More Wall Progress

We bought some lumber today, about $440 for 30 - 2x4x10 and 6 - 2x4x16 lumber. That was probably $100-150 more than it would have been 2 years ago. But it is what it is. We used 2/3 of it to build the main living room that backs to the master bedroom closets, and the wall to its left which is the wall between the dining and laundry room. Hal wanted to get the laundry room wall up so he could finish the rough plumbing and as it is attached to the living room wall that also needed to go up first. Once he's finished the plumbing, we'll go back to installing more subflooring.

He will only be able to glue the pipes together if the temps are above 40 degree which doesn't look good tomorrow, so it's possible we'll be building the other TV room wall tomorrow. That is what the other third of the lumber we purchased is for.

But here we have the main interior wall. Hal is standing in the doorway into the master suite. 

OSB Again!

Thirty-five degrees outside, 32 degrees in the house, but we got all 7.5 sheets of OSB, that Hal trimmed yesterday, installed this afternoon. We can now access the front door!

It's starting to feel like a house.

This is what's left to do for subfloor. That's the wall between the master bedroom, where I am standing, and the master bath.

Dare I Mention....

 ....that I changed the floor plan a wee bit more?

Not to worry though, it's not drastic. This came about because Hal and I discussed last night ways to make the home more uniquely our own (yes, I know we're building it, how more our own can we get?) What we mean is not just a bunch of rooms with painted drywall. So we had talked about an accent wall of knotty pine or some other wood and this morning decided the best wall would be the one in the living room opposite the kitchen. But the way the plan was designed that wall would include the door into the master bedroom suite and I felt it would look odd, so I bumped out the door to put it in-line with the dining room wall instead. Now the living room wall ends neatly at that little 1 foot deep side wall making it more symmetrical. I think  it will look pretty nice.

In this photo, the black wall with door is where it was, and the white wall and door is where it now is planned.

And this is kind of how it would look.

I think it will look rather cool.

Even More Trees

I emailed the Alcona Conservation District over the weekend with another tree order. Hal decided he wants to plant evergreens along the front of the property as w ell  as a couple lines of trees closer to the house. No, they won't make an effective windbreak in our lifetime, but in 10 years they may  help a little, if nothing else they will look nice.

So, I ordered:

Balsam Fir - 25 

Norway Spruce - 100 

White Pine - 200

May 8 is the pickup day for these and the other order. Hal is going to use the plow to break up the ground to make planting easier but still, it will be hours and hours of planting fun!

And Yet More Subfloor

Last week we added another row of tension bracing.

I threw my back out right before the end when I bent over to pick up an air hose. That was 4 days ago, I'm definitely better, it wasn't as bad as it can get. Yesterday Hal and I installed another 5.5 sheets of OSB subfloor. We needed to have the propane  heater on because it was cold and windy outside. We got the interior up to a balmy 45 degrees.

The subfloor now goes right up to the new scuttle hole he made which will be in the laundry room floor.

He hopes to get another6 or 7 boards trimmed and fitted today so we can install them tomorrow.