Thursday, August 13, 2009

Downstairs floor

We got some rough cut wood from a local mill owner, then planed it to use on our floor. Kyle is helping Charles here.
Phillip and I routing some wood planks. The routing bit broke, so we decided to use the routed wood for some of the walls and just used the plain planed wood for the floor. Phillip and Shawn routing.
Shawn helped level the dirt floor, and Phillip and Kyle helped place the plastic vapor barrier.
We used sawdust/wood shavings from the planed wood as insulation underneath part of the floor.
The floor is coming along nicely.

deck

Time to take down the "woodshed yurt," since it's empty, we don't need it since it's summer, we're building a new woodshed somewhere else, and we're going to build a "wrap-around" deck around the yurt right there.
Shawn, Joe, and Trazer folding up the lattice-work wall.
Starting on the first layer of the floor for the upper deck.
Charles nailing down the floor boards on the deck.
Me, trimming the edges.
We read on the internet about a man who used sheets painted with latex paint for a waterproof roof for his shed, and thought we'd try it out on our walls. Looks pretty funky befoe being painted.
Charles, painting the second coat.
Starting on the floor on the lower deck.
The floor is coming along.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

more inside photos

Wall insulation
Ceiling insulation
Icicles outside the window
"Door" to keep the cold downstairs
Bedroom, bathroom wall (we use a sawdust toilet)
Bedroom, a few months later
Kitchen cabinet poles going up
Shelves going in
Shelves in use
More shelves added (lights hooked up now)
Charles napping
Entryway Dining table, storage on left
Bookcase
Solar batteries, removable panel
Solar batteries attached to inverter