After wrestling it into the house through a living room window and barely making it around a corner, we used props and ladders and furniture movers, etc., and pushed it up into place, one step at a time. No rush. Safety first.
Bring on the snow.
6/29/10
Da Beam
After wrestling it into the house through a living room window and barely making it around a corner, we used props and ladders and furniture movers, etc., and pushed it up into place, one step at a time. No rush. Safety first.
Bring on the snow.
6/28/10
6/21/10
A Week's Work
We took a trip to Reno to buy a truck load of lumber - over $600 dollars worth. We also got a break by taking up a friend on an offer of a cheap glu lam beam he had sitting around in his yard. Weathered but still strong and very heavy, it was a lot of work for the three of us to get it into my truck. This will be the main support for the ceiling and the roof. Getting it into place will be very interesting.
With so much wiring being exposed, I decided I needed to map out all the wiring. With some help from Mike, I made an electrical plan that helps to illustrate where the receptacles and lights go back into the panel.
6/11/10
De-struct
Alone in the hovel today - tearing it apart.
Feeling a mixture of relief, anxious anticipation and revulsion.
I wish I had done this right away after I bought this place. I would have known what this thing is really about. But I was not in a position to do it at the time. I was a full time student and reeling from some major changes in my life.
One of the hard things about this is undoing some work I've done over the years.
Gotta go backwards to go forwards sometimes.
I wish I had done this right away after I bought this place. I would have known what this thing is really about. But I was not in a position to do it at the time. I was a full time student and reeling from some major changes in my life.
One of the hard things about this is undoing some work I've done over the years.
Gotta go backwards to go forwards sometimes.
6/6/10
The Plan
Now that Greg Willis is here to help me with this ... project, we have developed a plan. The first step is to map out what is here and put it down on paper in the form of drawings. This is often called "as-built" drawings. Important to have these for communication purposes. This will probably take another couple of days to finish up.
It means that Greg, because he is wiry and nimble, gets to crawl around in the attic spaces and in the below-the-floor spaces with a camera, notepad and measuring tape.
It means that Greg, because he is wiry and nimble, gets to crawl around in the attic spaces and in the below-the-floor spaces with a camera, notepad and measuring tape.
6/4/10
What I'm Afraid Of
When it comes to the hovel, I'm afraid of things I don't know and don't understand. I have put off doing a thorough inspection of this house for years. I guess I didn't want to know what is really going on under the floor and above the ceiling, partly because it is a huge mess and partly the feeling that I wouldn't understand what is going on anyway. The stuff I've looked at so far just doesn't look good. What frightens me is the prospect of finding things that will require a huge amount of work and expense.
But now that I have some help and support, I'm ready to face this (not that it'll be any less painful).
But now that I have some help and support, I'm ready to face this (not that it'll be any less painful).
6/3/10
The Next Stage
Finally, help is on the way and this means that the hovel is moving to the next stage!
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