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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyERKWhFjg-MgpcuIKYRKHuVh_9CxzsWnD-Hm6NOD-u7gFB15nwinS4R0Lo4lNCz2aJd9FG88iAGbzl9R3lYsiRawxQDaEXZcLU44oglWIvbwPItn724rwj_21cA-qHl9wWN5JpZrd9jg/s320/CH+11-02-16+HSE+FM+CUL-DE-SAC+-FAR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636786661219495890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Finish site work took place in February.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-UX-TBxH7pWb7CnpDFQDuQYZSh5Kt2lNEAINM7PUVzPRGiYD0zNo_AqLrEvXTGfSm-oB5I3GAjt87kOuEBOgQZSfE0jznpF1M0WlGo8ro0ZqKG3RJsNTctnhrRUmyd4mTq1mLLbO2Bs/s1600/CH+11-02-16+HSE+FM+SOUTH+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-UX-TBxH7pWb7CnpDFQDuQYZSh5Kt2lNEAINM7PUVzPRGiYD0zNo_AqLrEvXTGfSm-oB5I3GAjt87kOuEBOgQZSfE0jznpF1M0WlGo8ro0ZqKG3RJsNTctnhrRUmyd4mTq1mLLbO2Bs/s320/CH+11-02-16+HSE+FM+SOUTH+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636786475349380642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A gravel driveway installed, and grass seed scattered and covered.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsakWpuz5K_GAfYQEfaxiBCB_gU8N8UQLuQ3MOBIgwefn5LvrDaikMgiJsFEGn6jLacsJ9VYutIa0drFPCbIAWzMyFyQmAjUDbhQ25Nw-yFIaBeb3nJupoBpdQI52TTCrYcQCA9GxSg8/s1600/CH+11-02-16+DROVE+FM+HSE+-AARON.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsakWpuz5K_GAfYQEfaxiBCB_gU8N8UQLuQ3MOBIgwefn5LvrDaikMgiJsFEGn6jLacsJ9VYutIa0drFPCbIAWzMyFyQmAjUDbhQ25Nw-yFIaBeb3nJupoBpdQI52TTCrYcQCA9GxSg8/s320/CH+11-02-16+DROVE+FM+HSE+-AARON.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636786473129140450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The first thing I did was drive off the gravel into the mud.</div><div style="text-align: center;">AAA came and struggled but got me out, and then</div><div style="text-align: center;">our ace site man Aaron came and cleaned up the mess.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHfclsuwwPB73oSqi4yWFD8jh-hxZRCBy12gtbHiKexnJUsycX-4zyypGeKfz52veCNidqgYSv0UpPHhPY1ly5nK-U7-XZxS2l1Zm9TRYTcQ_VpsyzLHOuo1nJz2ixYK9XdbQyQz5a60/s1600/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHfclsuwwPB73oSqi4yWFD8jh-hxZRCBy12gtbHiKexnJUsycX-4zyypGeKfz52veCNidqgYSv0UpPHhPY1ly5nK-U7-XZxS2l1Zm9TRYTcQ_VpsyzLHOuo1nJz2ixYK9XdbQyQz5a60/s320/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636786473669439218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We left off the previous post with the stairs installed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next step was getting glass "balusters" put in.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_89ngx_5nQqXnxo4Lye1RD0MAjMY-XATWNWbreNUM_LBDW-attOvHewSibMzWlV71on2qelgpEFxL7o2grFg9HZM5vM8ecWXrWiWuAUjf-pTZZJ7pnm_wfFY5UIrqAEO2V2t_JVb3tg/s1600/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_89ngx_5nQqXnxo4Lye1RD0MAjMY-XATWNWbreNUM_LBDW-attOvHewSibMzWlV71on2qelgpEFxL7o2grFg9HZM5vM8ecWXrWiWuAUjf-pTZZJ7pnm_wfFY5UIrqAEO2V2t_JVb3tg/s320/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636786468281982738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I wasn't there to take picutres of it, but Clayton and the team did a great job.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjLaCzGp9vX5GPKrYGQfgnntSmUIjvZfzoCLo-mmOlAdzfBa6Y6aKp3Xa8TOx2BsE4pfsXB5b5IQSL9CbgCE2Dlg-BRPL3e5-ac2znRHrUkgoFx_7kwLFk2biiQJzaRtLCUuewIYpYmU/s1600/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+-3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjLaCzGp9vX5GPKrYGQfgnntSmUIjvZfzoCLo-mmOlAdzfBa6Y6aKp3Xa8TOx2BsE4pfsXB5b5IQSL9CbgCE2Dlg-BRPL3e5-ac2znRHrUkgoFx_7kwLFk2biiQJzaRtLCUuewIYpYmU/s320/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636786468055257138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The grating casts interesting shadows.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyd02MlDgvIa9pAlUoYXti0GT3QwwAykGu0X9y7PaKEox2iCmF_ajuv-oCHsHss39S170-mcLMwF2py1uj66Q4LfNUolIRMiZ04Wd4KGUddtP7hBxFw10NX5honz9LtDl3tdlKjzuxclA/s1600/CH+11-02-16+INT%2527R+2+LVL+-+S.E.+HALL++LKG+EAST.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyd02MlDgvIa9pAlUoYXti0GT3QwwAykGu0X9y7PaKEox2iCmF_ajuv-oCHsHss39S170-mcLMwF2py1uj66Q4LfNUolIRMiZ04Wd4KGUddtP7hBxFw10NX5honz9LtDl3tdlKjzuxclA/s320/CH+11-02-16+INT%2527R+2+LVL+-+S.E.+HALL++LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636785592146639298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, inside, the cedar siding has been laid up. Looking thru a door,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the alignment of the outside siding and inside siding is apparent.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVsAgrM_Esuaup80eGi1yQeI0U3G-y7kvEwv3THX9S74RXNWRIHgSNq8GV3pUkIIRqkr7oWHTB-GcOLfThTAPxltCaQVH7Oh6YxDx5fxSnu2wBlV12mA43-2mNGv8c67PPBeBeDKCPtY/s1600/CH+11-02-16+INT%2527R+2+LVL+-+ENGAWA+LKG+EAST.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVsAgrM_Esuaup80eGi1yQeI0U3G-y7kvEwv3THX9S74RXNWRIHgSNq8GV3pUkIIRqkr7oWHTB-GcOLfThTAPxltCaQVH7Oh6YxDx5fxSnu2wBlV12mA43-2mNGv8c67PPBeBeDKCPtY/s320/CH+11-02-16+INT%2527R+2+LVL+-+ENGAWA+LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636785592778483138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Looking east in the Engawa at the inside/outside alignment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish electrical is in; the white switch is temporary, final will </div><div style="text-align: center;">be black similar to the plug mold receptacle inserted in the siding. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(See it half-way down the wall?)</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LZG5U77LT0hWq5RqCtJsgzvkMj7BVIqycyvbU6t5UOrajU48DI2-uNIF34LVuyU_zTIoAxVXJ9zKAsSXD-E4zNy6z6xz1EeIEszfvnKYisN6AN73ClMfJta4v-thTiGe_-wuvBsJBZM/s1600/CH+11-02-16+INT%2527R+2+LVL+-SW+HALL+LKG+WEST.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LZG5U77LT0hWq5RqCtJsgzvkMj7BVIqycyvbU6t5UOrajU48DI2-uNIF34LVuyU_zTIoAxVXJ9zKAsSXD-E4zNy6z6xz1EeIEszfvnKYisN6AN73ClMfJta4v-thTiGe_-wuvBsJBZM/s320/CH+11-02-16+INT%2527R+2+LVL+-SW+HALL+LKG+WEST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636785589336273250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">On the first level, with clearstory window above.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be hard to stain this grey like the outside, no?</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Z6f2emWI-zudIpDEU2Myip5LUD4cJ85T58a6StJS1n3KnLw7DCpHXBJ8E8gZeMkBja-VGqjhyphenhyphenbZ1YaOY6fHb_F58DlpHcDsQ-rgI_EiYtT6plV8QwDB4z3LNlu704wyhAqJcxFU6Sn4/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+LKG+SOUTH+PKT+DRS+OPEN.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Z6f2emWI-zudIpDEU2Myip5LUD4cJ85T58a6StJS1n3KnLw7DCpHXBJ8E8gZeMkBja-VGqjhyphenhyphenbZ1YaOY6fHb_F58DlpHcDsQ-rgI_EiYtT6plV8QwDB4z3LNlu704wyhAqJcxFU6Sn4/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+LKG+SOUTH+PKT+DRS+OPEN.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636785585466286082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The insulating pocket doors are in as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here they are open on the 2nd Level.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Note the floor protection is coming off, </div><div style="text-align: center;">revealing the black concrete topping slab;</div><div style="text-align: center;">and art work is going on the walls..)</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uWZZJoEiRmjfb_L69ONHGZ-o2plSe30LtaVjsFcPrSIB0Pg3A8KjN9zXELf8k-Giowkd1KsDyxDYH-3Ht5G4j0TifTwCJySNrP8eKbgf21WcPlCNkcWis5vMJ-1gIOTkxcqjAb1HnVY/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+LKG+SOUT+PKT+DRS+CLOSED.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uWZZJoEiRmjfb_L69ONHGZ-o2plSe30LtaVjsFcPrSIB0Pg3A8KjN9zXELf8k-Giowkd1KsDyxDYH-3Ht5G4j0TifTwCJySNrP8eKbgf21WcPlCNkcWis5vMJ-1gIOTkxcqjAb1HnVY/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+LKG+SOUT+PKT+DRS+CLOSED.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636785585018803282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Now they are closed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Note the arrival of a mobile below the skylight.)</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpwKofNrZTTsb7oOaNKiS6F9oy09h5_g_59-gSwIYayT7ZTg561Bk200bcVz8Ix6tdrrXruZaBuz8yTsdI4lfcjde86LLqIpuxRVjSC4XsKZVD7UtBUdATR_a5ON6Egj-aZzsSW4bafc/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+SO+HALL+PKT+DOORS+CLOSED.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpwKofNrZTTsb7oOaNKiS6F9oy09h5_g_59-gSwIYayT7ZTg561Bk200bcVz8Ix6tdrrXruZaBuz8yTsdI4lfcjde86LLqIpuxRVjSC4XsKZVD7UtBUdATR_a5ON6Egj-aZzsSW4bafc/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+SO+HALL+PKT+DOORS+CLOSED.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636783152177561922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Same closed doors, from the SE hall.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_thvtuF8K_fWt0vD0iawGoVHugZZWdX4KY0gf74p3Rx8URoMeLbCmdUnVhW06QIptVTWXAB5AqgL9bCrk82F8gQXguOdSbxDnXpA5vdVyrXg2RVVaagfq9BMqvOEMun6OL0HBMr8Elwg/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+SO+HALL+PKT+DRS+OPEN.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_thvtuF8K_fWt0vD0iawGoVHugZZWdX4KY0gf74p3Rx8URoMeLbCmdUnVhW06QIptVTWXAB5AqgL9bCrk82F8gQXguOdSbxDnXpA5vdVyrXg2RVVaagfq9BMqvOEMun6OL0HBMr8Elwg/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+SO+HALL+PKT+DRS+OPEN.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636783152257029170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Now open, looking west across the living/dining space.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAXQYSNYkuqg42A2kimS843L6-RtiJuaCBvhrMSKMpa8ozgJ0vkvIxyjf__IfL3R-CdzMrT9YoMxQx2svXuTx6RjJuQgS7ULMD2fmYA-oe5jV4A0INaBNDqTaK8Ebtfnl4z8HMusKnqc/s1600/CH+11-02-16+INT%2527R+2+LVL+-+SKYLITE%252C+NORTH+CLEARSTORY.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAXQYSNYkuqg42A2kimS843L6-RtiJuaCBvhrMSKMpa8ozgJ0vkvIxyjf__IfL3R-CdzMrT9YoMxQx2svXuTx6RjJuQgS7ULMD2fmYA-oe5jV4A0INaBNDqTaK8Ebtfnl4z8HMusKnqc/s320/CH+11-02-16+INT%2527R+2+LVL+-+SKYLITE%252C+NORTH+CLEARSTORY.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636783149037337106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Another view of the mobile.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7ChcU-NaXwAMprQv5H1Pj6WPn3KC3DAlzpvK0S_r6CB-F3VKk48gqpIVo5xWhypZgAcuqpoGLmef54nPpSS7wkJjTBaBor6c_d1-4C31l5lDNBNR8mg9uBbV5w3cjS31u3bJJkqPpZY/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+JOE+SWEEPS.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7ChcU-NaXwAMprQv5H1Pj6WPn3KC3DAlzpvK0S_r6CB-F3VKk48gqpIVo5xWhypZgAcuqpoGLmef54nPpSS7wkJjTBaBor6c_d1-4C31l5lDNBNR8mg9uBbV5w3cjS31u3bJJkqPpZY/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+JOE+SWEEPS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636783147203526450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">All this carpentry requires clean up. Thank you Joey!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iaJ_9Mm80ZwJDcPTqBNUThLGANTqF3B6oPD4fQNZ-ZjlhL9H9rIzarANBJJNUGneeXRudW2cI2-ecvT6hb2TpGdXSd2hOBSm4YOM5DnI1loAL-DHoc7SofaqdnOvuO96f65YJWezi4c/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+SITE-CLEAN+UP+DEBRIS.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iaJ_9Mm80ZwJDcPTqBNUThLGANTqF3B6oPD4fQNZ-ZjlhL9H9rIzarANBJJNUGneeXRudW2cI2-ecvT6hb2TpGdXSd2hOBSm4YOM5DnI1loAL-DHoc7SofaqdnOvuO96f65YJWezi4c/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+SITE-CLEAN+UP+DEBRIS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636783144572051890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As well as removal of debris and left-overs.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TuoUn2roowu3NQ9v-cNlynbkGjot_vp1fnNss3Ht507q2WdIXC2pHrUeeQRsVN_xJCkLoF0eGs_LcEmK82e4fU_2fCgF4ChGs1IyccMBpyZQts_SWJvP7Ed5wVqHYaA8UJOPGn2MvEk/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+HVAC-DAVE+INSTALLS+FLUE.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TuoUn2roowu3NQ9v-cNlynbkGjot_vp1fnNss3Ht507q2WdIXC2pHrUeeQRsVN_xJCkLoF0eGs_LcEmK82e4fU_2fCgF4ChGs1IyccMBpyZQts_SWJvP7Ed5wVqHYaA8UJOPGn2MvEk/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+HVAC-DAVE+INSTALLS+FLUE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636782656738522946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The fireplace was installed. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here David is placing the top sections of the flue.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNIWcsXs6BeHNWB3u4XXBsJkbiGYw6sRfwxd5VxsUZYH32qAbdbmgMhzbXtXCveKMib4M_KxxFCWIu8kUB3uh_6ukf3QK8996MDWLFU1RmNsMH_G4nD5YtpLYUZvKlyy4aQ8VjTP3FP8/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+CHASE+WITH+FLUE.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNIWcsXs6BeHNWB3u4XXBsJkbiGYw6sRfwxd5VxsUZYH32qAbdbmgMhzbXtXCveKMib4M_KxxFCWIu8kUB3uh_6ukf3QK8996MDWLFU1RmNsMH_G4nD5YtpLYUZvKlyy4aQ8VjTP3FP8/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+2ND+LVL+CHASE+WITH+FLUE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636782279113329186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The mechanical chase is getting crowded.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJWMD8_HDOJ5oeHXuSqEd_vYOw4E3oJ4CYLUzU8QhlvwuPpLRED2sdpFE7BWdgV8ERwBt-mb1mXyVkFszY_w9d6cJBDrK9rzPGKwBqaeW5jP8VlwbTookg-w7MIcpenHU53GkO6mFuPs/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+HVAC-DAVE+INSTALLS+FLUE+ON+ROOF.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJWMD8_HDOJ5oeHXuSqEd_vYOw4E3oJ4CYLUzU8QhlvwuPpLRED2sdpFE7BWdgV8ERwBt-mb1mXyVkFszY_w9d6cJBDrK9rzPGKwBqaeW5jP8VlwbTookg-w7MIcpenHU53GkO6mFuPs/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+HVAC-DAVE+INSTALLS+FLUE+ON+ROOF.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636782274589354962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Out the chimney box comes the flue.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIV9bTGVNqfr23xcRjXfchgRp0yNbF7Cv-42A7UVY5n2OU3_rokPx-R3JYifY225Xk2k9pmpQ1A7CqOXMVpqGvOw7XnoO7OcHbLIwGvuzE35sZfuy8YkheE0jdz9N1Tt-p2l2IX2Ya5SE/s1600/CH+11-05-03+-+HVAC-DAVE+LITES+FIRST+FIRE.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIV9bTGVNqfr23xcRjXfchgRp0yNbF7Cv-42A7UVY5n2OU3_rokPx-R3JYifY225Xk2k9pmpQ1A7CqOXMVpqGvOw7XnoO7OcHbLIwGvuzE35sZfuy8YkheE0jdz9N1Tt-p2l2IX2Ya5SE/s320/CH+11-05-03+-+HVAC-DAVE+LITES+FIRST+FIRE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636782275660804802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">FIRE 'er up and see if she smokes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Didn't!)</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsGIdbvAK-qSFr7hpU1rtO-lKfWdSALgbZ8nluekwppxMOUTAoAWSbENB9anqrkacheAinCPqk0Huc_JfGGxnc575ac_OTidGbr-ujaMA06mJ0gmp23IFgr5p0A02oPrfI7m6HlAHI3Q/s1600/OR+CH+11-07-03+-+HSE+INT%2527R-2+LVL-BATH-WEST.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsGIdbvAK-qSFr7hpU1rtO-lKfWdSALgbZ8nluekwppxMOUTAoAWSbENB9anqrkacheAinCPqk0Huc_JfGGxnc575ac_OTidGbr-ujaMA06mJ0gmp23IFgr5p0A02oPrfI7m6HlAHI3Q/s320/OR+CH+11-07-03+-+HSE+INT%2527R-2+LVL-BATH-WEST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636782273601518258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">2nd Level bath got fixtures and temporary lighting on this side....</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCz-vsWEIsBjKl5ssaXVlge7xyp-3s2CgK3aCKvCl5srbjbya7sUlnuFq1DQPqhfZp5-665o9A7e-gf4Cd4NAZowuRHwHyHsB86qTfB4dKi5ooKYl-PHtL6b-QMOUgG_Rc-e7geH36-Cs/s1600/OR+CH+11-07-03+-+HSE+INT%2527R-2+LVL-BATH-EAST.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCz-vsWEIsBjKl5ssaXVlge7xyp-3s2CgK3aCKvCl5srbjbya7sUlnuFq1DQPqhfZp5-665o9A7e-gf4Cd4NAZowuRHwHyHsB86qTfB4dKi5ooKYl-PHtL6b-QMOUgG_Rc-e7geH36-Cs/s320/OR+CH+11-07-03+-+HSE+INT%2527R-2+LVL-BATH-EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636782271258241490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...and shower tile and cove light on the other.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj693u0bWTUTpPHXJT4cj6N5Ilc5s46C6Bc79iR6mqkwPjwvswmFGgNJkcLoGhYUuyuxlwN0AS7bohhQGpPTWWsxjCcT-6TeUS0S5C0nguCKpFj4eKTaqbrBIHH9XzVguLPMWpHPFg-H9M/s1600/OR+CH+11-07-03+-+HSE+INT%2527R-2+LVL-KITCHEN+LGK+EAST.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj693u0bWTUTpPHXJT4cj6N5Ilc5s46C6Bc79iR6mqkwPjwvswmFGgNJkcLoGhYUuyuxlwN0AS7bohhQGpPTWWsxjCcT-6TeUS0S5C0nguCKpFj4eKTaqbrBIHH9XzVguLPMWpHPFg-H9M/s320/OR+CH+11-07-03+-+HSE+INT%2527R-2+LVL-KITCHEN+LGK+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781827133847122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A temporary kitchen, with a sink and cook-top went in, but</div><div style="text-align: center;">we flunked the final inspection because the counter top was not</div><div style="text-align: center;"> a water-proof surface. Instead of doing that, the permanent </div><div style="text-align: center;">cabinets and counter top are being made.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalbJa9ZyG2HYXGwhDIyjcdL0HqZ-IaU2WF87iQuD2_d7Wl7KR_T4PHyCw2LAnlCqwMZMlFb1Mi6FIkjkg3fCfUHpySVHiIFc8qxpO-omcQblo8bFCUu3a5EYIF0SHb4_BhJCQbhBdzkA/s1600/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalbJa9ZyG2HYXGwhDIyjcdL0HqZ-IaU2WF87iQuD2_d7Wl7KR_T4PHyCw2LAnlCqwMZMlFb1Mi6FIkjkg3fCfUHpySVHiIFc8qxpO-omcQblo8bFCUu3a5EYIF0SHb4_BhJCQbhBdzkA/s320/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781827266088098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">However, cooking can occur on the B_B_Q!!!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJ_do3EU_kPeqnhzVyV-Ae4eoBS9ywVpIecjTaqOaLCm6Vl2-WjJnV-anVXc7HzCQdX2ucwBbCDN1zszqWsNBmGlF0tNJGFGnk-2Oqt3SZ9NMYwE7eiSnD-uwZzKi2sdzHBNPbAPngWo/s1600/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJ_do3EU_kPeqnhzVyV-Ae4eoBS9ywVpIecjTaqOaLCm6Vl2-WjJnV-anVXc7HzCQdX2ucwBbCDN1zszqWsNBmGlF0tNJGFGnk-2Oqt3SZ9NMYwE7eiSnD-uwZzKi2sdzHBNPbAPngWo/s320/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781820915381074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The entry to the 2nd Level north side.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJrBiOVpGx67qeCTHFB13-ZUs9cu_ILQD9WB7B2p6YBl1GgSYUfhdOso3RpAmVod9WW7akKXDokbvsKFmpu4mLTo0pPDddE4I5CG8TFyuu5v5-gZ2rSBXCxqq9xn1T1vjgwVwv2kmI-A/s1600/CH+INTERIOR+11-07-26+-+.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJrBiOVpGx67qeCTHFB13-ZUs9cu_ILQD9WB7B2p6YBl1GgSYUfhdOso3RpAmVod9WW7akKXDokbvsKFmpu4mLTo0pPDddE4I5CG8TFyuu5v5-gZ2rSBXCxqq9xn1T1vjgwVwv2kmI-A/s320/CH+INTERIOR+11-07-26+-+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781821215339058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Looking back, thru an entry on the 1st Level, one can see how</div><div style="text-align: center;">the glass door, glass "balustrade" and open risers, allow as clear a view </div><div style="text-align: center;">as possible.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSQiD2K350_PPFGPOK-WjR3aQwziqO7EfIXFk37NsFgQDfWPUAHrlqKzGpUZ097LCb0pL18ddWUIFzW9a4pQWo0WQMqerA9is4UPx_1CE-X5jigHcw-xOMgLowkaplhZ9_B05f6XK4rA/s1600/CH+INTERIOR+11-07-26+-+-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSQiD2K350_PPFGPOK-WjR3aQwziqO7EfIXFk37NsFgQDfWPUAHrlqKzGpUZ097LCb0pL18ddWUIFzW9a4pQWo0WQMqerA9is4UPx_1CE-X5jigHcw-xOMgLowkaplhZ9_B05f6XK4rA/s320/CH+INTERIOR+11-07-26+-+-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781066737163298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Going further in, the two windows on the west wall are visible.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The left one is in the NW hall and the right one in the kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Note the refrigerator is in on the left.)</div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKY6zDwuc90WUrqE5eDYfvVFI7hkPAsH0mKAeXsr1ER9JujKsRniPeaZmkZhNiqS2UzoYTrsxERhJ4SrvbLxpwzrkwsmFhus15rrL865izYxpx4_7-GCdPy-ApkIxaMtYPuNEU2f9wwI/s1600/CH+11-06-19+2nd+LVL+NW+MIRRORS.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKY6zDwuc90WUrqE5eDYfvVFI7hkPAsH0mKAeXsr1ER9JujKsRniPeaZmkZhNiqS2UzoYTrsxERhJ4SrvbLxpwzrkwsmFhus15rrL865izYxpx4_7-GCdPy-ApkIxaMtYPuNEU2f9wwI/s320/CH+11-06-19+2nd+LVL+NW+MIRRORS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781062834862946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">However, moving in closer, one can that the" window" in the hall has a door in it!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMd7kUzQ6Y8kJ3uVYi_EGJE6CZbMncyoml8S5-jc8PPgoefMKPx-vhoDRVBs1yYzunZ87kQ60cztgFtw7wGw5gkN0o1q6et4hGhMBumf4tk6BjEOypzAfiycPwk9-iTcd8RPjjo8OxXSs/s1600/OR+CH+11-07-03+-+HSE+INT%2527R-2+LVL-NW+HALL+W%253A+MIRROW+%2526+WINDOW.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMd7kUzQ6Y8kJ3uVYi_EGJE6CZbMncyoml8S5-jc8PPgoefMKPx-vhoDRVBs1yYzunZ87kQ60cztgFtw7wGw5gkN0o1q6et4hGhMBumf4tk6BjEOypzAfiycPwk9-iTcd8RPjjo8OxXSs/s320/OR+CH+11-07-03+-+HSE+INT%2527R-2+LVL-NW+HALL+W%253A+MIRROW+%2526+WINDOW.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781062138429042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's actually a mirror wall, reflecting a </div><div style="text-align: center;">window on the north side of the hall. Getting all three </div><div style="text-align: center;">pieces of mirror in exact alignment is not easy. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So the other three mirror walls are on hold.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLnADu0ux64KVlwdnsz6HtSFZfF8KyFmtja0o689wec_xYYTCV_-NmVKgmQt3WlKFEywtoAC090EbtFe2pe8mRXXwmvEGIk1T11PP_i8a2LnRspqsfcV_grFN5AuabyNXt7NnwtK9e4I/s1600/CH+INTERIOR+11-07-26+-+ENGAWA+WEST.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLnADu0ux64KVlwdnsz6HtSFZfF8KyFmtja0o689wec_xYYTCV_-NmVKgmQt3WlKFEywtoAC090EbtFe2pe8mRXXwmvEGIk1T11PP_i8a2LnRspqsfcV_grFN5AuabyNXt7NnwtK9e4I/s320/CH+INTERIOR+11-07-26+-+ENGAWA+WEST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781817627515026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In the Engawa, on the south side, there is a window in the west wall,</div><div style="text-align: center;">similar to the one in the kitchen on the north side. They open, allowing </div><div style="text-align: center;">cross breezes thru the doors on the east wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The concrete slab is soaking up the btu's on a day like this!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gpRjyz35t_l4l0pyWw346K_Tl1cjg6bY-HdSFV4ZYmiQGh-WorVaKUQExDk6rhJkPDB7hL-JNe-1jcLyl64DdM96Q_F6pyfxjIrVqsva-1FkVdpDi50GbqkYZKT4YPA19O32uYu44vk/s1600/CH+DAVID%253ABONKANA+11-07-26+-+.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gpRjyz35t_l4l0pyWw346K_Tl1cjg6bY-HdSFV4ZYmiQGh-WorVaKUQExDk6rhJkPDB7hL-JNe-1jcLyl64DdM96Q_F6pyfxjIrVqsva-1FkVdpDi50GbqkYZKT4YPA19O32uYu44vk/s320/CH+DAVID%253ABONKANA+11-07-26+-+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781056168687522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The house gets visitors on occasion. Most recently </div><div style="text-align: center;">David and Bonkana and their children, in Oregon from</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bamako, Mali visiting David's parents in Eugene.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4net51Br-sPvKrCXaCocl8HgJtF3AcXxk_KFJpjYHGYgYzUy6f_IfOaRaUrCkw-igwStsp-T5MMemS5mhpgoNcj7uP6pJlf1x2Pt_WlCX5rXLxNvQYys8n94DoF67ik0R9CmGgBAItxE/s1600/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+MAILBOX.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4net51Br-sPvKrCXaCocl8HgJtF3AcXxk_KFJpjYHGYgYzUy6f_IfOaRaUrCkw-igwStsp-T5MMemS5mhpgoNcj7uP6pJlf1x2Pt_WlCX5rXLxNvQYys8n94DoF67ik0R9CmGgBAItxE/s320/CH+EXTERIOR+11-07-26+-+MAILBOX.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636781054840396306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The old mailbox, three years older in the rain and sun of the coast,</div><div style="text-align: center;">still marks the spot for inspectors, tradesmen, and visitors alike.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When will it greet you???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-74534179895843636992011-01-24T20:49:00.000-08:002011-01-24T21:24:41.247-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">MEANWHILE, IT IS PAINT AND STAIRS ON THE OUTSIDE</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebXnPlBmM4T5kBTyX8Z6aCXqxTgEvB9ymfOnlTYM-Eey6ondgv01u78q9HuwPdosTCsm48tnzg8mRoisIhTo_s2VSKcuJ38V_FNvGz_ZSCF_d8D5Q-d8UtN-3kQDAobZw_7S_IHGzYVY/s1600/CH+10-09-29+A++SIDING+STAINING-SW+SIDE-FM+SOUTH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebXnPlBmM4T5kBTyX8Z6aCXqxTgEvB9ymfOnlTYM-Eey6ondgv01u78q9HuwPdosTCsm48tnzg8mRoisIhTo_s2VSKcuJ38V_FNvGz_ZSCF_d8D5Q-d8UtN-3kQDAobZw_7S_IHGzYVY/s320/CH+10-09-29+A++SIDING+STAINING-SW+SIDE-FM+SOUTH.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565984522269169314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jeff Mullin, from the Greenroom, arrived with lift and sprayer and brushes </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and transformed the house from wood...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopx9ePpHMAipGODNdSm43C8vkdKQrZ9UbYzCAIs7dDbjun_pb6m4YNnrBFSCxSJiKlAtlRCJaHNmqT985XyJcbqGSj70YwGniaqGcIravftfq8ryVVaUtxbVtCs-akXZ-bpLaeghv03U/s1600/CH+10-10-14+HSE+STAINTING-FM+EAST+%2528PARTIAL-CUBBY%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopx9ePpHMAipGODNdSm43C8vkdKQrZ9UbYzCAIs7dDbjun_pb6m4YNnrBFSCxSJiKlAtlRCJaHNmqT985XyJcbqGSj70YwGniaqGcIravftfq8ryVVaUtxbVtCs-akXZ-bpLaeghv03U/s320/CH+10-10-14+HSE+STAINTING-FM+EAST+%2528PARTIAL-CUBBY%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565984499907181938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">to grey ("driftwood grey" that is).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwT0lJk6wTjyGQknt6wCteM1wqToGSvg_388v74asekt5y81B0obIgAI3injPrHT_R4uO-9vWQ6k7fmFzvBI0k-xp1wEI3OGzvFlNIH3IIz5tpLa7fDbwKAIool9PpCk8tFnfqETvGzjs/s1600/CH+10-09-29+PM++SIDING+STAINING-FM+SE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwT0lJk6wTjyGQknt6wCteM1wqToGSvg_388v74asekt5y81B0obIgAI3injPrHT_R4uO-9vWQ6k7fmFzvBI0k-xp1wEI3OGzvFlNIH3IIz5tpLa7fDbwKAIool9PpCk8tFnfqETvGzjs/s320/CH+10-09-29+PM++SIDING+STAINING-FM+SE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565984502422494706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Quite the transformation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkimfS74bGeAtOUHSG8X4Eb64nKGf-arkbx9lewVeEsuBo9qsvod8Y64Cnb13xT6_oq43NnNFTMlkSSrRgr6GhLyOE-FP_JFgUGsbhrbfMzYMA7cA6iUX1454c_wueSxaC61WvnpoEGI/s1600/CH+10-10-12+HSE-STAIN+BLACK-JEFF+AT+BEAM+END.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkimfS74bGeAtOUHSG8X4Eb64nKGf-arkbx9lewVeEsuBo9qsvod8Y64Cnb13xT6_oq43NnNFTMlkSSrRgr6GhLyOE-FP_JFgUGsbhrbfMzYMA7cA6iUX1454c_wueSxaC61WvnpoEGI/s320/CH+10-10-12+HSE-STAIN+BLACK-JEFF+AT+BEAM+END.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565984488425044898" /></a>And then on up to the top to finish knocking down the shining flashing</div><div>and gutter, and painting the beams to match.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvR-7L6ti9j59Um6AQ3Ika8rY64IcTGKTPhNFiZ7fhHrWFhJ1rM6yRz-KmJUYRnD-wUN5gnktab04ff-KEpLo0ZEucPU3yvs_Pg_2Ne2vkTwk0U_xZcEaWv5VN6C1yepTSkHA5_4QcwA/s1600/CH+10-10-28+STAIRS+START+-+ROBERT%252C+WELDMENT+1+STRINGERS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvR-7L6ti9j59Um6AQ3Ika8rY64IcTGKTPhNFiZ7fhHrWFhJ1rM6yRz-KmJUYRnD-wUN5gnktab04ff-KEpLo0ZEucPU3yvs_Pg_2Ne2vkTwk0U_xZcEaWv5VN6C1yepTSkHA5_4QcwA/s320/CH+10-10-28+STAIRS+START+-+ROBERT%252C+WELDMENT+1+STRINGERS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565984476361047890" /></a>Up north aways in the town of Garibaldi, and in it, is Robert </div><div>Brodigan of Coast Metal Fabrications. After a number of months, </div><div>a number of meetings, and quite a number of drawings,</div><div>the exterior stairs were started. All aluminum, then powder </div><div>coated black, then...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LXqA53RV8hBs3FKqLc7epvqB3dIFHlKyrfNiFDW1A2zeTU4mvZrqvKZVE8_AI-leJ7CWcD-y8g176RZb0n78h-ceete48MgStEwPN45iGaVrM0kPwm_OhPo0lxz0lrBV00iiXWC_Ed8/s1600/CH+10-12-21+STAIR+INSTALL-ALL+FM+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LXqA53RV8hBs3FKqLc7epvqB3dIFHlKyrfNiFDW1A2zeTU4mvZrqvKZVE8_AI-leJ7CWcD-y8g176RZb0n78h-ceete48MgStEwPN45iGaVrM0kPwm_OhPo0lxz0lrBV00iiXWC_Ed8/s320/CH+10-12-21+STAIR+INSTALL-ALL+FM+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565982488917768034" /></a>...brought to the site and erected.</div><div>Yea! down with the temp. stairs,</div><div>and out with the ladder in the hoistway!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkyqeIWhhzrKu2MBVyaBnDt19z0TR6v3IZvUtCztqrrcDslYwoPLHoWUizSqeYN4P_eknhKFYunqe7Ka_hi8afUcd7JGIv5gXUuA59pNNz1HUSanzDE4qspRWjBKB78xzpP6pdtOO7IE/s1600/CH+10-12-21+ENTRY+DOOR-1+LVL+NE+FM+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkyqeIWhhzrKu2MBVyaBnDt19z0TR6v3IZvUtCztqrrcDslYwoPLHoWUizSqeYN4P_eknhKFYunqe7Ka_hi8afUcd7JGIv5gXUuA59pNNz1HUSanzDE4qspRWjBKB78xzpP6pdtOO7IE/s320/CH+10-12-21+ENTRY+DOOR-1+LVL+NE+FM+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565982481124977746" /></a>And just at the same time, the magicians at Anderson</div><div>Door and Window Mechanics came and hung the four</div><div>exterior doors, and rolled right on in and hung the </div><div>four bathroom doors as well (and the little roof hatch three).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kp-9G0dGuop7UF9yusRq07BeQJs-uyuqhxUyK41GfCCY9OsTI7LhD2Iu6Nl3fzekrCYWyRudPITR9KSlxzpJsfbABZujhq2GL-bOljJ85TKTPvtBJpV0YKKTlCC1xRrMOaDIT6hfjsM/s1600/CH+11-01-19+INTERIORS+-+2+LVL+-+ENGAWA+-+LKG+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kp-9G0dGuop7UF9yusRq07BeQJs-uyuqhxUyK41GfCCY9OsTI7LhD2Iu6Nl3fzekrCYWyRudPITR9KSlxzpJsfbABZujhq2GL-bOljJ85TKTPvtBJpV0YKKTlCC1xRrMOaDIT6hfjsM/s320/CH+11-01-19+INTERIORS+-+2+LVL+-+ENGAWA+-+LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565982477386077922" /></a>So the exterior is buttoned up. </div><div>Next case is the interior cedar siding. In</div><div>some places on plywood shear walls,</div><div>other places on studs. </div><div>But no matter where, it will be great to get it up!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzYH1HjIx0ppr_-0CXfn3t-k8TDuEnS-mgFWMJzQKuffSU-H18QT7RaYO7FcKea6Q5oH0xfDHKV568XWr3NXW3ltQ-ZTsQDi-RGoThMDay1c-JrOHlNjHd8EmtAhs4n1nBZjNevmoPRk/s1600/CH+11-01-19+INT%2527R+SIDING+CREW-ORGANIZING+BOARDS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzYH1HjIx0ppr_-0CXfn3t-k8TDuEnS-mgFWMJzQKuffSU-H18QT7RaYO7FcKea6Q5oH0xfDHKV568XWr3NXW3ltQ-ZTsQDi-RGoThMDay1c-JrOHlNjHd8EmtAhs4n1nBZjNevmoPRk/s320/CH+11-01-19+INT%2527R+SIDING+CREW-ORGANIZING+BOARDS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565982466503667570" /></a>Task one was to open up the "cedar shack" and</div><div>inventory the siding which has been waiting a long time.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdat4_XcA8rR3SP6fLUahWioqWquJFL3Fr-adHi06cEeFazK3ORTnocL2aM5UL2meyxJVZtpVauTwbPhrFgWaoizjqbukyocWvQdc-HM4HYu6XBfjbUnoW5Bw0-1o-p2SyYGbBkICZOlg/s1600/CH+11-01-20+HSE+-FM+CULDESAC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdat4_XcA8rR3SP6fLUahWioqWquJFL3Fr-adHi06cEeFazK3ORTnocL2aM5UL2meyxJVZtpVauTwbPhrFgWaoizjqbukyocWvQdc-HM4HYu6XBfjbUnoW5Bw0-1o-p2SyYGbBkICZOlg/s320/CH+11-01-20+HSE+-FM+CULDESAC.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565982463664417426" /></a>And step back and take a look with low winter sun</div><div>casting shadows of the tall spruces across the front.</div><div>(Note: no trailer! Towed and sitting by road with</div><div>a "For Sale" sign on it)</div></span></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-17169514209878327392011-01-24T20:22:00.000-08:002011-01-24T20:49:35.320-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div>AN INSULATION PARTY!! FOLLOWED BY DRYWALL.</div></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW31cM5C_c68FbGq8Sw8i-N_9GvVknwNVAZMbPi-wr11zrB7p5WWZq9RPXYHH9j7gQM7axcIqxVemPhjmZwEr1DKaXzFKrulZmmw42zBdRuaCt8D0RivTxDXhswtlBermgX-xUP1zzFPg/s1600/CH+10-07-24+INSULATION+-+2+LVL+-+APRIL+CUTS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW31cM5C_c68FbGq8Sw8i-N_9GvVknwNVAZMbPi-wr11zrB7p5WWZq9RPXYHH9j7gQM7axcIqxVemPhjmZwEr1DKaXzFKrulZmmw42zBdRuaCt8D0RivTxDXhswtlBermgX-xUP1zzFPg/s320/CH+10-07-24+INSULATION+-+2+LVL+-+APRIL+CUTS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565975146941962114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">While I was out east for a while, Charlie organized a workshop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">with friends and relatives (here daughter April) to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">install the insulation. Fiberglass batts in stud cavities</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">is pretty standard....</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-3s_ard8CfAD4m97tHdK1XmPbxXR9zXSHAEwBJBilCiq9NDWv2OneR-MPFON136hXpw-MxjCisX575bDLnmf_UGHmMaLYEROhDOy_K4jtw_gNWPxrt4AlNP9wqwxOjT2D8nxhX-dlNs/s1600/CH+10-07-24+INSULATION+GZB+%2526+COLIN.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-3s_ard8CfAD4m97tHdK1XmPbxXR9zXSHAEwBJBilCiq9NDWv2OneR-MPFON136hXpw-MxjCisX575bDLnmf_UGHmMaLYEROhDOy_K4jtw_gNWPxrt4AlNP9wqwxOjT2D8nxhX-dlNs/s320/CH+10-07-24+INSULATION+GZB+%2526+COLIN.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565975145992520194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">...but rigid sheets over the batts , with caulk at </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">all joints, and fastened to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">the studs </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">with plastic nails </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">is rather unusual. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Charlie and Colin soldier on...</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhaCR_RE9XDeYwCtIwc-ArqDkXd4k0R3eyqKk9vfZdmUrUeKD4ZaalPci-tm50w17REv-Cbsei3NMmMh4wkMkUDyngzM2dkt476MOPMrRyBGCItbULtU8EnJpyE7673N0ceWYaPuxyag/s1600/CH+10-09-26+INSULATION+2+LVL+KITCHEN+WEST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhaCR_RE9XDeYwCtIwc-ArqDkXd4k0R3eyqKk9vfZdmUrUeKD4ZaalPci-tm50w17REv-Cbsei3NMmMh4wkMkUDyngzM2dkt476MOPMrRyBGCItbULtU8EnJpyE7673N0ceWYaPuxyag/s320/CH+10-09-26+INSULATION+2+LVL+KITCHEN+WEST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565975129961487954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And now we are ready for drywall.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG70WR3owVO2sBftQvkuJEpxBTd2OWbyvGvaVwytlRac-5aGUXJa6OhNeJEsn7ob6CUBgLvTiXcMfTydYQdjyj-ylK1yd5JFQlZcVRFzVO1-7YUSJ6baoLnGL_e7XPhIz817KwCuyGEpc/s1600/CH+10-09-16+DRYWALL+NOTES+-+STUDY+WEST.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG70WR3owVO2sBftQvkuJEpxBTd2OWbyvGvaVwytlRac-5aGUXJa6OhNeJEsn7ob6CUBgLvTiXcMfTydYQdjyj-ylK1yd5JFQlZcVRFzVO1-7YUSJ6baoLnGL_e7XPhIz817KwCuyGEpc/s1600/CH+10-09-16+DRYWALL+NOTES+-+STUDY+WEST.jpg"><img style="text-align: right;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG70WR3owVO2sBftQvkuJEpxBTd2OWbyvGvaVwytlRac-5aGUXJa6OhNeJEsn7ob6CUBgLvTiXcMfTydYQdjyj-ylK1yd5JFQlZcVRFzVO1-7YUSJ6baoLnGL_e7XPhIz817KwCuyGEpc/s320/CH+10-09-16+DRYWALL+NOTES+-+STUDY+WEST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565975121568570146" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Well at least where there IS drywall. Some areas have</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">cedar siding instead, and some edges needed "j" bead,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and some areas needed glue and minimal fasteners</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(we would have used plastic nails but could not find</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ones which were long enough). So I had to write in bold </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">lettering and arrows where got what, or got none at all.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedNOKbZIKB8JZ8WoNQxAUZAx0WsaZLlTdjYw4QaT5mFRj9l82_0TUg-iKn_5Su1kTkCOzfSkgL6Nz_Pw4uMozsnE-_BLjQOhVPTjwadWNNohXV-3pLdxHAL1ucdRqJIZ1HVlD0RDV1qk/s1600/CH+10-09-09+DRYWALL+DELIVERY+-+_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedNOKbZIKB8JZ8WoNQxAUZAx0WsaZLlTdjYw4QaT5mFRj9l82_0TUg-iKn_5Su1kTkCOzfSkgL6Nz_Pw4uMozsnE-_BLjQOhVPTjwadWNNohXV-3pLdxHAL1ucdRqJIZ1HVlD0RDV1qk/s320/CH+10-09-09+DRYWALL+DELIVERY+-+_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565978729725317330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Drywall time! Now, how to get it in the house...</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRutpGyNMfXisVa1XEZfUjnPx7966P1_mK-sgRmVUCUgCGz71wufIhvi6n7UzcQc7m_L-aT3JEwRsE4hlS_nVbsk4WPFU303hTcA-GWQxt8zI4J-QAT3q-jNxp727XDccFJ2eHwTJZKE/s1600/CH+10-09-09+DRYWALL+DELIVERY+-+_6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRutpGyNMfXisVa1XEZfUjnPx7966P1_mK-sgRmVUCUgCGz71wufIhvi6n7UzcQc7m_L-aT3JEwRsE4hlS_nVbsk4WPFU303hTcA-GWQxt8zI4J-QAT3q-jNxp727XDccFJ2eHwTJZKE/s320/CH+10-09-09+DRYWALL+DELIVERY+-+_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565978733177293138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">...why, through a window, of course.</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2F6Vy81xiSzIHcacmVTqJJ3H1Z9y6wv_B8DH_0ZYsXTDGWMOPzitaT_siTqAWtTFO7CdStgclC81RDZfQb0hGYu-3y2-YSRqAevNNZQjrO2z3mngflXcetUF1K6sbb_vMljY45YNvWnw/s1600/CH+10-09-28+DRAYWALL+TAPING-1+LVL+SO+HALL-CARLOS+AND+BENITO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2F6Vy81xiSzIHcacmVTqJJ3H1Z9y6wv_B8DH_0ZYsXTDGWMOPzitaT_siTqAWtTFO7CdStgclC81RDZfQb0hGYu-3y2-YSRqAevNNZQjrO2z3mngflXcetUF1K6sbb_vMljY45YNvWnw/s320/CH+10-09-28+DRAYWALL+TAPING-1+LVL+SO+HALL-CARLOS+AND+BENITO.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565978748428985986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Wonderful hangers and tapers, Carlos and Benito. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Stilts make a 10-0 ceiling a piece of cake.</span></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3qHOGO6LDFQV7VtvzbSQCebpj8unaVghgDZs0GooPFAjqe2A0u_1tn2JGjBPptWHP7MnxI-E1mNHt6R-XACWOk-mMzJ3a_TGmcyfxeYdrDoMhN2A4z06uDlJtWpPgh1iurRMqJAUOXQ/s1600/CH+10-09-28+DRYWALL+TAPPING-+SKYLIGHT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3qHOGO6LDFQV7VtvzbSQCebpj8unaVghgDZs0GooPFAjqe2A0u_1tn2JGjBPptWHP7MnxI-E1mNHt6R-XACWOk-mMzJ3a_TGmcyfxeYdrDoMhN2A4z06uDlJtWpPgh1iurRMqJAUOXQ/s320/CH+10-09-28+DRYWALL+TAPPING-+SKYLIGHT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565978758643779394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Now late afternoon shadows have white to play on.</span></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-80385207487726935972011-01-24T19:26:00.000-08:002011-01-24T20:21:04.388-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">ONWARD WITH THE SUB-CONTRACTORS!</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwRxb3ghCJLSxmVLgiViONrlkm-hajCHShRHlE3xKe0PwYiqTv5_Xszcw3ZbB64rHQtbvm-bvs7GuM4O8GHjejexmF9qF1ptyFzfsd_cgUSgli49hw0rt4mvpnPwNTUU1kqe4HDlcBPk/s1600/CH+10-09-14+CPI+IN+SUN+-+SE+CORNER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwRxb3ghCJLSxmVLgiViONrlkm-hajCHShRHlE3xKe0PwYiqTv5_Xszcw3ZbB64rHQtbvm-bvs7GuM4O8GHjejexmF9qF1ptyFzfsd_cgUSgli49hw0rt4mvpnPwNTUU1kqe4HDlcBPk/s200/CH+10-09-14+CPI+IN+SUN+-+SE+CORNER.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565962228674621938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But first a side-bar of sorts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Cloud House is in a Planned Unit Development with a </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Design Review Committee. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">It also is in a Scenic Preserve </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">Reseach Area, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">under the Forest Service. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">No bright colors or shinning metals. When the CPI panels </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">went up, so did a hew and cry: "¡¡</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">WHITE ROOF!!". </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">We took some photos and showed that the roof coloring</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">varied with the sky, and the reflections. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This photo shows how some panel seem </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">dark (with trees </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">and sky behind) others light (with yet to be painted </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">chimney and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">flashing behind). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">We asked for patience until the painting was finished.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzNeZI9LjrcFvyKjRX_WBBFf-Z7tLbTjDz1II0_arK9OWyLiE7Bux3cetOosPVFO4k7WrglhrgYNZRrFBMsA5jppweCXfNR-E5O8Ay4fK-hW2EbR6BJ1Skby29b8grHclYIqSbWyXHgk/s1600/CH+10-06-24+CHIMNEY+CAPS-HOIST+UP+WEST+WALL-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzNeZI9LjrcFvyKjRX_WBBFf-Z7tLbTjDz1II0_arK9OWyLiE7Bux3cetOosPVFO4k7WrglhrgYNZRrFBMsA5jppweCXfNR-E5O8Ay4fK-hW2EbR6BJ1Skby29b8grHclYIqSbWyXHgk/s200/CH+10-06-24+CHIMNEY+CAPS-HOIST+UP+WEST+WALL-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565964286194547202" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The last big flashing was the chimney caps...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">too big to go through the roof hatch, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">so here Colin (a recent grad. from Charlie's </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">U of O program) is on top, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and ace flashing fabricator, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Guy, is below, preparing to hoist a cap to the roof.</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRUQWgOI56IuZ3voncoPK1KJKBlsM8zYLlHDo5D8M4sZHSQp9Mte4YnArLmFMaJYNExpTPjTNwcQkpI6XHFLS-9OlkUUPGfTLoKEakNPS29zcJKRH9cN5Ylf0N8jm6OysEzFEqCjPU2A/s1600/CH+10-06-24+CHIMNEY+CAPS-GUY+SETS+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRUQWgOI56IuZ3voncoPK1KJKBlsM8zYLlHDo5D8M4sZHSQp9Mte4YnArLmFMaJYNExpTPjTNwcQkpI6XHFLS-9OlkUUPGfTLoKEakNPS29zcJKRH9cN5Ylf0N8jm6OysEzFEqCjPU2A/s200/CH+10-06-24+CHIMNEY+CAPS-GUY+SETS+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565964281504965938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The west cap is in place, the east is being set.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The skylight is still under wraps.</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK83EGdOKbyYrK5fVT0KDRlCNxqM5fN3vgwtN2x2sUOJTxf079tsAMVV_6D1In7IzKgoNjbnYL2GfDWA7hPqa_SK7xHaUyIunlWv1oHD1w2OC1UVeCpasI2NsPJVVzNwCRlR0xpzDcuFo/s1600/CH+10-06-25+BLACK+CONC+POUR-1+LVL-4+MEN+POUR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK83EGdOKbyYrK5fVT0KDRlCNxqM5fN3vgwtN2x2sUOJTxf079tsAMVV_6D1In7IzKgoNjbnYL2GfDWA7hPqa_SK7xHaUyIunlWv1oHD1w2OC1UVeCpasI2NsPJVVzNwCRlR0xpzDcuFo/s200/CH+10-06-25+BLACK+CONC+POUR-1+LVL-4+MEN+POUR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565964273171525810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">OH NO! Not the concrete guys again. Yup. 2' topping slabs on both levels.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And the black stuff got all over the place...</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADKHaYChCiPaLJMecUeLNxePzokSLeIyrVpbFHtdhaJN7_0hg_yr8SR6GTgo02xuxk2hGFD4dtC8aK15LV5XmmjaWgbyNzGxMPRrbfw7eXk0lGcr_aHgIgzQ7pR46zkO-pnGOU2KZuhs/s1600/CH+10-06-25+BLACK+CONC+POUR-1+LVL-+MIKE+FINISHING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADKHaYChCiPaLJMecUeLNxePzokSLeIyrVpbFHtdhaJN7_0hg_yr8SR6GTgo02xuxk2hGFD4dtC8aK15LV5XmmjaWgbyNzGxMPRrbfw7eXk0lGcr_aHgIgzQ7pR46zkO-pnGOU2KZuhs/s200/CH+10-06-25+BLACK+CONC+POUR-1+LVL-+MIKE+FINISHING.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565964270310726754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But did they do a great job of hard, smooth and flat.</span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixKNU51flHWdNmS0HzyXSjN85fjqiIZQHGn8npc2cSPy9nN7Eo8y7wJOt81fGtY8f5ETypa0BNqxY4Fty-VeIAy_BawLuk2Ntmv0tVmuuO3V5UXODyVKEd2dLJ6Ww7IcI-lGo-p1HKv4/s1600/CH+10-06-25+BLACK+CONC+POUR-SAMPLE-COLIN%253ACHARLIE+POUR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixKNU51flHWdNmS0HzyXSjN85fjqiIZQHGn8npc2cSPy9nN7Eo8y7wJOt81fGtY8f5ETypa0BNqxY4Fty-VeIAy_BawLuk2Ntmv0tVmuuO3V5UXODyVKEd2dLJ6Ww7IcI-lGo-p1HKv4/s200/CH+10-06-25+BLACK+CONC+POUR-SAMPLE-COLIN%253ACHARLIE+POUR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565962609940227586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile Colin poured a sample for Charlie to take home.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(For a pillow??)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMPUwIewkW_IJiVSGq72dOzmmHiwp6r-RTijRTs6CK0uwQOJpqWwtvt2NXZoOqmXW730yLFpImZA6bMhQvg4icGTaza1f4j6_8LHfRZjRlq5x5QOMuBu75vL-G3-dD04NGMH4pkGKM2Q/s1600/CH+10-06-29+HSE+FROM+STUMP-SUNSET.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMPUwIewkW_IJiVSGq72dOzmmHiwp6r-RTijRTs6CK0uwQOJpqWwtvt2NXZoOqmXW730yLFpImZA6bMhQvg4icGTaza1f4j6_8LHfRZjRlq5x5QOMuBu75vL-G3-dD04NGMH4pkGKM2Q/s200/CH+10-06-29+HSE+FROM+STUMP-SUNSET.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565969681649497762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Its about June 21st, Summer Solstice, so this is as much</div><div style="text-align: center;">sun which will filter thru the leaves and land on the north wall.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76rfOOiL4jE6EbgHuK-juETtRSYLOr8kkbHrar0V6pG3gaRSrfCt7VtcH9j71OgVZOvcwZPmZQiYoWE1KC9JNC7YvYV4ur3_-CicK4f7xfTNg3Yl4FFMy45ZEy1lxegbh7e5RXHrWBVM/s1600/CH+10-07-01++PAC+POWER+HOOK+UP+TRUCK+AT+HOUSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76rfOOiL4jE6EbgHuK-juETtRSYLOr8kkbHrar0V6pG3gaRSrfCt7VtcH9j71OgVZOvcwZPmZQiYoWE1KC9JNC7YvYV4ur3_-CicK4f7xfTNg3Yl4FFMy45ZEy1lxegbh7e5RXHrWBVM/s200/CH+10-07-01++PAC+POWER+HOOK+UP+TRUCK+AT+HOUSE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565969672138220386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Time for the permanent power to be pulled and do away </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the sheltered temp. power appearing in all the photos.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwwXsDW3loTR1Nr2TQaiSHnFpSbZNwUcbaOmEeA8r9szHWuUW7nzFHGUmJjTmaVUOQErQ9sYgfBBO_qL8NJaPp8dbll6tXKsU14zQJJY45z4UbiHFsTeoz9OMeLgCNu_YLU2KnSvRJYc/s1600/CH+10-06-23+ELECTRICAL+ROUGH-IN+-+CRITICAL+AND+MAIN+PANELS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwwXsDW3loTR1Nr2TQaiSHnFpSbZNwUcbaOmEeA8r9szHWuUW7nzFHGUmJjTmaVUOQErQ9sYgfBBO_qL8NJaPp8dbll6tXKsU14zQJJY45z4UbiHFsTeoz9OMeLgCNu_YLU2KnSvRJYc/s200/CH+10-06-23+ELECTRICAL+ROUGH-IN+-+CRITICAL+AND+MAIN+PANELS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565969664136004370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And time for the electricians to hook up some outlets for construction.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The main load center is on the right; the other is for "critical circuits", the ones</div><div style="text-align: center;">which the PV batteries will supply during power outages.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDwhPxy5EZr3v5T6urcf34ugY07Rt4ok8HNoxy7EQLWGrA3mqVBWl4FBsg_s7ax1PKnEx5vaE8cIXhsxbGxK_57qblpZybtPjaaUEyOCqLi7PH1yI1izGm29BJl2iaMz6qr0nvpfq_fk/s1600/CH+10-07-24+CHASE+-+2+LVL+-+NORTH+2%253A2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDwhPxy5EZr3v5T6urcf34ugY07Rt4ok8HNoxy7EQLWGrA3mqVBWl4FBsg_s7ax1PKnEx5vaE8cIXhsxbGxK_57qblpZybtPjaaUEyOCqLi7PH1yI1izGm29BJl2iaMz6qr0nvpfq_fk/s200/CH+10-07-24+CHASE+-+2+LVL+-+NORTH+2%253A2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565969653838496498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And over in the "sand box" (as I call the utility spaces and chase)</div><div style="text-align: center;">the HVAC guys are installing heaters, bath vents, and Heat Exchanger flues.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I shall not try to point out which is which....but you might wonder what</div><div style="text-align: center;">the wood plank platform is for: that is accessed by the ladder, and </div><div style="text-align: center;">the roof is reached out a hatch door off the platform.</div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-76974669257242152722011-01-23T19:13:00.000-08:002011-01-23T20:03:30.546-08:00JUST WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE??<br /><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">OK, so I have been distracted. BUT things have kept chugging along. </div><div style="text-align: center;">With siding done, it was time to get the "cloud" of Cloud House up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbo3Q7Ao4eW_gHYCl0tPNvgcTCq4ENyOqP4N9wu306H0rFt5q0c3uRTNgrVLoAR-9jy24InIazbgNqm8QbR-XCy4lTDORBJaog7wy3DtioS32pcLkHus4YGr3ahhFx0E1Q77Aouh5diL0/s1600/CH+10-05-12+FLY-RAFTERS-SW+FLY+WITH+BARGE+BOARD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbo3Q7Ao4eW_gHYCl0tPNvgcTCq4ENyOqP4N9wu306H0rFt5q0c3uRTNgrVLoAR-9jy24InIazbgNqm8QbR-XCy4lTDORBJaog7wy3DtioS32pcLkHus4YGr3ahhFx0E1Q77Aouh5diL0/s200/CH+10-05-12+FLY-RAFTERS-SW+FLY+WITH+BARGE+BOARD.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565586547515104562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">First to prepare the flashing and edge conditions. </div><div style="text-align: center;">A wooden Rake Board was painted black and </div><div style="text-align: center;">attached to the outer most fly-rafters.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Jmc2-102w9KboLHWOOdzoc3VzG5jR8itI8RJOoC0Irma4vaUaZCzlHS-5SLsTAPUVzNN3SQeTwRzI9LW_51Hzp3XnG_wKtgXEl58m32iM2iPs5LCBQZaPbhFYagPhsQCHbCLIhcfEJ0/s1600/CH+10-05-17+CPI-NORTH+%252522J%252522-ABE+DRILLS%252C+WAYBE+HOLDS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Jmc2-102w9KboLHWOOdzoc3VzG5jR8itI8RJOoC0Irma4vaUaZCzlHS-5SLsTAPUVzNN3SQeTwRzI9LW_51Hzp3XnG_wKtgXEl58m32iM2iPs5LCBQZaPbhFYagPhsQCHbCLIhcfEJ0/s200/CH+10-05-17+CPI-NORTH+%252522J%252522-ABE+DRILLS%252C+WAYBE+HOLDS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565586545342674610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Cap flashing was placed on top of the fly-rafters, </div><div style="text-align: center;">then CPI panel system "J" channel screwed to the eave boards: </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wayne holds as Abe fastens.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuagA1ssP_uOKtRgXe5f98PoKd_3jjlVHUu-bYAbSE2vyH5ursoOh_wp52tj6NLIpYqVVE14cDINYu7TukPl0Mg5vnGrY1wpE23JJWYkVggLIdK44JNwdMrDxpxMEHKWzXSYilVlaMbpA/s1600/CH+10-05-13+CPI+METAL-F-R%2527s+CAPS-SOUTH%252C+LKG+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuagA1ssP_uOKtRgXe5f98PoKd_3jjlVHUu-bYAbSE2vyH5ursoOh_wp52tj6NLIpYqVVE14cDINYu7TukPl0Mg5vnGrY1wpE23JJWYkVggLIdK44JNwdMrDxpxMEHKWzXSYilVlaMbpA/s200/CH+10-05-13+CPI+METAL-F-R%2527s+CAPS-SOUTH%252C+LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565586540253066194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A complicated set of flashings and drip edge were installed </div><div style="text-align: center;">at the down-hill end, where the CPI panel will overlap </div><div style="text-align: center;">the IB roofing on the roof deck. Bob checks it all out.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMtan7a9Jl9YVAJ5N9whEfkLGXPK1grSPQEwct8tG3iZVSnoV-YAO7APz54tJRU403UQzXloQ2OOQ-l_Amyunb_iHtN8l5DgRaXbqhGwBAT1Qm2o8R46_EgieBYF7kAToJ_LUYirgc30/s1600/CH+10-05-18+AM+CPI+PANEL+1+FM+ABOVE+LKG+SE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMtan7a9Jl9YVAJ5N9whEfkLGXPK1grSPQEwct8tG3iZVSnoV-YAO7APz54tJRU403UQzXloQ2OOQ-l_Amyunb_iHtN8l5DgRaXbqhGwBAT1Qm2o8R46_EgieBYF7kAToJ_LUYirgc30/s200/CH+10-05-18+AM+CPI+PANEL+1+FM+ABOVE+LKG+SE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565586537880307282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">FINALLY a panel is installed...using the CPI provided clips. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They called for one clip every 30". But, with high winds (120 mph design load)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and butter-fly wing design, we did one every 10"...</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZOiyZsb-WOmrhQ9eGzni_4nuQYMb5wEKVtQWrW47gIiYhb9GciWYd2pEJrI_j_Yz5pueml1NDYg7RX4fF3SENsdOEVVMHmJx-Jk6OIu9F-HyaInwWg7DbDFXimJI28aj8R2U5RqqZrQ/s1600/CH+10-05-19+CPI-N.+SIDE+SHJORTS-INSTALL+IN+RAIN-CLOSER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZOiyZsb-WOmrhQ9eGzni_4nuQYMb5wEKVtQWrW47gIiYhb9GciWYd2pEJrI_j_Yz5pueml1NDYg7RX4fF3SENsdOEVVMHmJx-Jk6OIu9F-HyaInwWg7DbDFXimJI28aj8R2U5RqqZrQ/s200/CH+10-05-19+CPI-N.+SIDE+SHJORTS-INSTALL+IN+RAIN-CLOSER.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565586530492143298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Periods of rain did not stop the process. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The crew lays out panels to the left and right of the initial middle one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQL6YA3DfBQ0ujGfWEBJmstEokdpbqchnMDCTqlbUSMZ4Ktz_7-pThhxH29_45G-5vizF0Rt_0RBFG6b52fs6BpQ0OaE2uhZZbH6yNjuW1gFZcb0onC0oQnyuvU2Y8XNFQsmKbIxEdWY/s1600/CH+10-05-26+GUTTER+INSTALL+-+FM+ABOVE+LKG+NE+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQL6YA3DfBQ0ujGfWEBJmstEokdpbqchnMDCTqlbUSMZ4Ktz_7-pThhxH29_45G-5vizF0Rt_0RBFG6b52fs6BpQ0OaE2uhZZbH6yNjuW1gFZcb0onC0oQnyuvU2Y8XNFQsmKbIxEdWY/s200/CH+10-05-26+GUTTER+INSTALL+-+FM+ABOVE+LKG+NE+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565594191258237602" /></a>The east end was the most challenging. </div><div style="text-align: center;">No deck below and a 14' gutter to go in between </div><div style="text-align: center;">the fly-rafter tails, so plywood sheets were </div><div style="text-align: center;">tacked to the rafters for temporary work platforms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibQVDJv_KK6E1cHR08xonD6WPSrbR5E9iZWsoP05qVueZ3g-9wjwfxWI5JnWuxo4aIWea5Sm8PqhhuLzYq5QdNlSV76PHQe-jRmzvguICzk4a9ho81o9HGdhq4gi8My4mtBVJO-xo__g/s1600/CH+10-05-27+CPI+-+ATTACH+CLIP%252C+ADJUST+PLYWOOD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibQVDJv_KK6E1cHR08xonD6WPSrbR5E9iZWsoP05qVueZ3g-9wjwfxWI5JnWuxo4aIWea5Sm8PqhhuLzYq5QdNlSV76PHQe-jRmzvguICzk4a9ho81o9HGdhq4gi8My4mtBVJO-xo__g/s200/CH+10-05-27+CPI+-+ATTACH+CLIP%252C+ADJUST+PLYWOOD.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565594189513529074" /></a>As panels were installed, plywood was pushed out </div><div style="text-align: center;">on top of the rafters and panel seam-caps.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyceiy1GWvwxUUXmSIR_8Pkfy1cQjID0bf9tTJBqPy7_pOAECMMFtgJZrvfT-MBn9b9oKmzP0EzMrN1vcz81XWmZWJ5AGaPL-Yi6ZC9pcQSPZooJ1rr63sSQeGMFyzw0ghucHAx-f9s0Q/s1600/CH+10-05-27+CPI+-+BEND+PANEL+UP.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyceiy1GWvwxUUXmSIR_8Pkfy1cQjID0bf9tTJBqPy7_pOAECMMFtgJZrvfT-MBn9b9oKmzP0EzMrN1vcz81XWmZWJ5AGaPL-Yi6ZC9pcQSPZooJ1rr63sSQeGMFyzw0ghucHAx-f9s0Q/s200/CH+10-05-27+CPI+-+BEND+PANEL+UP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565594184284918018" /></a>Once clips were in place, one the left side only, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a panel was bent up to fit between </div><div style="text-align: center;">the top and bottom "j" channels.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1GHr4FLy1G8I4oOA6S_nFGKeaA9C_yvtoc32f706YEe6RbYZPMqS-oOVTUD08q3EPg3CfxrRjstsOwfds_bPayO8iwz8oZpT3l1nBDL9LgSG2VFdaDk5lgN1tjJ_lXtMJHpnodEF-hI/s1600/CH+10-05-27+CPI+ATTACJOING+RAKE+EDGE+METAL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1GHr4FLy1G8I4oOA6S_nFGKeaA9C_yvtoc32f706YEe6RbYZPMqS-oOVTUD08q3EPg3CfxrRjstsOwfds_bPayO8iwz8oZpT3l1nBDL9LgSG2VFdaDk5lgN1tjJ_lXtMJHpnodEF-hI/s200/CH+10-05-27+CPI+ATTACJOING+RAKE+EDGE+METAL.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565595869587944322" /></a>Keep repeating the process until, at last, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the final piece of edge metal was fastened.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CVOxY83F-V75haDXF5XqGX4Tzg1-BS_dtGElBzvc3lAmHuV5-LEQcG38jmFXs0M2vrbeQ7OpRTje-mZ0vIK0KVzTF4Wb41zTnSy_h1yD4by4AV7AA0n3ee5SqSZcMMIY8OPXsJ0B8qs/s1600/CH+10-05-27+CPI+SHORT%253ALONG+TRANSITION+DETAIL+-+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CVOxY83F-V75haDXF5XqGX4Tzg1-BS_dtGElBzvc3lAmHuV5-LEQcG38jmFXs0M2vrbeQ7OpRTje-mZ0vIK0KVzTF4Wb41zTnSy_h1yD4by4AV7AA0n3ee5SqSZcMMIY8OPXsJ0B8qs/s200/CH+10-05-27+CPI+SHORT%253ALONG+TRANSITION+DETAIL+-+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565594182090050690" /></a>An example of the complex layering of flashing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Note the CPI clip (on right) holding down a panel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz37UVR42WuqENqynOEQjE-WoO-9hHA3FsOGtBEWC5hhAEjBWLedd3lAF3UU_d4buoRUs0eFTTtRDPViRoBcsRaLC-AlAemTsYCQozSy3usS-r2MKtM77ALxEYibwNkO_gVamSzZ6ughY/s1600/CH+10-06-21+COLIN+IN+FRONT+OF+HSE.jpg"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz37UVR42WuqENqynOEQjE-WoO-9hHA3FsOGtBEWC5hhAEjBWLedd3lAF3UU_d4buoRUs0eFTTtRDPViRoBcsRaLC-AlAemTsYCQozSy3usS-r2MKtM77ALxEYibwNkO_gVamSzZ6ughY/s1600/CH+10-06-21+COLIN+IN+FRONT+OF+HSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz37UVR42WuqENqynOEQjE-WoO-9hHA3FsOGtBEWC5hhAEjBWLedd3lAF3UU_d4buoRUs0eFTTtRDPViRoBcsRaLC-AlAemTsYCQozSy3usS-r2MKtM77ALxEYibwNkO_gVamSzZ6ughY/s200/CH+10-06-21+COLIN+IN+FRONT+OF+HSE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565594181506856066" /></a>Now the completed "cloud" hovers over the house,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the black gutter sends the rain water away from it</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and the stairs which will go in this end.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-41390262468685734192010-05-15T14:45:00.000-07:002010-05-15T15:21:40.887-07:00THE LAST STAGES OF THE STAGING ARE REMOVED<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Once again the cantilevers of the house can be seen.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybsCmUXjvbrIP4H1XMZO3QcBzOOAkyCxnkBrZXwFHR9DcMxQmcC77XfRIm9IaiyNr9SJUmNReT8uX-h4Eq-PJLZ6bgj5gRfQmWd6WU_lT-rcdPi0sY9g2N1ZAQQOlM-HUfni3VslIC1Y/s1600/CH+10-04-28+REAR+STAGING+GONE+-+FM+EAST-CURVED+WALL:GABIONS.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C4gMTt6h3fCqRdrgTQ45fcoTnSFtQeqbQ8z2E0wVLD5YL7LdblBpOFagwrjJ3AAxvXbsZj2ztQyAwoBWJThWgQiraQGDWMJXVLfnpJdiggf565JTMVsG3E6oJhR48K53voGjrh8IgAc/s320/CH+10-05-12+HSE+FM+NW+SUNSET.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471618651724630178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As the days get longer, and the sun travels northerly, </div><div style="text-align: center;">its rays now reach the north fins at sunset.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1jfuny-YkMe0H36utiRfTptDesRlfkpHyI5CwDQUOeADg-uG0jVRdlyDO9tnT7Cja6eNwk8ekRoCHw1KoJNh-8uYrZ84eLjzAoz2SXuewkBMFIydz_pNp59IDQy7ECnqLjtGraNYECU/s1600/CH+10-05-11+WRENS+at+nest+ADULT+FROM+SIDE-LEFT.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1jfuny-YkMe0H36utiRfTptDesRlfkpHyI5CwDQUOeADg-uG0jVRdlyDO9tnT7Cja6eNwk8ekRoCHw1KoJNh-8uYrZ84eLjzAoz2SXuewkBMFIydz_pNp59IDQy7ECnqLjtGraNYECU/s320/CH+10-05-11+WRENS+at+nest+ADULT+FROM+SIDE-LEFT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471619130616028434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, the first occupants moved in: winter wrens built this </div><div style="text-align: center;">nest between two 1st Level joists, and hatched a brood...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDhM6pBl695CzluoRUA3iO1v22M4Ja5VRDkdxAmoHPB_bsbh5BKjFIpV7aiMSWw7RXOwlKjRcqnkQPcV6ttS7aoQgog90feAmXd9te0r2zyhrPDteHPchx0pUPrHuYFbylbH5MFCX45k/s1600/OR+CHR+WRENS-BABIES+ON+BRANCH+-+4+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDhM6pBl695CzluoRUA3iO1v22M4Ja5VRDkdxAmoHPB_bsbh5BKjFIpV7aiMSWw7RXOwlKjRcqnkQPcV6ttS7aoQgog90feAmXd9te0r2zyhrPDteHPchx0pUPrHuYFbylbH5MFCX45k/s320/OR+CHR+WRENS-BABIES+ON+BRANCH+-+4+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471619137849962898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...which one day all decamped for a branch up behind the house, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and then deeper into the woods for their first summer.</div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-51570178878337474942010-05-15T13:43:00.000-07:002010-05-15T14:44:44.151-07:00HERE COME THE SUB-CONTRACTORS!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrbJdS0a7MZ75-Mq7b1bWYZfanw7xi874CUPjWm1Rg7j1zFx0p-8JKPHdmY5MFYZ3Wj4m6vbpYWdi32slj-FOS2gwpN-jq6LR7ar33tbw_KXlQ9PnL6WluuSlIHEVr5DcTJAZ_nYHMdE/s1600/CH+10-03-03+HSE:+SOUTH+WITH+SUBS+TRUCKS-781042.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrbJdS0a7MZ75-Mq7b1bWYZfanw7xi874CUPjWm1Rg7j1zFx0p-8JKPHdmY5MFYZ3Wj4m6vbpYWdi32slj-FOS2gwpN-jq6LR7ar33tbw_KXlQ9PnL6WluuSlIHEVr5DcTJAZ_nYHMdE/s320/CH+10-03-03+HSE:+SOUTH+WITH+SUBS+TRUCKS-781042.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471600566123763586" /></a><br />With siding done, the carpenters "wood-shops" were cleared out and room was made for the PME sub-contractors to work.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_kX5DYva2rRa99TMKeuY5irvD0x4wF1n3jbQZtX_y0YeiOiiZvF4NbFJ7QXWhNx4hcSnhuYsYcYdf5_FZxrecKit_mtD0qaHTwUNTTSrqSFroU-ct1TjoElPx_SikIycJfMjWJlelA4/s1600/CH+10-03-10+CHASE+NOTES-DAVE,+STEVE,+CLINTON,+BOB-783488.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_kX5DYva2rRa99TMKeuY5irvD0x4wF1n3jbQZtX_y0YeiOiiZvF4NbFJ7QXWhNx4hcSnhuYsYcYdf5_FZxrecKit_mtD0qaHTwUNTTSrqSFroU-ct1TjoElPx_SikIycJfMjWJlelA4/s320/CH+10-03-10+CHASE+NOTES-DAVE,+STEVE,+CLINTON,+BOB-783488.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471600574697449586" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">First step was to sort out who was going to do what where and what order.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtLgx6L2hPjcaZ3fNHJA4Dh8irMZPBILkguGx-MSA3sciuSb-7nB_Hdo9uLhAfRjX6f0O7rwiEdV4QDjBPIyIqg6AhpTz-PPQ0sWc_WxNq5BB9rlGras7U3UE-qB3pje3tex8-g9Hh34/s1600/CH+10-03-10+CHASE+NOTES-2-N+WEST+SIDE-786920.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtLgx6L2hPjcaZ3fNHJA4Dh8irMZPBILkguGx-MSA3sciuSb-7nB_Hdo9uLhAfRjX6f0O7rwiEdV4QDjBPIyIqg6AhpTz-PPQ0sWc_WxNq5BB9rlGras7U3UE-qB3pje3tex8-g9Hh34/s320/CH+10-03-10+CHASE+NOTES-2-N+WEST+SIDE-786920.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471600591619701234" /></a><br />The mechanical space is limited. Black tape (blocking out large items, such as the refrigerator), cut sheets (describing items such as fans, washer/dryer) and paper cut-outs (locating items such as ducts and stove pipe) helped bring some order to the sandbox so the subs could play nice.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTxgpRGAn7Pu9cWEztBFfINPIsn46vRFASWi1T5V-tPbVn3NI1o2B-ma783CEf13lNN4mVdiMGiKLyijewuLe604W_A2irUOOElGM6X0M6ebQOcoAn8blrgxTjj4Y6tayQNtjlaqyQCo/s1600/CH+10-03-04+SUBS+STEVE+IN+2+LVL+BATH-788495.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvTxgpRGAn7Pu9cWEztBFfINPIsn46vRFASWi1T5V-tPbVn3NI1o2B-ma783CEf13lNN4mVdiMGiKLyijewuLe604W_A2irUOOElGM6X0M6ebQOcoAn8blrgxTjj4Y6tayQNtjlaqyQCo/s320/CH+10-03-04+SUBS+STEVE+IN+2+LVL+BATH-788495.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471600596310422642" /></a><br />First on the scene was Steve, the ace plumber.<br /><br /><a 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deck.<p class="mobile-photo"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjrOK7zP332RyB1xlMAxCxNgro7XTreIHqvxl6KMClfzJq3xE8ug4oXGuwWyovc3NXhExFwu3UY_H9yl7KiRXXSTEKIbgVJdS2PrVls0pGUpZ8FAmKe5gg-vHoXcA8DPAgZnnpge_Axg/s1600/CH+10-03-03+HSE:+DAVID+AND+CORY+START-791719.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjrOK7zP332RyB1xlMAxCxNgro7XTreIHqvxl6KMClfzJq3xE8ug4oXGuwWyovc3NXhExFwu3UY_H9yl7KiRXXSTEKIbgVJdS2PrVls0pGUpZ8FAmKe5gg-vHoXcA8DPAgZnnpge_Axg/s320/CH+10-03-03+HSE:+DAVID+AND+CORY+START-791719.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471600611823067234" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Then David and Cory, the ace electricians, started runnng wires...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SCSkjFXBIX_cf4kDd-mXnZSS76P_Y_hpHP_dQMYintcsZ_rnHfAZeMIrwEMvupLngtu40fnHgHdA8LL8gNMk9pWljU3uw4Jl2pfNTJ2Anvdtwj2elsoCjSZktgjaNTveSCgbNcikMsg/s1600/CH+10-05-12+ELECTRICAL-MAIN+AND+CRITICAL+PANELS-792991.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SCSkjFXBIX_cf4kDd-mXnZSS76P_Y_hpHP_dQMYintcsZ_rnHfAZeMIrwEMvupLngtu40fnHgHdA8LL8gNMk9pWljU3uw4Jl2pfNTJ2Anvdtwj2elsoCjSZktgjaNTveSCgbNcikMsg/s320/CH+10-05-12+ELECTRICAL-MAIN+AND+CRITICAL+PANELS-792991.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471600618839932850" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">,,,and setting the many panels need for typical electrical uses, as well as photovoltaic and the elevator.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoFM0YtgGBbo-YJj6bB4aMjCfVpdfwfD_kF5Vz3NcPF6OeqwAh0YrleTYRKACqa7jIpeND9D45c-2CtexfNicxE1nYJ23-mG2-MqBqnQHWPygwa2N0pheIxm3hAWx_nolVNWnO9Ix9Tg/s1600/CH+10-05-04+HVAC+-+1+LVL+HEATER+FM+NORTH-794604.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoFM0YtgGBbo-YJj6bB4aMjCfVpdfwfD_kF5Vz3NcPF6OeqwAh0YrleTYRKACqa7jIpeND9D45c-2CtexfNicxE1nYJ23-mG2-MqBqnQHWPygwa2N0pheIxm3hAWx_nolVNWnO9Ix9Tg/s320/CH+10-05-04+HVAC+-+1+LVL+HEATER+FM+NORTH-794604.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471600620344273746" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoFM0YtgGBbo-YJj6bB4aMjCfVpdfwfD_kF5Vz3NcPF6OeqwAh0YrleTYRKACqa7jIpeND9D45c-2CtexfNicxE1nYJ23-mG2-MqBqnQHWPygwa2N0pheIxm3hAWx_nolVNWnO9Ix9Tg/s1600/CH+10-05-04+HVAC+-+1+LVL+HEATER+FM+NORTH-794604.jpg"></a>The last to have a turn was the HVAC team, who, on a day I was not there, came in, placed one of the heater-fan combos, and retreated waiting for instructions.</p></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-69766087165980382482010-05-13T15:46:00.000-07:002010-05-15T14:15:14.345-07:00CLOUD HOUSE SIDING IS FINALLY DONE<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_keQB1o4Qcz2U6s4gOUFRSTvFjin-t59SuupaEgYagPTb3AzM8CSLQCsL6BA_XMTbo4p_HRX9oF9id2mUDVbS1fh3kTJ1bT9AvJEUpaqX9MzkcWLRQYz8dmrPDmXf_rPRDiOrpFCDKEw/s1600/CH+10-04-01+HOUSE+FROM+EAST-SOUTH-EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_keQB1o4Qcz2U6s4gOUFRSTvFjin-t59SuupaEgYagPTb3AzM8CSLQCsL6BA_XMTbo4p_HRX9oF9id2mUDVbS1fh3kTJ1bT9AvJEUpaqX9MzkcWLRQYz8dmrPDmXf_rPRDiOrpFCDKEw/s320/CH+10-04-01+HOUSE+FROM+EAST-SOUTH-EAST.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470891809537896130" /></a><br />Siding resumed after receipt of additional special order boards. Tho this day was nice, it was still winter and rains were in the forecast. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuVC5WRz2rMXw8bABTW45V-_mJxg8AHIh9jMfgjgxYBSht6x0Ee5h8eBd93phM7l0Wp7bhB3ok2hq76A4l0A6WwJ3idUvNiErnBC4TxDQyuHxCucHOLU-aydkdOPSoOkrv8u987djyzA/s1600/CH+10-04-14++HSE+FM+SOUTH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuVC5WRz2rMXw8bABTW45V-_mJxg8AHIh9jMfgjgxYBSht6x0Ee5h8eBd93phM7l0Wp7bhB3ok2hq76A4l0A6WwJ3idUvNiErnBC4TxDQyuHxCucHOLU-aydkdOPSoOkrv8u987djyzA/s320/CH+10-04-14++HSE+FM+SOUTH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470891830179899890" /></a><br />So the east end was tented.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqbVIeRsBB-g9IIJzQ0Hv7Jix8L1RaR-LNNYVRbe5Ikg9sLCv43vxRdUdrrkdvuq2btlmL5Ido1gTFyYVBTjbK6yYYfFgUIl-_ehxPif3kopgP0_8pB39vPzMMdyNpQa3dhEzOO-4i-0/s1600/CH+10-04-16+SIDING-NORTH+WING+WALL-SOUTH+SIDE+(N.+ENTRY).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqbVIeRsBB-g9IIJzQ0Hv7Jix8L1RaR-LNNYVRbe5Ikg9sLCv43vxRdUdrrkdvuq2btlmL5Ido1gTFyYVBTjbK6yYYfFgUIl-_ehxPif3kopgP0_8pB39vPzMMdyNpQa3dhEzOO-4i-0/s320/CH+10-04-16+SIDING-NORTH+WING+WALL-SOUTH+SIDE+(N.+ENTRY).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470891816228654386" /></a><br />Under the tent, 4" horizontal and multi-inch horizontal siding was installed on each side of where steps to the first level will be located.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO6kaes_vzWHyDnJKhOfrsFFtzdlLoyc59O9JBlejUfjt3gdCicrOJnBxVWS4xPpZrgrXnlOcKj6JLebML17seoRvUy3qrDP2y754dgmDEZUxmeTO3ZrrPjaH1ucWHapVW80sO5U6iX8/s1600/CH+10-04-12+1ST+LVL+CUBBY:GLU-LAM+SIDING-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO6kaes_vzWHyDnJKhOfrsFFtzdlLoyc59O9JBlejUfjt3gdCicrOJnBxVWS4xPpZrgrXnlOcKj6JLebML17seoRvUy3qrDP2y754dgmDEZUxmeTO3ZrrPjaH1ucWHapVW80sO5U6iX8/s320/CH+10-04-12+1ST+LVL+CUBBY:GLU-LAM+SIDING-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470892775736342866" /></a><br />Things got tricky where siding hits walls, beams, doors, etc..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcDOiD1dMMgvjgW__B8zBRItQ-tEigpNz0DUYnj8gokF6vDCWrX_zDAsOZ8EWMeNuTx886N1OFWPU77V-q0O5-_uAcqmDQ82EtWot9Q3zHgLeRVYYocR_88U4apeji4XY8yzH40qFQKg/s1600/CH+SIDING+10-04-27+EAST+END+UNWRAPPED-FM+ESE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcDOiD1dMMgvjgW__B8zBRItQ-tEigpNz0DUYnj8gokF6vDCWrX_zDAsOZ8EWMeNuTx886N1OFWPU77V-q0O5-_uAcqmDQ82EtWot9Q3zHgLeRVYYocR_88U4apeji4XY8yzH40qFQKg/s320/CH+SIDING+10-04-27+EAST+END+UNWRAPPED-FM+ESE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470891826092649122" /></a><br />With the east end done, the tent came down...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVurnMlMkuy4Vd0xLSiFE7BSAgvO3cu_X4S4uNa08_OF0xMvEI-DIQNLU6_nu5Yxnxb35DuvvXV12SLOArCFoSqdjDwm9lo176REJKBf1zzAoA05KfwyrqxaWdtSq0WYy8qjoY4ZJQjM/s1600/CH+SIDING+10-04-27+EAST+END+DONE-2ND+LVL+CUBBY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVurnMlMkuy4Vd0xLSiFE7BSAgvO3cu_X4S4uNa08_OF0xMvEI-DIQNLU6_nu5Yxnxb35DuvvXV12SLOArCFoSqdjDwm9lo176REJKBf1zzAoA05KfwyrqxaWdtSq0WYy8qjoY4ZJQjM/s320/CH+SIDING+10-04-27+EAST+END+DONE-2ND+LVL+CUBBY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470891822564855858" /></a><br />revealing places such as the low Cubby at the 2nd Level stair landing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxVnLGsesSJ7a83dWpM8qa34iNF4iGtuOMvoqC1l-NfLNH_O55qyWvQ2_eVB90WyPcuTrLONBTaaamVWuXcNhlzsH7g9P9WwLaHIgn241Bprdg3_umu69hwsgfekw3gZYkKkJTm_6cD4/s1600/CH+10-03-30+CORE+BOTTOM+MOCK-UP-FM+WEST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxVnLGsesSJ7a83dWpM8qa34iNF4iGtuOMvoqC1l-NfLNH_O55qyWvQ2_eVB90WyPcuTrLONBTaaamVWuXcNhlzsH7g9P9WwLaHIgn241Bprdg3_umu69hwsgfekw3gZYkKkJTm_6cD4/s320/CH+10-03-30+CORE+BOTTOM+MOCK-UP-FM+WEST.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470892328165173282" /></a><br />The last decision was how to terminate the bottom of the Core Wall siding. On left, the simple "siding ended" detail; on the right, the more formal "belly board" or "house skirt" solution.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRiNIOu5q3fLcvL7qyBZPcM61XPW5ZLeCXYnw3N5UioLQ1icxbgQ39mDrIOhBBbXGQvcdXQ1NvSAyyEzchICoK1zeiLEhMw2yd8KnM_gbN9zLmCakuCBP09Z4wIU0fdrp3sm_eI1v078/s1600/CH+10-05-05+SIDING+-+BELLY+BOARD-SOUTH+FM+WEST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRiNIOu5q3fLcvL7qyBZPcM61XPW5ZLeCXYnw3N5UioLQ1icxbgQ39mDrIOhBBbXGQvcdXQ1NvSAyyEzchICoK1zeiLEhMw2yd8KnM_gbN9zLmCakuCBP09Z4wIU0fdrp3sm_eI1v078/s320/CH+10-05-05+SIDING+-+BELLY+BOARD-SOUTH+FM+WEST.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470892338224613890" /></a><br />The choice, "belly skirt" was made, and the siding project, ten months after starting, was completed.Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-75730279860900493062010-05-05T23:31:00.001-07:002010-05-15T15:39:12.950-07:00<p class="mobile-photo">PHOTOS FROM CHINA 2009</p><p class="mobile-photo">HANGZHOU:</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQxY5OuzgCBLjRr4WRCVhyS7HVhax3gkUfT2-VFmcuBhm2k9WIZASLbQdVWg4pmqUGNS5eoRuDhe2zA1Nq8fS784TQpSJtkjp5hXcbbk-jDR8L5O8Mny8pGLHbmjZSCHClHb9JPNTU5Q/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+14-703099.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQxY5OuzgCBLjRr4WRCVhyS7HVhax3gkUfT2-VFmcuBhm2k9WIZASLbQdVWg4pmqUGNS5eoRuDhe2zA1Nq8fS784TQpSJtkjp5hXcbbk-jDR8L5O8Mny8pGLHbmjZSCHClHb9JPNTU5Q/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+14-703099.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468040991923206850" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Water taxi at south end of the Grand Canal</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6Z16Rk07Su9n0pMu2uX-EECyp6QK-7K97Z28gSaNWcyYeeSxCGDJXrYwIHldHGyODzAnvAf8LsjmdqnFCu-pRVS5HRE7S_8pkblFBwZc4SzuRJRtJi4o9RLn0ZAD7E8RNOJh35v-13A/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+18-704124.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6Z16Rk07Su9n0pMu2uX-EECyp6QK-7K97Z28gSaNWcyYeeSxCGDJXrYwIHldHGyODzAnvAf8LsjmdqnFCu-pRVS5HRE7S_8pkblFBwZc4SzuRJRtJi4o9RLn0ZAD7E8RNOJh35v-13A/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+18-704124.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468040997306572322" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Dance class along the canal.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLn5qSCVi6HK1qSjAOxru6kBFt_BWot8C_hjRLjXwej3dzyZMxNlcFatHznmOhSItdI1ocBTtOSIeNJRC3_1tv5Tll7kPjJEd5jWc9WwLMc-IazNS-789-G238wIgno_3h2v-_k3ogdTQ/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+30-705183.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLn5qSCVi6HK1qSjAOxru6kBFt_BWot8C_hjRLjXwej3dzyZMxNlcFatHznmOhSItdI1ocBTtOSIeNJRC3_1tv5Tll7kPjJEd5jWc9WwLMc-IazNS-789-G238wIgno_3h2v-_k3ogdTQ/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+30-705183.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041000786912082" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Restored merchant's mansion: the main entry courtyard.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoUJZepJf_KmJHJgnZqMi8GiNHjEKWdO6IE1wYtdkhvWlJ-kkY2w7TQEf3HiucXTdadDTNjWbmvhGXAkWfF7yAjNt4_L1geQuMBXRqp_ZETlS8UC9vKt5Bryt0pKLzZrwA83yR3IkWWQ/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+40-706152.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoUJZepJf_KmJHJgnZqMi8GiNHjEKWdO6IE1wYtdkhvWlJ-kkY2w7TQEf3HiucXTdadDTNjWbmvhGXAkWfF7yAjNt4_L1geQuMBXRqp_ZETlS8UC9vKt5Bryt0pKLzZrwA83yR3IkWWQ/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+40-706152.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041003264821794" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Setting up for the solar eclipse.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCW28ILfxyQ8iw88O6Njk2pURB6wNEcPKZYhyphenhyphenLqO_WipDfDagWyJrFgaHQVP4CZoQnqYuNQLX_9n84FMGcnVKAhe4JFA5JkvCmtLY3yEDzBMbd7JWNXXLmQlweZQrUDg-uSklk6Ps8TvE/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+41-707407.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCW28ILfxyQ8iw88O6Njk2pURB6wNEcPKZYhyphenhyphenLqO_WipDfDagWyJrFgaHQVP4CZoQnqYuNQLX_9n84FMGcnVKAhe4JFA5JkvCmtLY3yEDzBMbd7JWNXXLmQlweZQrUDg-uSklk6Ps8TvE/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+41-707407.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041009657123378" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Waiting for the clouds to go away.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_Sa4ScqoaKX7CSSoviiMXDzeQP0J5XOqvW6mb0tGs2uKjNbQwTwOtJmtCoh-oBIXor7RKE0UYvU_lYc9ud04TgvFNpVUxtQC6zBYQ7I8OrlpVJxsr6InblWmUBCstdGBwgAUhlIIEBY/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+43-708286.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_Sa4ScqoaKX7CSSoviiMXDzeQP0J5XOqvW6mb0tGs2uKjNbQwTwOtJmtCoh-oBIXor7RKE0UYvU_lYc9ud04TgvFNpVUxtQC6zBYQ7I8OrlpVJxsr6InblWmUBCstdGBwgAUhlIIEBY/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+43-708286.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041012347024722" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Totality.</p><p class="mobile-photo">SICHUAN:</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp22PFv-4PT-BZa2CO1vmEJgsEXhLg_ApDEC5Q2igaWyAIwpIDX5GuBHpFo04AnwB30OQs-wefe26k4ufjsefwYgw3okhacMljPM22h3VHMQknMRO6Jywc8SO28UZV_4ngLyKzDcxqH0/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+49-709268.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp22PFv-4PT-BZa2CO1vmEJgsEXhLg_ApDEC5Q2igaWyAIwpIDX5GuBHpFo04AnwB30OQs-wefe26k4ufjsefwYgw3okhacMljPM22h3VHMQknMRO6Jywc8SO28UZV_4ngLyKzDcxqH0/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+49-709268.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041017444265090" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">One VIP ("very important panda")</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9U3i5FBijWHF5w5g0vpiFmMvp3VS-10uYYHnOb5ezCHKC51sPE7zLCZTudDITL6HDCbRhfhLm7Zcr9WNxzqutUxAyflGEzQ2J95vFOQE_E1dMpCrW1QE2an8J1HlcCgoQhGSLmiPwZ-M/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+66-710338.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9U3i5FBijWHF5w5g0vpiFmMvp3VS-10uYYHnOb5ezCHKC51sPE7zLCZTudDITL6HDCbRhfhLm7Zcr9WNxzqutUxAyflGEzQ2J95vFOQE_E1dMpCrW1QE2an8J1HlcCgoQhGSLmiPwZ-M/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+66-710338.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041019697353890" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Sanxingdui museum of bronze era masks.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><br /></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrb9jJSZ4I0SrT8TEFByLOegHEx_LoWl053xj_YR-y8cJ7Gza03a6-IXRZCr4E7N8o1UOwOuo_VeG5nNgY1AkS2nEZ460GqWuShOgaL3Yk2_3voP2sZjl0SNXD3mvjS5Asfr9CvJm4EDQ/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+74-712483.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrb9jJSZ4I0SrT8TEFByLOegHEx_LoWl053xj_YR-y8cJ7Gza03a6-IXRZCr4E7N8o1UOwOuo_VeG5nNgY1AkS2nEZ460GqWuShOgaL3Yk2_3voP2sZjl0SNXD3mvjS5Asfr9CvJm4EDQ/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+74-712483.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041030908438498" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Remnent of old town near Leshan.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8HRqdhNALqrK6I43L8PYnalA7olmYMQ0TKpXi1ZwSX53sQCKMgvg8q5CDDEU0V3Q4B28mfno3E6OCi_SkEaDECO5Omoi2bWUzc2dGJwi6d0pgOUbgZUIR-ohvtO5PSy6-g6EgVRM2Ds/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+87-714029.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8HRqdhNALqrK6I43L8PYnalA7olmYMQ0TKpXi1ZwSX53sQCKMgvg8q5CDDEU0V3Q4B28mfno3E6OCi_SkEaDECO5Omoi2bWUzc2dGJwi6d0pgOUbgZUIR-ohvtO5PSy6-g6EgVRM2Ds/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+87-714029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041037099205730" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">The Great Buddha of Leshan, keeping rivers from flooding.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tx4TSbc5AmYksVbA1hm3q7BFPK4s0NS8Vc4JusCzjfNi-qrpydpIqpmYU2waGPsagQD_NKpErV2FXKGCLtoO4rOWahcENIsseC0Dy9xWZU8QOzrLEFVr8Qs3wOYzR4dydSPmsMd3Nzs/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+90-715696.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Tx4TSbc5AmYksVbA1hm3q7BFPK4s0NS8Vc4JusCzjfNi-qrpydpIqpmYU2waGPsagQD_NKpErV2FXKGCLtoO4rOWahcENIsseC0Dy9xWZU8QOzrLEFVr8Qs3wOYzR4dydSPmsMd3Nzs/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+90-715696.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041040978195570" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Start of trail up Emei-shan, one of the major Buddhist mountains of China.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoFagizC5bgh-CecHwIBmNBPAORjrcGqQMW4WNwutevUDfjXuKDWWhz42emfCTbFyopVhlmfRVfJyl9iTRFV5gye_hWM_JtsMugG8dBPhyphenhyphenpHpX9K-0qkuFmMbL7hgPVTB7SipiTbfPNM/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+93-716586.jpg"><img 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id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041054166022322" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Shaanxi Guild Hall in Zigong.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6Nfs_FkCXRiatp5hxOIzM4WUvvxIL2RnKy4tl8izWufLNxX49z4SkC9-b1SFrxtym-z8WRbZ9xFXQur95AXN6Ae3RJuRWLegy4xNp7fiWnUqK2ESXwdPVQv2_OpBFBFvGPwqBQgvVEI/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+124-719202.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6Nfs_FkCXRiatp5hxOIzM4WUvvxIL2RnKy4tl8izWufLNxX49z4SkC9-b1SFrxtym-z8WRbZ9xFXQur95AXN6Ae3RJuRWLegy4xNp7fiWnUqK2ESXwdPVQv2_OpBFBFvGPwqBQgvVEI/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+124-719202.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041058568527282" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Market in Zigong: selling hair.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA9wdidYtIyIkQs26fEdEr-CFx7vWC39oWBwlHVlvZYHRQQSnqFK6Wm0UFCK4j_hzg7jP26tJaqxRUg7Ud9OkbFFS8cbg-lnGcmkvS63OQzjw90XpJ0xdRTM1Jlx105ViRUJ8o1rEt0Y/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+139-720354.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA9wdidYtIyIkQs26fEdEr-CFx7vWC39oWBwlHVlvZYHRQQSnqFK6Wm0UFCK4j_hzg7jP26tJaqxRUg7Ud9OkbFFS8cbg-lnGcmkvS63OQzjw90XpJ0xdRTM1Jlx105ViRUJ8o1rEt0Y/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+139-720354.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041062512038722" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">The Sleeping Buddha at Dazu.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrnY_wrkIpoui71bF8bxpbc8C966g0qRfFEWSu540uI7XbxbTwM3CS2gFVeNt-E8WiMsF1MMAjTF_OCe92vgaIAAY8mJhm7cGIiGQDzDGw9pc4WBedavsnQqOCuBnso5FQYk8vE4Dlt0/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+141-721177.jpg"><img 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id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041074501653778" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Apprentice at Liu's workshop.</p><p class="mobile-photo">BEIJING:</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4xjC4-TebL3BL5mbusjyOzyv-fSbjD9OulI4OEUsTnJjBlBNI5Dn4JdAsdiXIGBSRtVJ-EwsCvh3y8t539Lg_TNyv4wMMH39ers7OVxNXdLmJW7ZxKR2iNPLMTTGuhT-gFtRJpmRuko/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+160-722765.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4xjC4-TebL3BL5mbusjyOzyv-fSbjD9OulI4OEUsTnJjBlBNI5Dn4JdAsdiXIGBSRtVJ-EwsCvh3y8t539Lg_TNyv4wMMH39ers7OVxNXdLmJW7ZxKR2iNPLMTTGuhT-gFtRJpmRuko/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+160-722765.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041073136197378" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Zhufeng's sister Zhuchun and her Buick.</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a 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id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041108804479986" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Zhuchun, Zhuwen, Zhufeng, Zhuxian and friend.</p><p class="mobile-photo">GUBEIKOU:</p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNQyIWhUjX8qgDjDwwFYmJp0A9NlfWr6nx1hjS1KWgvqfH7BT4EwOac-cCD7xQchy7CamGk7R49t6CAGj6tvpQAeA-Coegb9-FBgKqr0z2buj0oxeSPs0S6hesW_EhrXaFRv0jh5cf4U/s1600/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+212-731691.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNQyIWhUjX8qgDjDwwFYmJp0A9NlfWr6nx1hjS1KWgvqfH7BT4EwOac-cCD7xQchy7CamGk7R49t6CAGj6tvpQAeA-Coegb9-FBgKqr0z2buj0oxeSPs0S6hesW_EhrXaFRv0jh5cf4U/s320/CN+2009+BEST+OF+SLIDESHOW.jpeg+-+212-731691.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468041110302049970" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">A section of the Great Wall.</p>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-56707697707312977892010-03-01T20:30:00.000-08:002010-03-01T21:59:30.213-08:00CLOUD HOUSE SOLDERS ON THRU THE RAIN<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOcDgBUQy3ExNdpE-eO_3slz_kPctqIHtyFKYEINALBQp5vUySJbxpossvN5UxcoAlzsn8mxt1-VqCNC_GXiVt8vDb70HXJJ1ALaemPhSt73Ie1N0B6MtA2FhqDBSshL43jxKOGOEYFU/s1600-h/CH+10-01-04+METAL+ROOF+-+LAST+SCREW"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOcDgBUQy3ExNdpE-eO_3slz_kPctqIHtyFKYEINALBQp5vUySJbxpossvN5UxcoAlzsn8mxt1-VqCNC_GXiVt8vDb70HXJJ1ALaemPhSt73Ie1N0B6MtA2FhqDBSshL43jxKOGOEYFU/s320/CH+10-01-04+METAL+ROOF+-+LAST+SCREW" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443897163983526562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Return after New Year was just in time to see the</div><div style="text-align: center;">Groth-Gates crew install the last screw of the metal roof.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN5NQoW7qe76Qcrj7fKH9T7tMIHVzkjH1nE7b6nF6ppVD6DAmzDuvtSeBOuic4rEI5SEzzx9Lkfo9wHk_HsHM8JGBhnbnAc81lMr5H0S0JWe0WrZtTQQICWoYE09XM2bvyJjg7R0Ci7I/s1600-h/CH+10-01-05+METAL+ROOF-+LKG+WEST-RYAN"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN5NQoW7qe76Qcrj7fKH9T7tMIHVzkjH1nE7b6nF6ppVD6DAmzDuvtSeBOuic4rEI5SEzzx9Lkfo9wHk_HsHM8JGBhnbnAc81lMr5H0S0JWe0WrZtTQQICWoYE09XM2bvyJjg7R0Ci7I/s320/CH+10-01-05+METAL+ROOF-+LKG+WEST-RYAN" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443897160738153346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nice Job! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ryan, from Western States Electrical, reviews </div><div style="text-align: center;">how to attach the future PV panels to it.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigARAJ8PIVeEDFT7OZArJHTKXEII1HNmfLrJpp6udIaVH65e3fv61li2yCNWQyqQedJ1gUm6S8upayu-1ocG2M9xSVmK1Cdfc7pTvR7W20jTvl2RS-v8ZUqHnA8Ph-N00FKuu_ZOOiyM/s1600-h/CH+HSE+FM+CUL-DE-SAC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigARAJ8PIVeEDFT7OZArJHTKXEII1HNmfLrJpp6udIaVH65e3fv61li2yCNWQyqQedJ1gUm6S8upayu-1ocG2M9xSVmK1Cdfc7pTvR7W20jTvl2RS-v8ZUqHnA8Ph-N00FKuu_ZOOiyM/s320/CH+HSE+FM+CUL-DE-SAC.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443898495388558674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile the crew finished up the vertical siding.</div><div style="text-align: center;">With metal roof in place, siding can go on the solar rack, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so a brown tarp is up to protect the work zone.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOLeW4i9_X2Sz8s8CxNx0SYBJY27zA6K3xbfvWX7S5IY0CzE1_J-JIIH8qtR9qyV7emabkgttD6hlD027YQh4I6G0GBcg_BePeH272OSdsKg8Xy2yCIrb-qnw6ZtbbqaDm7Wq9Gff5K8/s1600-h/CH+10-01-28+SIDING+S.S-B+FIN+TOP+-+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOLeW4i9_X2Sz8s8CxNx0SYBJY27zA6K3xbfvWX7S5IY0CzE1_J-JIIH8qtR9qyV7emabkgttD6hlD027YQh4I6G0GBcg_BePeH272OSdsKg8Xy2yCIrb-qnw6ZtbbqaDm7Wq9Gff5K8/s320/CH+10-01-28+SIDING+S.S-B+FIN+TOP+-+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443897150374640450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A view of the top of the vertical siding:</div><div style="text-align: center;">the fins are notched so the metal parapet</div><div style="text-align: center;"> cap flashing can slip down behind them.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmCJbU6OnBj0HVYWdxCoJ9_Q00T81Xp3SsHIJxYSnAk_ojmxYSRcdPf9tjaGaFFBs0bvhOz5nM5a0tqwmtFfoR_gjHKIEcieJnFYV_NtkCaPg7qVWjLdbfiUfdYy6PkBu9DIP-3K9bbw/s1600-h/CH+10-01-22+SIDING-SOLAR+RACK-WEST+WITH+WAYNE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmCJbU6OnBj0HVYWdxCoJ9_Q00T81Xp3SsHIJxYSnAk_ojmxYSRcdPf9tjaGaFFBs0bvhOz5nM5a0tqwmtFfoR_gjHKIEcieJnFYV_NtkCaPg7qVWjLdbfiUfdYy6PkBu9DIP-3K9bbw/s320/CH+10-01-22+SIDING-SOLAR+RACK-WEST+WITH+WAYNE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443896747037573122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Under the tarp, Wayne installs the 4" horizontal siding on the solar rack.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The opening awaits a very custom hatch, the only access to the roofs.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGNTaKeWAnb5Q8S6AUsyel8yFzoQxI67P1sVkm8WP7gPQmtarP4NoPep_qX_WxQ1S1mOO-p_ZL_L8c1jJezeQWEuVhUytDLayba5ikhlLEjHJfT24lhkuHorA_rmwROt1B8f8ilU4A6Q/s1600-h/CH+10-02-02+SIDING+WEST+CLEARSTORY+NORTH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGNTaKeWAnb5Q8S6AUsyel8yFzoQxI67P1sVkm8WP7gPQmtarP4NoPep_qX_WxQ1S1mOO-p_ZL_L8c1jJezeQWEuVhUytDLayba5ikhlLEjHJfT24lhkuHorA_rmwROt1B8f8ilU4A6Q/s320/CH+10-02-02+SIDING+WEST+CLEARSTORY+NORTH.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443896740405960642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Siding is a bit tricky in the close quarters between the fly-rafters</div><div style="text-align: center;">above and the low roof below, with the glu-lam beams</div><div style="text-align: center;">zooming out in between the two.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNKNgOEnIZSGkPbbVYNf0hQIVjLOrMepyt-2cfSSrZmdoKRBVTXro7V-gooCBJrTH81rKAIh0wn1jifbXkh2qh_P1veGhKLEnJOkZAUq2f9nsZ3Uo22EIc54zycyY95aYNd_M64XLS-c/s1600-h/CH+10-2-17+SIDING-S-S.B+LAST+PIECE-ABE:WAYNE+MEASURE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNKNgOEnIZSGkPbbVYNf0hQIVjLOrMepyt-2cfSSrZmdoKRBVTXro7V-gooCBJrTH81rKAIh0wn1jifbXkh2qh_P1veGhKLEnJOkZAUq2f9nsZ3Uo22EIc54zycyY95aYNd_M64XLS-c/s320/CH+10-2-17+SIDING-S-S.B+LAST+PIECE-ABE:WAYNE+MEASURE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443898140341611266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Abe and Wayne measure the last piece of clearstory siding.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Note the grooves in the siding on top. That is to give a different look </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the siding on the beams from the siding on the clearstory.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And note the cute windows cut into the clearstory. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They will daylight the south hall below.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The wide cap flashing is on top of the vent for the roof they are sitting on.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ53-UR1WPuaNKaRBE4WlLjLtuGxurrDUtvNiCePrNjxb1-NMpefrhUWvpgzkUeQFSiIwMZu2EmGSCoSiLfSPR_sNjOoqT6OmIcG7AtJseeo7Jv7CgTrYg3PCHdN0oDWGQx9h6Q6wz7ag/s1600-h/CH+10-02-09+SIDING-BEAMS-EAST_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ53-UR1WPuaNKaRBE4WlLjLtuGxurrDUtvNiCePrNjxb1-NMpefrhUWvpgzkUeQFSiIwMZu2EmGSCoSiLfSPR_sNjOoqT6OmIcG7AtJseeo7Jv7CgTrYg3PCHdN0oDWGQx9h6Q6wz7ag/s320/CH+10-02-09+SIDING-BEAMS-EAST_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443896732073617890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Out on their ends, the glu-lams, which carry the fly-rafters,</div><div style="text-align: center;">get a careful detail to allow air to vent the "rain-wall" cavity on each side.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0lpBqlnQkWLdmf-bYCf973H7CRttblq5FoGXhzPIcPg5PowayvL-aQH4-uCRVQttfyTm20UwwUcAlTn6DgFlPXnHdQtI7nid8OOxuCEszOmII3c7KMJZX6q30YKBQWATCXYmlf0d6aw/s1600-h/CH+10-02-09+SIDING-BEAMS-EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0lpBqlnQkWLdmf-bYCf973H7CRttblq5FoGXhzPIcPg5PowayvL-aQH4-uCRVQttfyTm20UwwUcAlTn6DgFlPXnHdQtI7nid8OOxuCEszOmII3c7KMJZX6q30YKBQWATCXYmlf0d6aw/s320/CH+10-02-09+SIDING-BEAMS-EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443896732543401762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then a finish piece trims it all out so nicely.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxqE0JuNGYd93nL3l5esAYkTwX8LlKChxuvUh3nRItwV6a_3GUrZVkZ4ObUZcnHkkLL1l3lrz4Sd4LOFPqWjpI0XtN2oiRyNF-Xe0uq72vixqdCOH5CV_9VHT3t-yUQQ_QBBWcs6Pdx8/s1600-h/CH+10-02-09+SIDING-CLEARSTORY:BEAMS-NORTH_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxqE0JuNGYd93nL3l5esAYkTwX8LlKChxuvUh3nRItwV6a_3GUrZVkZ4ObUZcnHkkLL1l3lrz4Sd4LOFPqWjpI0XtN2oiRyNF-Xe0uq72vixqdCOH5CV_9VHT3t-yUQQ_QBBWcs6Pdx8/s320/CH+10-02-09+SIDING-CLEARSTORY:BEAMS-NORTH_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443896727658586898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Another view of the glu-lam siding continuing over the top of the clearstory siding.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The glu-lam cap flashing ends abrupty at the clearstory. The flashing gets painted,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so continuing the paint on the siding across to the flashing</div><div style="text-align: center;"> on the other end may deal with that discontinuance.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">AND FINALLY</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUel53usamY85GNcsSg5hNGDViOtxXb2VPQLsx79A1gdjTz0kSeh5EO2WfLVDciS_7wzbl6OaPZ6ovCdeRJDb2AwdJ-gNM_DOkU41GdzhvGYWn2nXrF8oh4O8-2-nmZoVoLu27failFnI/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-LLIFT+W:+TREES+BEHIND.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUel53usamY85GNcsSg5hNGDViOtxXb2VPQLsx79A1gdjTz0kSeh5EO2WfLVDciS_7wzbl6OaPZ6ovCdeRJDb2AwdJ-gNM_DOkU41GdzhvGYWn2nXrF8oh4O8-2-nmZoVoLu27failFnI/s320/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-LLIFT+W:+TREES+BEHIND.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443903623275635458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Three days predicted for sunny weather brought the four BIG WINDOWS out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The pane is resting on temporary forks on the front of the man-lift, which </div><div style="text-align: center;">Dustin and Dan raise and swing....</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94N9Usjt6BmziMtuiAcTAXkuUi1KvfEoa44DCy-w-YIfsV7KmZc97yWpCr9mWiIaoadcrm_sDlg-31B2UW5kRspAmOA10uh7op7Ty9pLuv7S1eyditrq1CqyHt7nUbPlpERy7A88mBS0/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-CLAY%26TOM+WAIT+FOR+%233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94N9Usjt6BmziMtuiAcTAXkuUi1KvfEoa44DCy-w-YIfsV7KmZc97yWpCr9mWiIaoadcrm_sDlg-31B2UW5kRspAmOA10uh7op7Ty9pLuv7S1eyditrq1CqyHt7nUbPlpERy7A88mBS0/s320/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-CLAY%26TOM+WAIT+FOR+%233.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443895985372830162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">into position, while Clinton and Tom wait.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJTxeQi45AX8KiF_jY1oY4f1fRARsDa9u_B3qTLLLaF2IDzJFQCVoE3yCrbp4moRueM22AgWRL3AWD8cjNT8FyOOXN6zvfXAWmWUkgMG-gIqVnmqR__TX-TFsKjEGbybR0814hUvaez4/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-%233+SET+FM+INSIDE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJTxeQi45AX8KiF_jY1oY4f1fRARsDa9u_B3qTLLLaF2IDzJFQCVoE3yCrbp4moRueM22AgWRL3AWD8cjNT8FyOOXN6zvfXAWmWUkgMG-gIqVnmqR__TX-TFsKjEGbybR0814hUvaez4/s320/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-%233+SET+FM+INSIDE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443895981362815458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Once close enough, all four attach suction cups and </div><div style="text-align: center;">push/pull it into position in the frame.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8gdSBXvme-CAlBgSnPzGl0NdTUyIdk76YuGLqNG7ZAUynZKAkrtOnucH6N2wHq_dpgUEm5V-bI_ErNQEqc4tYKyohT-f_2ArOVD657cMMHtTpZmIYEj0Yk-30FLrbZ3Xs6difx2RIc0/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-%232+ADJUSTED.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8gdSBXvme-CAlBgSnPzGl0NdTUyIdk76YuGLqNG7ZAUynZKAkrtOnucH6N2wHq_dpgUEm5V-bI_ErNQEqc4tYKyohT-f_2ArOVD657cMMHtTpZmIYEj0Yk-30FLrbZ3Xs6difx2RIc0/s320/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-%232+ADJUSTED.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443895991805080402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A tug here, a tweek there, and she's set.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IjnnVLcqYiMZW5nn2XnwawJJwDv_WVwjEhf4CY5GQHFLZcs1cnfd7yWDSApXN3m8k9tuHQZEtT0PaVjRVNOtVY8TY4HkrFLLVRsP1C6NrVPStNhdEbYnNAEIWJBVUAdov2EVXLBTNns/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-DUSTIN+ROLLS+VINYL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IjnnVLcqYiMZW5nn2XnwawJJwDv_WVwjEhf4CY5GQHFLZcs1cnfd7yWDSApXN3m8k9tuHQZEtT0PaVjRVNOtVY8TY4HkrFLLVRsP1C6NrVPStNhdEbYnNAEIWJBVUAdov2EVXLBTNns/s320/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-DUSTIN+ROLLS+VINYL.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443895977975023186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dustin rolls the vinyl glazing strip on the outside, and...</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXfLwssYBf-Vmr6TkbbTbCisgE9LCBMoe9KyOB7wXmzi6658LzvV2jfDhBsbyhPH_oqwR1YYo1yEcJTZlqLFwav27DAqiFgH4uRUStz0hTGPKSJUESQ0Ii7U9TsUJMrxCA9BFf0LWcl0/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-TOM+CAULKS+INTR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXfLwssYBf-Vmr6TkbbTbCisgE9LCBMoe9KyOB7wXmzi6658LzvV2jfDhBsbyhPH_oqwR1YYo1yEcJTZlqLFwav27DAqiFgH4uRUStz0hTGPKSJUESQ0Ii7U9TsUJMrxCA9BFf0LWcl0/s320/CH+10-02-18+BIG+WINDOWS+INSTALL-TOM+CAULKS+INTR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443895525319835138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the Tom applies backer-rod and caulking on the inside.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's all there is to it folks!</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQiiu6ttEkAG5cUfUMnUEo2mlkZESUNuJt0BTpA1r8jOG5ZqVz5CXwga6QUeAJfxBh-I51RcwQTkTGdpzkffs75wY_LWOXJ5A9iZC4XPusJjwX0y42m3z7tL9Ho0LiXwwmC1NzeBlVPY/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+SKYLIGHT+INSTALL-PLACE+FRAME.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQiiu6ttEkAG5cUfUMnUEo2mlkZESUNuJt0BTpA1r8jOG5ZqVz5CXwga6QUeAJfxBh-I51RcwQTkTGdpzkffs75wY_LWOXJ5A9iZC4XPusJjwX0y42m3z7tL9Ho0LiXwwmC1NzeBlVPY/s320/CH+10-02-18+SKYLIGHT+INSTALL-PLACE+FRAME.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443895328292293522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After the four BIG ones, the skylight was a snap.</div><div style="text-align: center;">First the frame was brought up, and then...</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqpe24-7wstroR8mNN-wZvTJG60nGR5cS1pcJvOOdL6YGet2qhjYuGYPv1Kzr2OA8TqYa0iOw0zRmYgvUiCXJtrKxl7kHGcspglyUMspXbk-fJdU20tojZAZo9aBA8zEEdQ-4-kerOzs/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+SKYLIGHT+INSTALL-SET+GLASS+FM+INSIDE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqpe24-7wstroR8mNN-wZvTJG60nGR5cS1pcJvOOdL6YGet2qhjYuGYPv1Kzr2OA8TqYa0iOw0zRmYgvUiCXJtrKxl7kHGcspglyUMspXbk-fJdU20tojZAZo9aBA8zEEdQ-4-kerOzs/s320/CH+10-02-18+SKYLIGHT+INSTALL-SET+GLASS+FM+INSIDE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443895201083780258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...three glazing panels were installed and capped.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">MEANWHILE, MOCK-UPS CONTINUE:</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADSMV41nlE8e48ZhsHsHBfduAQFlGonO-LaXO-mLK5CQ4EUk2-W-V4OouEXhYE2G1LLtyNkmjpO75bKfh1bBmgPMtXGB10DUUEwsVHAuNuJ2o6zTpaMKAjsTTuXTO0ydeMTO5cAxJcHQ/s1600-h/CH+10-01-05+HSE+FM+STUMP-+-+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADSMV41nlE8e48ZhsHsHBfduAQFlGonO-LaXO-mLK5CQ4EUk2-W-V4OouEXhYE2G1LLtyNkmjpO75bKfh1bBmgPMtXGB10DUUEwsVHAuNuJ2o6zTpaMKAjsTTuXTO0ydeMTO5cAxJcHQ/s320/CH+10-01-05+HSE+FM+STUMP-+-+1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443897662903786386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Charlie is mulling over how to get the rain water from the roof</div><div style="text-align: center;">scupper down to the ground. Black paper outlines what</div><div style="text-align: center;">a six-foot wide "waterfall" might look like.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgNI0vytT343vXAvcVnmYkkxvlyAc_mIBQZi4UfzxbM3qmieDh-d1yErK94wGQzSGBmtQu65kesU8hZ78UztR0Fxnf30QU-ZmcjJcUl3i1m2pOpZSjXnZ2_fLaVFHkNldWiPjjZgXJvk/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+DOOR-MIRROR+MOCK-UP-GZB+ON+FLOOR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgNI0vytT343vXAvcVnmYkkxvlyAc_mIBQZi4UfzxbM3qmieDh-d1yErK94wGQzSGBmtQu65kesU8hZ78UztR0Fxnf30QU-ZmcjJcUl3i1m2pOpZSjXnZ2_fLaVFHkNldWiPjjZgXJvk/s320/CH+10-02-18+DOOR-MIRROR+MOCK-UP-GZB+ON+FLOOR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443894789957941618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here Charlie, with a piece of mirrored acrylic, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> considers how to do the mirrored wall</div><div style="text-align: center;">planned for the end of the halls.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtz2T773Qdhe9QjHq9DOPdZemxJcLnhhEtqJObQsJ7sJliWyb-x5hPx0vRcW9G5dJNto1iXRurkxqzNF-Ch8zhW53qEC1EJzsa_RypUPfLy3Z1g0vy-bPZiRuCvCtFZl0_MIsIzZiyPs/s1600-h/CH+10-02-18+ELEC.-MOCK-UO-WIREMOLD++.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtz2T773Qdhe9QjHq9DOPdZemxJcLnhhEtqJObQsJ7sJliWyb-x5hPx0vRcW9G5dJNto1iXRurkxqzNF-Ch8zhW53qEC1EJzsa_RypUPfLy3Z1g0vy-bPZiRuCvCtFZl0_MIsIzZiyPs/s320/CH+10-02-18+ELEC.-MOCK-UO-WIREMOLD++.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443894644671819074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The crew set a length of "Plug-mold" in a mock-up of the interior siding</div><div style="text-align: center;">to see if that may be a way to install electrical outlets.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoSVVxayzYu40LJ231VaXrhp6qODYMaEO4723X8g77G80MxkkrPWlRNaZYG2wwfqT267h6SGunyJE_kB9uIKSTAPGqezq8NQPrF3qU5mmo4ftafqbskXP9mJaWSPe0K4NGjqZhny0jCU/s1600-h/CH+10-02-22-2ND+LVL+COVE+LITE+mock-up-LKG+SE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoSVVxayzYu40LJ231VaXrhp6qODYMaEO4723X8g77G80MxkkrPWlRNaZYG2wwfqT267h6SGunyJE_kB9uIKSTAPGqezq8NQPrF3qU5mmo4ftafqbskXP9mJaWSPe0K4NGjqZhny0jCU/s320/CH+10-02-22-2ND+LVL+COVE+LITE+mock-up-LKG+SE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443894542509291266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A single fluorescent tube , set in a simple cove, suggests </div><div style="text-align: center;">how well it would illuminate the upper floor below the sky-light.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDKEWWhFhF2G09FHze-0j9Ulr3mzfa8hbh-pWNz0aq8DoGAthVwJrlrEYta10KcylQ46YYNbUQbhk54Z5WTeuR3dIWMEa4XPmNdIHElm3RFiINIC5tT4KTMNnZCH8BjNUJtzdKWN27QA/s1600-h/CH+10-2-17+PLUMBING+1ST+PIPES_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDKEWWhFhF2G09FHze-0j9Ulr3mzfa8hbh-pWNz0aq8DoGAthVwJrlrEYta10KcylQ46YYNbUQbhk54Z5WTeuR3dIWMEa4XPmNdIHElm3RFiINIC5tT4KTMNnZCH8BjNUJtzdKWN27QA/s320/CH+10-2-17+PLUMBING+1ST+PIPES_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443894384116879538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And Steve the Pipe Magician started running plumbing lines.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Things are happening on many fronts!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIryjdiRhHGIrQoVVbvgtEilxouBfD8moYGdW75QtyjnGMxgrF1C8iA07L36gMq8KtfM80bebPg9aLz_ywwpNke9RWxzk4bksKONGrRE8PdhRiwJLfJEXEQKuedoYmcx-oXs8tiZa6EM/s1600-h/CH+10-02-25+HSE+FM+ABOVE-CLOSER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIryjdiRhHGIrQoVVbvgtEilxouBfD8moYGdW75QtyjnGMxgrF1C8iA07L36gMq8KtfM80bebPg9aLz_ywwpNke9RWxzk4bksKONGrRE8PdhRiwJLfJEXEQKuedoYmcx-oXs8tiZa6EM/s320/CH+10-02-25+HSE+FM+ABOVE-CLOSER.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443894017359872002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A walk up the hill gave this prospect down on to the roofs.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTTFksgiVST68xb3cIQBQRz61fmbN_vkF19ubhRomBwbGPvs2Gz93unMU_NyG6yKiuX0-72emwyiFvW5RvgQdQBbatnKyVMkde7fNAMN90xMyeUhtkimMO4Zf0oTJWm-gg5-cy9gtBbA/s1600-h/CH+10-02-27+HSE+FM+DRIVEWAY-WEST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTTFksgiVST68xb3cIQBQRz61fmbN_vkF19ubhRomBwbGPvs2Gz93unMU_NyG6yKiuX0-72emwyiFvW5RvgQdQBbatnKyVMkde7fNAMN90xMyeUhtkimMO4Zf0oTJWm-gg5-cy9gtBbA/s320/CH+10-02-27+HSE+FM+DRIVEWAY-WEST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443893798635159986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And, with much of the work-platform no longer needed,</div><div style="text-align: center;">its removal revealed what the final form of the house will look like.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxATihl-Wxol5JVM4RncXTCZIr8OG_BKIkG5tFtFdXBdy06Dcx8zbPbHmcQcA5bsLSnhdMGrtZMCsvagG5QiPK_uZKMX1L6oNPdyh_6x9FFEZz6jOAru95vfmM_bDJl-IFuSMqRIKMJk/s1600-h/OR+CHR+COASTAL+THREE+ROCK+VU+-+LONG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxATihl-Wxol5JVM4RncXTCZIr8OG_BKIkG5tFtFdXBdy06Dcx8zbPbHmcQcA5bsLSnhdMGrtZMCsvagG5QiPK_uZKMX1L6oNPdyh_6x9FFEZz6jOAru95vfmM_bDJl-IFuSMqRIKMJk/s320/OR+CHR+COASTAL+THREE+ROCK+VU+-+LONG.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443893690011184274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Tho the clouds and rain have been with us this winter,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it has not meant there have been no sunrises or sunsets to enjoy!</div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-13836127273185018782010-01-01T19:45:00.000-08:002010-01-01T20:33:08.973-08:00CLOUD HOUSE SEES ANOTHER YEAR END<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0WPbHxbOuOOeX_Cyaf0LG0EvYwQ_i8FuJPCK8NBF2__ezy2bF8jdVViwJYsbTAPh6iMCtT1YFZwWKPLc63DEQVZRERNmU3KfY1FuaMQLBPJJI06BnQTZjZh79Ag-Zk8tAEeZUN74tZ4/s1600-h/CH+09-11-30+NW+SIDING+-+%40+N.+SLOT+WINDOW+SILL"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0WPbHxbOuOOeX_Cyaf0LG0EvYwQ_i8FuJPCK8NBF2__ezy2bF8jdVViwJYsbTAPh6iMCtT1YFZwWKPLc63DEQVZRERNmU3KfY1FuaMQLBPJJI06BnQTZjZh79Ag-Zk8tAEeZUN74tZ4/s320/CH+09-11-30+NW+SIDING+-+%40+N.+SLOT+WINDOW+SILL" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421987023750478626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In the last post Core Wall siding details were mocked up. After another round,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was decided to miter the edges. The first boards were laid up in the NW corner.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqxqlncjAMXPrRB1arJYp3D-x4mTSRAgPOPxkGrFvFfOhjeCBLnmUYhIuz5pTdN5ffdtaEA73LYI-Ap8Y-k_mrTF3Tvnsoh8u3EhMHi4lcmZyOW_RUSuoYfRwoYEKn6_QyHZs9AEOpko/s1600-h/CH+09-12-14+SIDING-HOUSE+FM+STUMP"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqxqlncjAMXPrRB1arJYp3D-x4mTSRAgPOPxkGrFvFfOhjeCBLnmUYhIuz5pTdN5ffdtaEA73LYI-Ap8Y-k_mrTF3Tvnsoh8u3EhMHi4lcmZyOW_RUSuoYfRwoYEKn6_QyHZs9AEOpko/s320/CH+09-12-14+SIDING-HOUSE+FM+STUMP" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421987016820032978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The cedar boards have a range of tones, light to dark.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But after time they will turn to a rather uniform gray.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For now, tho, I wonder if we HAVE escaped the "Zebra House" look.</div><div style="text-align: center;">With the Core Wall sided, added to the Saddle-Bag on the left,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the West "Waterfall" wall on the right, plus window frames,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the overall finished look begins to emerge.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxavFDwWGjIrsRsscO1NEB5NIMrnFjBpljuJoKp9XXPsnxplTvRocAIV4hyDxXQTLcxVO-nt0rJjS7BxfIWYFUQNFsKvqHXZBltLQVS56CLTlLp6f9Hgaso8JZdocskdahN9Mchk3Vk4/s1600-h/CH+09-12-14+SIDING-NW+CORNER-W:+CASE%27T+WINDOW-CLOSER"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxavFDwWGjIrsRsscO1NEB5NIMrnFjBpljuJoKp9XXPsnxplTvRocAIV4hyDxXQTLcxVO-nt0rJjS7BxfIWYFUQNFsKvqHXZBltLQVS56CLTlLp6f9Hgaso8JZdocskdahN9Mchk3Vk4/s320/CH+09-12-14+SIDING-NW+CORNER-W:+CASE%27T+WINDOW-CLOSER" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421987016767256882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A close up of the NW Core Wall, Slot Window (right) </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Casement (Left). Only things missing are the</div><div style="text-align: center;">battens on top of the narrow boards on the Core Wall,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and, of course, another visit from the window crew.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKJzSntxUUo8dlRZMu3iLS6RZbnDXIiFq7mWZEqWxsA07P9ukupDFz29y81iTNzJ8TM0KvQeiK9S2mzikUy51QvDxjemmOQqf6fhc5KCYBK0yM7Xie0bUg45SqlYGDz5kOyjhnV4fKXg/s1600-h/CH+09-12-17+SIDING-EAST+CUBBIE+EXT%27R-FROM+NORTHEAST"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKJzSntxUUo8dlRZMu3iLS6RZbnDXIiFq7mWZEqWxsA07P9ukupDFz29y81iTNzJ8TM0KvQeiK9S2mzikUy51QvDxjemmOQqf6fhc5KCYBK0yM7Xie0bUg45SqlYGDz5kOyjhnV4fKXg/s320/CH+09-12-17+SIDING-EAST+CUBBIE+EXT%27R-FROM+NORTHEAST" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421987016458502738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, on the east, the 4" horizontal</div><div style="text-align: center;">siding, with no grooves, gets started.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOA1QcncpePjoqn_NfeXMhe4-zx3-mrXmoYKhx2AyQnXWORNmv8OI5wEpQi9i5xTT2M4rEbPvwuuq9jPI9qepel5juyxnIS-Z-EX0D5fhP1VvNHTPbRcXBaeX_pRF-wzQH1PBeUIQAe4/s1600-h/CH+09-12-23+HSE+EAST"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOA1QcncpePjoqn_NfeXMhe4-zx3-mrXmoYKhx2AyQnXWORNmv8OI5wEpQi9i5xTT2M4rEbPvwuuq9jPI9qepel5juyxnIS-Z-EX0D5fhP1VvNHTPbRcXBaeX_pRF-wzQH1PBeUIQAe4/s320/CH+09-12-23+HSE+EAST" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421987010808389426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And laid up as far as it can go without </div><div style="text-align: center;">final decisions on flashing and top railing.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyUZXVJA9Gh6fcFzHlUcK-dxENDz-C6mqSw7nCahte6IV0oK_DQwi7aCiWgqBR9aSlatkfsyufhwOqOXlOPgbEy9v8EkUrdyvFQwEtOLKrXNTisGlJ3NEULIJQtN_wCbDk_ylukHg2AQ/s1600-h/CH+09-12-22+WINDOW-SW+CASEMENT-FM+OUTSIDE"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyUZXVJA9Gh6fcFzHlUcK-dxENDz-C6mqSw7nCahte6IV0oK_DQwi7aCiWgqBR9aSlatkfsyufhwOqOXlOPgbEy9v8EkUrdyvFQwEtOLKrXNTisGlJ3NEULIJQtN_wCbDk_ylukHg2AQ/s320/CH+09-12-22+WINDOW-SW+CASEMENT-FM+OUTSIDE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421985510644788690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One day the window folks arrived, put in one of the casements, and left.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So at least we have an idea of what they will look like from the outside...</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyBr47BXepQXN-0w-nncMN4UggLNnm6Pu5iVGcvFf4Aymn4BnmWoFd4w2e2JDXHjRgJTbx5JrW8nGPmWSMsjPO8OI9ssaM9W2lo-FaqvKq67EgdVwv3sg_wBAd69jSUHc4KAFpaEGTGs/s1600-h/CH+09-12-22+WINDOW-SW+CASEMENT-FM+INSIDE"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyBr47BXepQXN-0w-nncMN4UggLNnm6Pu5iVGcvFf4Aymn4BnmWoFd4w2e2JDXHjRgJTbx5JrW8nGPmWSMsjPO8OI9ssaM9W2lo-FaqvKq67EgdVwv3sg_wBAd69jSUHc4KAFpaEGTGs/s320/CH+09-12-22+WINDOW-SW+CASEMENT-FM+INSIDE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421985503760445010" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and the inside.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTV16wu7DoWW8wtt5cAEfKi7so_O228jCGg-eYDHtEffpc3kvtj3AYtWxgkSxwnlgY2r5iDNxrm8Ik1plZ47w5PEBb9CYrElutXPJQaH2E2AcPc-jvWui9N1Vh1l-IJV7xGhniFJ1Jopg/s1600-h/CH+09-12-22+WINDOW-SW+CASEMENT-FM+SW"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTV16wu7DoWW8wtt5cAEfKi7so_O228jCGg-eYDHtEffpc3kvtj3AYtWxgkSxwnlgY2r5iDNxrm8Ik1plZ47w5PEBb9CYrElutXPJQaH2E2AcPc-jvWui9N1Vh1l-IJV7xGhniFJ1Jopg/s320/CH+09-12-22+WINDOW-SW+CASEMENT-FM+SW" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421985504611564450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Abe applies battens to the Core Wall mix,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the sun casts the acentuating shadows.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0D1sqWCGDSTba7oLzzyJL37MXhOUt4PIpu2Q6h8zRR5wIiN7bl_Qvgb_WOI2iBgxUq8VKR5trrkK6yY0QIUcsDG72gUoJ8w5h4HMpdi_o-SYITIlLTfM1EZaaqyumna9xgMmKssSskI/s1600-h/CH+09-12-01+SO.ELEV+%40+3:00+-++EAST+SIDE+FM+SE+-+CLOSEUP"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0D1sqWCGDSTba7oLzzyJL37MXhOUt4PIpu2Q6h8zRR5wIiN7bl_Qvgb_WOI2iBgxUq8VKR5trrkK6yY0QIUcsDG72gUoJ8w5h4HMpdi_o-SYITIlLTfM1EZaaqyumna9xgMmKssSskI/s320/CH+09-12-01+SO.ELEV+%40+3:00+-++EAST+SIDE+FM+SE+-+CLOSEUP" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421987176075687586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The west setting sun casts deep shadows </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the South Saddle-bag around 3:00 these days.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgAzTGzJSiB41H5Vb29hoqhhOTfNyW-hxs3T7MuxJt4mRgBHBA_ydj7lssbEtk5l4a2oICxtLKsZL7Qe98fvGs3t-_q2v3VxxnYIS2koMRzCwcWii0cuuGV6Ox9PY-AYW-km7xandJAM/s1600-h/CH+09-12-22+HSE+FM+BABCOCK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgAzTGzJSiB41H5Vb29hoqhhOTfNyW-hxs3T7MuxJt4mRgBHBA_ydj7lssbEtk5l4a2oICxtLKsZL7Qe98fvGs3t-_q2v3VxxnYIS2koMRzCwcWii0cuuGV6Ox9PY-AYW-km7xandJAM/s320/CH+09-12-22+HSE+FM+BABCOCK" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421985499010037666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Now it is on to finishing out the South Saddle-bag...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and hope the window guys will appear again.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZU76p9FSxDOVgcbvhcJL9zvPEZuOKEBygVdwK0JvBWPI275vTZcB8F_BEyyedq6Fri_ITUskYCBUJxGfdfcjCatG_HZF6_DbhtnCouRI7gOYOiOxHckHoDvcK77iIuErao6xynnErEYM/s1600-h/OR+09-12-23+3+ROCK+VU+SUNSET"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZU76p9FSxDOVgcbvhcJL9zvPEZuOKEBygVdwK0JvBWPI275vTZcB8F_BEyyedq6Fri_ITUskYCBUJxGfdfcjCatG_HZF6_DbhtnCouRI7gOYOiOxHckHoDvcK77iIuErao6xynnErEYM/s320/OR+09-12-23+3+ROCK+VU+SUNSET" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421985496079265906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">21 Dec 2009. Second Winter Solstice at Cloud House.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Will there be a third??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 </div><div style="text-align: center;">(I hear more are coming around and now are saying "<b>twenty</b> ten")</div><div style="text-align: center;"> TO ONE AND ALL</div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-84544035428616008782009-11-26T13:54:00.000-08:002009-11-28T18:17:34.977-08:00ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER BUNCH OF TASKS DONE.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjbhtas_VtSHd9zXQfjJADbGrXVFCnTaStB_9QmPpqoDcb0bSFgkOJ7UY4HE9sspIuUihPKpZ6cqMLR2ErSadEWBV80g2hNrD24eZpQ_nhzrhS0LxSXi0dTg2VhLIyTbQTa4DsuQr178/s1600/CH+09-10-01+ENTRY+DECKS:+2+LVL+LKG+NORTH"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjbhtas_VtSHd9zXQfjJADbGrXVFCnTaStB_9QmPpqoDcb0bSFgkOJ7UY4HE9sspIuUihPKpZ6cqMLR2ErSadEWBV80g2hNrD24eZpQ_nhzrhS0LxSXi0dTg2VhLIyTbQTa4DsuQr178/s320/CH+09-10-01+ENTRY+DECKS:+2+LVL+LKG+NORTH" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408536870216356546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Finally got to the last big piece of exterior framing, the entry decks. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You may wonder why the joists are so close together.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9no7lPLvbnMYfbeQ3MXB3-WzBaYIEzD5VEeacVlvpBXE6Q0FNjZGqycadxki-Ongc5mSWt7cVP45fWJnJERDUUkqXtBOs-2Tyo5aJJfuRWFomQlHFdQVOUObIfZf7B9lUQDcG2nb8gW4/s1600/CH+09-10-01+ENTRY+DECKS+-+2+LVL+SO"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9no7lPLvbnMYfbeQ3MXB3-WzBaYIEzD5VEeacVlvpBXE6Q0FNjZGqycadxki-Ongc5mSWt7cVP45fWJnJERDUUkqXtBOs-2Tyo5aJJfuRWFomQlHFdQVOUObIfZf7B9lUQDcG2nb8gW4/s320/CH+09-10-01+ENTRY+DECKS+-+2+LVL+SO" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408536736506950674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Is is so, from below, they resemble the ribs in the concrete metal pan decking on the inside (to the right). </div><div style="text-align: center;">The plan was to have the metal pan/concrete go out and be the entry decks as well, </div><div style="text-align: center;">until we realized that would be a BIG thermal bridge through the exterior skin of the house.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vjZNTRpTa31WfaY_2YHbxyISkgofjtGMU5_U7XniVYCM-LKPsLD9hbOiiFI9Uug7CXMzQoaek3rJSxaVm_yMQ8h7GCwWB-6HB5WW2TEZTW4mNiN6e7vXWmYVet1bNiu4GTsj2OPjUS8/s1600/CH+09-10-19+-+ENTRY+DECKS-GECO-2+LVL+LKG+NO."><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vjZNTRpTa31WfaY_2YHbxyISkgofjtGMU5_U7XniVYCM-LKPsLD9hbOiiFI9Uug7CXMzQoaek3rJSxaVm_yMQ8h7GCwWB-6HB5WW2TEZTW4mNiN6e7vXWmYVet1bNiu4GTsj2OPjUS8/s320/CH+09-10-19+-+ENTRY+DECKS-GECO-2+LVL+LKG+NO." border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408536363977897570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Now they are flashed, and covered with many coats of waterproofing. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Note the gutter in the floor to take away rain water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCk-clNQvUY55jZ14wfxRe1dghWZT27f6x3K9cS5HAcUK1HsHZo5dkp6UvinRov_rM7_dGerRqELulenmfJx54dm9eKp7VlTvkDrjUQbfoz7aHHM8TVMsQLkcn45n3-vndp7Pu44X8IM/s1600/CH+09-10-12++-+EAST+ELEVATION"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCk-clNQvUY55jZ14wfxRe1dghWZT27f6x3K9cS5HAcUK1HsHZo5dkp6UvinRov_rM7_dGerRqELulenmfJx54dm9eKp7VlTvkDrjUQbfoz7aHHM8TVMsQLkcn45n3-vndp7Pu44X8IM/s320/CH+09-10-12++-+EAST+ELEVATION" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408536358438134274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The entry (east) elevation takes shape.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The temporary stairs are where the final flight from ground level </div><div style="text-align: center;">will meet the first level entry deck. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Another run of stairs, from the left side, will go up to the second level.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What happens on the left side of the second level is still under consideration...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Tr8_ZyhdVytvm4BC2fyHBRFZxUqCTczhK5bqcdw19_e6v-P0yXn3Hq2PiSm33XWqLB4LRccHXyPII9Z0dHRWL0dRXU5hWqDNuFY9JPQ0CZ25tFgx9ycwaRwh4TRJdgkxhGZe338aYFQ/s1600/CH+09-10-19+-+S+S-B+SIDING+-+1ST+FIN+FM+SE-FAR-2"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Tr8_ZyhdVytvm4BC2fyHBRFZxUqCTczhK5bqcdw19_e6v-P0yXn3Hq2PiSm33XWqLB4LRccHXyPII9Z0dHRWL0dRXU5hWqDNuFY9JPQ0CZ25tFgx9ycwaRwh4TRJdgkxhGZe338aYFQ/s320/CH+09-10-19+-+S+S-B+SIDING+-+1ST+FIN+FM+SE-FAR-2" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408536354060197602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, when the weather cooperates, siding continues, </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the first fins and siding board on the south saddle-bag going up.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJ7a03zjBGvsXeOJf1vjSDIPiOAX7HMiROWs42DHB67ZMYFymGD1ZReD9yKkvHuB486i2msfNbk6FHoFSVy8uMOG6e1A8cZqkDAGIZPioSEBGBvVYnJr2lwsSEGHR9xjBff4_PRqmsXk/s1600/CH+09-11-12+HSE+FM+SE"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJ7a03zjBGvsXeOJf1vjSDIPiOAX7HMiROWs42DHB67ZMYFymGD1ZReD9yKkvHuB486i2msfNbk6FHoFSVy8uMOG6e1A8cZqkDAGIZPioSEBGBvVYnJr2lwsSEGHR9xjBff4_PRqmsXk/s320/CH+09-11-12+HSE+FM+SE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408536344546492258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Alas, the weather has not been too cooperative. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Due to the back-caulking and gluing required to splice the boards and fins, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we need dry weather.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikg_TKdstmEaEy9Mzb-dv1yHfAZjVGDRnrKIwHmR3_zK7kiPIfSaqT6CW09ICi8UdQjFPU7bTtwP0uxydmGgsNwzI8BU1Ym6hmC0h44WAC8bp9eUz2UgfTIyaOX1uCqAZy5FGYQ1gf8s8/s1600/CH+09-10-27+CORE+WALL+SIDING+MOCK-UP+TWO+-+4"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikg_TKdstmEaEy9Mzb-dv1yHfAZjVGDRnrKIwHmR3_zK7kiPIfSaqT6CW09ICi8UdQjFPU7bTtwP0uxydmGgsNwzI8BU1Ym6hmC0h44WAC8bp9eUz2UgfTIyaOX1uCqAZy5FGYQ1gf8s8/s320/CH+09-10-27+CORE+WALL+SIDING+MOCK-UP+TWO+-+4" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408536341950933922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The core-walls (those with vertical white drain battens) will have horizontal siding.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The pattern has been decided, and the materials delivered. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The details of the corners, however, are still being mocked up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the application awaits the window frames, since the siding will cover </div><div style="text-align: center;">the caulk-joint between the aluminum frames and wood framing.</div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQrUPQ7-r5sKtgTRUZ2i_uSYfyp05S_k0wG82s72kmIKNDsE4uJOJpBiGxtFFmz7GKiSQ1tbpy33lP4Qu_kEVysx3uhHrVmkWe6iN3qrI5YrFfc5A-ZXxvJrf2hH2tBny9RX9XJE0eAw/s1600/CH+09-10-28-PM+WINDOW+FRAMES-NW+INSTALL+"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQrUPQ7-r5sKtgTRUZ2i_uSYfyp05S_k0wG82s72kmIKNDsE4uJOJpBiGxtFFmz7GKiSQ1tbpy33lP4Qu_kEVysx3uhHrVmkWe6iN3qrI5YrFfc5A-ZXxvJrf2hH2tBny9RX9XJE0eAw/s320/CH+09-10-28-PM+WINDOW+FRAMES-NW+INSTALL+" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408535791499669042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The glass company too was waiting for weather which was favorable to caulking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally a dry day arrived, and so did the window frames.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here, in the NW corner, the "casement" (since it will have</div><div style="text-align: center;"> two casement windows in it) frame is in on the left.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dan and Dustin are installing the "slot" window,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so called since it goes from top to bottom in one slot opening in the wall.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0P-q-5lQS8Ba2TGovu3MpG27-rtYednflzTPwftXTIE3k7yR1kf2rTA1pykTkmsljipjIQ7VG_sS67kz4Q83FUxLZyGIczwy7QHLF3Z0OW342WWrcdqpgu7WaQ9vsoq13pN9qKazFpZM/s1600/CH+09-10-28-PM+WINDOW+FRAMES-BIG+INSTALL+HEADER-2"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0P-q-5lQS8Ba2TGovu3MpG27-rtYednflzTPwftXTIE3k7yR1kf2rTA1pykTkmsljipjIQ7VG_sS67kz4Q83FUxLZyGIczwy7QHLF3Z0OW342WWrcdqpgu7WaQ9vsoq13pN9qKazFpZM/s320/CH+09-10-28-PM+WINDOW+FRAMES-BIG+INSTALL+HEADER-2" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408535793907620226" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Last, but certainly not least, is the 14' x 14' BIG window on the south.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The last pieces are being field assembled, prior to the big lift.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-EyH1ZPD7Odqm3OK64PH6AEeEWVWxQdM4mGTB6TYrW9qCHZ_F-K4PP0Lqia6d4jdyRFzTHSDgVZEMai9ZvmdzW3eO9IRnwo_qrzeSDKv2uNYyMK-g54pOPwpTFQ5heYxwFFeueervzM/s1600/CH+09-10-28+WINDOWS-BIG+INSTALL-RE-MEASURE"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-EyH1ZPD7Odqm3OK64PH6AEeEWVWxQdM4mGTB6TYrW9qCHZ_F-K4PP0Lqia6d4jdyRFzTHSDgVZEMai9ZvmdzW3eO9IRnwo_qrzeSDKv2uNYyMK-g54pOPwpTFQ5heYxwFFeueervzM/s320/CH+09-10-28+WINDOWS-BIG+INSTALL-RE-MEASURE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408535805485511602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Check once more to see if it will fit. It wouldn't.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing a little surgery to enlarge the rough opening</div><div style="text-align: center;">wouldn't solve.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0LTMWwTU6KndRqp3DIRkFzGDnhRZwsSh31lzMswzc7_7Y0AzV0MSmrh-IiMWQaJuXPW0gCzMltg_az85onmRBtaWm8vPy6bZnepBmT6qWVzc3TrCkmylN4XLjUj_a3ojfKwEClLjSfI/s1600/CH+09-10-28+WINDOWS-BIG+INSTALL-LIFT+"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0LTMWwTU6KndRqp3DIRkFzGDnhRZwsSh31lzMswzc7_7Y0AzV0MSmrh-IiMWQaJuXPW0gCzMltg_az85onmRBtaWm8vPy6bZnepBmT6qWVzc3TrCkmylN4XLjUj_a3ojfKwEClLjSfI/s320/CH+09-10-28+WINDOWS-BIG+INSTALL-LIFT+" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408535806780738818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone is on board for the raising of it into place.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NsDWe9fvmEQsDkRIKd2hRAKsHAP3ON1fzvWd4dV0szm43u0Qj4NaGqOKyn5qKCQXvuW1i28gsux82ph1M6b0FZIT0OTEZTSzEfq7GnfX_z3qtGiEdA_9G79gxrC2qMItgnBCLebxVLc/s1600/CH+09-10-28+1+LVL+RIGID+INSTALL+-+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NsDWe9fvmEQsDkRIKd2hRAKsHAP3ON1fzvWd4dV0szm43u0Qj4NaGqOKyn5qKCQXvuW1i28gsux82ph1M6b0FZIT0OTEZTSzEfq7GnfX_z3qtGiEdA_9G79gxrC2qMItgnBCLebxVLc/s320/CH+09-10-28+1+LVL+RIGID+INSTALL+-+1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408535782872813826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">So, what happens when the rains are all around us?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inside is nice and dry, and, with temporary heaters, warm.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Time to pour the first level's concrete slab. First 2" of rigid insulation.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7WjKBC8mZr682Y7X0nabyQFMxBJQECET23MEnD15jyS9avqAodN65diifFhotqyFIhdgH2hndJ7BRG0oqnem_Ov1X6POo1lwFFeiaggQpORU0wWnKo4zB8vZcfH8xK4EPhX23TMErF0/s1600/CH+09-11-04+1+LVL+CONC.+REINFORCING+-+UTILITY"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7WjKBC8mZr682Y7X0nabyQFMxBJQECET23MEnD15jyS9avqAodN65diifFhotqyFIhdgH2hndJ7BRG0oqnem_Ov1X6POo1lwFFeiaggQpORU0wWnKo4zB8vZcfH8xK4EPhX23TMErF0/s320/CH+09-11-04+1+LVL+CONC.+REINFORCING+-+UTILITY" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408534872838081842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then a quilt of welded wire mesh as well as 1/4" re-bar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg284bIHyCrHJnopSqbZKPX_YcxezU1UXA0NMl5aGApv7wR7JMPv8SHdPlY_pxK5WPHDP_RnYHSKwaifx0CaOL0HgKnSZsMuncsmE4HMXaipgkQJb4BoMb92BNsSLRChKIf8SGNlAYjqqY/s1600/CH+09-11-09-1+LVL+CONC+FINISH-DARIN+%26+GRANT"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg284bIHyCrHJnopSqbZKPX_YcxezU1UXA0NMl5aGApv7wR7JMPv8SHdPlY_pxK5WPHDP_RnYHSKwaifx0CaOL0HgKnSZsMuncsmE4HMXaipgkQJb4BoMb92BNsSLRChKIf8SGNlAYjqqY/s320/CH+09-11-09-1+LVL+CONC+FINISH-DARIN+%26+GRANT" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408534869836979122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Finally four inches of concrete, which Darin and Grant, </div><div style="text-align: center;">from Ryan's crew, trowel off for a smooth, level finish.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(It will later get a layer of slate-tile for final finish.)</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwxYrX4SbXlWDIZ46JoiDDT5hb7miNcmQr5QQTcAbL8p7j8ttKaXiIpWmpZoBLpRqKFvJJFNVDn4gaMshmh_VWjtlG_AUXHL5QwKlj8p2Bhp32wTeeO6TTEs1AAMhbswHNYXkRbiJu6g/s1600/CH+09-10-28-2ND+LVL+DINING+LKG+WEST"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwxYrX4SbXlWDIZ46JoiDDT5hb7miNcmQr5QQTcAbL8p7j8ttKaXiIpWmpZoBLpRqKFvJJFNVDn4gaMshmh_VWjtlG_AUXHL5QwKlj8p2Bhp32wTeeO6TTEs1AAMhbswHNYXkRbiJu6g/s320/CH+09-10-28-2ND+LVL+DINING+LKG+WEST" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408534861018818466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Interior partition framing also moves along.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Up high, an access hatch to the high roof has been cut it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Headers at the hallway openings bring them down </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the magic 7'-6" number. (More on that later if it all comes out right...)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And pocket door wall partitions go down each of the hallways.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUz0dlQwTt6zHGu7j1_isqJ8u33BSnNmk6P2dDOnCHmxZDX82MtmUmhME9WsyKnNdqCEemx0-mxkl1flaprQjXkXImXFiMdQXl63YwxTy34_x3IHlB7Txfge0UfW2b6iaNLlpoBTWUixw/s1600/CH+09-11-17+1+LVL+PCKT+DR+WALLS-SW"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUz0dlQwTt6zHGu7j1_isqJ8u33BSnNmk6P2dDOnCHmxZDX82MtmUmhME9WsyKnNdqCEemx0-mxkl1flaprQjXkXImXFiMdQXl63YwxTy34_x3IHlB7Txfge0UfW2b6iaNLlpoBTWUixw/s320/CH+09-11-17+1+LVL+PCKT+DR+WALLS-SW" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408534860636525906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">These pocket walls will receive sliding insulating panels.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The plywood panel is providing security over a slot-window,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it mimics what the sliding panel will be like when closed over the window.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When opened, it will slide left into the pocket wall.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0ntojQPyVnhuWFBilAI13HG0V-1dopJzw5kt10vvQU3Jv4vUdMHGbADj4Lslax1tJfD4ia-SiFrukeKgdTaRQT9kZgmdGcmhR5M0wpI04fedElbxnevO0YzkrHORRsdQ0k95X-LSDfI/s1600/WA+CHR+CHERRY%27S+VU+SUNRISE+-+5"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0ntojQPyVnhuWFBilAI13HG0V-1dopJzw5kt10vvQU3Jv4vUdMHGbADj4Lslax1tJfD4ia-SiFrukeKgdTaRQT9kZgmdGcmhR5M0wpI04fedElbxnevO0YzkrHORRsdQ0k95X-LSDfI/s320/WA+CHR+CHERRY%27S+VU+SUNRISE+-+5" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408534852453233730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And of course, on those increasingly rare days when there is a sunrise,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the view over the estuary, down the coast, is quite fine.</div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-52658294460471400652009-10-12T19:52:00.000-07:002009-10-12T21:04:30.415-07:00<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">CLOUD HOUSE GETS SIDING, WINDOWS (ALMOST) AND ROOFS!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1t7Vo3Dp9VTrO-S4QWTvySReMRO4absLQKRCPNjHJ_ovpGzS_otiRNkTb9bc3NfAD2yHqF-AChAiNrC12W4S4Kwst-eflZVRghUFA-c6roLGgTwpZuK3FwD05unAIC9OWhQJtP3jGeQ/s1600-h/CH+09-0-09-02++SIDING-N+S-BAG,+NE+CORE+SAMPLE-ABE.IAN+ATTACH+FIN" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1t7Vo3Dp9VTrO-S4QWTvySReMRO4absLQKRCPNjHJ_ovpGzS_otiRNkTb9bc3NfAD2yHqF-AChAiNrC12W4S4Kwst-eflZVRghUFA-c6roLGgTwpZuK3FwD05unAIC9OWhQJtP3jGeQ/s320/CH+09-0-09-02++SIDING-N+S-BAG,+NE+CORE+SAMPLE-ABE.IAN+ATTACH+FIN" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916937099405730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After arrival of the cedar siding, excitement took over, and the west wall (to the left) was laid up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Backwards, but, hey, looks great, no?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then Saddle-Bag North was done: Abe and Ian screw from the back of a siding board a "fin".</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOk8KqsS7U76of6MbbisIvp-D5jhCyr_9smTNFk-SgPht0SnvR3Nl3W1tZsibzkOltQQvKL_Spnxc3PJhzaKyHyGJhko_E81hPLJlzKDkHVP29-RCU5pjtrnLqSMxB_CI3NEYPk8XJ-2g/s1600-h/CH+09-08-27+SIDING+N.+SDDLEBAG+-+5"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOk8KqsS7U76of6MbbisIvp-D5jhCyr_9smTNFk-SgPht0SnvR3Nl3W1tZsibzkOltQQvKL_Spnxc3PJhzaKyHyGJhko_E81hPLJlzKDkHVP29-RCU5pjtrnLqSMxB_CI3NEYPk8XJ-2g/s1600-h/CH+09-08-27+SIDING+N.+SDDLEBAG+-+5" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOk8KqsS7U76of6MbbisIvp-D5jhCyr_9smTNFk-SgPht0SnvR3Nl3W1tZsibzkOltQQvKL_Spnxc3PJhzaKyHyGJhko_E81hPLJlzKDkHVP29-RCU5pjtrnLqSMxB_CI3NEYPk8XJ-2g/s320/CH+09-08-27+SIDING+N.+SDDLEBAG+-+5" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916931396950946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It takes the whole crew to install a 22' long board with fin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3N-ZK9m2xLrgwkEvMs1NBNoLnUNT0wL1z-waT-82TT0Ub2MmaMCLaHV3JG62Lcm4mtg0NzH1KWxuEqAurb68Dhyphenhyphen4Qt5limPNm5AZoGTpfHK8gxtG1QTOXdVCI1xIR0hidPvWfcVUihfs/s1600-h/CH+09-09-17+N+S%3DB+SIDING"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3N-ZK9m2xLrgwkEvMs1NBNoLnUNT0wL1z-waT-82TT0Ub2MmaMCLaHV3JG62Lcm4mtg0NzH1KWxuEqAurb68Dhyphenhyphen4Qt5limPNm5AZoGTpfHK8gxtG1QTOXdVCI1xIR0hidPvWfcVUihfs/s320/CH+09-09-17+N+S%3DB+SIDING" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916923914274162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Finished!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eZClx1IYXXu1p_V0hRi9vUJiWsp4uWGG4Dw4cGgNPyCD8oLECBgPUO_O727wyAms2RDxB1dE2plBBsQPJRUZV9lTopDYy4-MmEZNzojPtrPc5X22gl1ixC4kg-H-FAtDhs_0DPWNmPY/s1600-h/CH+09-09-01+N+WALL+SIDING-CORE+SAMPLE"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eZClx1IYXXu1p_V0hRi9vUJiWsp4uWGG4Dw4cGgNPyCD8oLECBgPUO_O727wyAms2RDxB1dE2plBBsQPJRUZV9lTopDYy4-MmEZNzojPtrPc5X22gl1ixC4kg-H-FAtDhs_0DPWNmPY/s320/CH+09-09-01+N+WALL+SIDING-CORE+SAMPLE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916915935641746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">For those who cannot wait to see what will go on the Core Walls </div><div style="text-align: center;">beyond the Saddle Bag, here is a sample.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hhdkweM2uXYHec0vJnexaMxd9jbh28GmepMakrbMkfxNipkqBxduoi0urjCT_eStJUXfujfTJiGPLzUhPZFOmq-ZT_gSoMspmv57wwvYU0jN2BGqnI0c7jvH8PNQi79E217flE9qaTQ/s1600-h/CH+09-09-04+RAIN+LEADERS,+SIDING-+NW+CORNER"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hhdkweM2uXYHec0vJnexaMxd9jbh28GmepMakrbMkfxNipkqBxduoi0urjCT_eStJUXfujfTJiGPLzUhPZFOmq-ZT_gSoMspmv57wwvYU0jN2BGqnI0c7jvH8PNQi79E217flE9qaTQ/s320/CH+09-09-04+RAIN+LEADERS,+SIDING-+NW+CORNER" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916269194076418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Need to get the rain leaders in the niches, in order to do the roofs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfyizTWiJOmYGTWIWjYrtImFDKwMXcmMkQMBRGYFk18ODM93lC5cizEO98zytVQjlE40vW49Aj9VeaplOT2_Kp2YXsyrawq40LtQppaOYILw6GktHlO2iASF2DwHNV3YXFBFEfF2z2SI/s1600-h/CH+09-08-27+WINDOW+FRAME+-+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfyizTWiJOmYGTWIWjYrtImFDKwMXcmMkQMBRGYFk18ODM93lC5cizEO98zytVQjlE40vW49Aj9VeaplOT2_Kp2YXsyrawq40LtQppaOYILw6GktHlO2iASF2DwHNV3YXFBFEfF2z2SI/s320/CH+09-08-27+WINDOW+FRAME+-+1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916262653602610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, Clayton of Pacific Glass ,</div><div style="text-align: center;">brought out a sample of the </div><div style="text-align: center;">store front window setting sill and frame.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDhYY6kK5__Z07fDrlERkMzCRLwy2RBOxjHyC1qy2RRCG8RxF98O5-AQcjluHHjq73y-vd4z_QT3cFnlY3xVHnumJz1VccsDISvkDBeuo7CSOIwPjAl57WxIrPCW46D3tOS-uwPZdBcw/s1600-h/CH+09-09-15+WINDOW+JAMSILLS+-SW+CASEMENT" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDhYY6kK5__Z07fDrlERkMzCRLwy2RBOxjHyC1qy2RRCG8RxF98O5-AQcjluHHjq73y-vd4z_QT3cFnlY3xVHnumJz1VccsDISvkDBeuo7CSOIwPjAl57WxIrPCW46D3tOS-uwPZdBcw/s320/CH+09-09-15+WINDOW+JAMSILLS+-SW+CASEMENT" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916254829651362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">His crew came and set their sill and then we added</div><div style="text-align: center;">a PVC sill-pan and ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dlxhPnGNYCYWkx3rT0grAiRLdj6pzcPrBVeztZbcU0k1ZzLESNP2giMDqMx6_c0aQ4XJHhRWAmOYBiaL1kba8JuaPj7NhJ-RNju-JkGVQ8fHOvoBSod9GrFPlOQe7ey9Eh7522zWNy0/s1600-h/CH+09-09-24+WINDOW+SILL+DETAIL"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dlxhPnGNYCYWkx3rT0grAiRLdj6pzcPrBVeztZbcU0k1ZzLESNP2giMDqMx6_c0aQ4XJHhRWAmOYBiaL1kba8JuaPj7NhJ-RNju-JkGVQ8fHOvoBSod9GrFPlOQe7ey9Eh7522zWNy0/s320/CH+09-09-24+WINDOW+SILL+DETAIL" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916246211673570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">... a stainless steel sill, and edge metal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoBburnW_WSIqKc4FzyR3e5Wf3cgSC9Y-CFpFsD5qTisbExduMJJmgl2N2xtF5p4iwMfTsMU-jFVy8wtCUiWddMgoOzAhywoBrPTbl0PogCgjlhLjRXVcp9pGinUkNKenJaQ4Wa_2vCk/s1600-h/CH+09-09-30+WINDOW+FLASHING-NE+CZSE%27T"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoBburnW_WSIqKc4FzyR3e5Wf3cgSC9Y-CFpFsD5qTisbExduMJJmgl2N2xtF5p4iwMfTsMU-jFVy8wtCUiWddMgoOzAhywoBrPTbl0PogCgjlhLjRXVcp9pGinUkNKenJaQ4Wa_2vCk/s320/CH+09-09-30+WINDOW+FLASHING-NE+CZSE%27T" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391916241057894738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At the top things got neatly wrapped with ice and water shield.</div><div style="text-align: center;">.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtnmvcJyubiIwf5u1LyrZT9mh-4XMpKoI35o8yIQvRMAbgTAfGU6Lu_IPHJsZk4dYKogXrEYKlv0FbM3rExuPRueO02nyViN7jjr4trZ9kmSeDeuX5pijBSTRRVZYeeI6O2YB77L_8sw/s1600-h/CH+09-09-24+SE+SCUPPER+-+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtnmvcJyubiIwf5u1LyrZT9mh-4XMpKoI35o8yIQvRMAbgTAfGU6Lu_IPHJsZk4dYKogXrEYKlv0FbM3rExuPRueO02nyViN7jjr4trZ9kmSeDeuX5pijBSTRRVZYeeI6O2YB77L_8sw/s320/CH+09-09-24+SE+SCUPPER+-+1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391913744701981922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Now the Low-Roofs. First scuppers of stainless laminated with vinyl.</div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LnBQQroi9JZYFWMlVZg0NuWTbYC_JTgtIA6mGcdnzK_9BdL6KwD2xHttoM5aUKRTbLCehlBprr8bC3e9H_OchOf9smv1MUJIAuulzolximFMvd3OoYTMX9LPi6n3KSnlQmhwqHPzgOY/s1600-h/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-1-TACK+DOWN+UNDERLAYMENT"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LnBQQroi9JZYFWMlVZg0NuWTbYC_JTgtIA6mGcdnzK_9BdL6KwD2xHttoM5aUKRTbLCehlBprr8bC3e9H_OchOf9smv1MUJIAuulzolximFMvd3OoYTMX9LPi6n3KSnlQmhwqHPzgOY/s320/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-1-TACK+DOWN+UNDERLAYMENT" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391913737586154834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then black under-layment tacked to the plywood sheathing.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebTQ9NwO2DplN3t7avOZ1pC9PaCfTiEXz6d15cd22Sup5Jb4jL_8UlwwYStpydQPckLPmHU9Wssc-tmsWmx5HTWUv_T43YwG0LWE38Z5yOZ5tFaHy4Zg8NftLS0-jcblbvy1cyzp6-3o/s1600-h/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-3-CUT+CURVE+TO+FIT"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebTQ9NwO2DplN3t7avOZ1pC9PaCfTiEXz6d15cd22Sup5Jb4jL_8UlwwYStpydQPckLPmHU9Wssc-tmsWmx5HTWUv_T43YwG0LWE38Z5yOZ5tFaHy4Zg8NftLS0-jcblbvy1cyzp6-3o/s320/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-3-CUT+CURVE+TO+FIT" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391913732511146578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> 90 mil vinyl unrolled, and cut to fit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSuPL4DObCI4FtEdXZwkub1BFK8cZsZMKdyCaw9yWe85rKM5gFQmEgvOpY8c7cQgWutR0-lpg4HtbhxefScEfylFfnyJdaPp84Efomi0B9hyL73d_NHmTxZKVOjxbbQiuxqa58-WBMYI/s1600-h/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-8-WEL+AND+ROLL,+CLOSER"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSuPL4DObCI4FtEdXZwkub1BFK8cZsZMKdyCaw9yWe85rKM5gFQmEgvOpY8c7cQgWutR0-lpg4HtbhxefScEfylFfnyJdaPp84Efomi0B9hyL73d_NHmTxZKVOjxbbQiuxqa58-WBMYI/s320/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-8-WEL+AND+ROLL,+CLOSER" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391913722656940738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Where the roof jigged and jagged, the vinyl was cut to do likewise. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Heat gun in one hand, roller in other, the pieces were welded together. </div><div style="text-align: center;">A shrink wrapped roof!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAyoJj6Ll7QlmUf0pQxrSv_q2YFx6DPQJep3K9QhXonBc9BVaz5E0bu_sKYsPTaAcx8nnAw5xczq8m1W5TZAbKpHhtkzN87xy_kzdiI78xz-jR8PT0P6gZ-qsU1M1T2Of7BZ8f5lQ2-k/s1600-h/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-N+S-B+NW+WELD"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAyoJj6Ll7QlmUf0pQxrSv_q2YFx6DPQJep3K9QhXonBc9BVaz5E0bu_sKYsPTaAcx8nnAw5xczq8m1W5TZAbKpHhtkzN87xy_kzdiI78xz-jR8PT0P6gZ-qsU1M1T2Of7BZ8f5lQ2-k/s320/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-N+S-B+NW+WELD" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391913716632893922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Some places were pretty tricky.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RvnaraH-d6E5bD4kaxkBSt77NhaDYTA7ETi6O99r7CYKmVqSiwFe2oSdlui8Bt8qOkFQ6jtBf2YUkJa3Khgj0hrBduh6uxUnzl0pCFxnbtL7ISJfRKBxi0CVXz4o7_30OET7ZARcqLs/s1600-h/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-S.+S-B+FINISHED"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RvnaraH-d6E5bD4kaxkBSt77NhaDYTA7ETi6O99r7CYKmVqSiwFe2oSdlui8Bt8qOkFQ6jtBf2YUkJa3Khgj0hrBduh6uxUnzl0pCFxnbtL7ISJfRKBxi0CVXz4o7_30OET7ZARcqLs/s320/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-S.+S-B+FINISHED" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391912543017913410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">But the results are grand.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoVgfjK3Jp1RvKfgbPL4rOPwxb_ZKJdKJ8o9lupPNuefavws5IvIGVjS6s0tcWwfX9RdayClKFy9Lkil2RhSaGc789Lfz_eJi9Q53EcsLYFKr54J76E5oaBhb15WXnSywCPZTXPtNzXQ/s1600-h/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-S.+S-B+SE+SCUPPER"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoVgfjK3Jp1RvKfgbPL4rOPwxb_ZKJdKJ8o9lupPNuefavws5IvIGVjS6s0tcWwfX9RdayClKFy9Lkil2RhSaGc789Lfz_eJi9Q53EcsLYFKr54J76E5oaBhb15WXnSywCPZTXPtNzXQ/s320/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+LOW+ROOF-S.+S-B+SE+SCUPPER" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391912533250854434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Even the scupper looks water tight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKxTuHFOj6hSzGnJ87PNot3fx8QFVuoICiwnmWac57rUKdW1JLGEC6Qa6ZzmBPGxS18Od8nFo6-tSOA2TYq2JPrLx99Ek1B_SiavfQlyKQ4tZ0_RJQRMSawliJWK-W6db9NWwdRRS-kc/s1600-h/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+HI+ROOF-SET+SOUTH+DRIP+EDGE"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKxTuHFOj6hSzGnJ87PNot3fx8QFVuoICiwnmWac57rUKdW1JLGEC6Qa6ZzmBPGxS18Od8nFo6-tSOA2TYq2JPrLx99Ek1B_SiavfQlyKQ4tZ0_RJQRMSawliJWK-W6db9NWwdRRS-kc/s320/CH+09-09-25+VINYL+HI+ROOF-SET+SOUTH+DRIP+EDGE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391912525125109058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Hi-Roof does not have parapets, </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">so edge metal was fit over the </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">under-layment and around the fly-rafters.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH8vijHQrPMxJraRiXqGOhmLxehzOjIC-Gpbb5wbjpcmEC9QnhyphenhyphenuLOU_JHh6Mzzj-ZrJ_sFUzebXsA1qptMbXU2VCrW5muuI9zpR3OEEI6kQ8ksXcpkPTkzG5usuv2engpwYp0evZahU/s1600-h/CH+09-09-30+ROOF+WATERPROOFING-SOLAR+RACK+LKG+WEST"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH8vijHQrPMxJraRiXqGOhmLxehzOjIC-Gpbb5wbjpcmEC9QnhyphenhyphenuLOU_JHh6Mzzj-ZrJ_sFUzebXsA1qptMbXU2VCrW5muuI9zpR3OEEI6kQ8ksXcpkPTkzG5usuv2engpwYp0evZahU/s320/CH+09-09-30+ROOF+WATERPROOFING-SOLAR+RACK+LKG+WEST" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391912519880421282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then the vinyl sheets and pieces were fitted, </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">and welded, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and resulted in a much welcomed roof.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3JpvdL80wSHWHzPnhVn_rn4Y0Ifooa86JAEgEtUiXl2vrEY5b3QVeiGSqUWmJe6HES5nLDiefFIa6cPRcAFkt2OlaaBKZruO0W-0ZrNk5exZYJwtF7PrOyGB2zAIc4tG9ITXefpetMA/s1600-h/CH+09-10-12+HSE+FM+SE"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3JpvdL80wSHWHzPnhVn_rn4Y0Ifooa86JAEgEtUiXl2vrEY5b3QVeiGSqUWmJe6HES5nLDiefFIa6cPRcAFkt2OlaaBKZruO0W-0ZrNk5exZYJwtF7PrOyGB2zAIc4tG9ITXefpetMA/s1600-h/CH+09-10-12+HSE+FM+SE" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3JpvdL80wSHWHzPnhVn_rn4Y0Ifooa86JAEgEtUiXl2vrEY5b3QVeiGSqUWmJe6HES5nLDiefFIa6cPRcAFkt2OlaaBKZruO0W-0ZrNk5exZYJwtF7PrOyGB2zAIc4tG9ITXefpetMA/s320/CH+09-10-12+HSE+FM+SE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391929597847691970" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: center; ">So this is where we are today...ZEBRA HOUSE...</div><div style="text-align: center; ">waiting for windows, ready for more siding.</div></div></div></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVT6p5RU3a15W_bAaX_-NHnR8o0JmUyImbM7yg0XCPR3QFmYWOpAFVQLIIH07qmVioWNJISraj0DTPfQn-t97NXEzKfeTERhmFeyaIFEyKiQvnnPcHD6-5TGDV_iPuaujgf4fEH6refEU/s1600-h/CH+09-09-15+COAST+VU+ORANGE+SUNRISE+-+3" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVT6p5RU3a15W_bAaX_-NHnR8o0JmUyImbM7yg0XCPR3QFmYWOpAFVQLIIH07qmVioWNJISraj0DTPfQn-t97NXEzKfeTERhmFeyaIFEyKiQvnnPcHD6-5TGDV_iPuaujgf4fEH6refEU/s320/CH+09-09-15+COAST+VU+ORANGE+SUNRISE+-+3" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391912509615206626" /></a></div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-50460293889411946832009-08-20T20:41:00.000-07:002009-08-20T21:34:28.646-07:00CLOUD HOUSE PROGRESSES, EVEN WITHOUT ME!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2O1nCiDMLToAafQ2v8vGiVA_C5rhMOqn6IPHKym7r47NpVj6XvHD0v4o4svsuVuI1-mWYp2gmtdPfkTCULXZhF5-xTlXujcit_PI-Imm-hOhzwoLW1HBXyD7SRZseumGjASgnsI-WxHs/s1600-h/CH+09-06-08+FLY-RAFTER+FRAMING+-+FM+CULDESAC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2O1nCiDMLToAafQ2v8vGiVA_C5rhMOqn6IPHKym7r47NpVj6XvHD0v4o4svsuVuI1-mWYp2gmtdPfkTCULXZhF5-xTlXujcit_PI-Imm-hOhzwoLW1HBXyD7SRZseumGjASgnsI-WxHs/s400/CH+09-06-08+FLY-RAFTER+FRAMING+-+FM+CULDESAC.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259859271216130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I should have added photos before I went away in July, but didn't,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I am playing catch up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what it looked like at the last posting in early June.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Solar rack, with chimneys and skylight is up, and the fly-raftrers are </div><div style="text-align: center;">being laid out on the glue-lam beams.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNWeWFDEz029d8fK3lW9XRRTTwjXmB4WNOitPe9R6hrbmO3FQTSSFoLKIo8U-TJjafcidOEF654hRqdi7wgbu1fkAegqKgAiX8ok3kFcBhLAcxdvMt4x1kl_kzJl2B-AvbKaCdBJiQzI/s1600-h/CH+09-06-08+FLY-RAFTER+FRAMING+-+SOUTH+SIDE,LKG+WEST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNWeWFDEz029d8fK3lW9XRRTTwjXmB4WNOitPe9R6hrbmO3FQTSSFoLKIo8U-TJjafcidOEF654hRqdi7wgbu1fkAegqKgAiX8ok3kFcBhLAcxdvMt4x1kl_kzJl2B-AvbKaCdBJiQzI/s400/CH+09-06-08+FLY-RAFTER+FRAMING+-+SOUTH+SIDE,LKG+WEST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259854517228370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Framing for the rack, skylight and fly-rafters.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The flys are notched to recess the plywood sheathing.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDn1b1p-e3C8mcTNAnRN_hyphenhyphenJRY-dhTMluPqs_sMyYeOrgi7FejDaoAY5H45z2B0-ueS0HSSp9AHo8vyTP_1-qivhyphenhyphenEsbEVGXuVyZBI4-Cx_kWMcrbM0As6gSslyC61HPHZY3qaNKQAuY/s1600-h/CH+09-07-01+INSULATION-FLY-R+CAVITY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDn1b1p-e3C8mcTNAnRN_hyphenhyphenJRY-dhTMluPqs_sMyYeOrgi7FejDaoAY5H45z2B0-ueS0HSSp9AHo8vyTP_1-qivhyphenhyphenEsbEVGXuVyZBI4-Cx_kWMcrbM0As6gSslyC61HPHZY3qaNKQAuY/s400/CH+09-07-01+INSULATION-FLY-R+CAVITY.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259837979481634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A case of insulating from above: in the fly-rafter cavity, first the insulation, </div><div style="text-align: center;">then pink foam inserts to assure air flow, then the roof plywood.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPrDyKb2IJE70XIahKQi53t55Clx57ctL8FgK0xeIV61qI3lEphS9C-3yMtZ63O5OKfO1PhSUzRQzNr5YX-ZhjbG_q2TaCCoaagEc_ZPcRrAlILWQVWCKCyiVFB-WiyduyMYPaBYy1XM/s1600-h/CH+09-07-02+F-R+SLEEVES+-+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPrDyKb2IJE70XIahKQi53t55Clx57ctL8FgK0xeIV61qI3lEphS9C-3yMtZ63O5OKfO1PhSUzRQzNr5YX-ZhjbG_q2TaCCoaagEc_ZPcRrAlILWQVWCKCyiVFB-WiyduyMYPaBYy1XM/s400/CH+09-07-02+F-R+SLEEVES+-+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259845737855202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">With the plywood in place, it can be notched</div><div style="text-align: center;">to take the metal sleeves (part of the weatherproofing scheme).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIp1gdSHOkia8TF5E-ffp8PxXow3mfLx822NiapOZTouoiUjeB1PriDtpTYb3zKIV1csBGhwKw7dF8E7TFfevYPzmSANC6Tm-2cDSz59ZlAo6z3uqhawIoX2w2tm3iPyR3zsAff9oDUs/s1600-h/CH+09-07-06+GLU-LAM+CAPS:+WEST+END+LKG+NORTH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIp1gdSHOkia8TF5E-ffp8PxXow3mfLx822NiapOZTouoiUjeB1PriDtpTYb3zKIV1csBGhwKw7dF8E7TFfevYPzmSANC6Tm-2cDSz59ZlAo6z3uqhawIoX2w2tm3iPyR3zsAff9oDUs/s400/CH+09-07-06+GLU-LAM+CAPS:+WEST+END+LKG+NORTH.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259832037406914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, out on the ends, where the fly-rafters will sit on them,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the beams have had a water-proofing regimen:</div><div style="text-align: center;">felt paper, shims for air flow, siding, metal cap flashing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the far beam, brackets which will hold the fly-rafters have been installed.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHt9iuFES-7XCO4TihPfitBfsWNipDfEsfBS4C3u5E6JRTULLUKv6FaXlZMCtPzjAIYV5XmkgDO0By4A1AbEd8DVqEKmRByqu32GCVdRUhnLMqPwC_q0gMrdcFZ7-xPrfllhajTqgh4H4/s1600-h/CH+09-06-30+SADDLE+BAG+ROOF+VENT++-+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHt9iuFES-7XCO4TihPfitBfsWNipDfEsfBS4C3u5E6JRTULLUKv6FaXlZMCtPzjAIYV5XmkgDO0By4A1AbEd8DVqEKmRByqu32GCVdRUhnLMqPwC_q0gMrdcFZ7-xPrfllhajTqgh4H4/s400/CH+09-06-30+SADDLE+BAG+ROOF+VENT++-+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259168850664546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Under the fly-rafters, a vent has been built for the insulation below the lo-roof.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJ1BVUn3ak7zjhDOwhvMQMI5pvAS6l06AMcwT0hnzj7JfNtjecKHoBeRx4qVxW4U0lcXJweTomRp5Alo5soctFkGzL4J82MBDz3DeOVyiCf3XSNaeW2KEHxIWlIhXSG4TwnPfUYuI2zI/s1600-h/CH+09-07-14+S+SADDLE+CRICKET.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJ1BVUn3ak7zjhDOwhvMQMI5pvAS6l06AMcwT0hnzj7JfNtjecKHoBeRx4qVxW4U0lcXJweTomRp5Alo5soctFkGzL4J82MBDz3DeOVyiCf3XSNaeW2KEHxIWlIhXSG4TwnPfUYuI2zI/s400/CH+09-07-14+S+SADDLE+CRICKET.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259163305059698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And a larger cricket is being built to enhance water flow towards the ends of the lo-roof.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqZRXSsI5a5U8V8MI6ebLyz8UZu7ciPJg_DqKf-ThFGOmo3iYBjQk61y-No56_sk7OFGqdLvZ6AqZJ7afBdmFm5RpRWy_KSDblSAykkzSGYQRYRtrW9BmsYzVqWDLO2wjhuyUSuECQxQ/s1600-h/CH+09-06-29+SIDING+PAINT+TEST-VERTICAL-SIDE+VU+W:+GZB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqZRXSsI5a5U8V8MI6ebLyz8UZu7ciPJg_DqKf-ThFGOmo3iYBjQk61y-No56_sk7OFGqdLvZ6AqZJ7afBdmFm5RpRWy_KSDblSAykkzSGYQRYRtrW9BmsYzVqWDLO2wjhuyUSuECQxQ/s400/CH+09-06-29+SIDING+PAINT+TEST-VERTICAL-SIDE+VU+W:+GZB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259152546517506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Down on the lower level, Charlie is contemplating siding samples, </div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as the effect of sun beams through holes in the fins.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhCbKRGBuxf8djXMp5eXNAjdsda6WrS9-QOpClkh2uCAmzCkjqWypuHChqGTQCOc0S8hhFho1TpWfNowj4FqXFSHgH3YtyIteQ357VF9lVPG0Jm4LCMhzvFmTa4n4aThGeqM2btIMZbw/s1600-h/CH+09-07-14+F-R%27S+AM+SUN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhCbKRGBuxf8djXMp5eXNAjdsda6WrS9-QOpClkh2uCAmzCkjqWypuHChqGTQCOc0S8hhFho1TpWfNowj4FqXFSHgH3YtyIteQ357VF9lVPG0Jm4LCMhzvFmTa4n4aThGeqM2btIMZbw/s400/CH+09-07-14+F-R%27S+AM+SUN.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259148508744306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">SO, this is where it was at when I took off for China in mid-July.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01CLOHB6n6_P5Jw08eQAZNoiMGi-qIcZwZou52PL5Ofhu6L1AazE2na3NPmhsXK5eS6Q_Q-tufsKg7WADrYaoqul7jQ4GPjVVcrvTQryMVrYXur0znKhVg-bLC5vJFXp-uLY35P0zfZU/s1600-h/SIDING+PREP+FM+SE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01CLOHB6n6_P5Jw08eQAZNoiMGi-qIcZwZou52PL5Ofhu6L1AazE2na3NPmhsXK5eS6Q_Q-tufsKg7WADrYaoqul7jQ4GPjVVcrvTQryMVrYXur0znKhVg-bLC5vJFXp-uLY35P0zfZU/s400/SIDING+PREP+FM+SE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372259143796689266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">While gone, the crew got started on preparing for siding.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Peel&Stick is wrapped at openings and corners.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Felt paper is applied, and white drainage battens are affixed.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlILoX-9KgbZp26cyZ8ZvvFhoJll5JCxL2B59jflw79oWPWO27yrjVPOhZJbAlCZBRquuCNVJA2_ZM32DismK8hQFsNHphYZW6IH0SSCrJ3f3nOdrV3O5t9_MRyl0CgqzTi_cZgOQdI0/s1600-h/SIDING+PREP-fm+stump-house+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlILoX-9KgbZp26cyZ8ZvvFhoJll5JCxL2B59jflw79oWPWO27yrjVPOhZJbAlCZBRquuCNVJA2_ZM32DismK8hQFsNHphYZW6IH0SSCrJ3f3nOdrV3O5t9_MRyl0CgqzTi_cZgOQdI0/s400/SIDING+PREP-fm+stump-house+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372258534028506322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Horizontal battens for vertical siding, vertical battens for horizontal. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Makes sense, no?</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-T3obYqMtye91rH_qIcUu8gqaO-lIw8h7_zXJ6s-JO8JvTEueGrd1_WMHrDhXdb1OBkAYOWHhvxVhODYreR3qdvdchtWzqRDUXyDKyxY6xi33wHV7UoUVznOZuls0xgqXb6snk74N3oU/s1600-h/SIDING-WEST+.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-T3obYqMtye91rH_qIcUu8gqaO-lIw8h7_zXJ6s-JO8JvTEueGrd1_WMHrDhXdb1OBkAYOWHhvxVhODYreR3qdvdchtWzqRDUXyDKyxY6xi33wHV7UoUVznOZuls0xgqXb6snk74N3oU/s400/SIDING-WEST+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372258526402459234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The first wall to get sided, the west, with 1x4 horizontal red cedar, with small</div><div style="text-align: center;">"V" grooves to suggest water falling from the low roof.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHCbhweHqyZIfk73sYLUtGGhYv9_QEMFbgxv4WMdv5ij65FHCi9lXSR0SME7fCc7tmIPvyPmfesd9hnz1CKf8oLjvrfLORX_hlA6ISni-wkUxy1TOvcLmmFmAjvGTg_kMSfwn0koWwDM/s1600-h/F-R+SLEEVES++copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHCbhweHqyZIfk73sYLUtGGhYv9_QEMFbgxv4WMdv5ij65FHCi9lXSR0SME7fCc7tmIPvyPmfesd9hnz1CKf8oLjvrfLORX_hlA6ISni-wkUxy1TOvcLmmFmAjvGTg_kMSfwn0koWwDM/s400/F-R+SLEEVES++copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372258521082792658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Back to those pesky fly-rafters coming out of the house.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Felt, drainage battens (quick quiz: which way will the siding run here?),</div><div style="text-align: center;">Peel&Stick (never can have too much of that), and finally </div><div style="text-align: center;">those stainless steel sleeves can come to rest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfI2WkaOiym8xk6LhBn_sa8lvId9auq6Scmc9K6nOIUpiT3e2Rurs8Tc3VzYcoh_Ks4p1rwFig7VJ7viC1BvzzYRF6SFp6hiMKc_BWAFcTsDLapuOILLvE5wMRdaDVj_bYE5Co8vM9Wg/s1600-h/SIDING+PREP-S+CLEARSTORY+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfI2WkaOiym8xk6LhBn_sa8lvId9auq6Scmc9K6nOIUpiT3e2Rurs8Tc3VzYcoh_Ks4p1rwFig7VJ7viC1BvzzYRF6SFp6hiMKc_BWAFcTsDLapuOILLvE5wMRdaDVj_bYE5Co8vM9Wg/s400/SIDING+PREP-S+CLEARSTORY+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372258513826133858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This has to be vented, so siding goes on, with blocking above...</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZ-LIqAuUquL6eq_8yrkoKvecuxBA_M7tN6JvsuIP5tzVciAMYVB5ZbG7sl-nQ2G87E3ptRmxPCsv3GDUjMTOxKBshHTm_9J9fkBseMizx2FqjqE-FP_HxKhKpbpheEWX6JYR0CPC4tA/s1600-h/CH+09-08-19+FLY-RAFTER-VENTS+copy"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZ-LIqAuUquL6eq_8yrkoKvecuxBA_M7tN6JvsuIP5tzVciAMYVB5ZbG7sl-nQ2G87E3ptRmxPCsv3GDUjMTOxKBshHTm_9J9fkBseMizx2FqjqE-FP_HxKhKpbpheEWX6JYR0CPC4tA/s400/CH+09-08-19+FLY-RAFTER-VENTS+copy" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372258510031971538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...to carry the facia, which is blocked out to create the vent openings between the fly-rafters.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuKWtjZqj6cjpEVR8-Jmuqd2MDRvLykzyM8rgxaslke9m1R_ZvXK7JzdFlGwKONkcE3C_ZPbV0aDeLFFgTEdN9mOxtgdtN53mE77ANZ9rWRBmBj8YyuP0DhT1lzaKV7PySecWp78KNeQ/s1600-h/CH+09-06-16+2ND+LVL+S+HALL+LKG+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuKWtjZqj6cjpEVR8-Jmuqd2MDRvLykzyM8rgxaslke9m1R_ZvXK7JzdFlGwKONkcE3C_ZPbV0aDeLFFgTEdN9mOxtgdtN53mE77ANZ9rWRBmBj8YyuP0DhT1lzaKV7PySecWp78KNeQ/s400/CH+09-06-16+2ND+LVL+S+HALL+LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372257791858731762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The interior has not been totally abandoned.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The header for the sliding doors is in, going the full length of the interior, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and some of the exterior as well!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAdUv1lVbTyNS1I51llJd1zr-ZNhtYXA31cnx6kWCCyhuj4OMezIU9bVHhoJaVY86UcrTbqBXfg6Vd1o6k5APOXDsqE9ii9XI1HM5-y_rvV1zvByU6sHF314d3hK3Miv_KsW_MWJ0jo8/s1600-h/CH+09-06-18+HI+ROOF+HD+RELOCATION.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAdUv1lVbTyNS1I51llJd1zr-ZNhtYXA31cnx6kWCCyhuj4OMezIU9bVHhoJaVY86UcrTbqBXfg6Vd1o6k5APOXDsqE9ii9XI1HM5-y_rvV1zvByU6sHF314d3hK3Miv_KsW_MWJ0jo8/s400/CH+09-06-18+HI+ROOF+HD+RELOCATION.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372257786473949602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And of course the engineers were not happy with everything we did.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here they have asked for the top hold-down be relocated to a higher spot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ian has removed it from the beam top and holds in in the new location.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A coupling will hold the additional length of threaded rod required.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8MBklaSJDDIce9G-SBrm10zbCmBt89Jx9D8EMNlF1rjxSRVSynZkLu9CZghru9tu_Zf9UCjKiPzfOVvQ525nVabOWIO3FAznD2RI0LOCN7vtUaKdQ9OHzGYi_xaoc-cWy9inna_dnQ0/s1600-h/CH+09-08-18+HI-ROOF+FACIA+MOCK+UP-FM+CUL-DE-SAC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8MBklaSJDDIce9G-SBrm10zbCmBt89Jx9D8EMNlF1rjxSRVSynZkLu9CZghru9tu_Zf9UCjKiPzfOVvQ525nVabOWIO3FAznD2RI0LOCN7vtUaKdQ9OHzGYi_xaoc-cWy9inna_dnQ0/s400/CH+09-08-18+HI-ROOF+FACIA+MOCK+UP-FM+CUL-DE-SAC.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372257778584152594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And that is what it looked like upon return from China in mid-August.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For the nonce, instead of calling it "Cloud House",</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is is known as "Zebra House".</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67Ed6dWCcmYAHzjS5eJ0yhLpcrLVh-PU0ctr_JzcJHfJ6DaS3ZbCKBV0HFkWh_JdBaVUXH4rq4IUDtnffFbQXHcY_WEriv30riynQe47gBMyqdfrjBhwzxmtPrH3ViJA85RUfoeHGUAY/s1600-h/WA+WHEATLAND+FERRY+09-06-16+-+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67Ed6dWCcmYAHzjS5eJ0yhLpcrLVh-PU0ctr_JzcJHfJ6DaS3ZbCKBV0HFkWh_JdBaVUXH4rq4IUDtnffFbQXHcY_WEriv30riynQe47gBMyqdfrjBhwzxmtPrH3ViJA85RUfoeHGUAY/s400/WA+WHEATLAND+FERRY+09-06-16+-+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372257776449884546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I finally tried the route between Otis and I-5 which requires a</div><div style="text-align: center;">short ferry ride, but has no traffic signals, nor much traffic.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She holds 9 cars max., and takes about 3 minutes max</div><div style="text-align: center;">to cross the Willamette River at Wheatland.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qfbI-j1gJiU0qf1hcmYbXBJjivlzP03sNU8RKzi-YFhwLeiuVeRt8XqcSddSSDanMj5pMSMIDcgOTr79hRj8GmkIVte2glYA1gGuGaze7M9Sl66hPF0ZrlLa9KZWACTaayNDVt7NOLE/s1600-h/CH+09-08-20-FUNGUS+FM+SIDE"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qfbI-j1gJiU0qf1hcmYbXBJjivlzP03sNU8RKzi-YFhwLeiuVeRt8XqcSddSSDanMj5pMSMIDcgOTr79hRj8GmkIVte2glYA1gGuGaze7M9Sl66hPF0ZrlLa9KZWACTaayNDVt7NOLE/s400/CH+09-08-20-FUNGUS+FM+SIDE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372257767540698770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And out front of the trailer, in the cul-de-sac, grows this!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone know its gastronomic qualities??</div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-86296035086534633772009-06-04T11:33:00.000-07:002009-06-04T12:23:34.326-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">CLOUD HOUSE GETS TOPPED OUT</span><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">With low-roof beams in place....<br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBs_ntVsVk6ksewYXJR38-SJZacCEtv22iaeljoL4XYt7jqkmxOp_J4we7ej7W8jS4Oi86QbvhEj_1pBB5VOohXxl_4KQGnth-VMGSfMby3h8MCSUCeFrozs7ByAG3D4GxHrY93QOpYk/s1600-h/CH+09-04-03+LO+ROOFS+FRAMING+-+KIT+LKG+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBs_ntVsVk6ksewYXJR38-SJZacCEtv22iaeljoL4XYt7jqkmxOp_J4we7ej7W8jS4Oi86QbvhEj_1pBB5VOohXxl_4KQGnth-VMGSfMby3h8MCSUCeFrozs7ByAG3D4GxHrY93QOpYk/s400/CH+09-04-03+LO+ROOFS+FRAMING+-+KIT+LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343542926587605250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...the low roof rafters could be framed in between...<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRw4_0veN-mpFh_d8jVRO0Juv3jY_N2-M6JEqBeIdhKPygT2YeuutmwRjdmiDWWm49IkDUplDlTnGrVIvi3fmTzqFhG2aR8V-PFauP9gLk1OzhsInyGoikxoPHCrmLY6zBbQrLOA6BEkQ/s1600-h/CH+09-04-07+LO-ROOF++-+FM+ENGAWA+SE+LOOKING+NW.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRw4_0veN-mpFh_d8jVRO0Juv3jY_N2-M6JEqBeIdhKPygT2YeuutmwRjdmiDWWm49IkDUplDlTnGrVIvi3fmTzqFhG2aR8V-PFauP9gLk1OzhsInyGoikxoPHCrmLY6zBbQrLOA6BEkQ/s400/CH+09-04-07+LO-ROOF++-+FM+ENGAWA+SE+LOOKING+NW.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343553694159588018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...and topped with plywood sheathing.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5GeokWCsMw1sldXLL4nDX1qcoILlz4scxiOSDOXn7Lcl-5MTgVVWaECgxcbGMtGZAKZEUxz2SA8jB4QYo8kewKWySqlOEkvPT3MYM_28LmV_4n96J7uMVkv4FhAPQQERlD1X4kzb_w0/s1600-h/CH+09-04-14+-+SW+SADDLEBAG:CORE+EXTR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5GeokWCsMw1sldXLL4nDX1qcoILlz4scxiOSDOXn7Lcl-5MTgVVWaECgxcbGMtGZAKZEUxz2SA8jB4QYo8kewKWySqlOEkvPT3MYM_28LmV_4n96J7uMVkv4FhAPQQERlD1X4kzb_w0/s400/CH+09-04-14+-+SW+SADDLEBAG:CORE+EXTR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343542924807369698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, on the outside, the extensions of the core walls (on left) and the channels for the downspouts (on right) were added.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSUkKdNlwtxQcVeTEM9caoNEomC1FpfID3BrU5ZshgxXHv8KvER5GBedN0bM66U1luDx9cA5VRjGeYOVSMI6noZzWuOMNMbkhCHp8M20BGvlGQdfAAc_4qkOzR74dJpuN2NL4aotL-yc/s1600-h/CH+09-04-27+HI+ROOF+BRACKETS+-+FM+ABOVE+LKG+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSUkKdNlwtxQcVeTEM9caoNEomC1FpfID3BrU5ZshgxXHv8KvER5GBedN0bM66U1luDx9cA5VRjGeYOVSMI6noZzWuOMNMbkhCHp8M20BGvlGQdfAAc_4qkOzR74dJpuN2NL4aotL-yc/s400/CH+09-04-27+HI+ROOF+BRACKETS+-+FM+ABOVE+LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343542930084820370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Back on top, Wayne and Abe set up the posts and brackets for the hi-roof beams.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZNg0gKazcWI3bKH5oNG6tlpos-Dl1KthEZPY1zBo8AoMNYvHVO7GB9n3QVkk7OlYEbGFJUCauEADoVpWKKCvyov8Dm0qF8LqFl1Dy1wt1J1gV3At6zpq-xBCPVE6GNWHxPSZNwUT8Ws/s1600-h/CH+09-04-29+HI-ROOF+BM+LIFT+-+FM+SE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZNg0gKazcWI3bKH5oNG6tlpos-Dl1KthEZPY1zBo8AoMNYvHVO7GB9n3QVkk7OlYEbGFJUCauEADoVpWKKCvyov8Dm0qF8LqFl1Dy1wt1J1gV3At6zpq-xBCPVE6GNWHxPSZNwUT8Ws/s400/CH+09-04-29+HI-ROOF+BM+LIFT+-+FM+SE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343542930467908626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Once ready, Joey came with his marvelous crane again, and handily completed the last of the four "beam-lifts".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uRUsuCmTQXneJXmTz6QVR0r67jogbZX-dqGEV6geldHlEWnUWHT8qPaaHfBLI0uPl2x93Y_G1gfd3K77js1hEveO9At7sxHjLzsbkW8b0UK409sbGCzt21RpQUKAhlZsJzy225_qK0o/s1600-h/CH+09-04-29+HI-ROOF+D+BM+LIFT+FM+WEST+ROOF+-+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uRUsuCmTQXneJXmTz6QVR0r67jogbZX-dqGEV6geldHlEWnUWHT8qPaaHfBLI0uPl2x93Y_G1gfd3K77js1hEveO9At7sxHjLzsbkW8b0UK409sbGCzt21RpQUKAhlZsJzy225_qK0o/s400/CH+09-04-29+HI-ROOF+D+BM+LIFT+FM+WEST+ROOF+-+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343542931538664770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Brian hand signals down to Joey, as Abe and Wayne guide the glu-lam beam into the brackets.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIPLe4LNKA32byif4kcOwa9_TYYLWoyv7JfNvJSCzOtI6nv6oLUsq_pxYiHRQ7MojnEQToweHE_Sm6CfYF_rAJsn6xQMBgLpsRHAeONLPRlqCX2hWC7OHQ9Eze4IiNwSZPFVLqUT8aQ0/s1600-h/CH+09-05-14+SOLAR+RACK+FRAMING-FM+WEST+(WIDER).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIPLe4LNKA32byif4kcOwa9_TYYLWoyv7JfNvJSCzOtI6nv6oLUsq_pxYiHRQ7MojnEQToweHE_Sm6CfYF_rAJsn6xQMBgLpsRHAeONLPRlqCX2hWC7OHQ9Eze4IiNwSZPFVLqUT8aQ0/s400/CH+09-05-14+SOLAR+RACK+FRAMING-FM+WEST+(WIDER).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343543568516334802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Beams in place, parapet sheathing was placed, carefully notched for the brackets.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then the solar rack/skylight framing commenced. </div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmlCvmF7di1cJ3qY2AKGZepCmrr04kdQh31JvTgTRxxcK70TCDVSasym4j9vm342Coihc90t_39rEEfE2JjMx2pVYB28UcoA0_TItHApxAQjCCI5WckpLm9apfjPsRFerjNUQN4gcLMU/s1600-h/CH+09-05-19+SKYLITE+-++FM+DINING+LKG+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmlCvmF7di1cJ3qY2AKGZepCmrr04kdQh31JvTgTRxxcK70TCDVSasym4j9vm342Coihc90t_39rEEfE2JjMx2pVYB28UcoA0_TItHApxAQjCCI5WckpLm9apfjPsRFerjNUQN4gcLMU/s400/CH+09-05-19+SKYLITE+-++FM+DINING+LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343543573787813186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The interior space begins to take shape, and light, with the Big Window on the right, and the skylight above.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbwe4uts_UKggp6lfd05HWigDUP9AyzQSZN6NC_VYvahrPltLkIGuFMgZComJBeHr05mnoZ2pfQ65xw06_xxJ3wpaiUpHceL-SbY9rq5acGTiPefkPPvnpKbHxEHZ2mw6w7aJXYi2OKA/s1600-h/CH+09-05-29+2+LVL+FRAMIING+-+KIT+CLG+RAFTERS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbwe4uts_UKggp6lfd05HWigDUP9AyzQSZN6NC_VYvahrPltLkIGuFMgZComJBeHr05mnoZ2pfQ65xw06_xxJ3wpaiUpHceL-SbY9rq5acGTiPefkPPvnpKbHxEHZ2mw6w7aJXYi2OKA/s400/CH+09-05-29+2+LVL+FRAMIING+-+KIT+CLG+RAFTERS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343543575536084066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Now there are lots of tasks to do. Abe installs the ceiling joists in the kitchen. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Being 6'-8" tall, he does not have to use his step ladder very much.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4qv3xkEjxTPDpmXoOisfVPqnEQnPtJrLIjTaCSZJdaoJJtluo4Un9eZW4UEvfMaAYcYXju5NkwDLOKfgdAXcWC8k9dfADrMxYT7-UdexdY-UnzAQLAqhmJEzAnt01JMVCsb6QN30eiQ/s1600-h/CH+09-06-03+DIVING+BOARD+-+GZB+ON+IT.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4qv3xkEjxTPDpmXoOisfVPqnEQnPtJrLIjTaCSZJdaoJJtluo4Un9eZW4UEvfMaAYcYXju5NkwDLOKfgdAXcWC8k9dfADrMxYT7-UdexdY-UnzAQLAqhmJEzAnt01JMVCsb6QN30eiQ/s400/CH+09-06-03+DIVING+BOARD+-+GZB+ON+IT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343543579792891394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And on occasion the architect comes to review progress.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here Charlie stands on a scaffold plank to consider the addition of a "diving board"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> off the second level's entry deck.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVEp2c_9Psy3qT2kxSUPRMjes55HJv5TQN5mhc49LZUk9tto7NlXkClLJSJGo2sOZG1PwcpHtPihv9eQN9Ly1VoER1di8EjBf5xTDM9ufawrizLDTw0a6cqvjuoqYdeyMbju_AwTLMKo/s1600-h/CH+09-06-03+FLY-R+MOCK+UP.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVEp2c_9Psy3qT2kxSUPRMjes55HJv5TQN5mhc49LZUk9tto7NlXkClLJSJGo2sOZG1PwcpHtPihv9eQN9Ly1VoER1di8EjBf5xTDM9ufawrizLDTw0a6cqvjuoqYdeyMbju_AwTLMKo/s400/CH+09-06-03+FLY-R+MOCK+UP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343543880912077858" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"> And, with Bob, contemplates how to waterproof the fly-rafters... <br /></div></span><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lPPjgwSdouTa_1pe4mkJEY2tCvusreD_Z1hoiCUkhQWxPzbdRb9CXyMvc3aTFvVa7ri4rQLJgBJi1GQAF06AZTlLEvg4wg7bOuv0-0cpDNcO2tmEOWwXTHfANnj8mj9MaTKiI46xfQ4/s1600-h/CH+09-05-29+HSE+-+FM+MAILBOX.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lPPjgwSdouTa_1pe4mkJEY2tCvusreD_Z1hoiCUkhQWxPzbdRb9CXyMvc3aTFvVa7ri4rQLJgBJi1GQAF06AZTlLEvg4wg7bOuv0-0cpDNcO2tmEOWwXTHfANnj8mj9MaTKiI46xfQ4/s400/CH+09-05-29+HSE+-+FM+MAILBOX.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343543576575998626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Stepping back, looking up, to see the whole from the driveway...</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSt6X-8z83JG1VngKzWUMQzVT7oTIMPDg2VLcPaNgwLC0nOtWkTwNvJN1hdlk6aKKPPZ5yE-KpO5cQiQNYnUnH1yy6AR_sZCMLCRt5s9LketSMIKojBNgDLmRz9FOnwG0T35dvDKq_6qw/s1600-h/CH+09-05-19+TADPOLES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSt6X-8z83JG1VngKzWUMQzVT7oTIMPDg2VLcPaNgwLC0nOtWkTwNvJN1hdlk6aKKPPZ5yE-KpO5cQiQNYnUnH1yy6AR_sZCMLCRt5s9LketSMIKojBNgDLmRz9FOnwG0T35dvDKq_6qw/s400/CH+09-05-19+TADPOLES.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343543887282055746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...and, looking down, to see the tadpoles growing in a rainwater puddle on one of the protection tarps.</div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-18317592337800042382009-03-22T15:34:00.000-07:002009-03-22T16:59:09.582-07:00CLOUD HOUSE GETS ANOTHER FLOOR AND WALLS ON IT<br /><br />With the first level's walls up...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG8gfheuNKh5l51HkLXehx2T-ekkqLNeGVEwsH7NdEp-UjIpFBa6WwltdV-NaYifZCi3CLRrtiHyr8bmnuFxMUZgHSYRviDeF2s7BiYbRLxIJWN6ckvm-NZ4BZMPvKrf5eyQKsah7_Ns/s1600-h/CH+09-01-14+set+jambs+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG8gfheuNKh5l51HkLXehx2T-ekkqLNeGVEwsH7NdEp-UjIpFBa6WwltdV-NaYifZCi3CLRrtiHyr8bmnuFxMUZgHSYRviDeF2s7BiYbRLxIJWN6ckvm-NZ4BZMPvKrf5eyQKsah7_Ns/s400/CH+09-01-14+set+jambs+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145358442846706" /></a>...the "balloon framed" glue-lam window jambs could be inserted.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzp8mC0IH7fdWzkPtc_XML0wq1zgIUySrMydYF0AufS2ccx73B86db4VjL38NTXLJyQgiVg6rPcD9ACEjjkamcGDGoR3DpbHVrE8C5t1CgiVqp_QN8wErdje5k9gOBf1o6emfMP5VT0Y/s1600-h/CH+09-01-14+set+jambs+se+casement.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzp8mC0IH7fdWzkPtc_XML0wq1zgIUySrMydYF0AufS2ccx73B86db4VjL38NTXLJyQgiVg6rPcD9ACEjjkamcGDGoR3DpbHVrE8C5t1CgiVqp_QN8wErdje5k9gOBf1o6emfMP5VT0Y/s400/CH+09-01-14+set+jambs+se+casement.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145359614290802" /></a>The place is taking on the look of a playground set on steroids.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4_BWgW_kv7ehyVv8f_tnV59ysBj0PBHYr_vGefzoiAolCcX92m423QonpnAEYmAwzvM8OA8kMa2DzB6PMwu4CfKBJ16od2q52YkAnfUDEThmnjv2aYzRnM1Yc1kORqGirwXqABEByBo/s1600-h/CH+09-01-15+1+LVL+FRAMING:+WAYNE+BOLTS+JAMBS+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4_BWgW_kv7ehyVv8f_tnV59ysBj0PBHYr_vGefzoiAolCcX92m423QonpnAEYmAwzvM8OA8kMa2DzB6PMwu4CfKBJ16od2q52YkAnfUDEThmnjv2aYzRnM1Yc1kORqGirwXqABEByBo/s400/CH+09-01-15+1+LVL+FRAMING:+WAYNE+BOLTS+JAMBS+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145351212078754" /></a>Wayne bolts the jambs to the walls...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbkjNPchyphenhyphenirSwwemzGnbTCrLVGTMT5XFpH3OjzeoB6YLqSuRWhd7uxLDts3i3L8nYhUWvLrxCcPugDVj7Dok8bKb07LDZSdYcvCkAQ1CFfWwX26ZK84WbpTPdnYexVGNizl2lZTxk_YE/s1600-h/CH++09-01-21++-+WAYNE+%40+SO+SLOT+2+LVL+HEADER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbkjNPchyphenhyphenirSwwemzGnbTCrLVGTMT5XFpH3OjzeoB6YLqSuRWhd7uxLDts3i3L8nYhUWvLrxCcPugDVj7Dok8bKb07LDZSdYcvCkAQ1CFfWwX26ZK84WbpTPdnYexVGNizl2lZTxk_YE/s400/CH++09-01-21++-+WAYNE+%40+SO+SLOT+2+LVL+HEADER.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316154507929450338" /></a><br />... then, between the jambs, bolts steel angles to carry the metal pan deck for the 2nd level's concrete floor. This will allow for windows to continue the full height of the two floors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgb7uui1bmKkqPFznx8ahijmxIwriqAaE2ZqXuM48VoqEou9oQe6Gb5JqGxDtkZlqiWTNZ6ILpH6tDGQUMgQX2PhRb8QdNrgiu_FeAgpCJWSYlzzTt6piMA4n5wGlHagFZdWV0eidq1o/s1600-h/CH+09-01-29+ELK+OUT+FRONT+-+2+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgb7uui1bmKkqPFznx8ahijmxIwriqAaE2ZqXuM48VoqEou9oQe6Gb5JqGxDtkZlqiWTNZ6ILpH6tDGQUMgQX2PhRb8QdNrgiu_FeAgpCJWSYlzzTt6piMA4n5wGlHagFZdWV0eidq1o/s400/CH+09-01-29+ELK+OUT+FRONT+-+2+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145069044964386" /></a>Some sidewalk superintendents came by to see how things were going.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DBnfDYT7bcbTDsAo6JSPgNk_w9r7xuNda3W8O7W5jjKYBb1ubHzK0ckzwHfTJkXV6ORrb87gE3rCjKd-xqdbXvfGGqjIfxJHzM0Fdkw1uEREjkN0K2lT2yACKXG3juxRnhNyo3pa_Fc/s1600-h/CH+09-01-30+METAL+DECK+Jim+and+Mike+MEASURE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DBnfDYT7bcbTDsAo6JSPgNk_w9r7xuNda3W8O7W5jjKYBb1ubHzK0ckzwHfTJkXV6ORrb87gE3rCjKd-xqdbXvfGGqjIfxJHzM0Fdkw1uEREjkN0K2lT2yACKXG3juxRnhNyo3pa_Fc/s400/CH+09-01-30+METAL+DECK+Jim+and+Mike+MEASURE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145065535501426" /></a>Once all the walls and angles were up level and braced plumb, Jim Sutton and son Mike cut and put up the pan decking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTt-69oaTHURyIoqhFeejFXCgI7HkBFP18wIc0YDBbhiGxrhg_pBKhJRoiphE70oPRANZ6cLRIUIxi04X4ht_BmuYK2r8ZTZUkp9fR_Qb5uFb_94VjKQy2t3M_9Ss-a_wFSjUM8RuR6wk/s1600-h/CH+09-02-10+2ND+LVL+DECK+LKG+EAST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTt-69oaTHURyIoqhFeejFXCgI7HkBFP18wIc0YDBbhiGxrhg_pBKhJRoiphE70oPRANZ6cLRIUIxi04X4ht_BmuYK2r8ZTZUkp9fR_Qb5uFb_94VjKQy2t3M_9Ss-a_wFSjUM8RuR6wk/s400/CH+09-02-10+2ND+LVL+DECK+LKG+EAST.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316156667681554354" /></a>Nice job. huh! Good old RK Concrete and Pumping was called in again, first to lay the re-bar and weld-wire fabric, then...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjwP9s5z8RWqxHSSslHT1jhCSO-BdvUPjpK81QHkdOso42qGJACMklHUahLiA0tARj2w9hLEEZdjTOZ10Cb22M3RX0g9WcdmNy9CG5vDAa7SAeHPZvkvgsWABNPOl_rg_InexLrqxOpY/s1600-h/CH+09-02-18+FM+SE+PL+-+2ND+LVL+CONC+POUR+TRUCKS+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjwP9s5z8RWqxHSSslHT1jhCSO-BdvUPjpK81QHkdOso42qGJACMklHUahLiA0tARj2w9hLEEZdjTOZ10Cb22M3RX0g9WcdmNy9CG5vDAa7SAeHPZvkvgsWABNPOl_rg_InexLrqxOpY/s400/CH+09-02-18+FM+SE+PL+-+2ND+LVL+CONC+POUR+TRUCKS+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316152736981054178" /></a><br />...pump and pour...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHv1qdqRnOuoGwZc4gV9jsVsCGf_OCSr8PeWHCZyd9TGkf35h_4YnB0kZPe566GLdWHXGw1ZKmS_8XzEDyJJmxDkO0KmbSna4mPsS_mkgN5j6V5ZVoUKP8qt-wQA_FFS5OK9jfetEQZgg/s1600-h/CH+09-02-18+2ND+LVL+CONC+POUR+-+NE+SCREED+LQ.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHv1qdqRnOuoGwZc4gV9jsVsCGf_OCSr8PeWHCZyd9TGkf35h_4YnB0kZPe566GLdWHXGw1ZKmS_8XzEDyJJmxDkO0KmbSna4mPsS_mkgN5j6V5ZVoUKP8qt-wQA_FFS5OK9jfetEQZgg/s400/CH+09-02-18+2ND+LVL+CONC+POUR+-+NE+SCREED+LQ.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145064882409874" /></a>...and screed a 6" slab.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKVazBU_xwPXFl-hMb9qIUFO3TgM6ndSi-17iB2tEpDvyXW1sU-C1CNh_IaVk_X-i8gEZ_pf3rhuSGnoQfysTY33JleYYToyu1646RpaKXGGUn6ogFhFKxV_JBgF-qwFkB0WGMUUE6UQ/s1600-h/CH+09-02-18+2ND+LVL+CONC+POUR+-+POURED+FM+ELEV+lq+.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKVazBU_xwPXFl-hMb9qIUFO3TgM6ndSi-17iB2tEpDvyXW1sU-C1CNh_IaVk_X-i8gEZ_pf3rhuSGnoQfysTY33JleYYToyu1646RpaKXGGUn6ogFhFKxV_JBgF-qwFkB0WGMUUE6UQ/s400/CH+09-02-18+2ND+LVL+CONC+POUR+-+POURED+FM+ELEV+lq+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145060595689106" /></a>Mike, at the far end, starts hard trowelling the slab. Not that we needed hard trowelling, but the unexpected sunshine had the concrete setting up fast, and it TOOK hard trowelling to get it smooth.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_f4PDocvoOzdDUtfXzsSDKpYjjNHxoe4lT_9tgBqeBOHBD642gV-laONNAa73yJXxlxXzJXEVhxyJf6xjMUCnqFtexMyUY6v-Zhraj1rs4v3FDoO-eYnH7nIJfjW6GzzWvu7f9s1uGS4/s1600-h/CH+09-02-19+2ND+LVL+DECK+-+BRIAN+ON+DECK+IN+SUN+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_f4PDocvoOzdDUtfXzsSDKpYjjNHxoe4lT_9tgBqeBOHBD642gV-laONNAa73yJXxlxXzJXEVhxyJf6xjMUCnqFtexMyUY6v-Zhraj1rs4v3FDoO-eYnH7nIJfjW6GzzWvu7f9s1uGS4/s400/CH+09-02-19+2ND+LVL+DECK+-+BRIAN+ON+DECK+IN+SUN+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145058909551218" /></a>And smooth they got it. Level too: greatest difference between high and low was 1/8"!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ceZZLQa06P6iP9T5M6JDwFy76rXuKDTkRo-jnfxt1-0pOEbRadP008wNCREsuZaXZzjmhekOXzj2mIbfR_rTG9wI19W1nuNSTbVrPPLRxJWLZ7IIFnMgsp-d6lvPPYAl4BT4jpEvJZ8/s1600-h/CH+09-02-21+GZB+AT+WINDOW+1.10+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ceZZLQa06P6iP9T5M6JDwFy76rXuKDTkRo-jnfxt1-0pOEbRadP008wNCREsuZaXZzjmhekOXzj2mIbfR_rTG9wI19W1nuNSTbVrPPLRxJWLZ7IIFnMgsp-d6lvPPYAl4BT4jpEvJZ8/s400/CH+09-02-21+GZB+AT+WINDOW+1.10+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316144547429328978" /></a>Charlie made a visit, to check on progress, and to simulate being the 45 degree wall which will reflect the view thru the window down the hall.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQx3oxKMb20b7AF4AqvB3_b9XB5fsBQSigaqep-CxG9jyLX8zxGk0hVl2RELykGBmyQxas-EaZ91n4ImhoSw6cblNkuNH129FwqbfRUJ05HmIhsLljcIjJsY7oFi9gGT6wG-_U7vF4ucc/s1600-h/CH+09-03-17+FM+STUMP+LO-ROOF+HEADER+B+LIFT+-+5+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQx3oxKMb20b7AF4AqvB3_b9XB5fsBQSigaqep-CxG9jyLX8zxGk0hVl2RELykGBmyQxas-EaZ91n4ImhoSw6cblNkuNH129FwqbfRUJ05HmIhsLljcIjJsY7oFi9gGT6wG-_U7vF4ucc/s400/CH+09-03-17+FM+STUMP+LO-ROOF+HEADER+B+LIFT+-+5+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316147062951689986" /></a>So, once again, walls were raised, and another brace of 40' glue-lams were lifted: one in back, and ....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCy_qXaFtCm7O6V9TakiQhkFCvlTHW0eCJqKozY5D53kWkgoV6kMam6SUbQbh0pCAvllqSxYLIyy9bV_00USj8etzxvm5NaP4Scw_1Rf2J-CM2oBXGudoLXl30MArY2gDRNH4Aov8DVQE/s1600-h/CH+09-03-17+LO-ROOF+HEADER+E+LIFT+-+1+FM+SW+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCy_qXaFtCm7O6V9TakiQhkFCvlTHW0eCJqKozY5D53kWkgoV6kMam6SUbQbh0pCAvllqSxYLIyy9bV_00USj8etzxvm5NaP4Scw_1Rf2J-CM2oBXGudoLXl30MArY2gDRNH4Aov8DVQE/s400/CH+09-03-17+LO-ROOF+HEADER+E+LIFT+-+1+FM+SW+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316147053883776498" /></a>... one in front.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LAA5Y3QQkVAiytE9dPviwSwNOYBzErRXs3D4E-X7vZWt2g4NLu1ooKy4l9HHBhmxBtL54waQdYqBAqYkhjUN9JjaR5ndncUQoB2UQkkWETobR23fshOWTob4FrZAhPrJ9giIsPnHtzU/s1600-h/CH+09-03-17+PM+-+8+HEADER%3C%3ECOREWALL+HOLD+DOWN+INSTALL+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LAA5Y3QQkVAiytE9dPviwSwNOYBzErRXs3D4E-X7vZWt2g4NLu1ooKy4l9HHBhmxBtL54waQdYqBAqYkhjUN9JjaR5ndncUQoB2UQkkWETobR23fshOWTob4FrZAhPrJ9giIsPnHtzU/s400/CH+09-03-17+PM+-+8+HEADER%3C%3ECOREWALL+HOLD+DOWN+INSTALL+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316144547271772674" /></a>Brian starts the task of installing hold-downs to secure the headers to the walls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioNQ1JpvvKcsKP7azuXPN13oErZ4ZcNbd7V_8JTFE-Mvuw1RgbbALaoqWAlq6jKFLqAUGxO-R8Dg-SaYs52q-KoAXWY2ov5DhofqhNocR9WoCtI9YYijpOEldKXqW1aOSqAioClCV-OO0/s1600-h/CH+09-03-18+LO-ROOF+BEAMS+TRIMMED+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioNQ1JpvvKcsKP7azuXPN13oErZ4ZcNbd7V_8JTFE-Mvuw1RgbbALaoqWAlq6jKFLqAUGxO-R8Dg-SaYs52q-KoAXWY2ov5DhofqhNocR9WoCtI9YYijpOEldKXqW1aOSqAioClCV-OO0/s400/CH+09-03-18+LO-ROOF+BEAMS+TRIMMED+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316144545059286674" /></a>Next, he and Wayne trimmed a cross beam to sit in large metal hangers on the headers, ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBR8rKfoHSvnSIBXIRXPCy92GqJctH6OGT9JXF7h3RBoRmDu11Gk2ousvZnmrL6n2tufs4GrNw3JB2-iGjnWr5A5IHIP5f7l0JWiGr92TlNVXgbaiejmZ-Jz8095IacS29rXQ2o5dd0Hs/s1600-h/CH+09-03-18+PM+LO-ROOF+BEAM+SET+%40+WEST+INNER+ANGEL+-lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBR8rKfoHSvnSIBXIRXPCy92GqJctH6OGT9JXF7h3RBoRmDu11Gk2ousvZnmrL6n2tufs4GrNw3JB2-iGjnWr5A5IHIP5f7l0JWiGr92TlNVXgbaiejmZ-Jz8095IacS29rXQ2o5dd0Hs/s400/CH+09-03-18+PM+LO-ROOF+BEAM+SET+%40+WEST+INNER+ANGEL+-lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316144542904801938" /></a>... then called in Abe to help lift it in place. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhTuK0PuWiD47m-z8TksuSxP6GMvVtrLwTWE3T_wkBlnJU9iZRc3yjRyVRm5QzgPKLIHNhOgqmHyx2Ngdxp_8Xr-hjdphQGWQI7NpzDPG0Qelaq2asnY39xM-AUo25qEuXylQzCFVCgY/s1600-h/CH+09-03-18+FM+PL+-+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhTuK0PuWiD47m-z8TksuSxP6GMvVtrLwTWE3T_wkBlnJU9iZRc3yjRyVRm5QzgPKLIHNhOgqmHyx2Ngdxp_8Xr-hjdphQGWQI7NpzDPG0Qelaq2asnY39xM-AUo25qEuXylQzCFVCgY/s400/CH+09-03-18+FM+PL+-+lq.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316165345775527522" /></a>So, this is where we are at...now it is on to finishing up the 2nd Level walls, and starting the first of six (!!) different roof planes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_o6Ro_M1e540IBSuYCW3A0jgh6d8yaYiKFw06PS-O8gqPUaNFp5uhMzjHpekh31inDVRB4UTL7ds7Vkuls3GGshiY8YbYJxDYx9m69fhRqNcOYRNYw-heRnOXCyP7pgod-cJSjNmeBs/s1600-h/CH+09-03-18+PM+NO+SLOT+VU+W:+DEER+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_o6Ro_M1e540IBSuYCW3A0jgh6d8yaYiKFw06PS-O8gqPUaNFp5uhMzjHpekh31inDVRB4UTL7ds7Vkuls3GGshiY8YbYJxDYx9m69fhRqNcOYRNYw-heRnOXCyP7pgod-cJSjNmeBs/s400/CH+09-03-18+PM+NO+SLOT+VU+W:+DEER+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316144535373810338" /></a>Meanwhile, where in the world is THIS side-walk super??<br /><br />A note on the weather...from the above photos, you may be wondering about the purported rainy winter weather of the Oregon coast. Indeed, I had to go back to Feb 10 to find this shot of "Coast View: Rain Lifing"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6JNqgHkla0XKlHeSDalt1-KhJZiqv8rpuqNgh4Z0GB6X_NSKyqsP45islhcW6BLMbXYglPyZNLOR7mutGte4bXrygC8J-h5E10M7weh3cuCMbX6FFo8rEsagy23fjs1G-jarG9-oCu8/s1600-h/CH+09-02-10+COAST+VU+RAIN+LIFTING+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6JNqgHkla0XKlHeSDalt1-KhJZiqv8rpuqNgh4Z0GB6X_NSKyqsP45islhcW6BLMbXYglPyZNLOR7mutGte4bXrygC8J-h5E10M7weh3cuCMbX6FFo8rEsagy23fjs1G-jarG9-oCu8/s400/CH+09-02-10+COAST+VU+RAIN+LIFTING+lq.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316162519978513730" /></a>but lack of rainy photos is also a result of dis-inclination to take photos when raining!Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-16426028492995185262009-01-12T08:31:00.001-08:002009-01-12T10:14:43.149-08:00OH, BY THE WAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5L92sLUY0xg0Tr2IFZpGZ15OE6cD8jEHK2vJMHUkdclh1PbOqKepU9lLjALjN6W3iRXWFG9whSxQAb5KMC8eK-h0uxuHsJ55UQorCBnT4N97iSoUqZZ4SGxI6zkWGPAlDsiyR5GsPIo/s1600-h/CH+3+ROCKS+VU+08-12-09+SUNSET+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5L92sLUY0xg0Tr2IFZpGZ15OE6cD8jEHK2vJMHUkdclh1PbOqKepU9lLjALjN6W3iRXWFG9whSxQAb5KMC8eK-h0uxuHsJ55UQorCBnT4N97iSoUqZZ4SGxI6zkWGPAlDsiyR5GsPIo/s400/CH+3+ROCKS+VU+08-12-09+SUNSET+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290472308727505586" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14px;"><div>Sun setting on 2008? rising on 2009?</div><div>Either way, not bad, eh?</div><div><br /></div><div><span><img src="cid:87AD4E81-BD7B-49DF-8877-C8A2425299BC@local" /></span></div></span></span></span> </div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-89331053715035558502009-01-02T18:32:00.000-08:002009-01-11T17:19:58.733-08:00CLOUD HOUSE GETS A FLOOR AND WALLSCloud House was last seen getting its four major glu-lam beams set on the ground level's concrete block walls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLw1_pJ5P2DVFMwBktLN2Adx97QVzydr9ZuuANDltMY0Vae2-26EuS9xM1L7rdlAqTXz9aulkS-vplZ94N_qU1t0Cowl6lKR-LV-hl5S05_ILElVqK7NMVmPynAN4_NN3FzI0KCXRQrc/s1600-h/CH+FM+ROAD+PM+08-11-13+-+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLw1_pJ5P2DVFMwBktLN2Adx97QVzydr9ZuuANDltMY0Vae2-26EuS9xM1L7rdlAqTXz9aulkS-vplZ94N_qU1t0Cowl6lKR-LV-hl5S05_ILElVqK7NMVmPynAN4_NN3FzI0KCXRQrc/s400/CH+FM+ROAD+PM+08-11-13+-+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195131560210370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Next, in mid-November, floor joists were laid on top, perpendicular to the glu-lams.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdj_YbadkVmB1kR7bQH-xmfIg8YY7FRKtSOFtIOG7vWQwu3JChE99SFJYbEGCfUV2rah6Gf5377q08t4m9r3UrCGLivyi5XiUhKK01RXxqFDbXf2BxQssJp07l3x5Y4V0sF4h5zKIuxY/s1600-h/CH+FM+STUMP+08-11-13+LVL+full.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdj_YbadkVmB1kR7bQH-xmfIg8YY7FRKtSOFtIOG7vWQwu3JChE99SFJYbEGCfUV2rah6Gf5377q08t4m9r3UrCGLivyi5XiUhKK01RXxqFDbXf2BxQssJp07l3x5Y4V0sF4h5zKIuxY/s400/CH+FM+STUMP+08-11-13+LVL+full.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195126920242530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">With sun setting, that was close to done.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgNoGY2pT9UF3C23_Yx35XKf0sOqAm0UIUSbX1fDjhWAYhJdKaV3DRqgTbDucIDKVXM0Oy3VdcesTy9rZGKz3haF-P1Qh3EA6vxUuqv1JGmWwc0ph9624v00nbmA4wb1yV1i7gqB1jL8/s1600-h/CH+FM+STUMP+08-11-18+NITE+DECKING%E3%80%80low+low"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgNoGY2pT9UF3C23_Yx35XKf0sOqAm0UIUSbX1fDjhWAYhJdKaV3DRqgTbDucIDKVXM0Oy3VdcesTy9rZGKz3haF-P1Qh3EA6vxUuqv1JGmWwc0ph9624v00nbmA4wb1yV1i7gqB1jL8/s400/CH+FM+STUMP+08-11-18+NITE+DECKING%E3%80%80low+low" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290196162841508482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">But when laying the plywood deck, the forecaste was for rain, so </div><div style="text-align: center;">the crew worked into the dark to get most of it glued and screwed.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe-DO4FMqmz3NDGPbiLpKgAJ-f1XfErvd4ZAFa_ob5RqvI3HddaBCUww8kDfzBARPJPFCTJB0Eilk3tJkLCwpbsmw4EVS7sSOoNNBU8LH5riHNQ5NEEkS4O0BQR6MHtvnprheMAtW9iQ/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-11-19+ROUND+WALL+LAYOUT+-+WAYne+%26+BOB+AT+PLANK+LQ.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe-DO4FMqmz3NDGPbiLpKgAJ-f1XfErvd4ZAFa_ob5RqvI3HddaBCUww8kDfzBARPJPFCTJB0Eilk3tJkLCwpbsmw4EVS7sSOoNNBU8LH5riHNQ5NEEkS4O0BQR6MHtvnprheMAtW9iQ/s400/CH+HSE+08-11-19+ROUND+WALL+LAYOUT+-+WAYne+%26+BOB+AT+PLANK+LQ.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195132402699218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The first wall up was the North Saddlebag Wall, </div><div style="text-align: center;">which has a 38 food radius to it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">A plank was run out, a nail was set at 38 feet...</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fSGnghfJu5zpmA8BcIElMJ1bPGcgRbJ55HKGUjXZz_hliCljtLQ3zmmckC7d2M7wDg4RVOPGiImAqwzXRvwROBKq1aTNQwjbYlDwb7k9dnnmWseBEC4t7ZvXgGvkNxqmMyAobkd7VNA/s1600-h/CH+FM+STUMP++08-11-19+ROUND+WALL+LAYOUT+v1+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fSGnghfJu5zpmA8BcIElMJ1bPGcgRbJ55HKGUjXZz_hliCljtLQ3zmmckC7d2M7wDg4RVOPGiImAqwzXRvwROBKq1aTNQwjbYlDwb7k9dnnmWseBEC4t7ZvXgGvkNxqmMyAobkd7VNA/s400/CH+FM+STUMP++08-11-19+ROUND+WALL+LAYOUT+v1+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290197714281963618" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">... an old tape was cut and tied to a block of wood, then it was stretched</div><div style="text-align: center;">from the nail, to mark the ends of the joists.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bob on the right marks the last joist, </div><div style="text-align: center;">while Abe and Wayne start cutting them.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZeGTBmOUQdy2x3RU4NIH0r-fwOgUtqyrB1TN0y51wCm1yQ9RRUQJjcn71M5SA-mKncqL8SFxakb4hbfZMruoVZtALTGVFWiIEMDCCVizSwVzvu0MbtBcUBzbQo0EStAFxHqvien3nLU/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-11-21+-+BRIAN+MAKES+TEMPLATE+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZeGTBmOUQdy2x3RU4NIH0r-fwOgUtqyrB1TN0y51wCm1yQ9RRUQJjcn71M5SA-mKncqL8SFxakb4hbfZMruoVZtALTGVFWiIEMDCCVizSwVzvu0MbtBcUBzbQo0EStAFxHqvien3nLU/s400/CH+HSE+08-11-21+-+BRIAN+MAKES+TEMPLATE+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290196170342877234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, down under the deck, Brian fashions a template of the 38 foot arc.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixf5yr5QW6BMcADznWwKGZ7oYLe28svrDVPqnG71_vMP8PpRc0enEd8Aan6ipe8qOhcLub2Zv0-id9tFYTJRpt6a0Hlk6-RLFObUCwwsZq1GwoEUdthTdm1ZxFDECwxIlGiA4ZEcchM-Y/s1600-h/CH+FM+STUMP+08-12-09+1ST+WALLS+UP+lq"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixf5yr5QW6BMcADznWwKGZ7oYLe28svrDVPqnG71_vMP8PpRc0enEd8Aan6ipe8qOhcLub2Zv0-id9tFYTJRpt6a0Hlk6-RLFObUCwwsZq1GwoEUdthTdm1ZxFDECwxIlGiA4ZEcchM-Y/s400/CH+FM+STUMP+08-12-09+1ST+WALLS+UP+lq" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195136910983986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The wall plates were marked with the template, cut, studs were added, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the north wall erected.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Note the sandwich wrap around the deck: </div><div style="text-align: center;">building in Oregon winters means wood gets wet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> To lessen the moisture in the wood, plastic wrap was placed, </div><div style="text-align: center;">an under-floor fan system installed, which is run at night, </div><div style="text-align: center;">pumping air between the plywood and its wrapper</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_70V5Wi9KoJAAnfD10t7rlFvXAWIFsX3iPP5epWUqHyzceLmj1F7G2vTb3m1cL2V5F0TWVumlvYJ9iuRW_jSB_BouJNbngCg7PMOM7bG7jec3ftIAmTNL58BGv0NXS0umSC34jspIt4/s1600-h/CH+FM+PL+08-12-19+in+snow+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_70V5Wi9KoJAAnfD10t7rlFvXAWIFsX3iPP5epWUqHyzceLmj1F7G2vTb3m1cL2V5F0TWVumlvYJ9iuRW_jSB_BouJNbngCg7PMOM7bG7jec3ftIAmTNL58BGv0NXS0umSC34jspIt4/s400/CH+FM+PL+08-12-19+in+snow+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290195140056568322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">On rare occasions, building in Oregon winters means building in snow.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">With the center Angel Walls up, and<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpgyWPrxpgqqSUqJBLot8IfFMmOmVURAJ9FpaHmnub9rI-S6WYibSC_2rVJjuTirmNK3GXWEJ2ZpTpj99SYWqN_G_5r6DMZi64XQW3vzb98kqysXsmBf71biK50LMbJL9ib9-lLxCz_U/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-12-18+1ST+LVL+HOLDDOWNS+%40+ELEV+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpgyWPrxpgqqSUqJBLot8IfFMmOmVURAJ9FpaHmnub9rI-S6WYibSC_2rVJjuTirmNK3GXWEJ2ZpTpj99SYWqN_G_5r6DMZi64XQW3vzb98kqysXsmBf71biK50LMbJL9ib9-lLxCz_U/s400/CH+HSE+08-12-18+1ST+LVL+HOLDDOWNS+%40+ELEV+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290203166659788386" /></a>secured with large hold-downs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(remember those tie-rods coming up from the</div><div style="text-align: center;">foundations thru the block walls? This is where they end) ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGOlLUfWKiRzRIAUlpang5QwTsfT06hNCXChYUXJY-ANbiUN7HnVAwEJnwPk6sMIiFh35QFJVciafNsmHrXCAfW_RoGJ5qB965G3rXOPWYH9L9YeK7HO8inSLgMaYXWkbFegqqEw16Y8/s1600-h/CH+FM+STUMP+08-12-19+SET+BMS+2-C+%26+2-D+-lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGOlLUfWKiRzRIAUlpang5QwTsfT06hNCXChYUXJY-ANbiUN7HnVAwEJnwPk6sMIiFh35QFJVciafNsmHrXCAfW_RoGJ5qB965G3rXOPWYH9L9YeK7HO8inSLgMaYXWkbFegqqEw16Y8/s400/CH+FM+STUMP+08-12-19+SET+BMS+2-C+%26+2-D+-lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290196170310568386" /></a>the two center beams for the second level were lifted into place. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWK5IvNLyLajx-isTdDBmIkdibrpIJgcEFCZhNZUJs0bhKmaZzJLP9y-VMx0PNElN40IBCVdjcmLTfv50Cn7SRhsP1cYtYJlF5ym_aR4RCfy6iCbiHSp6b_1LcwJRzUrtTYr_o6_8rG2E/s1600-h/CH+FM+PL+09-01-09+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWK5IvNLyLajx-isTdDBmIkdibrpIJgcEFCZhNZUJs0bhKmaZzJLP9y-VMx0PNElN40IBCVdjcmLTfv50Cn7SRhsP1cYtYJlF5ym_aR4RCfy6iCbiHSp6b_1LcwJRzUrtTYr_o6_8rG2E/s400/CH+FM+PL+09-01-09+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290196176304889586" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seen from the driveway, the south (and north) Core Walls are up</div><div style="text-align: center;">and sheathed with plywood. Now, just</div><div style="text-align: center;">the South Saddlebag Wall remains to be framed, and,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of course, the two story high window jamb columns, the steel angle headers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the ...., well, ....you will see.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-88202685419053260402008-11-09T20:27:00.000-08:002008-11-09T21:50:10.462-08:00CLOUD HOUSE SPREADS OUT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwukU7LT-p-alGPWNOENEnoncUvJgpBwS5xK0p-S0SqnWz__Z_NnzypUqA9W2oHT2keLPbZ8AoLdr4jhbfhOD_oYP4AmgZ8uXIobtpau4-UUzHE029cKsRwvTr4Z4efLv7XQnRz4MziEY/s1600-h/CH+HSE+FM+PL+08-11-07+-+1000"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwukU7LT-p-alGPWNOENEnoncUvJgpBwS5xK0p-S0SqnWz__Z_NnzypUqA9W2oHT2keLPbZ8AoLdr4jhbfhOD_oYP4AmgZ8uXIobtpau4-UUzHE029cKsRwvTr4Z4efLv7XQnRz4MziEY/s200/CH+HSE+FM+PL+08-11-07+-+1000" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266897182752363474" /></a><br />With the first wood framing underway, Cloud House has spread to the west and the east, as seen here looking north from the road.<div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But before erecting beams, the framing crew first checked the masons' work. Abe, holding tape, Bob inspecting a beam pocket, and Brian on the transit learned the difference between the highest and lowest points to be 5/8".<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3szOLRBSH-_n_fMy2IQbID2N4-sWRJTrlc7g42y0oKAXETWuRFT28yLPA-aFGjbfuMafB0RYrG9LI3VY96ICiOuHjZAXRuxK2QBfvVHachTAJHbuR03Noyd6myvyYOS3-byvUVmpfTPI/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-10-30+-+ABE,+BRIAN+SHOOT+ELEVATIONS"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3szOLRBSH-_n_fMy2IQbID2N4-sWRJTrlc7g42y0oKAXETWuRFT28yLPA-aFGjbfuMafB0RYrG9LI3VY96ICiOuHjZAXRuxK2QBfvVHachTAJHbuR03Noyd6myvyYOS3-byvUVmpfTPI/s320/CH+HSE+08-10-30+-+ABE,+BRIAN+SHOOT+ELEVATIONS" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266891760114984130" /></a><br /><br /><br />With the bent plates snugged down, the protruding bolt ends are ground off.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGaNYnwwh46FRHot6bmgqJm0VWbsVV-pAuH3wW-3aewDqsIC6SLGMW1bH_NLyAGzQbK16VlGted8cgeTnfWdplqF6rU2hxaC8jsVUx2ZxtCJerOvIAnMVwu4pihlcSdjvzkDMURrpQqvA/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-11-04+-+ABE+GRINDS+BOLT"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGaNYnwwh46FRHot6bmgqJm0VWbsVV-pAuH3wW-3aewDqsIC6SLGMW1bH_NLyAGzQbK16VlGted8cgeTnfWdplqF6rU2hxaC8jsVUx2ZxtCJerOvIAnMVwu4pihlcSdjvzkDMURrpQqvA/s200/CH+HSE+08-11-04+-+ABE+GRINDS+BOLT" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266882848182371954" /></a><br /><br />The steel bent plates and shim plates are in place, wating for the glu-lam beams.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00tLzNOWUAMoIrvIGXXOG_xEFRclA2iKp6yUtyzzeQyGxZQantHTqKGEHDTCFcGE0r5vbYzvmjpFzaGCSf83cN6GwaKCnGSlXjtse2_jA1WTCKJtRCiueP1L-tWGXaic-6OcOKK-U_7k/s1600-h/CH+HSE+1+LVL+GLULAMS+08-11-05+-+SHIMS"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00tLzNOWUAMoIrvIGXXOG_xEFRclA2iKp6yUtyzzeQyGxZQantHTqKGEHDTCFcGE0r5vbYzvmjpFzaGCSf83cN6GwaKCnGSlXjtse2_jA1WTCKJtRCiueP1L-tWGXaic-6OcOKK-U_7k/s200/CH+HSE+1+LVL+GLULAMS+08-11-05+-+SHIMS" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266882847153193042" /></a><br /><br /><br />The first task for the lumberyard delivery, was to turn the truck without knocking over the port-a-jon!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYYJmct31QWNNcM9f9UUMwzRRCi6eBiRpNFRdSVta9FByIW0EqDVGUltphMUfceAfgT4mtwdulR-KNZWHnVVNToxj5YJcgwLMlfyWmwkuj7i0v6ZnkXGdwy4io5nvvnIz6FE4mDTNzIA/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-11-04+1st+lvl+LUMBER+ARR+-+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYYJmct31QWNNcM9f9UUMwzRRCi6eBiRpNFRdSVta9FByIW0EqDVGUltphMUfceAfgT4mtwdulR-KNZWHnVVNToxj5YJcgwLMlfyWmwkuj7i0v6ZnkXGdwy4io5nvvnIz6FE4mDTNzIA/s200/CH+HSE+08-11-04+1st+lvl+LUMBER+ARR+-+1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266881918213352498" /></a><br /><br />Jim from the lumber yard works the boom truck, slowly lowering the 1st beam. Brian aligns to the block wall, Abe guides the other end with the tie rope.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJNdgCGW1lYD5HQQMU4PK_ayyo9T6DXZY2Y9WpLhs0LtZ6GvhPEseNO6Q3DFvz6NX8wFyYFzK2T_L2ARCRx6EmmiiAqNU98VRq1AXPvDeWhUTVX7xfFItm1Yi75J49MosGAQyJSA5oyM/s1600-h/CH+HSE+1+LVL+GLULAMS+08-11-05+SET+1ST+G-L"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJNdgCGW1lYD5HQQMU4PK_ayyo9T6DXZY2Y9WpLhs0LtZ6GvhPEseNO6Q3DFvz6NX8wFyYFzK2T_L2ARCRx6EmmiiAqNU98VRq1AXPvDeWhUTVX7xfFItm1Yi75J49MosGAQyJSA5oyM/s200/CH+HSE+1+LVL+GLULAMS+08-11-05+SET+1ST+G-L" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266881924283869986" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The fourth and last beam is lowered onto its plates:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQoo7oEdIREvoC3pZRESEadRVk1-BS6bdsXXvUn-1oG2gISD0_Jnu1rD60WB1YYJHROJvkk_dsI6PkTlp4HuyXHsJXO9fGSMgSQk6meA98rUZdq67Lhqm_hhc3as2MK7VGa96xdkQjy0/s1600-h/CH+HSE+1+LVL+GLULAMS+08-11-05+SET+LAST+G-L"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQoo7oEdIREvoC3pZRESEadRVk1-BS6bdsXXvUn-1oG2gISD0_Jnu1rD60WB1YYJHROJvkk_dsI6PkTlp4HuyXHsJXO9fGSMgSQk6meA98rUZdq67Lhqm_hhc3as2MK7VGa96xdkQjy0/s200/CH+HSE+1+LVL+GLULAMS+08-11-05+SET+LAST+G-L" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266881929948809874" /></a><br /><br /><br />Brian drills out holes where thru bolts will connect the beams to the steel plates.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1p4Q8VkcW1DFFlI3r_KYuzEa-CN3AH4ep7oN26vvFTU_9oTl68V6ZE2800aiDWhCUEHHIpxn29SZrOFdj8TLs42zLktpr9W-aERIIJIcXDZCU93VjAxbkK46sZnLJcTuzHCHdPtl3WI/s1600-h/CH+GLAMS+08-11-05+BRIAN+DRILLS"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1p4Q8VkcW1DFFlI3r_KYuzEa-CN3AH4ep7oN26vvFTU_9oTl68V6ZE2800aiDWhCUEHHIpxn29SZrOFdj8TLs42zLktpr9W-aERIIJIcXDZCU93VjAxbkK46sZnLJcTuzHCHdPtl3WI/s200/CH+GLAMS+08-11-05+BRIAN+DRILLS" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266882850068533026" /></a><br />The bolt heads are countersunk so as not to interfer with the wall sheathing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzkPbq7OhGULlnk-UZI5e17OxPdOnnZsKI-O3_FCNEbZ_1owdbHmx7fqeUDUb761GixsVkpaoVB-JzEMeuR_4NBWyX2GHAWn-bZPYII-cZlSsAmW0RcuinzU34jzNZlto5IzgiYEo8P8/s1600-h/CH+HSE+1+LVL+GLULAMS+08-11-06+-6+BOLT+HEADS"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzkPbq7OhGULlnk-UZI5e17OxPdOnnZsKI-O3_FCNEbZ_1owdbHmx7fqeUDUb761GixsVkpaoVB-JzEMeuR_4NBWyX2GHAWn-bZPYII-cZlSsAmW0RcuinzU34jzNZlto5IzgiYEo8P8/s200/CH+HSE+1+LVL+GLULAMS+08-11-06+-6+BOLT+HEADS" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266888651989143602" /></a><br /><br /><br />The mud sills, so called since they usually are near the concrete foundations and the ground, but here are 9' off the ground, are bolted to the top of the concrete block walls. Measurements showed the block walls only 3/8" out of square in one corner: the mudsill was tweaked to square up the floor.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwBFegsurwbDv1CsmPorVLcWuSTcFEknLAOGABR3xCfHH61eZHln0ahoov5cEWpA13eBQbrPAiWAtY6Oj3MTzat2GFj81C16ub-Y1bvmOmQWGoslC4QMo81vYHap2n7QhotdAh5mjdqc/s1600-h/CH+HSE+1st+LVL+DECK+08-11-07+WEST+MUD+SILLS"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwBFegsurwbDv1CsmPorVLcWuSTcFEknLAOGABR3xCfHH61eZHln0ahoov5cEWpA13eBQbrPAiWAtY6Oj3MTzat2GFj81C16ub-Y1bvmOmQWGoslC4QMo81vYHap2n7QhotdAh5mjdqc/s200/CH+HSE+1st+LVL+DECK+08-11-07+WEST+MUD+SILLS" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266883386230534930" /></a><br /><br />Next comes the PSL: the two combined will support the main structural walls at the west end.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2U3k2aT1m5PnmG16BnlraFSB7GMcCh77ZYeUfV4r9bscZmvEhtGAKybhyVk9MeQS6DZVu2DJEUx_aG_ubJYxVrSrcHtqvixS4TcwGHnqXxK659Xg_vdS-2uzYGfYaDRN9G-gacKxw5Xc/s1600-h/CH+HSE+1st+LVL+DECK+08-11-07+-+WEST+PSL"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2U3k2aT1m5PnmG16BnlraFSB7GMcCh77ZYeUfV4r9bscZmvEhtGAKybhyVk9MeQS6DZVu2DJEUx_aG_ubJYxVrSrcHtqvixS4TcwGHnqXxK659Xg_vdS-2uzYGfYaDRN9G-gacKxw5Xc/s200/CH+HSE+1st+LVL+DECK+08-11-07+-+WEST+PSL" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266883387686155490" /></a><br />Wanting the floor deck to be square and level, Abe and Brian again measure to confirm their work:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02lMX1taDRz-VKBw5ijcmIzve8pHwPqKLPBnxmXI1T61tYNH_tcZskXn7koREeOO-a4bgf2o5EiLOb5JLz1jsv32TUzM_SQ6AejSBdqX4uhQRWe9izsrVCodcX3J890EbzvVhIqzXfxA/s1600-h/CH+FM+STUMP+PANA+08-11-07+"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02lMX1taDRz-VKBw5ijcmIzve8pHwPqKLPBnxmXI1T61tYNH_tcZskXn7koREeOO-a4bgf2o5EiLOb5JLz1jsv32TUzM_SQ6AejSBdqX4uhQRWe9izsrVCodcX3J890EbzvVhIqzXfxA/s200/CH+FM+STUMP+PANA+08-11-07+" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266883395257373362" /></a><br />The sidewalk superintendents on this site tend to be the local hear of black-tail deer. Here a young buck looks the job over.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4rsMsyj2I3fNXOt7-4chOW9sg3zdlsD-12v_OeMAJBUYurQcyBiupt00iq3HnO_H6Z5hCs0FEqBjDVvJBbuWEE6yOTnh1120aPXiowDVbjhxCbwZHxa2HzBRvMshTrEd_sS4qDqTivg/s1600-h/CH+WILDLIFE+08-11-07+-+DEER+BUCK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4rsMsyj2I3fNXOt7-4chOW9sg3zdlsD-12v_OeMAJBUYurQcyBiupt00iq3HnO_H6Z5hCs0FEqBjDVvJBbuWEE6yOTnh1120aPXiowDVbjhxCbwZHxa2HzBRvMshTrEd_sS4qDqTivg/s200/CH+WILDLIFE+08-11-07+-+DEER+BUCK" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266888654165004626" /></a><br /></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-44112110676449104122008-10-12T17:51:00.000-07:002008-10-12T18:59:19.616-07:00CLOUD HOUSE CMU ENDS, SITE WORK RESUMES<div>The last time we looked, the concrete block crew had finished the first four feet of the walls, and poured grout (sloppy concrete) in all the cells. </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCqR8EArnYwLMN5r7xY1bDLcmxdn18O_QuD_ZGT1jrhdo2WtlR2vLfYcQYkXuaoR_JgWY8WUvK55OeUubf_GTmv30ofznLB9GlCuvMG1T0lMvl5bcrdZcEuFnjLNI98RH9-hDIQhDLDU/s1600-h/CH+HSE+8-9-30+GROUP+POUR+-WEST+WALL"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCqR8EArnYwLMN5r7xY1bDLcmxdn18O_QuD_ZGT1jrhdo2WtlR2vLfYcQYkXuaoR_JgWY8WUvK55OeUubf_GTmv30ofznLB9GlCuvMG1T0lMvl5bcrdZcEuFnjLNI98RH9-hDIQhDLDU/s200/CH+HSE+8-9-30+GROUP+POUR+-WEST+WALL" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256444259787140290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">They came back and laid up the remaining four feet, then there was some back and forth on just what constituted "stainless steel" rods anyhow. They had four nice shiny ones, but the next four were dull grey. However the shiny ones failed the "magnets do not stick to stainless" test, whereas the grey ones passed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The magnet won over the shine and four more grey ones were brought in and the second grout pour could take place. Joey, from RK Concrete, in orange, presses the remote which controls the flow of grout. James helps weild the heavy hose, and Chris moves it from cell to cell.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXOFZRMxqUYlNYpYv-HumXUN2oP7Z16EnGAzNpn5ploY7nGPJN7BVVh3w6iSMpTpf95keTsBz-0ME3NaZ7ZajquGoDiKs046Qyj0RP33ZSkubDv9tq8RCMuYV7ufXvudFo6B3FidiX1s/s1600-h/CH+HSE+8-9-30+GROUT+POUR++JAMES+SETS+BENT+PLATE"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXOFZRMxqUYlNYpYv-HumXUN2oP7Z16EnGAzNpn5ploY7nGPJN7BVVh3w6iSMpTpf95keTsBz-0ME3NaZ7ZajquGoDiKs046Qyj0RP33ZSkubDv9tq8RCMuYV7ufXvudFo6B3FidiX1s/s200/CH+HSE+8-9-30+GROUT+POUR++JAMES+SETS+BENT+PLATE" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256444259312956418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">With the pumping done, James makes the final adjustments to the bent plates (both shiny and stainless), and trowels off the grout smooth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7CwVAj3hLCJU2jm5H8fH8TflSQfXzPr_YNeTgc2-z-G-Wxet3BSKmWah7I-FLLAIZ7eloGorIKBMGl8cnFkLqMDRErlYMQNsEt4oYKuonnFzoGBg-GZmpk91KGy3et4KLCrsdTZlauA/s1600-h/CH+HSE+8-9-30+GROUT+POUR+CHRIS+SETS+SB"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7CwVAj3hLCJU2jm5H8fH8TflSQfXzPr_YNeTgc2-z-G-Wxet3BSKmWah7I-FLLAIZ7eloGorIKBMGl8cnFkLqMDRErlYMQNsEt4oYKuonnFzoGBg-GZmpk91KGy3et4KLCrsdTZlauA/s200/CH+HSE+8-9-30+GROUT+POUR+CHRIS+SETS+SB" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256444259617902722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Chris has troweled these cells and does the final step of imbeding the anchor bolts ... on 16" centers! ... which will hold the first pieces of wood to the concrete block walls.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5miZYYGnrtowR9fI2PkJUgBn2zo_1gi3RRYJgJrvqNpoV98MXTIW8OcYeOMy8pR7qX447uEqKyoRbVZF9fzoWqSVhGhqIvDu56hVl_bAJI67cTqmtcDyTao90Z53ICAho_OFW-tUCHI/s1600-h/CH+SEPTIC+08-10-01+AD+DIGS+1ST+LQ.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5miZYYGnrtowR9fI2PkJUgBn2zo_1gi3RRYJgJrvqNpoV98MXTIW8OcYeOMy8pR7qX447uEqKyoRbVZF9fzoWqSVhGhqIvDu56hVl_bAJI67cTqmtcDyTao90Z53ICAho_OFW-tUCHI/s200/CH+SEPTIC+08-10-01+AD+DIGS+1ST+LQ.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256440851224962370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">With the block walls quietly hardening up in the background, Aaron and Kenny returned to carry on with site work. The first of seepage trenches for the septic drain field gets dug. Kenny holds a survey rod, with a laser detector on it: it beeps a code telling whether it is above, level, or below the laser transit (the yellow thing perched on white tripod, beyond the tread of the excavator).</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uiLUCDrWy9HDLzjqTEK2xE_pkiN7IJBEw-1yG5hvItxoUlH5q50ojX9OFLCwJzuJfXAe5LOjSJ76N08mstHIf_LWc3tIYz4x6Nifstkfu2k7TPEJOJzS3Tl6obdblO9dDL5_9H9-Fbs/s1600-h/CH+SEPTIC+FIL+FABRIC"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uiLUCDrWy9HDLzjqTEK2xE_pkiN7IJBEw-1yG5hvItxoUlH5q50ojX9OFLCwJzuJfXAe5LOjSJ76N08mstHIf_LWc3tIYz4x6Nifstkfu2k7TPEJOJzS3Tl6obdblO9dDL5_9H9-Fbs/s200/CH+SEPTIC+FIL+FABRIC" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256440849019371362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Into the trench goes 18" of drain rock, 4" pipe, 2" more of rock, filter fabic, and backfilled.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsy5aT89iqd_zfKzm71qEr59h1L1tM1awEF77K3-rcWcdepDQVUqheFWwSyqOUJtNuSLllaNOxYa-rmyTA1ivi2jAp2D2pLQzHV0KfUCEfS4bkCigIwZayiLw2auW7QPEYDCVAn3coJ4/s1600-h/CH+SEPTIC+CHRIS+SIGNS+OFF+-+2"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsy5aT89iqd_zfKzm71qEr59h1L1tM1awEF77K3-rcWcdepDQVUqheFWwSyqOUJtNuSLllaNOxYa-rmyTA1ivi2jAp2D2pLQzHV0KfUCEfS4bkCigIwZayiLw2auW7QPEYDCVAn3coJ4/s200/CH+SEPTIC+CHRIS+SIGNS+OFF+-+2" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256440848741269106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Chris, Tillamook County's On-site Sanitation Engineer, arrived a bit earlier than expected, but he patiently waiting for the last pipe to be laid....</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVOA2cDY9evA3Kr7_Owssdgx4VjxzrAxr9P0aB-JCxIEKTnRtnC2VBSiqP9YIu8D7wckK8rjnnGjqO6F6_LDBoHCcb3mN3VgSag10hin7vuqKl3uEafKt9QgdDlbAVibAz5RCj0etj78/s1600-h/CH+SEPTIC+CHRIS+SIGNS+OFF+-+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVOA2cDY9evA3Kr7_Owssdgx4VjxzrAxr9P0aB-JCxIEKTnRtnC2VBSiqP9YIu8D7wckK8rjnnGjqO6F6_LDBoHCcb3mN3VgSag10hin7vuqKl3uEafKt9QgdDlbAVibAz5RCj0etj78/s200/CH+SEPTIC+CHRIS+SIGNS+OFF+-+1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256440848382966690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">... and then he signed off his approval. He and I hit it off when we learned that we overlapped in Aspen, and we played the "Oh, did you know so-in-so?" game for a while.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>After the drain field, Arron and Kenny turned their attention to the retaining wall's gabions, a word from Italian for "big cage".</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXmRGV_0n3hJ4PomKTT-8QN_49SXcy7-HaLc0ZcDCUR2mNovZsiQR_yBCDyyYC4Noy7AxOeJ_TxYFLOBkJBhPHiafHFu2UcH4Y1S-VIkUjCJ0EBjaIvAvwjtm1IBL8pJRt8XR0-zVSkY/s1600-h/CH+GABIONS+ARRIVE+08-10-02+-+4"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXmRGV_0n3hJ4PomKTT-8QN_49SXcy7-HaLc0ZcDCUR2mNovZsiQR_yBCDyyYC4Noy7AxOeJ_TxYFLOBkJBhPHiafHFu2UcH4Y1S-VIkUjCJ0EBjaIvAvwjtm1IBL8pJRt8XR0-zVSkY/s200/CH+GABIONS+ARRIVE+08-10-02+-+4" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256438312423280866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When the BIG FedEx truck arrived, I wondered, "FedEx?" and "How big a shipment are these things??"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Folded flat, and bundled on a pallet, why, pretty small.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP8bY9IjBzIXj5g5BbTwnVtWRresgEsI2QDonZT3rI0sQ608lgnujlBUZIigQXGsQX7YJJ5llPzQeYzz-cxGrZGYMXlgdC-mRvYVcHl2EbdVNLHdEU4Cps6h6MSyhiiZDYINb_DnCcoE/s1600-h/CH+GABIONS+08-10-08+AH+INSTALLS+FIRST+-+1" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP8bY9IjBzIXj5g5BbTwnVtWRresgEsI2QDonZT3rI0sQ608lgnujlBUZIigQXGsQX7YJJ5llPzQeYzz-cxGrZGYMXlgdC-mRvYVcHl2EbdVNLHdEU4Cps6h6MSyhiiZDYINb_DnCcoE/s200/CH+GABIONS+08-10-08+AH+INSTALLS+FIRST+-+1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256438311789811762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">But unfolded, and wired up, they are indeed large baskets, ready for rock to be placed in them.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtczm8PlBEmnNwwOs4ZTGcvO08DQYxUBxVU_smpsmvbmL5Pr2KOnf1lJfru4R6PvHzdUN0XcIbCNJA1i4xtNCXBLB7TnwePChGr1vbAkTcDrvPh2WpsP924pbpssr2HaXUFm4FH-Vg-mQ/s1600-h/CH+GABIONS+08-10-09+WEST+SIDE+-+7"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtczm8PlBEmnNwwOs4ZTGcvO08DQYxUBxVU_smpsmvbmL5Pr2KOnf1lJfru4R6PvHzdUN0XcIbCNJA1i4xtNCXBLB7TnwePChGr1vbAkTcDrvPh2WpsP924pbpssr2HaXUFm4FH-Vg-mQ/s200/CH+GABIONS+08-10-09+WEST+SIDE+-+7" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256438309928957826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">In order to quickly see what all three levels will be like, we placed them on the west side, ignoring directions which advised completing the lowest row first, then next, etc.</div><br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJAwAWHipzTPQ-94s38jmLvk3Iq1TJbYZ5wsaf4X9uVLxqGnZIAEaV3lUH8OmVb-N8Kxk1JY6XHFJus3vJnJ7rqQhPfUlUU5DMFqwqCGeyXZZgibcKUJC7PCVp8jRLFt2u_LRs65Azd4/s200/CH+GABIONS+08-10-09+WEST+SIDE+-+8" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256435572544506962" /><div style="text-align: center;">I told Aaron that I did not think they were going to grow, but he thought it best to water them anyhow.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QcEMn7lMLDM21k6Jp6QlokQyRlzXYtg53vp6Cp1sMfQHMNloB3BIGm0OAr7fzuJwiSJw2VBQZtAqy-Qrqj0woNcWtdkqSS7Mrb91z9qstv5qkHzjTNW3wxKIDDyRygrKC4sOWkD7pog/s1600-h/CH+GABIONS+WEST+AM+SUN+-+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QcEMn7lMLDM21k6Jp6QlokQyRlzXYtg53vp6Cp1sMfQHMNloB3BIGm0OAr7fzuJwiSJw2VBQZtAqy-Qrqj0woNcWtdkqSS7Mrb91z9qstv5qkHzjTNW3wxKIDDyRygrKC4sOWkD7pog/s200/CH+GABIONS+WEST+AM+SUN+-+1" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256435572172354514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I do admit, the rock looks much better when wet.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwQLWpFYNt2AErYYtFCI6HwfKT46Ps8sxu7jX6qijSASfJx6bQC1c5O1CwnrlKLvJYOBABxLkls22h-oL22vISdqyxN4zRQR75pIVi-nRAMDorT27EYMa2YbFUqFpYZhK3KrZZd2idik/s1600-h/CH+GABIONS+WEST+AM+SUN+-+DETAIL"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwQLWpFYNt2AErYYtFCI6HwfKT46Ps8sxu7jX6qijSASfJx6bQC1c5O1CwnrlKLvJYOBABxLkls22h-oL22vISdqyxN4zRQR75pIVi-nRAMDorT27EYMa2YbFUqFpYZhK3KrZZd2idik/s200/CH+GABIONS+WEST+AM+SUN+-+DETAIL" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256435571236616066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Fortunately on the Oregon coast, there will be many times when the rocks are wet.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlouKJ2x3vTy9Vzp4Ug4QJqsEugf1jUq2jTscsqNs-bYOsHV1_y86QPnSp61qVBuiDqz7Cbek2jF-uWKNof9i5NQc1jjpg0KiUT9eXPxJQ1O0RyMAdAQtvyl5MJNA2Oj2pxJgCq4EhfKY/s1600-h/CH+CMU++AM+SUN"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlouKJ2x3vTy9Vzp4Ug4QJqsEugf1jUq2jTscsqNs-bYOsHV1_y86QPnSp61qVBuiDqz7Cbek2jF-uWKNof9i5NQc1jjpg0KiUT9eXPxJQ1O0RyMAdAQtvyl5MJNA2Oj2pxJgCq4EhfKY/s200/CH+CMU++AM+SUN" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256435575731312866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Next step, continue installing the gabions along the benches cut in the hillside behind the house, while the steel plates, threaded rods await on top of the block walls for the wood framing to start.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSKmIrq2-f7EXmr8eTZdxKCZywCK_IxnlXAN2sSc-cLL7oeuRaLBTcGBlUdGnFXBvGY7nhJhdlJcQJC91xjmugIiQugXlHYa_0DafA4zjEeDmndwcdYOJ7wr4AXqdOiEXax1Hp9jY5Os/s1600-h/CH+COAST+VIEW+PM+08-10-07+PANO+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSKmIrq2-f7EXmr8eTZdxKCZywCK_IxnlXAN2sSc-cLL7oeuRaLBTcGBlUdGnFXBvGY7nhJhdlJcQJC91xjmugIiQugXlHYa_0DafA4zjEeDmndwcdYOJ7wr4AXqdOiEXax1Hp9jY5Os/s200/CH+COAST+VIEW+PM+08-10-07+PANO+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256435575584664002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And, of course, keep an eye out for arresting views of the coast line.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-24211947998780843512008-09-22T14:20:00.000-07:002008-09-22T14:56:18.868-07:00CLOUD HOUSE GOES 3-D!When I arrived at the site on 16 Sept 2008...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwJi3biyfsEMFm2SXz28kdOWqIouOuuluqBS7LQYqqfw1uVRImEjVqSAquV-EkGF_KhifzUrbbN5YcnX8FFsKHaFHcd7qM2vtUZXgrmSFU5T682z_SweWRsi_qKJg77ZlkPX-zFGkiqo/s1600-h/CH+FM+STUMP+08-9-15+PANO+LQ.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwJi3biyfsEMFm2SXz28kdOWqIouOuuluqBS7LQYqqfw1uVRImEjVqSAquV-EkGF_KhifzUrbbN5YcnX8FFsKHaFHcd7qM2vtUZXgrmSFU5T682z_SweWRsi_qKJg77ZlkPX-zFGkiqo/s320/CH+FM+STUMP+08-9-15+PANO+LQ.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959193949202002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...I was happy to see Aaron had prepared a level playing field for the masons.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU76rd5Gs3kKKzFtHJJZ-aaJtMIMEHRk7JKrq1lzGt47RZLQ2YREa9uG4mdTwbHPkSarObIC68MHRy4PVh4WdI632U7EVTCvdBrfhT8H1yDi36cRGuNqzXMdz6b_oNm6yLjJujowGSM2o/s1600-h/CH+CMU+08-9-17+-+JAMES+MIX+MORTER+lq.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU76rd5Gs3kKKzFtHJJZ-aaJtMIMEHRk7JKrq1lzGt47RZLQ2YREa9uG4mdTwbHPkSarObIC68MHRy4PVh4WdI632U7EVTCvdBrfhT8H1yDi36cRGuNqzXMdz6b_oNm6yLjJujowGSM2o/s320/CH+CMU+08-9-17+-+JAMES+MIX+MORTER+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959198051041282" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">Block arrived and so did the crew from Rice Masonry.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><div><br /></div></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zSA3z9JxUYupWkZHxknAy-137imPuxh0MJ0eTYeqiFD77W7MbDYmJaAtDZAYXcVfZfYP_P82FfzzlhAtckRu7igxk7H3UyNs0_5RXhF6E8vvsBCA44ahWtzD2z22_R0TR9yA70OVSOY/s1600-h/CH+CMU+08-9-18+JAMES+CUTS+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zSA3z9JxUYupWkZHxknAy-137imPuxh0MJ0eTYeqiFD77W7MbDYmJaAtDZAYXcVfZfYP_P82FfzzlhAtckRu7igxk7H3UyNs0_5RXhF6E8vvsBCA44ahWtzD2z22_R0TR9yA70OVSOY/s320/CH+CMU+08-9-18+JAMES+CUTS+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959197268359490" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">James gets the fun work: mixing mortar and cutting unwanted parts from blocks.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8C1Mte9XNAGbaDK885b_2KJXNiB2Qw0JEc0cmd9XHHH3ZtNq_tilqbmUr-rITuiL0D24c7v3DnzCXW817oyoMyjzOzYy3qzcJIxBZm6l9dyvaOyJmaPepVB0QesdiO1x4Xbp2FFhgqo/s1600-h/CH+CMU+08-9-18+CHRIS+LEVELS+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8C1Mte9XNAGbaDK885b_2KJXNiB2Qw0JEc0cmd9XHHH3ZtNq_tilqbmUr-rITuiL0D24c7v3DnzCXW817oyoMyjzOzYy3qzcJIxBZm6l9dyvaOyJmaPepVB0QesdiO1x4Xbp2FFhgqo/s320/CH+CMU+08-9-18+CHRIS+LEVELS+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959203875759266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chris is the crew chief, here checking a row for level.</div><div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGfzeXkj9QxY30PV3NIMxrUPKi7duie72dtf4donFioG1LmIehSE-QJkPyo0bDykbSlyC4XtiWYqSFSKJpcKF9Bf1Fq_LGWvdD1fEy5oBshI3czrsPF4fRK4SMP1bRa-1ohSoa3rtyi4/s1600-h/CH+CMU+08-9-18+JOE+PLUMBS+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGfzeXkj9QxY30PV3NIMxrUPKi7duie72dtf4donFioG1LmIehSE-QJkPyo0bDykbSlyC4XtiWYqSFSKJpcKF9Bf1Fq_LGWvdD1fEy5oBshI3czrsPF4fRK4SMP1bRa-1ohSoa3rtyi4/s320/CH+CMU+08-9-18+JOE+PLUMBS+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959204094742898" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "> Joe also lays up block, and here checks for plumb.</span><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETKoh5lbr3ppeJXL9IgIPFAkprPtTKI9vLuimHMF-DmTIDJL75Zv41m4bO_nSgr2Grcw1JGDC4F3c6FBb5OBCj01N1cW0Q0cI_jlv5WWw0jURl2Jru2TNUx4T-Ch-hY3iYv6pO74GNgI/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-9-18+FM+P+LINE+PANO+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETKoh5lbr3ppeJXL9IgIPFAkprPtTKI9vLuimHMF-DmTIDJL75Zv41m4bO_nSgr2Grcw1JGDC4F3c6FBb5OBCj01N1cW0Q0cI_jlv5WWw0jURl2Jru2TNUx4T-Ch-hY3iYv6pO74GNgI/s320/CH+HSE+08-9-18+FM+P+LINE+PANO+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959855272065202" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">By the end of the first day, Cloud House has risen into the 3rd dimension.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JineK9zP09lJbOr2Re_h8xF8IIQQcAAc5rCJ5g9weOz5aVynaKjccbRkyaDtkOdJDWSRd0rBIR-3b-R3B-evOmqHN8y6umCTbZ47EjefXI7GaZu4STJvSpoNiWAHMtjbNTmdnI5WqGY/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU+GROUT+-CW+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JineK9zP09lJbOr2Re_h8xF8IIQQcAAc5rCJ5g9weOz5aVynaKjccbRkyaDtkOdJDWSRd0rBIR-3b-R3B-evOmqHN8y6umCTbZ47EjefXI7GaZu4STJvSpoNiWAHMtjbNTmdnI5WqGY/s320/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU+GROUT+-CW+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959857615299554" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">At four feet high, there was pause for the inspector to approve the re-bar and hold-downs, and then concrete grout was delivered by C.W....</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rtqKXYCUiyz7EQxeWtFeCHjY66-0NaBq74Its8RK_y7l-se3OTLYN1AOpx37bJtsx9tn9bUiE-vHGhA4P2YO-apsEQro6LGiq3qzVnkpQKlQhkTAyyQCJGARJZUUyoeHSIB6vpUoSVU/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU+GROUT+DOUG+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rtqKXYCUiyz7EQxeWtFeCHjY66-0NaBq74Its8RK_y7l-se3OTLYN1AOpx37bJtsx9tn9bUiE-vHGhA4P2YO-apsEQro6LGiq3qzVnkpQKlQhkTAyyQCJGARJZUUyoeHSIB6vpUoSVU/s320/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU+GROUT+DOUG+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959863208484338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...pumped and poured by Doug,...</div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI33OteS0ydg7WDqhaULPZtERKEYOQVFhyphenhyphenFLRSi9i6JD2R7VeNOkb7zyLEHtsIAC4WkUKqiJPJpwq2h2saJEpQfhmj7oXzwFHx6kRatm0X1ncbRW2MR5nqUaPe9Dre_0rzy43qzlE_nII/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU+GROUT+CHRIS+VIBRATES+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI33OteS0ydg7WDqhaULPZtERKEYOQVFhyphenhyphenFLRSi9i6JD2R7VeNOkb7zyLEHtsIAC4WkUKqiJPJpwq2h2saJEpQfhmj7oXzwFHx6kRatm0X1ncbRW2MR5nqUaPe9Dre_0rzy43qzlE_nII/s320/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU+GROUT+CHRIS+VIBRATES+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959867766959282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...and vibrated by Chris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9orcvAtYJbWhYSVIy8xXmdbUvbA0GalKplScwpiTm4z0KZqFF6Bocv4Z8LuQXln8vUtUoPJ2fIV20fz9ASiOuSU6sbitk2ulbks0ThGCJ5vjiug3P3ooxKqk0-yGpc4dFBa5r_5dCEog/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU+WET"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9orcvAtYJbWhYSVIy8xXmdbUvbA0GalKplScwpiTm4z0KZqFF6Bocv4Z8LuQXln8vUtUoPJ2fIV20fz9ASiOuSU6sbitk2ulbks0ThGCJ5vjiug3P3ooxKqk0-yGpc4dFBa5r_5dCEog/s200/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU+WET" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248960379943218722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When wet from washing, the ground face block's aggregates are plainly visible.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAaiKjk_usdekZzxH4rMchNPl5cdxJdM_EON0KjxckIr5NPxG6L6Mi040w9glKZOy5B_W3CQTGkfCqMnlUZmW8eWSQCD_3RlbJDmBTpCDKSRZoHe-n41gpwdnc8a6-ZNHhe5ga47s_GA/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU++2ND+LIFTlq.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAaiKjk_usdekZzxH4rMchNPl5cdxJdM_EON0KjxckIr5NPxG6L6Mi040w9glKZOy5B_W3CQTGkfCqMnlUZmW8eWSQCD_3RlbJDmBTpCDKSRZoHe-n41gpwdnc8a6-ZNHhe5ga47s_GA/s320/CH+HSE+08-9-19+CMU++2ND+LIFTlq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959871442150146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">All cleaned up from the grout pour, the second lift got underway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Excess re-bar is cut, but the shiny hold-down rods reach up for the first floor shear walls.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88JTxKjhf4WLq-dRpYLrAF1UVvznIq7ZbABnQQ-IE8a85NlBl-5WrJCK1zT5YatoCqBmZlhosVLNTAHz4rs7BPPv75Wbezqf-6s2c2xJgrA8TmGYdzDihlS9bONKepvllxaCikRiuhyw/s1600-h/CH+HSE+08-9-19+FM+STUMP+PANO+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88JTxKjhf4WLq-dRpYLrAF1UVvznIq7ZbABnQQ-IE8a85NlBl-5WrJCK1zT5YatoCqBmZlhosVLNTAHz4rs7BPPv75Wbezqf-6s2c2xJgrA8TmGYdzDihlS9bONKepvllxaCikRiuhyw/s200/CH+HSE+08-9-19+FM+STUMP+PANO+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248961889183688034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">By the end of Friday the 19th, the CMU walls were well on their way to being erected.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>On the home-sweet-home front, <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IJPxf4HAjY8kvm2pqCwlkupvwK52ISTopCnsHw5ml0vVZ7HVerkgf51adKJUh7w0A0JZJxxCRLggwpf-WK_juG79HAvR-duEoUqRHrhkrgCOn-3M7L29iU0ZnjhRqphw4-mwor8MEH0/s1600-h/CH+TRAILER+08-9-18+-+ARRIVES+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IJPxf4HAjY8kvm2pqCwlkupvwK52ISTopCnsHw5ml0vVZ7HVerkgf51adKJUh7w0A0JZJxxCRLggwpf-WK_juG79HAvR-duEoUqRHrhkrgCOn-3M7L29iU0ZnjhRqphw4-mwor8MEH0/s200/CH+TRAILER+08-9-18+-+ARRIVES+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248961900886809410" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">the trailer we found arrived...</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoP6aa-lUrgGriQGP5qJh63J6oaxgodspXhEJ3UJfwFBtwg8thEcXvI3EMhxoyK4yEg0fkBO0WxKfq3mNvv8amU9u5-wSQNIzPCNQffEKqxjSs5LkW9aqaIt-PYR0onO38lkQikuXs028/s1600-h/CH+TRAILER+08-9-18+-+1+SANDY+LIZ+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoP6aa-lUrgGriQGP5qJh63J6oaxgodspXhEJ3UJfwFBtwg8thEcXvI3EMhxoyK4yEg0fkBO0WxKfq3mNvv8amU9u5-wSQNIzPCNQffEKqxjSs5LkW9aqaIt-PYR0onO38lkQikuXs028/s200/CH+TRAILER+08-9-18+-+1+SANDY+LIZ+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248961900939818434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">delivered by the seller, Sandy and her daughter, Liz.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip36CGKDBD6prox7C7rRWPE2vM0UV2lUd-t_PN0yPw0NOEcSSIr_ZPrdRI497I6wHphxG6aFfbHxnEz3pB3dRfIY8kUaSIf0ZdzaqcHItYEe6jvNpF1L4aXGM-6p_9t9EeUh3wtNSuV4I/s1600-h/CH+08-9-18+-+STEVE+SARAH+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip36CGKDBD6prox7C7rRWPE2vM0UV2lUd-t_PN0yPw0NOEcSSIr_ZPrdRI497I6wHphxG6aFfbHxnEz3pB3dRfIY8kUaSIf0ZdzaqcHItYEe6jvNpF1L4aXGM-6p_9t9EeUh3wtNSuV4I/s200/CH+08-9-18+-+STEVE+SARAH+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248962610518983634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And I had my first visitors: Steve and Sarah from Cambridge, MA!</div></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415450012198476463.post-84134110174429635342008-09-08T14:15:00.001-07:002008-09-08T16:07:44.226-07:00CLOUD HOUSE GETS FOOTINGS AND TANKS<div>There was a flurry of activity before Labor Day Week-end...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAH4zCd4PrgUOIB1SxsMM5GwA1NYqr_1h4RUcEADLu768jRjB-0s2AmRb0VqWad_08jJLpophEh3NT1OUmn4mgZtan_AtiCFuX_RWdk0tJFkcJefGi4nWQNL1VTGIsI8LpH12EIag78c/s1600-h/CH+FND:TANK+8-26+FM+STUMP+PANO+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAH4zCd4PrgUOIB1SxsMM5GwA1NYqr_1h4RUcEADLu768jRjB-0s2AmRb0VqWad_08jJLpophEh3NT1OUmn4mgZtan_AtiCFuX_RWdk0tJFkcJefGi4nWQNL1VTGIsI8LpH12EIag78c/s320/CH+FND:TANK+8-26+FM+STUMP+PANO+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243781259860952738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...under ground tanks and drain lines....footing slabs and grade beams.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But I am ahead of the story.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGVKZ4OXW0lo3LifUPLKjBKj-yusM3r1MCQ14OtAE3JN0Zca5jH5ioMIILHHUhmdZYnR8OOmEtVI1hTbO7BPL-hHPDO6IrGIm6INDvwmOeSLb1B5AHfBTv1aUGrcc7UViaS50KjQo-L0/s1600-h/CH+FNDS+08-8-24+FM+STUMP+PANO+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGVKZ4OXW0lo3LifUPLKjBKj-yusM3r1MCQ14OtAE3JN0Zca5jH5ioMIILHHUhmdZYnR8OOmEtVI1hTbO7BPL-hHPDO6IrGIm6INDvwmOeSLb1B5AHfBTv1aUGrcc7UViaS50KjQo-L0/s320/CH+FNDS+08-8-24+FM+STUMP+PANO+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243781262126779394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We left off with piers poured with their re-bar "fairy circles" sticking up. Now form work surrounds them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the left, below the gravel, is a curtain drain as well as a rain water discharge line. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuCbOUZv92uFV1ZyyiGdHmG0N3uAACybGGfHWxBLV30TWTmT44GJC0HGRkbKJgKBcBi2FYw_YhN9k9EWwj76tXpvy7foJ3ew0cj1haBI8mvNZAhXec6f_Q9qqjR5ALXAlchfBrUXJi7I/s1600-h/CH+DRAIN+LINES+08-8-26+-W:G+RANDY,+ALAN,+TANK+ON+TRUCK+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuCbOUZv92uFV1ZyyiGdHmG0N3uAACybGGfHWxBLV30TWTmT44GJC0HGRkbKJgKBcBi2FYw_YhN9k9EWwj76tXpvy7foJ3ew0cj1haBI8mvNZAhXec6f_Q9qqjR5ALXAlchfBrUXJi7I/s320/CH+DRAIN+LINES+08-8-26+-W:G+RANDY,+ALAN,+TANK+ON+TRUCK+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243781266672651378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Next to go in were three tanks: two cisterns for rain water, and one septic. Here Randy and Alan deliver the last one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfPLuc3bBzBspzZlx6ixOYzER_7YQhNyuOPbi76oSRARkLMFsG1DDVDi9akD1fJx-dmNqibbnX76PVYktGQZuCR-P5bmAHXnRMu54jwdcZaCifwWouO71Mo0cBUoPlUGo5auaRVutYRQ/s1600-h/CH+SEPTIC+AH+PUSHES+TANK+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfPLuc3bBzBspzZlx6ixOYzER_7YQhNyuOPbi76oSRARkLMFsG1DDVDi9akD1fJx-dmNqibbnX76PVYktGQZuCR-P5bmAHXnRMu54jwdcZaCifwWouO71Mo0cBUoPlUGo5auaRVutYRQ/s320/CH+SEPTIC+AH+PUSHES+TANK+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243784717783268706" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Took a little push from Aaron and his Link-Belt to get it up the hill and over the hole.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2omGPxrA4ysG01Yu3d26irGga7ZeXeFoSOQUX_FrzteZaBHSBc9DzbALTnZGgtn8T9kdq7dzcOaQFFeNU3zbta2viuEjdYhSKJ-lYTPb9ZmArFtUtFzAioH0VqjBuaAJI2r-smYRakTs/s1600-h/CH+DRAIN+LINES+08-8-26+-+W:G+ALAN+%26+RANDY+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2omGPxrA4ysG01Yu3d26irGga7ZeXeFoSOQUX_FrzteZaBHSBc9DzbALTnZGgtn8T9kdq7dzcOaQFFeNU3zbta2viuEjdYhSKJ-lYTPb9ZmArFtUtFzAioH0VqjBuaAJI2r-smYRakTs/s320/CH+DRAIN+LINES+08-8-26+-+W:G+ALAN+%26+RANDY+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243784724620267090" /></a>And down she went.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile the crew from RK Concrete had completeted the form and re-bar work, and concrete was called in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkpGRtlnBx4564SnxhS5ke_EMgKwGHHDSDEUJcI_PvAhBBnO_7-cRI6KutHz8DJIRD90yFTiveoArvbAfDAzHZ3XtC4Zm-yACoz5uC_U1ZBvonnrL1WjHO4J21DvUP5bLVUYRH0Fgf_E/s1600-h/CH+FNDS+08-8-27+POUR+SLABS+-+CONC+TRUCK+-+LOREN+TRION+lg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkpGRtlnBx4564SnxhS5ke_EMgKwGHHDSDEUJcI_PvAhBBnO_7-cRI6KutHz8DJIRD90yFTiveoArvbAfDAzHZ3XtC4Zm-yACoz5uC_U1ZBvonnrL1WjHO4J21DvUP5bLVUYRH0Fgf_E/s320/CH+FNDS+08-8-27+POUR+SLABS+-+CONC+TRUCK+-+LOREN+TRION+lg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243781270007412482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Loren Trion, and his big new shiny white truck, arrived, and, while chewing a straw for focus....</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH25zt8JJQ0S1kCWT9ZrwZHCJ_UF_FFOFW6wwe_jQKldJOQ9wMQtLeWRdu34_ryjixIzA2raBTTvUe-yhGSpkwjf353M0772RLPGXPE-v6LheZk1amE7qNWxg0Lg5H9uFn5Fd7ZKJ8Lc0/s1600-h/CH+FND+08-8-26+"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH25zt8JJQ0S1kCWT9ZrwZHCJ_UF_FFOFW6wwe_jQKldJOQ9wMQtLeWRdu34_ryjixIzA2raBTTvUe-yhGSpkwjf353M0772RLPGXPE-v6LheZk1amE7qNWxg0Lg5H9uFn5Fd7ZKJ8Lc0/s320/CH+FND+08-8-26+" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243786126258284754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...the mad rush, which pouring concrete always is, began.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"What are the the orange tags for?" I hear you ask.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ever hear of an "Ufer Bar"? Me neither. The inspector kindly pointed out that we forgot it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(It's to ground the electrical system.) </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Put it in, take photos, put them in the permit box. Where do I sign off?"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DB9khvAOp43aJiNiGDRaYp6NP1cd1ZrH5E-gEuHwOMgQNz71QWIIqWPRx2OxdUcnpXsvXLBoIO9o_GUrx9cjaC9UTCRa4z6iKO-DXX-cH9r17SwiQX9AUoWUPcDALL1Azuor-Q1ZpqY/s1600-h/CH+FNDS+08-8-27+POUR+SLABS+-+GROUP+AT+EAST+FTG+SLAB+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DB9khvAOp43aJiNiGDRaYp6NP1cd1ZrH5E-gEuHwOMgQNz71QWIIqWPRx2OxdUcnpXsvXLBoIO9o_GUrx9cjaC9UTCRa4z6iKO-DXX-cH9r17SwiQX9AUoWUPcDALL1Azuor-Q1ZpqY/s320/CH+FNDS+08-8-27+POUR+SLABS+-+GROUP+AT+EAST+FTG+SLAB+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243779633365050642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Around the box the crew goes: Eric on the chute, Simon holding one end and Doug the working end of the vibrator, with Cameron and Jim, the trowellers, waiting to jump in.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYBQ6Jik3DLVzj6oKAwQSHnaaobSW1K6lQcbgxuKomfXgd5CNyIxwbryJUyq-NLXYV6mwo6Nvy-ZX3PoIt0aXBMrT8BLj2dZDKpm5P2gMh7AzJaatSH850Di5Tppvm04RIUB0bt0WFro/s1600-h/CH+FND+08-8-26+EAST+FOOTG+SLAB+TROWLING+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYBQ6Jik3DLVzj6oKAwQSHnaaobSW1K6lQcbgxuKomfXgd5CNyIxwbryJUyq-NLXYV6mwo6Nvy-ZX3PoIt0aXBMrT8BLj2dZDKpm5P2gMh7AzJaatSH850Di5Tppvm04RIUB0bt0WFro/s320/CH+FND+08-8-26+EAST+FOOTG+SLAB+TROWLING+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243779629100876194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The mad rush is over, now the finishing touches...trowlling, and, on the right, Eric adjusting the re-bar which will go into the concrete block walls.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyxR6i-d5JnYg6hqveJMDTerfkF46p1cSl_SooAaYeEvQFbWyMNlusHARbVZu3iJwjHLWK5A6UTpS-ZBnySkIg4kyGKWKdAFP7wVIh0pI9pvfjvh5Cct7JEwY_8nC9h2V3Egx5Im47SM/s1600-h/CH+FNDS+08-8-27+ERIC+SETS+ROD+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyxR6i-d5JnYg6hqveJMDTerfkF46p1cSl_SooAaYeEvQFbWyMNlusHARbVZu3iJwjHLWK5A6UTpS-ZBnySkIg4kyGKWKdAFP7wVIh0pI9pvfjvh5Cct7JEwY_8nC9h2V3Egx5Im47SM/s320/CH+FNDS+08-8-27+ERIC+SETS+ROD+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243779627303273394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">More carefully, Eric placed the main hold-down rods. They will eventually rise over 11' to attach to shear walls on the first floor.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bx7HnF9DHxEs5HHzSgf8RH28WVhlfQ0f8Ok2gSg8091udLKsi50qqTiH6CfZw79Z7uGIlRjVqvTv5MSA89ZAqZVtJXkamwPvzd-GEMFYy6Nj_KXyBQEFFsECy5Bdg2SjJyaXuSiu28s/s1600-h/CH+HOUSE+08-8-27+FM+STUMP+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bx7HnF9DHxEs5HHzSgf8RH28WVhlfQ0f8Ok2gSg8091udLKsi50qqTiH6CfZw79Z7uGIlRjVqvTv5MSA89ZAqZVtJXkamwPvzd-GEMFYy6Nj_KXyBQEFFsECy5Bdg2SjJyaXuSiu28s/s320/CH+HOUSE+08-8-27+FM+STUMP+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243779628139286850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The concrete crew is gone, Aaron and Kenny are back filling tanks with gravel, and filling up with water to check for leaks.</div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEJdHrcEfa1MimjyZxiu5x-RNNKrJnkCs5rVYU5I-3QzlMiEMUQWrIu8XUQUUtjLClM8vHase3D4zl5FKcmKNxi_KRBBg0C33aUD4ZuzrrDirjcUylvvzX2anLB-aaoO1VNuKjtgjfak/s1600-h/CH+HOUSE+08-8-27+FM+SO+PANO+lq.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEJdHrcEfa1MimjyZxiu5x-RNNKrJnkCs5rVYU5I-3QzlMiEMUQWrIu8XUQUUtjLClM8vHase3D4zl5FKcmKNxi_KRBBg0C33aUD4ZuzrrDirjcUylvvzX2anLB-aaoO1VNuKjtgjfak/s320/CH+HOUSE+08-8-27+FM+SO+PANO+lq.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243779621304685730" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next day the concrete crew returned, stripped the form work, cleaned off all their debris, and left the foundations to cure.<br /><br /></div>Deweyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952741104499684349noreply@blogger.com0