Waiting on our SIPs

Our order is in for production of our SIP panels for the remaining walls and roofs. The view below shows the east wall framing that will be inside the SIP wall. Drywall will be inside this framework. This will make the east wall of the kitchen a full 10 inches thick, though the space between SIPs and drywall will not likely be heavily insulated since the SIP provides R24 insulation on its own.

Under the wire

I was reminded on Saturday that I hadn't yet made a single entry in the blog in November. We have been busy, and lots has been done, but it isn't always clear what others might find interesting.

A contractor for our electric utility has been trimming trees along the power lines. They hadn't been trimmed on our property for years before we bought it. It was needed badly and they did a thorough job. All in all they didn't hack up our trees too badly.

The upside for us was about six truckloads of wood chips dumped where we asked for them. Sandy took on the project of moving them to where they were needed.

The pile of chips on the right above is about a tenth the size it was when Sandy started. Much of the chips was spread on the hill in front of the house.

Much, much more was spread on the leach field, probably over one hundred cartloads.

And yesterday, before it turned cold and nasty like it is now, she organized a final assault on the open soil above the house with cart and buckets that took about three hours, but got the whole area covered.

In the first picture you can see the progress made on the south walls. They are all framed and mostly covered with house wrap. The next post will show the east end of the house.