1-1-2004 to 12-31-2004

2004-01-02 Underslab 2 inch insulation for radiant flooring.
One big puzzle

2004-01-05 House material on Truck #1
Two full trucks for the house.

2004-01-05 Unloading.
ZoomBoom in action.

2004-01-05 Straw down to keep mud under control.
Good thing for 4 wheel drive.

2004-01-14 Garage beams going in.
Looking good!

2004-01-14 Garage joists being hung.
Joists

2004-01-14 First wall tilted into place.
Walls

2004-01-16 Last truss.
Last truss

2004-01-18 Radiant floor tubing going in.
Barrier PEX>

2004-01-22 Garage siding going on.
2 inch cedar face nailed

2004-01-24 Planning chimney location.
Give me heat!

2004-02-01 Shingles after the snow.
Plus a little sledding

2004-02-25 Siding almost done.
Road side garage siding

2004-02-26 House radiant tubing layed.
PEX half inch tubing

2004-02-27 House basement slab being poured.
Concrete over 2 inch insulation

2004-03-10 House logs being stacked.
Note steel anchor rods

2004-03-10 Inside view.
D shaped logs

2004-03-12 More logs stacked.
View side

2004-03-14 The lovely General Contractor takes a day off to add to the work force.

2004-03-17 Letting the neighbors know there is a new member of the family.
Snow family with Jack the dog

2004-04-24 Second floor walls tilted into place.
View side with start of second floor.

2004-04-28 Setting beams into place.
Boomtruck setting glulam beams.

2004-04-28 Ridge beam lowered in place.
Tom reaching ridge beam.

2004-04-28 View looking up.
Shot from the basement.

2004-04-28 Last beam.
Last glulam.

2004-05-10 Roof framing.
Roof sleepers.

2004-05-12 Framing in prow.
Framing in prow.

2004-05-14 Installing windows in the prow.
Wall-O-Glass.

2004-05-16 Felting in the prow.
John cranking away.

2004-05-16 Gleaming stainless chimney about sprout through the roof.
3 foot sections.

2004-05-17 Insulation in the garage.
Insulation in the garage.

2004-05-20 Drywall in the garage.
Big sheets.

2004-11-15 Middle ring of cistern being lowered.
12 foot hole, with 4 inches of sand.

2004-11-16 Almost final grade, view side.
Cisterns and grading installed.

2004-11-16 Road side. Still need to put Sikkens on the Garage.
Lots of trenching needed for downspouts to cistern.

2004-11-26 Buddy Chris Doyle helps lay the inverted tree of PVC pipe for water collection to cistern.
4 downspouts collect into single pipe to cistern.

2004-12-23 Instead of working on the house, I'll be digging myself out!
Snow drift against the door.

Last updated Sun Aug 21 21:38:03 EDT 2005