These are just a few of the ones I've seen lately.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Mushrooms
2010 has been a really good year for mushrooms in the Interior of Alaska. Enough rain mixed with enough warm days to produce quite a selection.
These are just a few of the ones I've seen lately.
These are just a few of the ones I've seen lately.
chimney!
chimney!
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
It was really hard to cut a hole in the roof, but it had to be done.
Our house
Our house
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
View from the road of our hidden house down through the woods
Sunday, July 25, 2010
All the doors and windows are in!
Finally got a delayed special order in town. The windows and doors are done.
Tyvek wrapped, 2 windows and 2 doors installed
Tyvek wrapped, 2 windows and 2 doors installed
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
The hole up near the top of the gable end matches another one on the opposite side. We'll have big vents in there to let the roof stay cool, but this one stays open for now so I can crawl through to do the blow in cellulose insulation in a few weeks.
South door!
South door!
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Doors mean that we can lock up our stuff finally. Finally...
4x5 picture windows (where the garage doors will be later on)
4x5 picture windows (where the garage doors will be later on)
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
4x5's IN! One day in the future, these will come out along with the 7x9ish wall panels we built them into and leave a garage door opening while the panels go on to be two walls of a treehouse. Good trees already picked out for treehouse with view.
Housewrapping
Housewrapping
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Since we end up being an advertisement for Lowes with their housewrap, the least we can do is put the logo upside down.
Chrissy on the pneumatic stapler
Chrissy on the pneumatic stapler
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Chrissy stapling while I held the roll of tyvek. We wrapped and wrapped and wrapped.
Metal roof
Metal roof
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
One side down, still to come: gable trim, North side roofing and ridge cap.
pool
pool
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
The dogs took advantage of a pallet and blue tarp pool we set up for them.
Metal roof
Metal roof
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Metal roofing going down. Lots and lots of expensive rubber washer screws. Something like .15c apiece. After this part is done, I'll be using the metal detector to find all the dropped screws to use on the roofing for our shed this fall.
Chrissy painting the soffits
Chrissy painting the soffits
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Chrissy painted all of the soffits. My attention to detail (or an occasional lack thereof) led her to be the only paintbrush holder in the deal.
First panel
First panel
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
The metal starts going down. It was amazing how much this really tied the roof together too. Home becomes a solid piece now.
3 sides down
3 sides down
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Now to finish the East side and get moving on to metal trim.
Gable end fascia on west end
Gable end fascia on west end
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
the gable end fascia board went up without any major problems, but was pretty awkward to hold in place for those first few screws. Most of this trim will be covered with metal trim when its all done.
Fascia up on North Wall
Fascia up on North Wall
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
North side fascia board in place, ready to move to the southside and do the same thing with a little more understanding.
soffit view
IMG_2276
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
soffits up, ready to put the eave on. Should have done this in reverse, but thats how it goes sometimes.
Soffit
Soffit
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Started on the soffits, painted slate grey to match the roof. We're making a "cold roof" so the vents are to allow air to travel in and up over our blown in insulation allowing the roof to hold snow through the winter and not create ice dams.
outhouse stairs
outhouse stairs
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
We built a set of stairs to bridge the treacherous hill to the outhouse. Next comes a railing for these and a rope the rest of the way down. Falling on the way to the outhouse should not be an option.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Window and door cutouts
We are finally to that point in building where you can take a step back and look at what you have in front of you and begin to imagine what it might look like when its finished. Last night, we cut out the door and window openings and the place really took shape. I have included some low quality cell phone pictures that I couldn't resist taking because the building took on such monumental changes all in a matter of minutes.
The roofing underlayment is done now and we got some prices for our metal roofing. Looks like the roof along with the higher end stove pipe fittings is still going to come in under budget for us, which is a great thing right now. Fingers crossed that we'll be living in this place by September. The plan that is residing in my head is to see if we can get in here before we need to buy any oil at the rental cabin. It'd be great to be able to forego that expense.
Looking South and West from inside
Looking North East from inside
From the South West viewpoint
The roofing underlayment is done now and we got some prices for our metal roofing. Looks like the roof along with the higher end stove pipe fittings is still going to come in under budget for us, which is a great thing right now. Fingers crossed that we'll be living in this place by September. The plan that is residing in my head is to see if we can get in here before we need to buy any oil at the rental cabin. It'd be great to be able to forego that expense.
Looking South and West from inside
Looking North East from inside
From the South West viewpoint
Sunday, June 13, 2010
loaded up
loaded up
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Our ride in. The junky little trailer, loaded down with about 300 lbs worth of fish made it along about 4 miles of rough trail before it finally gave in and a wheel fell off. We still had a mile to go, with the help of someone who was stuck behind us (narrow trail, trailer in the way blocking it) we were able to haul everything back to the truck.
dipnetting
dipnetting
Originally uploaded by justinmaple
Putting the dipnet to work in a back eddy, catching salmon as they move upstream.
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