Category: Yurt build
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Details Take Time
Hey everyone! We’ve had another productive few weeks here at the yurt. The bathroom wall got closed in for Zahra’s birthday weekend. We were able to bring in the composting toilet inside! No more cold morning runs to the bathroom for us. Pete was able to get all the wiring, plumbing, framing and insulation done…
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Wired
Electrical wires are making it through the house! Kids have lights and plugs in their rooms,we have a lovely ceiling fan to move air around the house, and lights working in the kitchen. The dishes are coming out much cleaner these days! There is no longer a need to run extension chords to run lights…
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Much Accomplished
This past week so much has been accomplished! Pete had the week off work, and my parents came up for a visit from Ontario. With the extra help, we were able to get much farther than expected. My dad took on the project of burying the waterline. Pete brought our waterline inside and hooked up…
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It’s been weeks!
3 weeks and no post. I really should set a schedule to make sure you all stay up to date. Things around here are going slow. With Pete working, projects take a lot more time. On my end, the kids and I have gotten busy with getting back into a school routine. But seriously, it’s…
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Stairway to Where?
It’s been 55 days of climbing up and down a ladder to get to my loft. 55 days of balancing, scooching, & hoping I wouldn’t have to pee in the middle of the night. But then everything in life finally aligned! And finally we got the stairs put in!!! Yahoo!!! Just look at those beautiful…
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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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