bedfordlandings

The past two weeks have been brrrrr cold!  Snow, then wind, then rain, then freezing in the basement! We wrapped the completed first floor with plastic.  That was like wrestling an octopus in the wind!

Despite that, Jack has been working on building steps from the basement to the main floor. There are two sets of steps to build and he has one complete.  He is using this time to frame in the rooms in the basement and build these steps while we wait for Blue Ridge Timberwrights to finish milling the support beams and posts.

The Laker Weekly ran a nice piece on our project in the newspaper which is an insert in     the local paper, The Roanoke Times, and also is weekly paper put out at grocery stores on Fridays.  The article was very detailed but included horrible photos of us both.  We had no idea she was even taking our picture when she did.  You can’t read this so we’ll save you a copy to read when you visit us!

This week, I have an Extension Conference where I need to teach in Blacksburg and Jack will work toward stairway #2. 
Cheers!

Karen  & Jack

How much glue does it take to lay a floor on a 2700 square foot surface?  A whole barrel full! The guys just throw the tubes anywhere so I am left to clean up the debris.

Here is a full barrel of empty glue tubes used to secure the tongue and groove flooring for the the first floor!

And speaking of debris, I noticed in this pile of debris, how math is used to build a house. There are a lot of fractions!

The photo below is another debris pile.  (Aren’t you impressed by me blogging about our trash pile?)

And in this photo, I want you to notice is the small piece of wood with the ‘ciphering on it.

We are done with floor deck one, awaiting the timbers to be milled. and Jack will start framing the basement this week.  

Here is an aerial shot from the Pietenpol.  With such lovely weather, he couldn’t resist flying!

This week, we are braced for the change in weather but the last two days have been glorious!!