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| LanderLand before it was LanderLand |
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| The real Lander's, soon to be 90 and 88 |
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Old
Heres a great old photo of our property when our place was an RV park.
More Plumbing
Been working on and off the last 3 years building a small Straw Bale studio here in town. A cash as they go project. Last year was a big push finalized with a nice coat of cement stucco on the exterior.
Rubble trench, concrete bond beam, Rastra block (ICF, insulated concrete forms) stem walls with synthetic stucco. Post and beam straw bale infill wall system. Pella Pro Line Windows. Mueller R panel metal roof with metal facia, gutters and Hardi Soffit cement board fire proof panels.
A clean and tight, 400 square foot space with a wood stove and radiant heat.
We have been given the go head to do a little work each month so Satomi has started to apply earth plaster base coats on the interior. I will be looking at plumbing and electrical.
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| View of the south west corner |
Rubble trench, concrete bond beam, Rastra block (ICF, insulated concrete forms) stem walls with synthetic stucco. Post and beam straw bale infill wall system. Pella Pro Line Windows. Mueller R panel metal roof with metal facia, gutters and Hardi Soffit cement board fire proof panels.
A clean and tight, 400 square foot space with a wood stove and radiant heat.
We have been given the go head to do a little work each month so Satomi has started to apply earth plaster base coats on the interior. I will be looking at plumbing and electrical.
21 Steps
A step in the right direction, OK, a step in the wrong direction and down you go. What looked to be a nice job failed, the supports boards have all rotted. Our job will be to replace all 21 of them. This is for the same vacant Kingston owner that had us help remove the Moffit house. Lets just call this guy Bob. Bob has been a good client over the years but he met a gal, lets call her Val, and off he went to the city.
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| Should the horse shoes go? |
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| This place went, The Moffit house before final tear down |
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| Some folks in town felt the place had historic value and should have been saved, what do you think? |
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| What house..... |
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Mexican Train
So last night was game night. Good company and good fun. 7 of us played a game called Mexican Train Dominoes. Heard of it but never played before. A simple game but with a quick witted group there were lots of laughs.
Today Satomi finished up cleaning the Moffit property. Tomorrow I phone for a pick up. The dumpster is completely full.
Other than that is was a not so busy day.
Today Satomi finished up cleaning the Moffit property. Tomorrow I phone for a pick up. The dumpster is completely full.
Other than that is was a not so busy day.
Not so busy
Today was a not so busy, busy day. Spent the morning making phone calls and emailing then drove to T or C. For those of you who don't know it's 45 miles. Closest stores. This trip was primarily to take the pick up and purchase 1200 pounds of washed plaster sand for workshops and plastering around LanderLand. A whole $13.75. $202 for groceries, $47.31 for gas and then the drive home.
While unloading the goodies the phone rang. A plumbing leak in town. Cabin owners from Florida showed up and found a broken pipe along with a cracked toilet. Damage from this bitter cold winter. An hour later I was done. Now what service is that, and to have the parts, I only charged them $50. What a deal. Did line up a toilet install and a porch re roofing job from them.
After that Satomi and I worked on the final stages of the Moffit house dumpster loading. That will be finished up tomorrow with just enough room left for a few of our bags.
Now it's off to neighbors for gaming night. Didn't really want to go but figure we had better make a appearance.
That means no Netflix's tonight.
While unloading the goodies the phone rang. A plumbing leak in town. Cabin owners from Florida showed up and found a broken pipe along with a cracked toilet. Damage from this bitter cold winter. An hour later I was done. Now what service is that, and to have the parts, I only charged them $50. What a deal. Did line up a toilet install and a porch re roofing job from them.
After that Satomi and I worked on the final stages of the Moffit house dumpster loading. That will be finished up tomorrow with just enough room left for a few of our bags.
Now it's off to neighbors for gaming night. Didn't really want to go but figure we had better make a appearance.
That means no Netflix's tonight.
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| Chaco being a rock hound and not to busy |
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| Clouds weren't too busy today either except for this one |
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Earth and Stone Wall
Last month Satomi and I were hold up for two weeks in Sun Sites Arizona on an exterior Earth plaster job.
Across from the frequently visited Mini Mart we ran across this Real Estate Office's Cob wall
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Shower Start
Another Timber Frame project that has been waiting for ten years is tiling the shower. Seems like this is the summer where it is all coming together. Tomorrow we grout the kitchen counters so really, the shower is the last big task left to complete. Today is the third day I have been working on the shower but the first day that tile has started.
I began the project by mixing up white thin set and floating out the walls square. Seems my framing and Durarock cement backer boards were not perfect enough. Next step was to begin installing the Stainless Steel Bull nose tile edging we had special ordered from Home Depot. check out www.schluter.com
Once the door way perimeter edging was set tile work began. First was the curb face baseboard. This was cut from left over 12x12 floor tile. Then the curb top had a base coat of thin set sloped inward at 1/4" per foot. Once set up the top of the curb quarry tile was installed. My day was done.
I began the project by mixing up white thin set and floating out the walls square. Seems my framing and Durarock cement backer boards were not perfect enough. Next step was to begin installing the Stainless Steel Bull nose tile edging we had special ordered from Home Depot. check out www.schluter.com
Once the door way perimeter edging was set tile work began. First was the curb face baseboard. This was cut from left over 12x12 floor tile. Then the curb top had a base coat of thin set sloped inward at 1/4" per foot. Once set up the top of the curb quarry tile was installed. My day was done.
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| At days end |
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| Tape and spacers hold it all together for the night |
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| Looks to be all lined up |
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| Close up of the Stainless Steel edging |
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| Home made 45 degree saw jig |
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