Introducing...
Harriette! The new Honda generator (acquired via Marriott hotel reward points) was brought onsite, and now sits next to Mungo inside Jabba, The Hut. Harriette and Mungo don't have much to do these days... C+C sure hope they practice safe mingling over the winter.
and...
Woodshed #2! Located at the intersection of Park Avenue and Main Drive, this Woodshed was made by Chris out of scraps and surplus materials. Sometime soon, firewood will be stacked neatly inside. This includes firewood left over from last year as well as Park Ave Firewood (year #2) which was purchased by C+C - yes, PURCHASED, by two people who own 147 acres of wooded land - delivered to the Poocham rental house and carted over via Vermoose.
and, (finally, after a stalled debut and a quick redo)...
The 20' Yurt! Pacific Yurts' replacement top cover arrived; Chris transported to site and up top. C+C took the yurt apart, neatly setting side cover and insulation aside. In keeping with history, rain fell. The next morning, Jere arrived. Chris transported him to the site, but not up top. Jere walked his own self up! C+C+J experienced the easiest top cover installation ever! Yippee! Yurt was raised by 5:30PM, and by the end of month, the scaffolding dismantled.
speaking of redoing things...
The Deck Structure (posts, beams and joists) should have been finished by month's end. The final four rows of beams were lined up and (lo and behold!) found to be square; woohoo! But, later, after one of the more complicated rows was attached, a major mismatch in level was discovered. And, the carefully considered resolution involves (go figure!) undoing and redoing that beam row. And, so, deck structure work continues.
speaking of the Deck...
The deck is clear! Well, yes, of snow. Firstly, there hasn't been much snow. Also, one of Cassandra's new tasks is to keep it clear of snow. But, the deck is also clear of deck board stock. C+C took inventory and calculated how best to make the various remaining boards fit into the remaining deck. More cutting, sanding and sealing of boards happened (including Cassandra's Successful and Safe Solo Sawing Sessions). After a bit of a dry spell, C+C moved the supply of deck boards off the front deck and into the 20' yurt for storage. When it snowed and iced a week later, this was deemed a very worthwhile use of time!
speaking of snow and ice...
Frozen pipes! Well, OK, PEX and copper are pretty difficult to freeze; the water inside the pipes was frozen. Early in December, Cassandra was without water for most of a week while the day's temps remained below 32F and the sun stayed hidden behind clouds. Ugh! She obtained some water from a stream and got by. Chris constructed a pipe for leaving the water trickling into the sink (bypassing the water filter) during cold nights, to prevent future freezing. (Last winter, the indoor plumbing wasn't finished until after the threat of freezing was over. Outdoor water pipes were left open, and thus kept flowing.) The platform underside does need to be finished. Cassandra had (temporarily) covered the open underside section w/reflectix so the pipes going into the platform were no longer exposed to air.
the month of December also saw...
A one-year anniversary of the move to Park Avenue (this passed without celebration), some unseasonably warm weather, the solar shower tower dismantled, GIPPEE shutdown for winter, numerous boards and supplies carried uphill by C+C, various site cleanups, continued difficulties for Cassandra (recovery from DMV trip, plywood/underside exposures, yurt raising exposures, etc), a very long "Holiday Week" to-do list (which did not all get completed!), and a snowy-sleety-rainy, much needed, day off for C+C (only their 2nd all year!).
December Journal
12/01/06 - Friday
Notes:
- It is 58 degrees @ 10:54 p.m.
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Installed first angled beam on back of deck
- time: 1.25 hrs
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12/02/06 - Saturday
Notes:
- The new Honda generator (acquired via Marriott hotel reward points) was brought to the MLA.
- Cass returned to the team roster.
213.47 woodshed #2
- Need a woodshed for Park Ave firewood, so Chris is making one out of scrap and surplu materils on hand. Woodshed II will be at the intersection of Park Avenue and Main Drive.
- Three posts were raised for front side of shed.
- time: 4 hrs
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Four joists raised as C&C start work on the back deck sections.
- time: 3.5 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- Cass attached deck boards on the north side
- time: 2 hrs
213.34 winterize
- Chris took down the old solar shower tower at Park Ave.
- time: 30 min
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12/03/06 - Sunday
213.47 woodshed #2
- Two more posts raised
- Everything's square and plumb so far
- time: 2.5 hrs
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Blocking installed on north side of deck
- Chris started the tweaking of west deck beams to make sections meet up square at the back
- time: 1.5 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- Cass measured and marked next section of deck boards
- Chris cut, sanded and sealed.
- time: 2.75 hrs
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12/4/06 - Monday
Notes:
- Dusting of snow in AM. Cold. Cold.
213.04 attach decking
- screwed in cut boards.
- Time: 2.5hrs
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12/5/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- One year since move to Park Avenue. A little more snow in AM. Colder. Pipes frozen. Never got above freezing. Cloudy too so no sun warmth. Another one of those -clear skies late afternoon and night, but cloudy during morning and most of day- days. This
275.04 materials transport
- Cass carried rest of boards down to end of PA. Had done some last week too one day.
- Time: 0.5hrs
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12/6/06 - Wednesday
Notes:
213.04 attach decking
- screwed in rest of cut boards.
- Time: 2hrs
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12/7/06 - Thursday
Notes:
- PA water finally unfrozen. Woohoo! Or, YIPPEE!! Cass gets spare corex from up top and rigs drainage so that outdoor hose-outlet can be left running tonight so water pipes won't freeze. Other day she had covered the open underside section w/reflectix (
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12/08/06 - Friday
213.47 woodshed #2
- Last post raised, ready to put in structural 2*6 boards
- time: 1 hr
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12/09/06 - Saturday
213.34 winterize
- Made a waterpipe contraption to allow us to trickle water into sink w/o running through water filter. Should help us keep pipes from freezing
- time: 1 hr
213.36 Site Cleanup
- Cass raked under 20' yurt
- time: 30 min
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Modified three posts to bring into alignment
- Squared beams again after post adjustments; ready to get back to joist hanging.
- time: 5 hrs
213.47 woodshed #2
- Carried lumber down from MLA
- time: n/a
288.04 Park Ave firewood, yr 2
- stacked @ house, brought some to site
- time: 3 hrs
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12/10/06 - Sunday
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Set more beams
- More joists hung
- time: 5 hrs
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12/11/06 - Monday
Notes:
- Warm(40) but unfortunately rainy. Short work day. Cass finally feeling better from DMV trip and also from the plywood exposures last wk.
213.01 posts+beams
- marked joist placements on new beams, marked joist placement on posts under yurts and drip edge cuts needed
- Time: 1.75hrs
213.04 attach decking
- marked new joists, discovered prob with end board meeting up with beam edge, made some calcs to discuss with chris later for solution options
- Time: 0.25hrs
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12/
12/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- Ahhhhhh! Yippee! Clear sunny day. Wowee. Very nice.
213.04 attach decking
- remarked joists as discussed w/chris last night. Measured and marked deck boards. sorted thru stack of joists to identify possible deck boards, since have extra joists.
- time: 2.75hrs
213.01 posts+beams
- marked joists for cutting, got setup for doing joist hangers, but none available. Called chris and discovered they are in box by generator, not accessible by cass. counted remaining joists needed.
- time: 0.5hrs
275.04 materials transport
- carried joist up
- Time: negligible, cass only to carry 1 at a time and not full length of driveway/up to site
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12/13/06 - Wednesday
Notes:
- Rain before Cass even awake (officially), and continued thru day. Ugh. Cold (35ish) and very grey. Cass in yurt working on catching up on many docs.
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12/14/06 - Thursday
Notes:
213.04 attach decking
- Cass cuts some boards solo (then sanded and sealed), but only a few cuts before both batteries died. Unfortunately the boards cut were not ones that gave her additional work to do.
- Time: 1.5hrs
213.01 posts+beams
- marked two more joists for cutting (carried one up first)
- Time: 0.25hrs
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20' Yurt Raising - the Conclusion, 12/15/06 - 12/16/06
Details and photos here
12/17/06 - Sunday
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- cut, sealed and set another beam
- notched drip edge for joist placement
- installed joist hangers
- measured, cut and sealed seven joists, installed two
- measured, cut, sealed nd installed three blocking boards
- time: 7.75 hrs
275.04 materials transport
- carried beams and joists up to MLA
- time: 15 min
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12/18/06 - Monday
Notes:
- Warm(50) but unfortunately cloudy. What with rain in AM, and illness from Saturday, twas a short work day for Cass.
213.01 posts+beams
- Beam kicked out and was troublesome. And, Cass had a sharp metal tool fall on her head (ouch!). But, joists from yesterday all up. Joist hangers also put up where could on remaining secured beams.
- Time: 2.75hrs
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12/19/06 - Tuesday
Notes:
- Much colder. But sunny! Finally! Later in afternoon, snowstorm blew through.
213.01 posts+beams
- worked to get beam back in line
- Time: 0.5hrs
213.04 attach decking
- cut boards down, marked new joists for placement, marked some boards for cutting
- Time: 3hrs
275.04 materials transport
213.36 site cleanup
- took scraps from scaffolding apart, swept all (now dried) mud+dirt+gravel off deck, turned over some boards so that if tomorrow is dry can put away
- Time: 0.5hrs
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12/20/06 - Wednesday
Notes:
- Sunny again. Woohoo. But cold. Brrr. Sun melted snow on front deck and then, after 1pmish, Cass was carefully avoiding slipping on ice.
213.04 attach decking
- measured for remaining deck, calculated number boards needed of various lengths using a 6' pattern vs a 8' pattern. Reviewed all remaining boards for usable lengths, and sorted accordingly. Counted up and wrote down. In warmth of yurt later, calculated
- Time: 4hrs
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12/21/06 - Thursday
Notes:
- After some morning clouds cleared off, sunny and somewhat warmer day for Winter Solstice!
213.04 attach decking
- Cass goes for 2nd solo cutting with saw! Cut, sanded, sealed some deck boards until sun behind ridge when temp dropped. Marked yesterday's boards for cutting.
- Time: 4.25hrs
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12/22/06 - Friday
213.04 attach decking
- More boards cut and sealed
- time: 2 hrs
213.36 Site cleanup
- moved remaining unused deck boards off deck into 20' yurt to keep them dry
- time: 1.75 hrs
275.04 materials transport
- got deck boards out of shed
- carried joists up to GIPPEE
- time: 30 min
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12/23/06 - Saturday
Notes:
213.36 Site cleanup
- Chris organized floor boards in 30' yurt
- time: .75 hrs
279.03 Stain and seal deck parts
- six 2*8-12 boards done at house
- time: 4 hrs
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12/24/06 - Sunday
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Another post correction leads to another beam being set
- Two joists placed after some unanticipated drip-edge notching.
- Time: 4.25 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- more boards cut, sanded, sealed and screwed down
- time: 3.5 hrs
213.15 Raise 20/30' yurts
- Forgot we had to put screen insert in
- Screen insert is not fitting because dome opener bracket is not quite centered
- Grrrrrrrrrr!
- Time: 15 min
226.33 Shutdown GIPPEE
- Took down GIPPIE screenhouse
- time: 45 min
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12/25/06 - Monday
275.04 materials transport
- Carried 17 joists to MLA and a few to GIPPIE
- time: 1 hr
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Another post correction leads to another beam being set, after harvesting some longer bolts from front of deck (and replacing with another size bolt, of course)
- time: 2.25 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- more boards cut, sanded and sealed
- time: 3.5 hrs
226.33 Shutdown GIPPEE
- Covered GIPPIE fixtures
- packed up screenhouse poles
- time: 30 min
213.15 Raise 20/30' yurts
- Screen insert tweaked and installed
- Time: 45 min
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12/26/06 - Tuesday
228.20 Scaffolding
- Chris removed platform boards
- time: 1 hr
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12/27/06 - Wednesday
213.47 Woodshed #2
- Started on roof beam install
- time: 90 min
213.36 Site Cleanup
- Gathered reclaimable lumber (scraps and constructs used in transport of yurt parts - nice Douglas Fir!) for transport to house for cleaning & sanding
- Started cleaning up scrap lumber pile, moving it to Woodshed #2 area so it is out of plowing path
- time: 1 hr
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Reviewed out-of-level beam problem. No resolution yet.
- time: 30 min
288.04 Park Ave firewood, yr 2
- While Cass worked at the MLA Chris brought the Vermoose up to Woodshed #2 and unloaded firewood from it, stacking it neatly on a pallet.
- A Vermoose-load of split firewood was transported to the base of Oregon Mtn.
- time
- time: 3.5 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- Cass attached more deck boards after shooveling snow and ice off the deck
- time: 2.25 hrs
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris carried joists up to GIPPIE from the intersection
- 2*8-12 for deck were strapped into the Vermoose and brought to the base of Oregon Mtn.
- time: 45 min
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12/28/06 - Thursday
213.36 Site Cleanup
- Finished relocating lumber scrap pile to Woodshed #2 area
- Moved tarps to Woodshed #1
- Took trash down to Vermoose parked on Oregon Falls Road
- time: 1.25 hrs
213.47 Woodshed #2
- Roof joists installed
- time: 2 hrs
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Continued assessment of deck beam misalignment problem. Resolved to lower one row of beams by removing them and trimming post height such that misalignment can be fixed via a gentle slope over two joist bays.
- time: 2.5 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- Cass attached more deck boards to west side of deck
- time: 2 hrs
288.04 Park Ave firewood, yr 2
- While Cass worked at the MLA Chris brought another Vermoose-load of firewood up to Woodshed #2
- Another Vermoose-load of split firewood was transported to the base of Oregon Mtn.
- time
- time: 3.5 hrs
275.04 Materials Transport
- Plywood for Woodshed #2 was loaded into the Vermoose and brought to the base of Oregon Mtn.
- time: 30 min
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12/29/06 - Saturday
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Set another beam in place
- time: 2 hrs
213.47 Woodshed #2
- Added post bracing
- Nailed in side boards and removed temp bracing at entranceway
- time: 1 hr
213.36 Site Cleanup
- Took pallets to Vermoose to return for deposit...only eight months late!
- time: 30 min
288.04 Park Ave firewood, yr 2
- While Cass worked at the MLA Chris brought a third Vermoose-load of firewood up to Woodshed #2
- time: .5 hrs
213.04 attach decking
- Cass attached more deck boards to west side of deck
- time: 1.25 hrs
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12/30/06 - Satuday
Notes:
- Snow, snow and more snow.
213.36 Site Cleanup
- Pallets from April cement delivery returned to WW. They were closed for inventory but took pallets anyway.
- Time: 1 hr
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Affixed another beam, using block of DF to create a support off a yurt post. This block split during nailing, so it had to be extracted and replaced. D'oh
- Spent a snowy few hours aligning beams as they weren't quite square. Once aligned, the beams were marked by Cassandra, with her wet-gloved and chilly hands, for joist hangers
- time: 4.5 hrs
999.99 Shovel MLA Deck
228.20 scaffolding
- continued deconstruction
- time: 45 min
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12/31/06 - Sunday
Notes:
- Whipped cream (soy, that is) kicks ass!
- C&C celebrate New Years efficiently, at 12:00 GMT, running in varied degrees of unclothedness around the outside of yurt and SIPPEE. Chris ran around both the 14ft yurt and the old platform @ GIPPIE as a way of making up for skipping the naked new yea
213.01 Posts + Beams (Deck)
- Cut three joists
- Cass sealed these since temps were up
- time: 30 min
213.15 Raise 20/30' yurts
- Cut wood bar to replace delivered PVC bar used in rain diverter. Came up about a foot short! Assembled one bar using some scraps from 14' yurt diverter bar.
- time: 15 min
213.47 Woodshed #2
- posts trimmed and roof plywood attached
- time: 2.75 hrs
213.36 Site Cleanup
- removed PT post scrap from driveway
- moved tool bin from driveway to under 30' yurt
- time: 15 min
999.99 Shovel MLA Deck
275.04 Materials Transport
- Cass moved structural deck boards to the intersection
- time: 45 min
213.15 Raise 20/30' yurts
- diverter bars installed
- time: 30 min
Photos