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Category Archives: Construction
And how was your spring?
An ancient Chinese curse goes something like “may you live in interesting times”. Uh, yeah, that would be now. All my fabulous plans for spring and early summer were put on hold by a broken wrist. From that I can … Continue reading
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Getting organized
One of the most serious roadblocks to progress is lack of organization. This one’s been smacking me around for a while and I’m determined to smack it back. We acquired (thank you, Dan) a building that had been used as … Continue reading
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Which building code?
In my RSS feed I have One Project Closer which has a Pro Follow series. They are currently following pros on a house addition. I don’t know which building code they’re following, nor in which part of the country the … Continue reading
Purple thumb and dog sympathy
I’ve got about half of the patio outside the sun porch laid. About half of the bricks have been locked in with the gaps filled with sand. I won’t work any more sand between cracks until I have the last … Continue reading
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All things considered
I’ve been pecking away, weather allowed. I’ve been excavating the pad and walkway outside the sun porch so I can lay brick. I also been pushing Terry to find a mortar mixer for mixing the eps-crete. I don’t nag well … Continue reading
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Pump house planning
I’ve been thinking about the pump house, how I’m going to construct it, building the walls, how the cover for the well is going to work. I’ve got some of the details ironed out. I need the pump house for … Continue reading
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More pumphouse planning
Wadly and I were talking yesterday about the ability to do a bigger chunk of wall each time we worked. To accomplish this, we need to be able to make bigger batches of eps-crete and have bigger/more forms. I see … Continue reading
Pumphouse – planning ahead for water treatment
I’m working on plans for the new pump house to be built this summer. Part of that planning involves making room for water treatment. I had Vil Hafoka, a water treatment specialist for Water Doctor of Washington stop by yesterday … Continue reading
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Supporting the reinforcing wire
Because we’re nearly to the top of the reinforcing wire, our next step is to add another section of reinforcing wire above the current layer. I’ll do that after this course has had a couple days to set up and … Continue reading
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Wall update
We’ve gotten another section of the wall done. This one’s a lovely celedon green. Wadly’s off to shop and have coffee with a friend today so I’m not expecting anything productive to happen around the farm. Here’s the west end … Continue reading
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