The good news so far is that despite drippy weather we have insulation and wire down on the shop/barn floor.
Plus, many of the flower bulbs my sister gave us (and my wife and I planted) appear to be coming up! By the end of this week I think we'll have tulips and daffidils all over!
To Do:
1) Order the PEX tubing (with oxygen barrier) for the new shop floor, and get it installed so they can pour the floor.
2) Get my land use permit filed with the township.
3) Get the designers to look at my plans and get a set of drawings done so I can get the building permit in the works. (I'm two months behind on this... :( )
4) Carve a path through the briars and weeds to the base of the power pole. (I want to ask the power company to disconnect the house from the power and mount a box on the pole. The power comes into the house right by the porch that needs to be torn off and transits the space where the rear addition will go.)
If I get half that done I'll be doing good. :)
Tasks on tap for the near future:
1) Rent the mini-backhoe to do some excavating. I want to see how deep down the rock goes where the "West Wing" will go. That's going to determine how much ceiling height we'll have in that room. (Good news: found someone who can build us a masonry heater and there is solid rock right where it would go.) Remove a layer of rock "fill" which was taken out of the shop floor and dumped on my garden plot... :(
2) As soon as the shop floor is hard, build a wall to close it off from the rest of the barn.
3) Rebuild the north gable end of the barn so it's weather tight.
4) Install doors on the north side of the barn, one at ground level and one on the second floor.
5) Rebuild the south face of the barn with a small deck and stairs.
That's all for now, should keep me out of trouble for a few days... :)
Doug
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2 comments:
Will the West Wing be for political activities?
Well, I can't rule that out at this time. :)
How's that for a political answer? ;)
Actually it's for us to host our church family and other gatherings on the first floor. The second floor will be a library and display area for various family materials. The third floor will house my family archives and provide a workspace for conservation of same. Make sense?
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