walls good, trim going

lines for aerobic septic system going in, tank down and covered. walls painted, trim stained and in process of being put up. and 10,000,000 more tiny little details to go (like toilets)

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

35' scaffold. framework to put wood on ceiling and foam done.

Interior, Barnouse

Looking up from the living area to ceiling.

Barn Cement, moving on

Front of the cement going into the garage.

amazing freakin amount of money poured and set. who knew?

To the right hmm the sage green wall doesn't look so green on camera does it? and there is a window - this is the utility room so it looks less "green" than the living area.

Statistics on Geothermal to follow, but paint is first

The floors are cement, eco friendly concrete stain to be sealed after all the walls are done. The walls are turning out to be a sage'eee green which of course looks different in every light. All metal you see will be wrapped in a form of pine stained who knows.

This is upstairs bath wall and each side of the bedroom has closets lining. sheetrock in place, mud and tape, ready set.

Siding up, doors in and stairs going!

Dirt work getting done, wood siding on, trim on, guttering on! Garage doors on the back of barn for the shop were put up, and the front garage door is on.

Electrical Boxes

Electrical boxes, not pretty but necessary!

Tall scary scaffolding, again , necessary to reach the 35' tall ceilings with foam spray equipment!

Barn - ouse looking like a barn!

Left - Showing the outside guttering and rain gathering system - as rain falls it goes into the guttering and down the pipes into a water gathering tank - to be used in watering outside. (aerobic system installed directly behind barn takes lines over to a rose garden)

On the right above - concrete stained - eco friendly non acidic to be sealed.

Barn, ducts and foam

To the left, ceiling duct runs,

to the right, a vent coming out of the foam insulation that was shot in the ceilings and down the walls

Geothermal and ducts

Geothermal and ducts, soon to come. Walls after!

Wood, Roof

Well at this point, the roof looks great! and it's still up and the support is firm and the outside wood is going on. Stairs see below - they're going up inside. Geothermal set and foam to follow next week inside.

barnouse - long view and before walls

Approximately 10 months after the contractor screwed up and the barn came crashing down - it's roof and semi walls. 10 months. count'em. rain, beavers and bull.

Stairs in the Barn-ouse

Living room to the north - stairs looking upwards photo on the left. Photo on the right is looking at the wood - stairs going down!

Water, rain

Tucker exploring water, hoping for less water mocassins!

If we find any more I'll sure sure and let the kids know.

Building bridges to the back, minus some beaver builders

Sundown barn - sides up

Probably should add the technical aspects but...... sundown is prettier

Other side of the barn-ouse, wood

North side of the soon to be barn-ouse wood

Barn-ouse rebuild

Almost one year later, $$$$$? hmmm back of the rebuilt barn.

Said crap contractor thinks he's not compensating

Welcome to working with certain types of sub contractors. The steel contractor (who also was putting roof on). who did not brace, who caused this mess, has decided hedoesn't need to return phone calls, he won't tell us his insurance carrier, and is trying to ly low and not pay. which is so not going to work! find him we will, compensate he will!

wish us luck and yes most definitely inferior contractors name and lack of qualifications shall be screamed loud andclear! from the highest mountain