Little Progress

Friday, upon arriving, we were greeted with another 6" of snow. So that pretty much summed up the rest of the evening. We spent about 2 hours getting the light fluffy snow brushed off of the frame and the slab shoveled off.

Saturday morning we got an early start on the 2 remaining panels on the south wall of the great room. We got the sheet rock hung right away and the two panels set in place by early afternoon.

After some clean up we moved all of the tools and the Skytrak over to the west side of the house which is where we will start working our way around to the north side of the great room. Our progress this weekend put us at the half way mark with the wall SIP's.

Our first SIP on the West side will be a bit of a challenge as if will be a inside corner that will have to be plowed out but only about 4" deep. This will allow the custom SIP's from the bump out in the back to fit into the est wall SIP. The difference with this corner is that it will only have to be back cut and plowed out as high as the adjoining SIP shown with the yellow line.

We managed to get the sill plate for the west wall positioned and installed by the end of the afternoon. Sunday before heading back to Phoenix we went hunting for the #7 SIP's and managed to get them all inside the house on the slab so that we are ready for a long 4 day weekend next week. Our hopes are to make a pretty good dent in the west wall. Also, prior to leaving, we loaded the pickup full of T&G Aspen to bring back down to Phoenix to work on sealing this next week.

Earlier this past week I managed to get some time to get to Phoenix Fireplaces. If we manage to get the house enclosed prior to warm weather returning we would like to get the fireplace in as soon as possible to heat the house while working out there. I was pleased to find that they carry and had in stock BIS fireplaces. We had this brand of fireplace when we lived in Minnesota and could not have been more pleased with its performance.

Also, this past week, I was informed that a position that I had applied for in Williams was awarded to me. So it looks like I will be moving to Williams within about two weeks. My wife and son will continue to live in Phoenix until we are further along on the house. This will definitely help save on time and gas, as well as increase the amount of time I will have to work on the house.