Dang it! State of PA has deemed builders "non-essential" so they have to stop work on the addition. Apparently, the electricians are considered...
Actually, I only have 2 drills because I dropped the first one and messed up the chuck. It works like 90% of the time. So, I got another new one...
I finally got around to finishing up the garden tractor repair and did my annual spring maintenance, too. Repairs included replacing the drive...
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White oak headed to the saw mill. Top of the tree gave plenty of firewood[ATTACH]
But then I got to the sawyer place and he had dozens of huge logs laying around waiting to get milled. If you look closely at the two logs...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I was feeling pretty macho today loading up some 20+" white oak logs to take to my sawyer. The new trailer (rated 10K#) worked...
Lower level, will have kitchen over by the small window and a 1/2 bath behind the boarded up door in the cement wall. (BTW, framing at the...
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Yes, lots of progress today. All windows (big, like 36" x 66") in and roof shingled. Lots more inside framing. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
More framing on the windows and doors (no picts). Shingling roof. Framing in the upstairs bathroom as seen[ATTACH] below.
Today's progress. Also, I double-checked with the builder and the upper level ceiling will be 10'10" at the peak! Also we started moving the...
Made a little progress today putting up the horizontal boards to attach the boards and battens to. I used some 4/4 random width white oak and hex...
BTW, I haven't mentioned yet, but the lower level will have and almost 9' ceiling, so even where the I-beam is, it will be just under 8'. The...
Yes. It is lowish on the list of priorities, but I would like to have it up in the next 2 weeks before the lambs are due. It will make nice...
It's going back, just a few feet over. Had to move the stove a few feet to make room for a door between the "old" house and the new addition.
And yet another "project." This one is unplanned. I knew my idler pulleys were wearing out on my lawn tractor for a few months now but I had...
Yes we are putting in an elevator.
Yes. Actually, it will need to move over a few feet to make way for a door.
More progress today. Upper floor walls in. Roofing starts on Monday. We will lose the chimney then, so this weekend is our last days of burning...
