In the nick of time

It's a good thing we got the roof on when we did.
There has been only snow and freezing temperatures since.


Lucky for us only a small portion of the floor looks like this. The way the forecast is looking we will be enclosing this ice collage inside the house before the temperature warms up enough to melt it.


It would be rough going if it were all over both floors, but everywhere else is dry. Hurray for roofs!



We got restless over Christmas vacation so we installed two more windows upstairs. Yes, the one on the left is "obscure", it was free too. We spent less on the three windows you see here than we did on the smallest of the custom made models.

More windows to come once the rest of the western world gets back to work. If the weather is kind we should get the roof finished and the chimney for the wood stove in place next week.
There's no indication that the weather is going tobe kind. Pretty, sure, kind, no.

12 21 2006 - 12 22 2006

Did it get dark in here all of a sudden?


There is only a tiny bit of light in the day.


Bad Weather is coming


so we must put the roof on.


We did everything but the last few pieces.


The darkness gave a new perspective on the views.


Now we know why they're called skylights.


No more work until after Jesus' birthday.

Fascia and a Big Window

Fascia and a big window on a bright sunny day.


And this is last of the fascia. And by last I mean fascia done. We used cedar 2 x 10's. They smell really good. They look pretty good too. A couple psychedelic pieces were purchased, but not selected for use as fascia. Hopefully they will be used in a different, more visible application on the inside of the house.


There's a bit more outside framing to do, then it's the roof!

Cold Snap!

It got a wee bit chilly last week. On the coldest day (one degree Farenheit, minus seventeen in Canadian), the pressure gauge on the hydronic system went down to 75psi from 100psi.



Doesn't everything look pretty in the snow?



There's only so long you can stay huddled indoors, so we put on two pairs of long johns and strapped the roof.


The skylights were framed in.


We installed some fascia board,


and a window too. How about that view?


Here's another look at it.


I could look at that all day!