Cold February Work

After a long break for bad winter weather, Mardi Gras and so forth, it was back to Richmond Woods (left below) Feb 21 and 28 weekends. There is a lot to do inside the house and the winter storms and previous work had left a big mess (center below). We decided to start by cleaning up inside and out, including stacking useful lumber that was in the house in a protected spot under a tarp (right). We'll need it later.

We took a walk that first weekend to look at a firebreak that had turned up a big rock (left below). Looking in the window with things sort of cleaned up (right).



Russ had already started with some wiring and insulation before Christmas. We continued: Carolyn cut insulation; Russ installed. Unable to paint the ceiling: the paint froze.




Russ initially started with the slap stapler (left below) but after stapling two fingers within two minutes, changed to the more traditional staple gun. It's slower but hurts less.

Last post was: "our tent is gone." We have decided to put it back up again when the weather warms up. No point putting furniture in the house when we have so much inside work to do.

When the wiring and insulation are finished, we need to build out the window and door casings to accomodate the 6" walls. Next is sheetrock on the upper half of wall then pine paneling on the lower half. A little trim work and then an oak floor. Once the wood burning stove is in, we'll be ready for the next frost (say about November).