With the roof on I was pretty dang happy. It meant that the house would be fine for quite some time. The following day we knocked out another project, the french doors.
French doors for 2x6 framing is $300 more than a 2x4 framed one. Yeesh. I made the 2x4 one work with 2x6 framing. I understand how houses cost so much. Youre gouged at every opportunity for "specialized" crap. Granted Im saving tons by doing all the labor, it still irks me that there can be such a price difference. Its a damn door. And its done. Sort of. I had to reset the doors twice after the spray foam pushed it out of place. Sometimes spray foam causes more trouble than its worth and yes it was the windows/door foam.
I returned to NY to get Tamarra and our stuff. Yeah. Stuff. Moving into a house that is this far from being finished is not recommended. We made it work. But really. Dont do it. Its great being able to look back at that time.
Got myself a permanent onsite helper. As much as I like working alone there is a lot that is much easier with a second pair of hands and eyes. The projects really came on quick now.
Roxul insulation. Preferred over fiberglass, easier to install, higher R value, doesnt promote mold as much as fiberglass and so on. It was a fairly involved project still. Cats getting in the way and whatnot.
The cathedral ceilings got reflectix to hold up and the roxul insulation and add a little R value. Its completely overpriced reflective bubble wrap but sometimes...whatever.
Its amazing how far weve come. Its been a year since I first started digging. Now even the bathouse is installed. Speaking of the bathouse...
Procuring a strong enough pole for bathouse was deemed impossible. New poles are hundreds of dollars. A used basketball pole might suffice. Couldnt find one and got impatient. So some good ole black iron pipe was used. Smaller size for the second half so it could slide inside the lower half. The house can be raised and lowered that way. It was no easy task to heave the house up there in the first place. Especially when you realize that you installed the pole between the rungs of your ladder...sigh. So the bathouse got installed twice. I make mistakes, Im good at correcting/hiding them, but this one was too comical to let go.
