Holt, Amy and Ivy

Brad's good friend from graduate school, Holt, with wife Amy and daughter Ivy, visit from Colorado.


Holt & Ivy try out the new swing















Amy




















Ivy loving Kramer















Ivy riding on Dad's shoulders

Done, Done, Done!

The very last piece of roofing goes on today, completely finishing up the barn's roof. Although the roof was started on July 4, and almost finished a couple of days later, Brad left for Vancouver Island and a kayak trip; then a short camping trip; then a Mt. Baker climb. All great summer fun but delaying the final roof wrap up. Add to that Ed in ND for nine days and Travis on vacation. It seems like we've had one interruption after another this past month. But, the crew is up to full speed again so progress will now move forward.

e-one

Our e-one was delivered a few days ago. The e-one is a grinder/pump for processing sewage and then pumping it up hill to the sewer line. It's actually pretty neat technology and has allowed Langley to connect folks to the sewer who otherwise would not be able to do so, or not without great expense to the city. The e-one will be down in a hole, with only the green top section showing and accessible to the City's Public Works employees.

Brad and Fran Swing!

Mary and Tin-Tin

Mary helped me juggle cars so Ed would have transportation waiting for him at the ferry when he returned home late last night. She then stopped by our site quickly for a tour of our construction progress. Mary and Dick are building too so they are busy on their site; us on ours, leaving little time to visit one another.

Tedious Work

Although this work is tedious, it is necessary and very time consuming. The past two days, with Ed and Brad out of town, I've been waterproofing the floor of the upstairs area in the barn. When the wind blows, although this area is under the roof, the rain will blow in. As a result of my work, the dry/heated area in the barn will have the equivalent of two roofs. This photo is the waterproofing after two coats. I have two to go, both of which will now have grit in the mixture to provide a nonslip surface.

So, my days are paint on the waterproofing; wait 4 to 6 hours; paint on more; wait; paint on more; wait.

In the previous post (Steady Progress ) you can see another picture of the waterproofed deck.

Steady Progress

From the end of March to today, the barn's progress has steadily moved forward. With the work of one highly skilled worker and many helpers with varying degrees of skill, plus vacations, bad weather and illness to mess with the schedule, the progress has been steady and impressive. To remind myself of our progress I went back to the beginning of the barn's construction. In a about 4 months, with the barn 90% complete, here's a glimpse of where we've been along the way.