Power, Rock & Mud Part 2 & 3

The last post showed the power portion of "Power, Rock & Mud" now you can see what we've been up to these past several days. The Rock and Mud parts are done and so is the primer coat and the ceiling has been painted. Long days and very sore after but a job well done. I think I have to give the ceiling another coat before the green walls get done. The hardest and longest part of the this job has been the little bump out, it has turned into the bump out from hell, so many corners and a tight space to work in. The last 8 feet behind the plastic will be a breeze.

Looking into the studio.

The bump out from hell.

Lots of rock on the walls.

More rock.

The look back into the house.

Three coats of mud done.

This is a hard place to work.

Starting to look better.

Much better with primer.

It tuned out rather nice.

Looking good.

Almost done, this part anyway.

Power, Rock & Mud

This is the order of work ahead of us so we can get the second floor addition finished, at least the lions share of the work. The store room walls went in earlier in the month and our electrician came and saw what we wanted to do for lights and plugs and is OK with me doing the labor part, sweat equity is great. He will take care of all the plugs and lights as well as connecting everything to the panel, after all it is his license. That's the "Power" part of this job. It took a few days but, the wiring is in place and we'll be starting the dry wall tomorrow, we are a little sore after carrying 30 sheets up the stairs, and this is only for half the room, and not even the inside of the store room. This is the "Rock" part of the job. Then the "Mud" part of the job will start and after that priming and painting. Then we do the other half of the room. You see, it is still full of supplies and things. Here are a few dull pictures of where everything is going. Tuck tape repairs all.

Access to the panel below.

Positioning a floor mounted plug and running wires.

Just a couple of future switches.

Plugs under the windows on the west wall.

Plug and HDMI cable access for TV.

Plug under an east window.

One of four lights, two in the studio.

North end of the studio light.

Store room light location.

Just in, the hallway light.

Keeping Busy

We have been keeping busy even though it may not seem like it. I've gotten a few projects done and out of the way, like adding the top piece to the kitchen cabinets, building a new stand in the cold room, building more hive parts and frames getting ready for bees. And putting up a couple of walls in the second floor addition, getting ready for the electrician to do their thing. We also had a hands on day with a couple who have about 135 hives, we helped them split some as several were stronger than others and they were getting ready to send them off to the blueberry fields. We only worked one day they were doing about 30 of them. A great learning experience and we got a lot of info from them. So here are a few pictures of our recent work.

Remember July last year the gap at the top, now gone.

Getting read for the crown molding now.

Filled in above the pull outs.

New stand in the cold room.

Store room walls.

You can just see the other wall.

The Last Kitchen Cabinet (I Think)

The last cabinets are in and panels installed, at least I think these are the last kitchen cabinets, more to build in other rooms. The two drawers are on a pair of 100 lbs full extension slides and are spring activated to open up, we'll see how well it works with a bit of weight in them. The upper door is 105° full open and has a spring type opener that is a little firm with the Euro type hinges but we don't go into every day, so it should be good.

The opening beside the door.

Just add a box and pull outs.

Full extension slides.

Door and panels installed.

All hidden away.

One More Off The List

This may be one more project off the list but that list is still very very long. This cupboard and bookcase look like they have been there all along, and I must say they look good. This finishes off the space nicely and give us some out of the way storage and a great spot to relocate some books.

Before I started.

Still have to add the face frame

Fits like a glove.

Door knobs added.

Winter Work

Well we are down to the last day of winter and at 7:45 PM tonight it will officially be spring. Here are a few pictures of this last day of winter, and I think it will take all of SPRING to clear this up.

Out the back door, lots of snow.

This is over 7 feet high, from the other side on the ground.

Closing in on the birds.

The east deck, can't see much of the 4 foot fence.

From the veranda down the upper driveway.

The parking area is getting smaller, but not the banks.

Looking down the driveway to the shop past the shed.

From the cars, we used to see the road and fields.

Our narrow driveway.

From the shop to the house.

Not All The Work Is Inside

This has been a busy winter and most of my time has been spent outside moving snow, and as everyone has heard in the news we have gotten a tonne of it. Some day's I don't know where I'm going to put it, we are slowly running out of room. Here is what's left after last nights little dusting. They called for 10 - 20 cm's but I think we got abut 30 cm's, the only good thing is that it's light and easy to move. Today was a long one, it took 6 hours to clear everything, two decks, the front porch, access to the compost and a bit of digging to get to the bird feeders, once committed we have to continue. Take a look.

Looking out the west deck, this pile is 7 ft, from the ground.
Check out the cars and the green house.

A trail for the dog to run.

Still some parking space left, but not much.

Getting out the front driveway.

My main snow mover, give you some perspective with
the snow bank behind it. 

Working my way to the compost, 4 ft thick.

A Little Work

It has been quiet in the house this winter, most of the work is outside with moving snow. A while ago I did get the thresholds done, they all required special attention and each is truly a custom fit. They are small but they do finish this off nicely.

Going into the bathroom.

To the mud room.

Not a threshold but a filler strip at the front door.