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| Let's pour a floor baby! | Been waitin' for this moment... |
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| Dad & I can barely believe that...in the next moment we will start pouring the floor! We're both a little nervous & excited. Only about 100 or so wheelbarrow loads of dirt, dust & manure & building a rock solid form (we hope) and we're ready to pour the floor . | Oh yeah, here it comes! That's Graham Gibson (Heather's boyfriend) with dad & I. He is one great worker (not to mention a really good guy). |
| VIDEO: PUSH PLAY TO WATCH THE CEMENT RUN INTO OUR FORM. | Video: Push play to watch us float the cement floor. We rented the floaters. |
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| John Stoltz work'n it. Way to go bud! | Cheeseballs. |
 The form is a bunch of cut up 2x4's and OSB. |
 Mean looking bunch, huh? |
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| Daniel getting some hard to reach places. Time to remove that wall in front of me. See next pane. | Now time to get rid of this old brick foundation. |
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| After the floor dried we built this low wall form for yet another cement wall. This one will also help control the run-off from the road. As you can see if you click on the picture, liberal use of the rebar is key for connecting the cement walls to each other. | Freedom thinks he looks really good in front of the new walls. |
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| Strating the OSB board on the back wall. If you expand the picture you'll see the old cut marks in that old upright beam (I mean old). | I'm good at screwing things up.. Notice, trusty Hold-It on drill. |
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| Three Habitat Restore windows. We used a total of 5 windows from Habitat for this space. Total cost $80. | Finishing off the OSB on the front side. |
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| Dad & Mike are digging a VERY LONG & DEEP trench for getting heavy duty power to the shop. | Video: Push play to see them filling in the trench. It is time-consuming work! |
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| Summer turns to fall. Damn this is taking a long time! | Dad electrifying things. |
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| Dad's been getting busy. Outlets everywhere! At least 6 different sets installed while I was away partying for the weekend. Oh yeah! |
But I don't remember hiring a shadow worker. |
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| the Shop Cat | Too cute. |
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| Planer has arrived. Built some steps in back corner. Gonna start renovating the connected room when I finish the shop part. | Look at the 5 big lights dad installed in the ceiling. Okay, it's start'n to get a bit crowded in here! Bosch portable table saw pictured. This thing is great. Totally portable, totally strong, totally useful. |
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2 things here: 1: Front door right behind Freedom. 2: The big opening has to go. We were going to put doors but now we need the wall space more. |
He's waiting. |
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I'm building an insulated door for the front here. Door is ready for closing up. You can see where I added some nailers where the hinges will go. Yes, the nailers are in the wrong place! And, yes, I had to move them later. Get over it!...I almost have. |
Front door & front window are up & tight at this moment. Gonna fill in that hole on the side wall now. This place is starting to look like we had a plan and knew what we were doing all along! |
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| See our first floor. The barn hallway. | See our first floor. The barn hallway. |
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