Saturday, September 27, 2008

pictures of recent work


Just a few more rows of siding now that the insulation is done. The hole is the access for insulating, installing ceiling-hung shelving supports, and falling through the ceiling.

Garage door partially installed. It came damaged, so work will continue Monday with replacement parts

Last night and this morning I installed the snow stops on the roof. It was snowing both times.

The stack is taller than it looks, about 8 feet. The box in the back holds 1/3 a cord of kindling, leftover scrap from the building projects. One more row will fit and be protected from rain, totalling 3.5 cords of firewood. Maybe 2 years worth depending on how much we burn.

Remaining firewood in the driveway to stack. There are still several piles in the woods.


Our new Jøtul F400. We've had two of the three break-in fires. The stove seems to work beautifully and makes pretty flames.

"Why isn't it on?" Roland immediately laid by the fire when we first lit it last night.

New stove from upstairs. We may build a hearth another time. Next summer perhaps. It has a long stove pipe inside and short chimney outside, which helps keep flue gasses hot for good draft.

Here in the garage, the heat tube manifold. Notice the shitty drywall work.

I took the house lockset off and put it on the garage, and got a new one I like better for the house.

3 comments:

alligator said...

Cute dog!!! He is getting so big!
Also: The house looks amazing! I can't wait to see it in person someday!

Andrew said...

Roland is getting big, he's that much more of a dog food processing factory now. You are more than welcome to our house. I suppose even Lou can come.

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful stove. It changes the look of the living room a lot. Glad I was there so I can picture everything better. The garage looks great.