Author: BillyBee359
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Summer Fun
The past few weeks we’ve slowed down working on the yurt. We took time to celebrate Josiah and Peter’s birthdays. It was a big one for Josiah this year… 13! We officially have a teenager in the family! Peter has also started back up working again. This mean bigger projects around here only get done…
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We Have Power!
Big things happened this week! Pete’s brother came to help us install the solar system. In one day they mounted the solar panels and batteries, then hooked up the inverter and charge controller. By the end of the day we had the batters changing. Two days later we had them equalized and ready to take…
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To Do List
Hey everyone! It’s been a while since we’ve posted an update or even a video. We have had a bunch of things going on. Just to give you an idea of what we have been up to here is this weeks do list… 1. Install the aircraft cable around the ceiling. 2. Finish blocking. 3.…
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Finishing Up The Exterior
The past few days things have changed considerably. We got the exterior wall layers up on Saturday. It’s so nice to see the coloured canvas up again. Love this blue! Yesterday we mobilized the kids and moved a bunch of stuff into the Yurt. No, we aren’t moving in yet. There is still a lot…
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Roof Material
We had another busy day today! Our goal for was to get the roof material on and hopefully the tyveck before the rain was scheduled to come this evening. I’m thankful to say that we did it! In our Yurt we have 4 layers to the roof. The first layer is a thin white cotton…
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Raise the Roof!
Today we did so much and have a lot to show for it!!! The goal was to get the bones of our Yurt up… and we did it!!! A bunch of friends and family came to help us. We started early to get the bender board and scaffolding up before help arrived. Then we measured…
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Sooo close!
Phew! Today was long! We started at 9:00a.m. and stopped at 8:20p.m.. This morning we finished off the “corner” joists and one of the funny end beams. They went so smoothly! We were very optimistic for the day and had hoped we could get the OSB on the deck by the end of the day.…
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Hanging the Joists
Hey everyone! Got another rainy day to fill you in on what’s going. Saturday we had a bunch of friends and family help us out with our deck. We built the rest of the beams and hung the middle joists. Pete took care of cutting the wood to length while the rest of us hung…
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Deck Posts
Hey folks! It’s about time I share an update on how the build is going. Monday, Pete cleaned up the build site as best as he could before the rental company came to pick up the excavator. Then we went into town to shop for brackets and nails for the deck. Sadly, the stores didn’t…
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Finishing the Foundation
Another busy day! Friends of ours stopped in to help today. Super greatful! Having more people on site not only helps workwise but also boost moral. Nothing like good jokes to keep spirits up. 😁
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