July 2019 Recap: Appropriate Technology Course in Montana
I spent the first half of July in Montana attending an Appropriate Technology Course(ATC). Check out the video slideshow here:
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Homesteading in the Suburbs
Porch Deck Installation
Our porch deck materials were delivered a week and a half ago. As we’ll be on hiatus for the latter […]
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Roof Installation
Back in April we installed the 2×6 tongue and groove roof decking and put down some felt paper to provide […]
Read more →Framing and Porch Foundation
Pouring the piers for the porch I’ve gotten a little behind with the weekly recap. Late April and early May […]
Read more →Framing and Furring Strips
Work continued this week on framing the exterior walls. We finished the front of the cabin but didn’t have enough […]
Read more →Wall Framing
After much deliberation as to how to frame the walls and some tinkering with window sizes and locations we started […]
Read more →Roof Raising
“Give a cob house a good pair of boots and a a good hat and she’ll last forever.” – The […]
Read more →Frame Raising Day
Leading up to raising day the following questions had been dogging me: Will the weather hold up? Will enough people […]
Read more →Laying out the bents and preparing for the frame raising
This week we made preparations for raising day. Top of the list of the preparations was assembling the bents (wall […]
Read more →It’s only a model: Planning Framing Day
The joinery is cut, the sub-floor is installed and so the time has come to raise the frame. Barring adverse […]
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