pieces of siding to cover this wall. Ouch.

Vapor barrier installed, we have to wrap around the house then will cut the roll in half for the top piece. We should be able to wrap the south side of the house as well. Back wall needs foam board.

An old friend has passed. The frypan used for many many camping trips finally gave it up. I was trying to adjust the hump in the middle and the coating shattered and fell out. It was all burnt/crazy burned up in the middle under the coating. It now will hang in our wall of memories.

First things happened this weekend. First shower in the cabin was accomplished, still a tad too cool for my liking but wet and soapy for the win!!

Should have real hot water next trip or next next trip. We will see. We also worked on bathroom, finishing up drywall and building the closet. Figured out how to plumb in the sink. Door is next to be installed, wall is REALLY bugging me for being "straight" as cooked spaghetti.....

We also cut a piece of plywood up and have a beginning kitchen cook area. Much nicer to keep the kitchen stuff in the kitchen. Need to pull some electric over there for lighting and outlets.

Driving home is getting very hard to do.

new features

We added an outdoor faucet for easy access to water for the dogs and such....

We also "fixed" the two small leaks and everything is phase one water supply work should be good to go.

Added electrical circuit tot he maintenance room and will install a light next.  Hot water lines are next for the shower and to the water tank.

Need to finish up the shower install and get bathroom done for regular bathing.