May 2023- Building a Home
Kyla McSweeney
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Comments (331)Lori Wagerman_Walker nice little garage building. It's like a miniature version of how our house will be constructed, a pole barn style building. The weather has been mostly lousy for us, though thank goodness, not the deluges of rain other parts of the US have seen, just enough rain and wind to impeded progress. So far DH and I have gotten up 5 more 24' steel roof panels. Almost lost one to the wind today as the forecast, is NOT what happened while we had the dang thing in the air! 14-18 mph gusts out of the north are not the same as occasional 6 mph winds out of the SE. Only about 23-ish panels to go. I also started putting up the soffit along the back garage wall as it has already been roofed. I also ordered the windows today and the through-the-wall doggie door. DH has also installed a few floor end beams which are LVLs and will eventually support the floor joists. (LVL floor beams do the same function as rim joists on conventional construction.) The arrows point to the orange LVLs, laminated veneer lumber. These had to be notched into the posts. Next chance to roof might be tomorrow, otherwise, not before next Thursday!...See MoreMay 2020 Building a Home
Comments (391)@N Kay, here's the link to the Wi-fi bridge I'm planning to use: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002K683V0/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A3HCET3UGETZ2B&psc=1 @Trish Walter, we are also doing a woodburning fireplace and looked at the Heatilator Icons. We almost went with the Icon 80 but found another brand, Majestic, that offered identical specs but with a more ivory/tan interior in their Biltmore series. Ours is 42" wide. If a June thread hasn't been started, I'll start one :)...See MoreMAY 2021 Building a Home
Comments (437)#Marie J. Hah, re the projects. 2 1/2 years in and we are still working on “projects”. We built a one level with a walkout lower level. Decided to pay them to frame the lower level in 2018 when we were building. (REALLY GLAD WE DID IT NOW) lol. We are taking on the Sheetrock a little at a time. Just going to finish bedroom/bathroom and a small cat room for now. It’s slow going. Lol. You have a beautiful house! And LOVE your kitties! I just lost my 19 year old cat. It broke my heart.💔...See MoreMarch 2023: Building a Home
Comments (79)@chispa hahaha, I can provide those! They're looking a bit bedraggled while in the midst of shedding, and my pushy gal Eleanor was checking out an airplane that flew over. I had no idea that planes even registered with sheep. I'm not sure what the rules are with self promotion here, but I did set up an instagram for our farm in hopes of using it as a marketing tool when operations get ramped up. The name of the farm is Crow's Bluff, I suspect it wouldn't be too hard to find on IG with a quick search. And this is the mutt, Cirilla. She's a lucky girl, and loves being a farm dog when we are out there. Re: the RV, no. That belongs to a friend. He has 10 acres down the road from us and is working on getting water and power set up at his place for the RV. He wanted to move out of his apartment into the RV, and we figured having someone living there while we have lots of expensive construction supplies and appliances on site wouldn't hurt. I have a feeling that he may overstay his welcome, but for now it's nice to have him there. We are living at a rental house about half an hour away....See MoreCSmith
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