Arizona five

Today, Tuesday, we finished up the East side.

We started by prepping all the edges which allows us to move faster on the flat wall surfaces

Finished! 

Leo and Mary. Mary out did herself again and invited us for lunch

Sandwich anyone?

Going home we take a right. It always reminds me of my dad.

Hum?

Unknown conditions

Smile

Where we stay 

View of our room #14 from our van

Lugging up our lunch box and tools after another long day of work. I carried the camera.

Arizona four

Monday day 6. Today we plastered the finish coat on the North end of the East. Tomorrow this side will be done and on to go.

What a worker

Done except for drying

82 year old Leo and sun Bob working on their oven.

Time to get back to the Laker game

Arizona three

Day five. Today we plastered the second half of the south wall with again a primer base of clay lime, ate lunch and then the first coat of rough lime. After that we did a bunch of clean up then mixed 4 big tubs of mix for tomorrow's final plaster on half of the East side.

 South side with it's base coat of sand lime

No this is not a green house. The misters are going so we are hoping this plastic structure will help keep the humidity  up.

Through the gap is Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains. tomorrow morning I will take this picture in the morning light.

Arizona two

Day 4 in Arizona and we are progressing right on schedule. No rain, no rain. 70 in the am and 80 during the day. Perfect weather for shorts and tee shirts except we wear collard shirts to keep the sun off our necks.

Base coat drying on the second half of the East wall

Elvis, 11 years old

Lets see, no he can't, hard to eat and can only walk about 6 feet before resting.

First base coat of sand lime over a clay lime primer. Not perfect weather for lime, too hot and dry but we will make it work

We asked for shade and a misting system on the south side, half done

Tomorrow it's back on the South side. First a coat of clay lime primer and then the base coat of lime.

Ok no more blogging, the Lakers are on.

Arizona South and East

Today was day 3 out of a planned 9. Our first day on the job we actually were rained out and had to stop 2 hours early. Yesterday we worked over 10 hours and a bit extra today so time wise were are back on track.

South wall waiting for Lime plaster

East wall waiting for Earth plaster. Last summer if you recall we prepped this wall

Prep work on the south wall and a lime test patch

Prep work around the Bay window

Mixing station. Three tubs for half the East wall.

Second Earth base coat on half of the East wall

Saturday we base coat the second half of the East Wall

It's only 8:20 but I'm getting drowsy so that's all for now.

Info Inside

I did the steel work and Satomi filled in the inside. What used to be our mail box support became an open hole for too many years so it was time to do something. We decided on a door. Already a neighbor has returned my forgotten saw and tape measure and put them inside. Works for me. Maybe LanderLand litererature next. Info inside.... 

Finished door

Latch closed, vertical positon

Latch open, horizontal, left or right

Lots of room inside

View from the street

April

April,

a busy month so far of signs, walls, floors and wood trim.

We've gone commercial

The last Earth Floor completed in our Timber Frame Straw Bale cabin

Satomi's next to last earth plastered wall in our cabin

All trimmed out

What were we suppose to do?