Author: SJ
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Build Days 28 and 29 (6/9/12 – 6/10/12)
Pretty short update that will be mostly photos…I’ve been behind on these because the draft of my research paper is due this weekend and frankly that’s more important to me right now! 😉 On 6/9 and 6/10 Dad and I trimmed out the storage area on the back and put up the fascia boards around…
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Build Days 25, 26, 27 (6/6/12-6/8/12)
I’m combining these 3 days since they all deal with trim and would have been too short to separate and still be interesting. 6/6: We put all the corner trim on (well, almost all of it…there are some corners on the dormers that still need it, but we have to wait for the roof to…
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Build Day 24 (6/3/12)
A short workday but we managed to install the front door. It’s steel with a venting window to help cool down the house since I’m not putting in A/C. The original plans called for two windows on either side of the door, but I really wanted to use the space on the inside for storage…
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Build Day 23 (6/02/12)
Been a few days since we worked on the house – I went up to the office for a bit again. Yesterday the front door came in and we picked up the shower as well. I can’t wait to see how the door looks on the house! It’ll also be nice to keep out the…
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Build Days 21-22 (5/27/12 – 5/28/12)
The 27th was window day! We installed the remaining windows (one was already in from the previous day) and took the rest of the afternoon off. Honestly I was apprehensive about putting in windows myself based on some comments I’d seen on other blogs, but its’s not hard at all. It helped that these are…
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Water Heater Options
I have a few more building days to post but I thought I’d take a break and write about the current water heater situation that had me utterly stressed out. I am still set on making this wee house off-grid ready, so figuring out how to get an acceptable hot water source going has been…
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Build Day 20 (5/26/12)
Today was house wrap day! This was a neat transformation for me, as I’ve been staring at plywood walls for a while now. I went with Lowe’s house wrap because I couldn’t get any from smaller, local stores. I did research eco-friendly house wrap but couldn’t find anything legit that was made from recycled materials…they…
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Build Day 18-19 (5/23/12-5/24/12)
Another rainy day on the 23rd! Progress has been slow lately because of the weather. We put roofing paper on just one section of the A frame part of the roof and picked up some kitchen cabinets from the YMCA thrift store. They’re in great shape and I was able to buy them individually (most…
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Build Day 17 (5/20/12)
…and yet another roofing day concludes. The plywood went up on the dormers so we’re good to go with all the plywood for the roof. Finally! Because of the height of the house and weight of the plywood, ladders seemed more awkward than necessary so we used the tractor. Not sure which would have won…
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Build Day 16 (5/19/12)
Another roof day! This one was more exciting than the others though because plywood eventually went up. First I put on a few more brackets that secure all the planes of the house together, and then some went on over the roof trusses. Those were a bit of a pain, to be honest. The height,…
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