Winter in Summer: A-plowin' we will go...
C+C finally finish last winter's tasks...
Just in time to start for this year's winter and...
Sweat in the humid heat while pouring footings.
One cold day in August, amidst several chilly days, Chris finally works on The Vermoose. Once unstuck, from its four-month-plus perch atop a big boulder, the plow and chains are removed, and last Winter's snow related tasks are finally checked off!
Is that a snowflake?
Maybe not, but there were frost warnings, and many days in August worthy of long underwear base layering. In an extended cold spell mid-month, when the seven-layer system was shiveringly inadequate, C+C succumbed; the woodstove was cleaned and, at 7:02PM on 8/19, fired up for its first use of the season.
Isn't it still summer?
Yes. According to the calendar. Seemingly confused, Summer and Winter Temperatures lost their places, and dueled frequently throughout the month. Drastic and frequent vacillations between "brrbrrbrr! cold!" and "hot, hot, humid and gross!" sorely tried Cass' patience; living at Camp YIPPEE requires constant monitoring of the weather to accommodate things such as how to pack for the day, showering and food. During one sudden heat spell, Cassandra says to Chris, "well, at least its only 96F in here now".
Sweating and Pouring: Footings Done!
The shed was emptied of concrete bags; these were transported up to the Power House area ala Chris and Micromoose. 800# of newly purchased concrete bags were driven up to PH ala Chris and Xterra; unloaded during another mini-concert. More huge rock removal and digging happened and, six days later, on August 11th, in plenty of time to set before winter truly begins, the Power House footings were completed!
The next day... as one of its last YIPPEE duties before going away, the Xterra helped Chris transport more newly purchased concrete. En route to the top of the driveway, a quick stop was made to load up surplus PH concrete and transport that up top as well. Later, Chris enlisted Burly Bob to assist in hauling all the concrete bags from the driveway drop-off, up to the Utility Shed site. C+C poured sweat in the hot humidity and bugs while mixing and pouring two footings. (Though, to be more accurate, YIPPEE footings are shoveled and not "poured")
The following weekend, Chris says, "the hammer drill is fun but heavy!" after drilling into rock for the South Side Stairs and one of the US footings. The Vermoose, freshly released from its big boulder bind, was put to work hauling additional concrete up top.
On the subsequent weekend, US footings were completed, at 5:07pm on 8/26. "Whew!". There are only footings for the south side stairs, and then concrete work will be DONE! Until C+C come up with other... No, nevemind.
Where did the Xterra go?
Much to Chris' chagrin, aggravation and discontent, Nissan of Keene had the Xterra for the latter half of the month and into September. The prolonged and unplanned absence caused numerous glitches in C+C's plans. For example, the first rental car given to Chris as a substitute for the Xterra couldn't make the steep up-driveway trek. A planned trailer purchase, and lots of other materials purchasing, had to be postponed. Registration and inspection of all the YIPPEE vehicles could not be postponed, and was made needlessly time consuming and complicated. Insisting that the Xterra substitute should be able to climb the driveway, Chris was given a different rental; a Nissan Armada "Gas Guzzling Monstrosity". This climbed ably and hauled stuff, but Chris was to remain unsettled until his Xterra was home.
Where did the trees go?
Downhill. Chris and Team YIPPEE Mike, onsite for his second visit to YIPPEE-Land, axed and sawed through about half the trees felled in July at the PH. Carrying the resulting logs to their destination was given up as too much hard labor, and deer harnessing was merely a fleeting fancy. What developed was a method whereby logs were dragged down a chute-like depression in the ground and eventually lined up in the driveway. From here, they would be rolled down to Woodshed#2 using a pry bar as occasional brake on momentum.
Where did all the time go?
August's site work hours tallied to a disappointing number. What a frustrating month! Chris keeps reminding Cassandra that we track task hours, not per-person hours; and, C+C worked together on tasks more this month than in recent months. There were numerous lost site-hours due to travel glitches and problems related to a lack of Xterra. Chris' week home started a whole day later than planned, in sudden blazing heat and with far too many coordinations and preparations; preparations that sure seemed futile later.
But, hey, stuff happened!
Even though it didn't look like much in numbers, footings completion for the two buildings (PH and US) was a big accomplishment. And, hey, a bunch of other stuff happened too...
In fact, #742.00, "Just a Bunch of Stuff That Happened", happened! This new task, created by Chris, covers small tasks that have to happen, but aren't specific to other tasks. And, it makes him chuckle to be doing JaBoSTH! He also created "861.39 Movin' Stuff Around". These new tasks barely took a half day of site-work combined, but the Stress Combating Silliness factor makes them worthwhile. During Mike's visit, another task was proposed. He exhibited heretofore unseen expertise at "Holding Down the Deck" and offered this helpful hint: find a shady spot. Time on this task varied, wasn't tracked, and didn't actually count; but lo' an behold, the deck has not gone anywhere!
The deck is sporting a brand new screenhouse, SIPPEE4, Securely In Place, Providing Enclosure Eh?... Or, something like that. Entomological Escape for an outdoor, staining and sealing Elevated Emporium, up on the deck. Cassandra says this is a drastic improvement over the old Poocham staining and sealing space, as she gets to work on parts for the PH, deck angle add-on, and stairs.
"Surprisingly fast!", says Chris after he and Cass cut the 2*8's for the PH by handsaw. After these were sealed by Cass in the aforementioned new screenhouse, Chris and Mike got to work building the beams.
Throughout the month, internal walls of the 20' yurt continued their slow tedious progress, including oh-so-dusty-sanding of walls, installation of walltops, and beginning struggles with moulding.
Throughout the month, impervious to the doings of YIPPEE-Land, the sun, moon and stars continued their cycles. On 8/27, atop the deck, Chris cut boards by the last light of sun, and first light of moon. What a setting! The shift towards winter daylight hours is an unpleasant one for the frustrated C+C, but it sure makes for some very pretty skyscapes.
Perhaps fittingly, C+C spent the morning of the last day of August dealing with frustrating non-site-work tasks, because, hey...
A bunch of stuff had to happen! And they did it!
Photos
August Journal
08/01/07 - Wednesday
213.36 site cleanup
- whacked path and pulled weeds (done in two sessions....buggy)
- swept 30' floor
- Time: 1.25hrs
213.17 construct 20' walls
- boards for inner close door figured out, cut by hand and installed. A couple other single boards selected and installed. Others marked.
- Started sanding wall. Need glasses and mask for sure since doing vertical surface! Also need to review w chris sanding of bevel sections.
- Time: 4.75hrs
08/02/07 - Thursday
Notes:
- Ugh! HAG HAG HHH-HAG( Hot, hot, hot, Humid and Gross!) Ugh! Miserable inside yurt, yet Cass stuck inside lots of 1st part of day due to planes, plethora of planes. Later, too hot in mla yurts. Outside work cooler, but buggy and overly exerting in such
- Cass was right about her plant identification, and yes...there are lots of raspberries all around mla. After C+C get up appropriate deer blockers, they will be enjoying lots of yummy berries.
213.17 construct 20' walls
- applied another coat for test on walls finishing
- Time: 15min
213.36 site cleanup
- pulled plants off path, and around mla (where that prolific invasive vine is attempting to invade), whacked weeds along path (hard work since plants quite grown)
- Time: 1.5hrs
275.04 Materials Transport
- More wallboard picking-thru @ HD
- time: 45 min
08/03/07 - Friday
Notes:
- Another extremely humid and hot day. At one point in AM, Cass says, well, its only 96 in here. Only.
- storms in afternoon cool things off but still extremely humid. Nasty nasty.
213.17 construct 20' walls
- chris cuts boards in am, c+c review wall work and discuss add'l cuts, and later, cass installs almost all. More boards marked for cutting tomorrow.
- time: 5.5 hrs
226.40 fix sippee zippers
- one side fixed
- Time: 0.5hrs
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris trucks wallboards up to MLA and unloads. Also gets return items together.
- Time: 45 min
08/04/07 - Saturday
Notes
- Fing-Fing planes!
- C&C have lettuce on their sandwiches, which may not appear amazing but is truly a feat, requiring near-magic to pull off.
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris carries moulding and some other stuff up to the MLA whilst humming a snappy tune.
- time: 45 min
213.09 Electrical rough in
- Chris continues working on lighting circuits. Final section tested successfully; Cass can close up the last wall
- Time: 3 hrs
213.17 Construct walls, 20' yurt
- Chris cuts more wallboards. Cass marks more wallboards, which Chris promptly cuts. A lot of dust do taketh flight as the saw splits the grain.
- Time: 4 hrs
213.50 Construct Power House
- Chris carts the remaining cement from shed to PH. Cass comes down from wallboard work, and she joins Chris in the joyous fun of footing pouring.
- One more PH footing is done.
- time: 4.25 hrs
08/05/07 - Sunday
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris loads up the Xterra with 800 lbs of cement for next footings. He unloads it @ the Powerhouse to the low tuned, high volume sounds of the 'Earthride' cd in the stereo.
- time: 30 min
306.01 Determine tasks Cass can do during week
213.17 Construct walls, 20' yurt
- C&C work on some problem boards together.
- Chris tesr-cuts moulding using new mitre saw.
- Time: 1 hr
213.36 Site cleanup
- c&c moved tool bin away from the window and relocated dropcloths so as to avoid sun-fading lines.
- time: 15 min
213.50 Construct Power House
- C&C dig for awhile, then pour next footing. Only one PH footing left to go. Chris digs out a big rock in the last footing area.
- time: 4.5 hrs
08/06/07 - Monday
Notes:
- rainy, humid, yucky. Cass cold most of day, has a hot chocolate, and wears light long underwear under site work pants. Also has to take a cold shower. Brr.
213.17 construct 20' walls
- After no luck trying to figure out how to get starter board on last wall to be ok, moves on to next tasks. Can't find nailset and has to email chris. Was on top of 20' door from yesterday's work. Ended up with only one board left to mark for one wall a
- Time: 3.25hrs
08/07/07 - Tuesday
Notes:
- what a horrible night. Cass went from very cold to overheated. Very humid and hotter, sick and yucky sleeping.
- Another night of cold shower (not sunny today even tho hot n humid), but at least air temp warm enough to make it ok-ish.
213.17 construct 20' walls
- Measured and marked several boards for end of one wall and around closet door on another.
- Was able to get a few small shim bits shoved in behind the board in corner,in upper mid section, so that starter board on last wall doesn't leave a gap there. Only a few boards of the new stock are straight enough to use on this wall. Found a couple m
- Time: 5.25hrs
08/08/07 - Wednesday
Notes:
- another hot HAG of a day, with horrible overnight sleeping. Rained through night and heavy heavy fogs thru most of morning. Another cold shower night since not enough sun, but again, air temp warm enough to make cold shower not-so-awful.
- at chris' suggestion, cass takes a couple hours off in afternoon to finish reading (he finished last night).
213.17 construct 20' walls
- went through board stock again and found a few boards that could possibly be ok to use on that last main wall. Thought had figured out two to use, but as installing one saw the side was visibly chewed up. Left out three boards to review w chris.
- got one small wall section sanded, and worked out a procedure with shims and sandpaper and rag to get the vertical beveling sanded (some are very rough!)
- Time: 2.25hrs
08/09/07 - Thursday
Notes:
- so much to doooooooo! Arghhh! Cass never gets up top to work.
213.36 site cleanup
- pulling weeds (especially vines that seem intent on taking over) off driveway, and away from woodpiles
- Time: 1hrs
- 8/10/07 - Friday
213.05 Deck: Stairs, North Side
- Chris marks and starts cutting stair stringers at the house.
- time: 30 min
213.09 Electrical rough in
- Chris continues working on lighting circuits.
- time: 30 min
213.36 Site Cleanup
- Cass was ripping creeper vines off Park Ave
- time: 45 min
213.17 Construct 20' walls
08/11/07 - Saturday
213.50 Construct Power House
- Chris digs and digs and...digs some more, removing another large rock in the process. Eventually the last footing hole was deep enough, and Cass joined Chris in the joyous fun of cement mixing and pouring.
- The last footing for the powerhouse is poured.
- Tools are transported up to the Utility Shed cement ppouring area.
- time: 5.0 hrs
213.36 Site Cleanup
- Chris does some
- time: 15 min
679.99 Structural Integrity Testing
- Todays test: Park Ave Porch
- C&C, using the little blue cooler as an aide, deem it up to snuff.
- time: n/a
306.01 Cass Tasks for the week
213.17 Construct 20' walls
- C&C review some shitty Home Depot wall boards in hopes some will work out. Shitty, shitty boards do they have at Home Depot. Lowering their standards allows C&C to pick a couple boards, which Cass installs with help from Chris and a bit of cursing
- time: 4 hrs
324.01 Deck angle add-on: design and create materials list
- Chris does some figgerin'.
- time: 30 min
288.09 Cut and store downed trees
- Chris moves logs from powerhouse to woodshed
- time: 30 min
08/12/07 - Sunday
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris gets more concretre mix, and also hauls remaining mix bags from power house up to MLA for utility shed work
- time: 1 hr
213.12 Utility Shed built
- Chris gets water ready for concrete work after unloading concrete mix in the morning. Then he gets the rebar and remesh ready, rescues a few frogs from the dug footing holes, tries to rescue a small rodent too but it didn't want help, removes a few rot
- After lunch, C&C kick ass and get two footings done.
- time: 5 hrs
213.17 Construct 20' walls
- Cass adds some boards to the wall and marks a few more boards for Chris to cut. Later, Cass installs a corner board, then she and Chris review installation of a wall top board. To end the day Chris cuts a few boards and planes the corner board Cass in
- time: 3 hrs
08/13/07 - Monday
Notes:
- Darn bugs! Darn bugs! Cass got several bites.
- Repeated gunshots in afternoon and early evening. Cass not pleased at all.
213.36 site cleanup
- pulled weeds out of driveway. Moved entry awning posts off front of deck
- Time: 0.5hrs
213.50 Construct power house
- grading under bldg begins: digging plants up and moving out of way
- Time: 0.5hrs
213.17 Construct walls - 20'
- all boards now installed (excepting any for inside of doit closet). Sanding walls sucks.
- Time: 3.75hrs
08/14/07 - Tuesday
Notes:
- Logging? Road work? Lots of beeping and the strain of heavy equipment noise throughout morning. Sounds so close. Argh argh argh argh!
- Cold morning. Clear skies. Would be a gorgeous day but for the planes and bugs and cass feeling so ill.
- One of Cass' bug bites musta been nasty because there's a huge bruise under it.
- Weekly review of tasks: the clearing of trees by PH and US are done, they are out of the area and footings/buildings in process. Getting the trees cut and stored is sep task. Therefore tasks 213.25 and 213.51 are being marked done. Stats:
- 213.25 Power House: clearing, 2.5 days total, done 7/8/07, under our estimate by 3.9375 days (time reallocated to building PH and cutting/storing downed trees)
- 213.51 Clear trees by Utility Shed, 1.90625 days total, done 7/7/07, under our estimate by 2.09375 days (time reallocated to cutting/storing downed trees)
213.17 Construct walls - 20'
- sanding sucks. If had a mask and goggles setup that worked might be somewhat better. Sanding dust all over. several spots boards crappy and splitting while sanding. Did best could. Walls are sanded.
- Time: 5.5hrs
08/15/07 - Wednesday
Notes:
- Brrr. Another cold start to the day, and clouds meaning...no warm showering.
- Got sunny and kinda nice later.
213.17 Construct walls - 20'
- started cleaning up walls from sanding. Tedious and messy. Started working on molding, took few measurements. Realized don't have guide for a 67.5 angle. Also, wall molding and door molding are not same width and thickness, meaning the planned 45 degr
- Time: 3.25hrs
288.09 Cut and store downed trees
- taking apart downed trees by the power house area, until got too buggy
- Time: 1.5hrs
08/16/07 - Thursday
Notes:
- Back to hot and HAG. Pouring sweat.
- And yet, with the cool and cloudy morn, shower only approaching lukewarm.
- As is becoming too usual for thursdays, lots of other tasks and not much sitework. Argh.
288.09 Cut and store downed trees
- more taking apart downed trees by the power house area
- Time: 2.75hrs
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris decides the rental car can carry cement and carts six bags over to YIPPEEland. The rental, though, cannot make it up the driveway.
- time: 30 min
08/17/07 - Friday
Notes:
- C+C's plans messed up by lack of Xterra.
213.12 Utility Shed built
- Chris fires up Harriott and drills a footing rod hole into a big ass rock. The nearby deer did not assist in anyway, though Chris did discover that mice like chewing through inexpensive extension cords.
- time: 15 min
213.52 Construct South-side stairs
- Chris drills into the rock for the post rods, then chips out flat spots for the posts to rest. Hammer drills are fun but heavy!
- time: 2.75 hrs
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris takes stock of what's in stock
- time:15 min
288.09 Cut and store downed trees
- more taking apart downed trees by the power house area
- Time: 2.25 hrs
213.17 Construct walls - 20'
- cleaning of walls and measuring for molding
- Time: 1.75
213.05 Deck: Stairs, North Side
- Chris finishes cutting and sanding stringers while @ hell-house.
- time: 30 min
213.17 Construct 20' walls
- Chris assembles the new table saw and test cuts moulding and wall tops.
- time: 2 hrs
08/18/07 - Saturday
Notes
- BrrrrrBrrrrBrrrBrrrrBrrrr- what "gorgeous weekend" ?
305.01 Garlic Spray
- Chris' plans to spray mosquito garlic were somewhaat foiled by mother nature and poor manufacturing. Ma Nature evaporated the water in the GIPPEE pond so only filtered was available for mixing, and the sprayer nozzles were all jammed up. Chris worked
- time: 90 min
742.00 Just a Bunch of Stuff That Happened
- Chris discovers that GIPPEE tent is taking a beating again due to high winds. Cass suggests taking the poles out and letting it rest flat untill wind dies down. This works out and also will make repairs to existing (and likely) damage easier.
- C&C hiked up to the MLA to empty a half-jug of waater into another jug so the empty could be refillef @ hell-house.
- Cass was really cold.
- time: 30 min
288.09 Cut and Store Downed Trees
- Cass did more work at powerhouse clearing
- time: 45 min
213.50 Construct Power House
- Cass worked on grading.
- time: 1.25 hrs
213.17 Construct 20' walls
- Chris cuts moulding and walltops, then discovers he can make a funky-angle moulding with the new table saw.
- Cass measures out wall moulding and sands/cleans walls.
- Chris cuts moulding
- time: 6.5 hrs
310.03 Plow and Chains off Vermoose (and Vermoose off the Big Boulder it Has Been Stuck On Since March)
- Chris finally gets to this last winter task. He discovers the reason the Vermoose was stuck: the right front was on top of a boulder. Not wheel-in-the-air stuck, more of ground drops away and leaf springs are resting on boulder. The Vermoose couldn't
- WooHoo - after getting unstuck, taking off the chains and disconnecting the plow, Winter Access tasks are DONE! (wait, is that a snowflake?)
- time: 2 hrs
08/19/07 - Sunday
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris loads up the Vermoose with stuff from down on Oregon Falls Road and heads to the MLA
- time: 1.25 hrs
300.45 Woodstove Maintenance/problems
- C&C clean out the pipes, dig out ash and temporarily patch a few pipe holes.
- Then, at 7:02 pm they start the first fire of the season.
- Isn't it still summer?
- time: 1 hr
306.01 Cass Tasks for the week
213.17 Construct 20' walls
- C&C work on measuring and cutting moulding
- time: 3 hrs
324.01 Deck angle add-on: design and create materials list
- C&C review so Cass can pick through on-hand boards for material
- time: 15 min
861.39 Movin' Stuff Around
288.09 Cut and Store downed trees
742.00 Just a Bunch of Stuff That Happened
- Chris fixes GIPPEE
- time: 1 hr
08/20/07 - Monday
Notes:
- Dog of a day... or, morning at least! Dogs barking incessantly most all morning. Geesh!
- Cold and grey day. Had to do a fire to shower.
213.17 construct walls - 20'
- finished cleanup of last sanded wall. Sanded and wiped down door casings, as well as molding that was cut and fit yesterday. Cleaned off ladder and brought in, wiped off tops of walls. Started install of aspen tops: pound flush nails as needed, fit, m
- Time: 4.25hrs
08/21/07 - Tuesday
Notes:
213.17 construct walls - 20'
- more work with the aspen tops: got mudroom section done. Started on moulding install: meauring for nail placement, piloting and then nailing in place. Realized that our sunday test fit was w/o aspen and so a few pcs no longer fit.
- Time: 4hrs
08/22/07 - Wednesday
Notes:
- Totally cloudy and grey, despite a forecast for lots of sunshine! Argh! Cold cold cold.
- Cass sick. Chores in littleyurt and preparations for next week makes for late start again today.
213.17 construct walls - 20'
- aspen up except for above do-it closet - have to ask chris re: covering the plates...cut out? Also, skip the angle tops? Cut moulding pcs are up, more marked.
- Time: 4hrs
08/23/07 - Thursday
Notes:
- Chris stuck in Chicago! Before this cancellation occurred, there was a tornado warning which had him and fellow travelers shuffled off to underground location.
- Between flight prob and no Xterra STILL...is a difficult start to week off!!!!
- Cass lots of prep for upcoming week, that doesn't count towards site time.
226.41 Clean and prep: SIPPEE and GIPPEE
- cass does the SIPPEE part
- time: 0.75hrs
- .288.09 cut and store downed trees
- cass' first use of micromoose, uphill to fill with the PH kindling pile and slalom down to PA and store/breakup
- Time: 0.5hrs
08/24/07 - Friday
Notes:
- HAG HAG HAG!!!! Hot so hot! Humid so humid!
- Chris back to YIPPEELand late afternoon, lunch and task review, packup to head out again and do short version of Friday: basically all but shopping. Lvs at around 5pm and back around 10:30pm. After unpacking and situated, C+C try to review shopping li
213.17 construct walls - 20'
- Cass marks avail moulding, and a few other boards, and gets count on some supplies for tomorrow. (while in the hot humid hot hot yurt)
- Time: 1.5hrs
08/25/07 - Saturday
Notes:
- Even MORE HAG! 95F and more than 95% humidity for sure. C+C pouring sweat as they review upcoming week, coordinate and compile lists for shopping, trips to house during week etc. Ugh ugh. Chris heads out around 1pm ish. Cass does chores down in the me
213.17 construct walls - 20'
- measuring selecting and marking boards for closet, including cutouts for top brace. is a big pile of chris-to-cut now.
- Time: 2hrs
324.02 Deck Angle Add-on: reallocate onhand materials
- picked thru boards onhand. Don't look too good, but at this point neither do deck boards outside on the deck! Selected and marked. Set a couple aside to ck w/chris if ok.
- Time: 1hr
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris loads up the rental Armada, chips a tail-light cover, and curses Home Depot's crappy board selection (noot in that order)
- time: 2 hrs
08/26/07 - Sunday
Notes
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris oversleeps so vehicluar transport is rescheduled for tomorrow. He does hand-carry up some moulding, then later brings up the staining screenhouse.
- time: 30 min
742.00 Just a Bunch of Stuff That Happened
- Chris attempst s to try out new walkie-talkies but discovers they require AAA batteries, which was not what Chris had expected.
- time: 15 min
213.12 Utility Shed built
- Chris epoxies rebar in and does a half-footing solo. Later, C&C do the last Utility Shed footing together, completing it at 5:07 pm. Then they pulled weeds.
- time: 4.5 hrs
323.01 Rodents under WC
- Chris sets a peanut buttery trap for those pesky mice. As a backup, if the mice DO escape the traps after a nibble they will die eventually from the nasty ingredients in the el cheapo Skippy peanut butter. Which, in our opinion, shouldn't even COUNT as
213.36 Site Cleanup
- Chris removes som.e weeds from near the storage shed.
279.26 Setup Sealing Screenhouse
- On the MLA deck
- time: 1.25 hrs
213.17 Construct 20' walls
- Cass works on moulding marking, aspen wall top fitting and inserting
- Chris cuts some boards to wrap up work up top for the day.
- time: 2.5 hrs
324.02 Deck Angle Add-on: reallocate onhanf materials
- Cass finds useful boards in scrap pile and reviews with Chris.
- time: 15 min
288.08 Split and stack firewood
- yep, that time again.
- time: 30 min
08/27/07 - Monday
Notes
- The Xterra still isn't back from Nissan. Grrrrrr
275.04 - Materials Transport
- Chris' plan to get up at 5:00 a.m. and drive uphill was foiled by the lack of light sufficient to facilitate putting on the yurt window for Cassandra's protection. Sometime between 5:00 and 6:15 light came and Chris finally woke up. Then he and the r
- time: 1 hr
305.01 Garlic Spray
- a.m session, Chris does GIPPEE and the woodshed area, wearing a vinyl rainsuit that rips out in the crotch after five minutes and holds in lots of sweat and heat.
- p.m. session, Chris dons the suit again to do Park Ave and the MLA. The suit rip expands up the butt crack and down each leg, and Chris drips lots of sweat.
- time: 2 hrs
213.50 Construct Power House
- Chris starts marking beams and joists for trimming.
- Cass does some land grading, then joins Chris for marking beams and joists.
- C&C do some digging and grading and rock hucking and branch dragging.
- To save battery power C&C opt for hand-cutting beams and joists, which goes surprisingly fast.
- time: 4.25 hrs
226.40 Fix SIPPEE zippers
742.00 Just a Bunch of Stuff That Happened
- Chris has a dandy time removing old handles from two shovel heads to replace with new ones. The removal tools included a drill, four standard drill bits of varied size, three paddle-type drill bits, one 3/8*5" lag screw, one 1/2"*12" galvanized carriag
- time: 1.25 hrs
213.17 Construct 20' walls
- Cass installs more wall top boards
- C&C handcut wallboards
- Cass installs closet walls
- time: 1.75 hrs
213.05 Deck: stairs (north side)
- C&C finalize plans and mark stringers for installlation cuts. Cass finds some scraps for use as structural parts
- time: .75 hrs
226.41 Clean & Prep SIPPEE & GIPPEE
- G&S are c&p'ed
- time: 1 hr
213.64 Construct Deck Angle Add-on
- Chris cuts boards by the last light of the sun and the first light of the full moon
- time: 0.5 hrs
08/28/07 - Tuesday
Notes
- Team YIPPEE Mike arrives for his second Vermont 'Venture.
213.05 Deck: stairs (north side)
- Chris does first round of cuts
- Later he sands a few stair boards @ Hellhouse.
- time: 0.5 hrs
213.64 Construct Deck Angle Add-on
- Chris finishes first round of cuts
- time: 0.25 hrs
213.17 Construct 20' walls
- More moulding cut
- time: 1.5
213.50 Construct Power House
- Cass does sealing setup and sealing
- Chris grades
- time: 4 hrs
742.00 Just a Bunch of Stuff That Happened
- Cass washes bug shirts
- time: 0.5 hrs
08/29/07 - Wednesday
288.09 cut and store downed trees
- Chris and Mike work at Powerhouse. They test a few transport methods before settling on the contolled roll method.
- Mike suggests harnessing the deer to drag logs. The deer are not impressed.
- Time: 6 hrs
213.50 Construct Power House
- Cass does sealing.
- time: 4.5 hrs
213.05 Deck: stairs (north side)
- Cass starts staining and recycles a beam scrap for a structural part.
- time: 0.5 hrs
213.64 Construct Deck Angle Add-on
- Cass starts staining
- time: 0.25 hrs
08/30/07 - Thursday
275.04 Materials Transport
- Chris and Mike relocated 2*10s from the rental Nissan to the MLA
- time: 15 min
213.05 Deck: stairs (north side)
- Chris cuts stair boards for staining.
- Cass starts staining.
- Chris and Mike attempt stair support install, but it is too high. Chris and Cass come up with an alternate plan and Chris preps for Cass to do some additional staining.
- time: 1.75 hrs
288.09 cut and store downed trees
- Mike and Chris continue at the Powerhouse, finishing up on the big trees downed behind where the building will be. Mike says of logging, "It's hard work. I like it."
- time: 3.75 hrs
213.50 Construct Power House
- Cass peels cardboard tubes off footings, then continues sealing joists and beams.
- time: 3 hrs
742.00 Just a Bunch of Stuff That Happened
- Chris and Mike line the GIPPEE pond with plastic in hopes of capturing any rain that may fall.
- time: 0.25 hrs
213.64 Construct Deck Angle Add-on
- Mike and Chris (and Cass, too) install some joists and do some recutting.
- time: 1.25 hrs
213.52 Construct South-side stairs
- Chris selects posts from 4*4 scraps
- time: 0.5 hrs
08/31/07 - Friday
Notes
- Chris does some early morning off-site tasks. Cass gets prepped for today and tomorrow, and Mike sleeps in.
213.50 Construct Power House
- Chris and Mike make beams for the platform.
- Mike finishes the footing cardboard removal task.
- time: 6.5 hrs
213.05 Deck: stairs (north side)
- Cass continues staining and sealing work
- time: 5 hrs
213.52 Construct South-side stairs
- Mike scrubs nastiness off 4*4 post scraps
- time: 0.5 hrs
213.12 Utility Shed built
- Mike scrubs nastiness off 6*6 post scraps, then does footing cardboard removal.
- time: 0.75 hrs
213.64 Construct Deck Angle Add-on
- Cass finalies joist sizing, Chris cuts, and Cass seals.
- Later, Chris installs a joist in a really tight spot.
- time: 1.25 hrs
288.09 cut and store downed trees
- Mike starts removing branches from trees near MLA.
- time: 1 hr
