Deliveries
Perhaps the biggest event this week was a couple of deliveries for the conservatory from Town & Country Conservatories. First up was two crates of leaded glass. Based on what
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Stone, Block and Decisions
Dan, Sam and Spencer continued with stone work. Here Dan and Chris are discussing how to detail a compound corner where stone and the limestone cap that’s sloped 5° will
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Blower Door Test #1
Big item this week is that we did our first blower door test. More on this below. Spraying closed cell foam. They did 2.25”+ of this on all of the
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Insulation
Two big items this week. Mike and his crew poured the subfloor for the west porch and the insulation folks began insulating. Prior to insulation there was also a critical
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Dried In !!!
This was a monumental week. After 15 months of construction we are finally ‘dried in’. For months I have been concerned about the amount of water coming in, wood remaining
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Sauna Floor
In preparation for more stone work Bob had the floor of the sauna and outdoor shower poured and door and window installed. For some great info on saunas and building
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Slow Progress
Slow progress but progress none the less. Bob built a new and improved desk in our dining room. Progressing on stonework. Temporary roof (Grace Ice & Water over the entire
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Back To The Stone Age
Stone Mason Dan, wisely, will not put up too high of tented scaffolding in winter because the winds blow quite hard against it. So he did what he could during
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Happy Anniverary
A few weeks ago, 6 April, was the 1 year anniversary for when we broke ground on this project. Interesting that two years in a row we had significant snow
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Virtually Complete
Virtually the operative word. Scott, our landscape architect with Topo, did these to give us an idea of how the landscaping will look. These proved very useful, particularly for the
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