Sunday, January 9, 2000 - Starting to build the interior walls. There's a bedroom
& bathroom on the left
The room on the left is the bedroom, on the right is the bathroom.
On the far right is the kitchen
Lots and lots of insulation
Sunday, March 5, 2000 - The interior framing is almost done
Sunday, May 14, 2000 - Done with the soffits/facia trim upstairs and down. Also completed
the electrical & phone wiring
Sunday, June 11, 2000 - The manifolds for the radiant heat are in!
Sunday, July 9, 2000 - Finished pouring the concrete window sills, they came out pretty nice
The grass with three stems on the end (looks like a turkey foot) is Big Bluestem, which we planted two years ago. Hence our website
domain name, BluestemRidge
Our new loop extension takes shape
Another window sill
The ladder stairs are pretty steep!
The trench for the propane line. A thousand feet long, a hundred feet wide, and ten feet deep
Ok, it only seemed like it when we were digging it
This is what happens when the plumber starts horsing around
The plumbing is a plastic tube PEX Manablok system
Sunday, August 27, 2000 - Finished building our ladder stairs. Got lots of use out
of our new router!
Saturday, August 26, 2000 - The two heaters on the right are for radiant heat in the
floor. The one on the left is for a hot shower someday
Monday, September 4, 2000 - Celebrated Labor Day by installing wood fiber cement board
siding on the loft. You can also see the pipes for heat & sewer vent coming out of the lower roof
Closeup of the siding, west view
Sunday, September 17, 2000 - View from the South with the siding installed & caulked,
but not painted yet
Added a railing and handrail for the ladder stairs
What? You're out of paint?!?
Sunday, October 1, 2000 - From the south again, with fresh paint on the loft
Sunday, December 10, 2000 - Added some landscaping, and a little deck on the front.
We used Trex decking
Wednesday, December 13, 2000 - Here's the truth window before the plaster went up
The upstairs with drywall - we're going to leave the upper beam exposed
Monday, December 25, 2000 - Merry Christmas!
Most of the drywall was put up this week