Monday, December 21, 2009

Lovin the Country Life.

So far so good with the shack and everything. We've survived some pretty wicked weather up here. It kinda sounds like everyone everywhere is having a little of that off and on. Lots of snow in alot of the south too I hear. What a weird year for weather again. Personally I like it when it stays a little bit cold, just so things are'nt melting and making a big mess then freezing again. If it stay below freezing the snow wipes or sweeps off things pretty easy, but lately I'm finding alot of boards need a good ice scraping in order to build with it. That sucks.
I lost a few days when it was severe cold out, then when the weather warmed up a bit, just as I thought, they needed me at work, so that took another 3 days of my building time, but I guess I'm that much wealthier also so it just does'nt really matter. Today is the shortest day of the year and everyday is going to get a little longer from here till the shack is built. (Hopefully). So that is something to really look forward too. Especially when you're running solar energy. The solar thing is going good, but because of the extreme cold temperatures, I do find myself running the generator a little more than I would like to. More to keep the batteries at a warmer temp than anything. This is a minor little problem that will be rectified in the new cabin when it is done. As far as I know, I can have the batteries in the basement if things are all done right. This would solve alot of problems, but if for some reason I can't put them down there, then there are still other ways.

Well I have four walls up finally. When I look at this basement, it is going to be a pretty tall house for the size of it. It might even look kinda funny, but I don't care. I will enjoy the veiw. The walls that are going up next are a little more than 10 feet tall, then the trusses with a 1 to 1 slope(I guess that's what it is called). These basement walls are 8 feet tall.

I am really enjoying the building process lately, even though we have been getting alot of snow off and on, and the weather has been windy and chilly, but warm enough to build in anyway. I probably wont get much accomplished on the cabin tomorrow, besides getting some building supplies and a tiny little bit of Christmas shopping and other supplies etc.

12 comments:

  1. Man if you can build in that weather you can do anything. Great to see the progress, and I'm sure you will be happy when it's done. I may start on mine after the first of the year. Still need to find the land after the first failure.

    Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

    God Bless.

    See Ya

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  2. Wow.... Lookin' great Mark!!
    Hope you have a wonderful Christmas. :)

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  3. I guess ya kinda get used to the weather up here Tony. I dress rediculously warm and keep moving around and after awhile you just don't even realize just how cold it is. I'm actually not a real lover of the cold myself, but I gotta get it all done sometime in this lifetime. I should have bought a chunk of land in Belize or Costa Rica or something, but then I'd be worried about snakes and gators and all that. lol. Merry Christmas to you too Tony.

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  4. Thanks Jeanie. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas yourself. I've got my fingers crossed for some real nice Christmas weather down your way.

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  5. Wow Hermit. I'm really liking your progress and ambition to build in frigid temperatures. You are doing great!!!!! Its nice when you have the time to move forward. What size is your cabin going to be? ~jen

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  6. Hi...looks like the previous comments already said what I wanted to say.*smile*...Oh well KUDOS Mark for a job well done. Oh by the way, I think it would be way cool to have a tall house and you are right, the views would be awesome. Tree house anyone?

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  7. Looks pretty damn good for the weather conditions, my friend! I'd say you are getting a lot done!

    Just think how much you are going to enjoy the Spring!

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  8. Hiya Bud!! Just dropped back home for a day...want to wish you and Traction a very Happy New Year!!

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  9. Thanks Jen. It's all happening slowly, but it's happening. It is going to be 16x24 feet. Full basement, main floor, and half a loft looking down on things. Hope you had a good Christmas and have a happy New Year.

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  10. Thank you Diane. I kinda like tall and looking down on things. It will help over look shading from surrounding trees on the roof mounted solar panels also. Happy New Year to you Diane.

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  11. Thanks Jim. The weather is one thing that I can blame when things don't go as quickly as they should, even if it is not at fault. lol. But in reality, it does slow you down somewhat. We had a cold snap here that I tried to build in, but boards shattered and the cord on my circular saw did'nt want to bend very easily. Happy New Year Jim.

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  12. Thanks for stopping in Cath. Happy New Year to you guys from Traction and myself.

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