Seven Months of Progress

We’ve been in Sointula for seven months now and things are moving along.

We work outdoors when we can and then shift to indoor projects when it’s raining or too cold.

We’re learning where the rain water wants to travel through our property and how well protected our house is from southeast winds.

We’ve moved dirt, cut trees, created our ICF house, shaped cedar boards, collected rocks and much more. This will give you a glimpse into the last few weeks….

April 2018 - you can see the old foundation left after a house was removed 11 years ago.

November 2018 - A bit of a change!

Jim and Chris Chateauvert, our contractor, installing the underground electrical conduit and cable conduit to the house.

As soon as the driveway was back together the crew moved the scaffolding into place. A four person job!

After the scaffolding was in place we focused on inside as much as possible, adding studs and creating the interior skeleton of our house.

A big open space...

But not for long! Notice Jim's working in the evening, squeezing in another hour.

I hope this isn't on our future TV ! It'll will be installed in a cabinet, hidden behind a hinged painting.

Time to start framing the lower level walls before carrying them downstairs.

Open space no more. First one in place separating our bathroom and laundry room from our bedroom.

View from the bathroom looking at the future bedroom area.

I know there's a plumbing pipe in here somewhere!

Bathroom, hall and bedroom walls framed.

The curved wall between the bathroom and bedroom takes shape.

This will be covered with a thin piece of bendy drywall then finished with
a fun design in tile.

As soon as walls were framed Kane Gordon, our electrician arrived to provide juice to the house.
This chainsaw has a special set of wheels that prohibit it from cutting too deeply into the ICF blocks
but it creates a space for the wires to go.