A Quick Update

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Well, it will be if I can upload pix. My DSL isn’t the best right now so uploading pix takes forever if at all.IMG_20160214_164932163 IMG_20160214_164918554

This is the first floor porch looking into the first floor. We have it partially frames and some temporary decking in place. My back is still celebrating because I don’t have to crawl on my hands and knees to get past the batter boards. Next is overall progress. On the second floor you can see the start of the framing for the roof. All of the 4×4 posts will be capped with a double row of 2×4 which will support the framing as well as add about three inches of height. The second floor porch isn’t framed as yet.

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First floor looking out to front porch. Right now the floor is a single IMG_20160214_164949553sheet of 3/4 inch plywood. A sheet of 1/2 inch will be added for insulation, sound deadening and stiffness. We’re using nails, screws and liquid nails so the floor is really tight.

Added foundations. In all there will be ten of these with ten to twelve bags of concrete each. The post footers (yellow tubes) have IMG_20160214_165003811_HDRabout five bags each so each foundation weighs a total of about 1600 to 2000 pounds each. I have to admit that I wasn’t really sold on these at first but now I like the idea. In time I may build new forms and encase the footers even higher up.

After crunching numbers I’ve realized that cash is starting to look thin. I have most of the material needed to finish the shed and most everything necessary to make it habitable. I still have to add a well and solar power. The well will be a fairly low dollar eater but I’ve had to scale back the solar plans quite a bit. Since my power needs are going to be minimal this won’t be a major headache.

With this in mind my new priorities are finish the first floor porch stairs, finish framing and laying the deck on the porch and sheath the first floor. I’ve already bought windows so they will go in while we’re putting up the plywood for the exterior walls. Due to height restrictions the doors are oddball sizes so they will have to be built on site. No biggie. I hope to spend this weekend in my new pole barn and start working out the kinks of living totally off grid.

A view from the second floor.
A view from the second floor.

 

 

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Ziggy has taken up dumpster diving. I’m concerned that he may be going homeless. I need to find a support group.

One thought on “A Quick Update”

  1. That is a beautiful set up Ish. You are going to piss off Mother Nature when she can not knock that thing over, ; }
    And don’t go knocking that dumpster diving, been doing that since I was 14, it is amazing some of the stuff one can find, lol.
    Ziggy is a kinder spirit.
    On a side note , be careful of what you bury or burn there, the chemicals from that PT wood, plastics, adhesives, etc will end up in your ground water, and then you.
    I am a big believer that most of the cancer we get is from the crap we ingest.
    Keep strong brother

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