Workshop Radiant Heat TubingPG13Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 Today, we finished putting radiant floor heat tubing in our workshop. Holy shitballs, we're nearly there! ...
If I Start Screaming, Don't Mind MePG13Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 Tyler wraps me in his mud-smeared arms, and I bury my face into his sweaty, grimy neck, whispering, "We can do this, right?" He's trying to keep it together as much as I am—we're both outwardly calm and inwardly teetering on the brink of total melt...
My Construction NightmareGTuesday, July 16th, 2013 It's time to pour the concrete floor for our worskhop, and we have like twenty people here to help. For some reason, the form is really long and skinny, like a lap pool. Tara and I have been running around with the attendees all morning, doing la...
Our Cottage Foundation, Part Four: Radiant Heating InstallationGMonday, June 24th, 2013 The final major detail in preparing our cottage foundation for concrete is to lay PEX tubing for a radiant heating system. We don't have immediate plans to use it, but at a cost of about $100, it seems foolish to leave such an efficient heating op...
Our Cottage Foundation, Part Three: Adding ReinforcementsGSaturday, June 15th, 2013 In order to support point loads from our timber frame posts, the outside edge of our cottage's concrete foundation will be roughly 12" deep, while the central portion will slope up to 6". To create this shape, we filled most of the form with 3/4" ...
Insulating Our Shallow Frost Protected FoundationsGThursday, May 23rd, 2013 Assuming everything goes to plan, we will be pouring two shallow frost-protected concrete slabs next month. One for our grindbygg workshop, and the other for a small timber frame cottage. We've chosen this style of foundation because our land is ...
