Oh The View!

Wednesday, February 11

As you can see, there are other houses in the cow pasture with us. Our road is a cul de sac and these are the only other houses under construction, presently, and they are at the end. I think I'll ask Santa for a telescope for Christmas as I seem to have a great view of the neighbours...er...the neighbourhood, I mean.

Also, the floor is now going down in the loft area which is why I was able to take the picture out of the west end loft window.

Holy Sheet!

Tuesday, February 10

Jim is playing King of the Castle and, as I was down on the ground, I must be the dirty rascal. Actually, judging from my muddy clothes that description isn't far off. As you can see, approximately 3/4 of the back roof is sheeted and, at the front, the valley between the front bedroom and veranda is done and the veranda is sheeted. The second picture today is a rare view of the west wall. There again, the wall is in place and ready for sheeting. We're seriously hoping that one of the zoom-booms operating at the end of the street can be talked into lifting the plywood up for the west and east end and the rake wall. If not, I have noticed some new scaffolding that has not only shown up on site but also on the credit card bill. Hmmm...Jim has been shopping.

How Rakish

Saturday, February 7

The rake wall (the south facing sun room wall) is in place and awaiting sheeting. Sheeting has begun on the roof at the back of the house. Jim continues to work at tying the ancillary roofs to the main roof. Luckily, the wind has stayed down. Blogging at this stage is difficult because it takes a long time to get the roof ready for sheeting so days go by where lots is accomplished (like blocking) but none of it is really visible.

Power To The People!

Thursday February 5

Yes, It's a Banner Day here in the cow pasture as The Battle River REA was out early this morning and hooked up electricity to the house. No more gas cans of fuel, no more generator, no more carbon monoxide poisoning...so much for the rosy red complexion and the blue lips. We also have a new worker, Dillon. He and James sheeted the rest of the garage today while Jim started sheeting in some of the roof and joining different sections of roof together...testing out his skill at building blind valleys. It was +3 today and the cow pasture is a gooier, muddier mess.

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, Mr Rogers

Wednesday, February 4

We can't believe that it's +9, no wind and sunny and it's only February 4th. Makes one wonder what's in store for March? Here's hoping it's not ugly.

The trench in the dirt is what I started digging and Perry finished. It's to hold the ground wire from the house so that we can finally have electricity.

Jim and James have been putting up fascia and more joist hangers. That's James trudging up to the peak but, in his defense, Jim has spent many hours scrambling up and down it.

Getting in Shape is Labour Intensive

Tuesday, February 3
Jim, Perry and James spent the day positioning the trusses that were lifted yesterday. Most of the trusses that will form the roof over the master bedroom are now in place and secured and some of the garage ones, as well. Tim and the zoom boom were back again this morning for a brief time to raise up the end wall of the garage. The house is really starting to take shape...the shape of a house, that is...not just a pile of sticks and plywood.

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

Please forgive my video. I didn't realize that I had the camera set on "video" and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't take the picture. Now I don't know how to get a still picture from the video so you're stuck with this. It all happened on Monday, February 2, as Jim and James with the assistance of Tim, one of the framers and zoom-boom operator working on a house at the end of the road, wrangled more trusses into place. They were able to get the trusses for the master bedroom and the garage up and ready to be put into place and secured.