caption id=”attachment_251″ align=”aligncenter” width=”300″ caption=”Great room rafters go up”][/captioncaption id="attachment_249" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="James with his witches hat and Ann looking rather fat (that's scary)"][/caption]It poured buckets on the way up the mountain. I’d hoped to drive up with Stewart, but I had too many errands to do en route….like playing the Great Pumpkin for [...]
It took four people, two wall jacks plus Dan to get this beam safely installed
The pause in commentary/pictures is not due to bad weather. In fact it has been Indian summer at its finest on the mountain. Perfect weather for hard working construction crews and lovely for the rather sedentary viewer. One time I went [...]
Fun, fun, FUN. On the way up the mountain, just about where the uphill lane twins out, it became apparent there was snow on the trees. By the time I got to Govy it was winter wonderland. Heading down the Still Creek road I opened the window to hear that soft quiet [...]
Still more chimney action and the stair well started up and some big action on the heavy beams attached to the fireplace chimney. I’m so glad the carpenter crew is comprised of strong young men. Yike! those glue-lam beams look heavy.
A bit cool in the morning but the rains held off.
Tomorrow the floor [...]
We all knew the rains would come and it looks like we’re in for a week or so of it, but fortunately some things are starting to get covered. The garage roof is on (except for the metal) and is now covered in black plastic. The floor gets poured Tuesday.
Today the second floor started….very exciting. [...]