http://norishouse.com Our never ending quest to find the right house solution Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:39:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are finished rerouting the water, including everything covered in good insulation for freezing temps.  We've also rerun the power so it doesn't go through the middle of the sun porch footprint.  I've still got to move the phone line, but it's still progress. Terry got the rubble trench foundation drain ... http://norishouse.com/archives/148 We finished the last grade beam yesterday.  I'll give it a couple days, then finish laying the landscape cloth and gravel.  I've still got to pick up plumbing parts . . . http://norishouse.com/archives/146 I'm SO ready to get on with construction, but life keeps getting in the way.  I'm waiting on Terry's help to get the last grade beam poured.  I've got everything except the form ready to go.  Once the grade beam's done I can get on with myriad other tasks that ... http://norishouse.com/archives/143 I worked hard on Friday and got the rubble trench foundation done. I've been digging it out a wheelbarrow at a time this last week. I can fill the wheelbarrow, I just have to wait on Terry to empty it. He had Friday off so it ... http://norishouse.com/archives/136 Today Walter and Wad got the sheathing on the second half of the barn roof. Tomorrow they'll get the tar paper and metal on. That leaves the trim and ridge cap for a future day. http://norishouse.com/archives/134 The foundation is in for the south wall of the sun porch. It went quickly, with the minimum of discourse. When it comes time to get the foundation in for the house, I think we're going to be golden. http://norishouse.com/archives/132 I got the holes drilled for the papercrete mixer tank bolts. I've got one bolt with nut and washers, one bolt with just the top washer and no nut and four empty holes. I'm short on washers. I have one of the bolts in the Boop and ... http://norishouse.com/archives/127 With sincerest thanks to Karen and her father, Harry, I now have a riser! Karen is a friend, a confidante and the president of our quilt guild. Harry is retired from the wells/pumps business and has lots of contacts in the industry. He's also the guy who ... http://norishouse.com/archives/123 Well, half the barn is roofed. We have a whole crew to thank; our son Lorr , neighbor Gary, Wad's brother Walter, my friend Mindy's husband Wayne, Lorr's friends Austin and Roy. The other half is going to have to wait. We'll need another $300 of sheathing ... http://norishouse.com/archives/119 I'm having a bit of a difficult time finding an inexpensive solution for my rocket mass heater riser. I stopped in a Moerke well drilling yesterday. They were willing to offer me a piece of well casing at cost, just under $10/ft. That would make the cost ... http://norishouse.com/archives/116