Monday, March 21, 2016

Siding





The house and shop are being covered with fire-resistant Hardie Plank siding.  The stuff is basically concrete in plank form, it weighs a ton and requires special sawblades to cut. But hopefully it will resist flying embers from one of our famous brush fires.




Simple Pleasures

(For you, John...)

Cold oranges


Cinnamon raisin English muffins


A big pot of room temperature
 
real butter


And of course. Good coffee!


I dug down in the wood pile an came up with the last remaining scraps of "Humpert wood" to build the little hatch doors for both gable ends of the shop.  They're located just above the rafters, so in addition to letting a little air flow through the building, I can use them to access any long lumber pieces I want to store on top of the rafters.







2 comments:

  1. Suddenly looks much bigger Gary. A wonderful place. If it's too cold for a beer when I visit then I'm sure I'll appreciate your culinary skills despite all previous reservations. Jx

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    1. Don't know about the cooking, but you can be assured the laundry will be clean. And if it's too cold for beer, we'll build a fire in the woodstove. Then it won't be too cold for beer. Problem solved!

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