Drywall

Everyone claimed this is a miserable job, and they were right ...






























Kim taping, using paper tape which we quickly abandoned for the mesh stuff.































Measure twice, cut three times -- no that's not right ....





























Mud everywhere.

Ceiling

We've used tongue and groove knotty pine for all the ceilings in the house. Despite recommendations to pre-finish the pine, we put it up bare, and it went pretty fast. We're still debating waht finish to use; obviously now that it's up, it has to be easy to apply....















Nailing the last of the ceiling.















Ceiling in the loft.















Looking across from the living room toward the loft and bedroom.

Insulation

The plumbing/mechanical rough in inspection was today, and the electrical last week, both went w/o a hitch. We're now insulating, all high-density fiberglass, R21 in the wall, and a combination of R-30 and R-38 in the ceiling.

December 2009

 Taken from the mossy knoll above the house.

 The moat around the house will be filled in and a planter box with moss and ferns will be built by the windows behind me.

 9' + chimney pipe, with two supports to keep it from blowing over.

 

 Warmth at last!

 

Vent plumbing, pex and wires -- exciting stuff ...

Wires and Windows

 

Kitchen switches and outlet

 Main electrical panel

 

French doors and living room windows

Loft floor

A few more photos of the loft beams, plus the loft floor. Actually what is shown will be the ceiling (3/4" T&G pine). It's pretty bendy (on 3' centers), so we'll have 1/2" ply glued and nailed on top, and then finish with 3/4" VG fir flooring. The original plan was to use 2x6 T&G ("car decking"), but the material available on-island was not very nice, and we have lots of the pine (it will be used for the ceiling throughout the house).

Loft beams go up

Work has finally switched from rough carpentry to things that will show. Last year's insane work week (during which we raised the walls) didn't scare Bart off, and he, Barbie, Brian and Alison came up for about 10 days, during which we put up the beams for the loft, and installed a set of pre-hung French doors.

Cutting a beam.















The human drill press in action.

















Sighting the hole.


















































Bolting on a custom bracket, made by Bart.
















Another beam goes in. ... Bart looks a little short!












Beams and a post.












A little R and R .









One of the bridge washers we used on the beams.