bale story

Long Time No Write

Sun, 5 Aug 2007 19:52:48 -0700

We still aren’t moved in but we’ve passed a huge milestone. The interior plaster work is finished. Now, all that’s left, is some minor carpentry finish work and LOTS of cleanup. We’ll probably start moving in little by little in another week. There’s been so much done in the last few months (plaste

FINAL INSPECTIONS PASS

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:25:23 -0700

Final plumbing passed on April 12th, electrical on Friday the 13th and final building passed on April 16th. We had an awesome push the last few weeks with amazing efforts by Michael, Ira, Seth, Mike and Michele, Iza and Mik. We also had another plaster party - big thanks to Felipe, Marco, Roger, Eve

Plaster/Finish Work Continues

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:29:29 -0700

How would you like to be woken up by your horse asking to be fed - right outside your bedroom window?? That’s what happened when Mariah woke us up Saturday morning to get us up for plastering. The last two weekends have been spent sifting excavated clay, horse manure, and cooking wheat paste for o

LOADS OF BUSY

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:23:42 -0800

It’s been almost 2 months since my last update. It’s been really busy. I’ve had my hands full with plumbing and electrical and, I’m very happy to say, are complete - plumbing top-out passed on Jan 25 and the electrical rough-in and branch circuits will pass tomorrow (hopefully). We’ve had insulation

Tulikivi

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:06:07 -0800

Last week, 2 guys from Alaska Masonry Heat installed our Tulikivi soapstone heater. It’s complete except for the area where the chimney pipe exits the satellite and we still need to punch the chimney pipe through the roof. This will get done next week and, hopefully, for Christmas, we will be enjoyi