Thursday, September 4, 2014

The main house inside window trim

 Trimming out the Windows and the door finished out the room. We used the same trim so as to tie it all together since it is one big room. Richard started with the window sill and built the side trim to that.
 You can see the difference between the far windows that have the trim and the one closer that has no trim.

 The window trim finished and  painted.
 All the windows trimmed and painted

 For the door, Richard is filling in the space that was created by the metal perlins to make it level.
 He is building up the side to create depth.
 Richard placed trim on top of trim to give it a layered look.
 The trim work done....
 The painting begins... We used Behr exterior Satin Pure white from Home depot.
 The first coat.....
 DONE!
Starting the floor trim. We pre-painted the base boards which saves the knees and post cleanup!

This took 4 weeks to complete.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Insulating the Bathhouse ceiling.





 We got this Styrofoam insulation (30 to 40 R-Value) for free from our recycle guy about 8 years ago and have had it in storage under a vinyl tarp ever since . The rats/coons/??? have had a wonderful home to live in . There are chewed in tunnels, insulation rearranged into blankets and alot of poop, really gross!
So we ended up throwing away the fiberglass insulation and bleaching the Styrofoam to get it clean.
 This is how much it will take to do the job......
 Here is the well room done.....
 I cut it by measuring the space and subtracting 1/2 for ease of fit.
 There were places I had to make grove cuts for the conduit that was not placed high enough.
 This is the Composing toilet room Done.....What a difference in Temperature!!!!
I found it the easiest to divide the run into 3 sections, each end : because they had a ledge to fit the insulation piece into , and the middle :which would just fit straight up.

 We insulated the front porch with fiberglass then covered it with tyveck.

This took 3 weeks from start to finish.

Friday, June 6, 2014

The Temporary Kitchen in the Main house

 We decided to move the kitchen into the new Main house. The stove was hooked up, the refrigerator had been here for a year, the A/C was operational, the shelves were installed..... all we were lacking was the cabinets which we ordered in April. They have had shipping delays, so they are suppose to be here the first week of August..... We shall see when they arrive. We ordered them online at www.in-stock-cabinets.com . They are real wood fronts with plywood boxes and a very reasonable price. I will have a post on that when we get them....This turned out to be a SCAM .UPDATE SEE: Post dated 9/23/2014 Important Update!