With the pasture mowed, the pond full of water, the sun shining, and most of the chores taken care of, we had a great fall day to spend out goofing off. Our pond was dug just before we bought the property last March, so we knew there were no fish living in it. With our […]
I’ve held off mowing my pasture, not by choice, but because of a problem with the hydraulic lift on my 1950 Ford 8N tractor. But, I got some good advice on the phone from the mechanic at Smith equipment where I bought the thing. So this weekend I ripped it open and fixed it myself. […]
I could really bore you to tears with drywall pictures. But I’ll refrain. Instead I’ll just hit the high notes and tell you that we decided on a bullnose corner bead in a lot of places that will give a really interesting finish to the corners. We saw this for the first time in the […]
The house is maybe 60% skinned with drywall now. We got the basement stairway skinned, which was kind of a bonus since builder Chad set us up not to expect that.
Anyway, there’s not a lot of exciting details to discuss, but there’s progress once again. All the flat ceilings in the second floor are skinned.
The […]
At last, the problems are corrected that prevented us from hanging drywall, mainly the holes in the roof. Today the first sheets of drywall got applied, breaking the somewhat lengthy pause in the progress.
The pocket doors arrived, which was the other factor stopping drywall progress. There are three pocket doors, one between the kitchen and […]
There has been very little progress in the past two weeks. A few framing details remain before the drywallers can hang the sheet rock. The insulation had a few hot days to dry, but then it rained, and water came through some holes in the roof, so the insulation in a few spots absorbed significant […]