Notes from Windward: #66
Exterior Stuff
Expanding our focus a bit
September 1 - starting to landscape the yurt
September 3 - cutting out the plywood core for the door
September 4 - more excavating, backfilling and breaking rocks
September 5 - two more front-buckets and then it's off to deliver 3/4 minus
September 6 - hauling more dirt and fetching rocks for the retaining wall
September 7 - the digging proceeds and reveals something unexpected
September 8 - tearing out the old canning deck
September 10 - preparing to install the yurt's water tap
September 11 - cutting the line and installing the freeze-proof faucet
September 12 - installing carpet in the yurt
September 14 - doin' other stuff while we're waiting for the tanks
September 16 - setting the door in place
September 18 - ripping out the canning deck's foundation
September 19 - installing a cabinet in the yurt
Detailing the Yurt
Now we get to the really fun stuff
August 22 - Working out the wall texturing options
August 24 - Still messing around with texturing options, clearing space for
edible landscaping and filling the crib
August 25 - Transporting the porch stone
August 26 - Applying primer to the walls
August 27 - Texturing the ceiling, among other things
August 28 - Priming the yurt's ceiling
August 29 - Applying the color coat to the yurt's interior
August 30 - Installing flooring and lights
August 31 - Installing the front porch slab
Finishing the Yurt's Interior
Lots of attention to detail
July 10 - Using urethane foam to fill in the gaps
July 16 - Finishing up the task of foaming the gaps
July 17 - Adding the fiberglass insulation
July 21 - Applying the fresh sawed siding
July 27 - Getting ready for the track- hoe
July 29 - Cutting more siding and adding to the woodshed
July 30 - Finishing the boards and starting on the battens
July 31 - Cutting the first half of the battens to length and sealing them
August 1 - Installing the first half of the battens
August 2 - The yurt versus The Inconvenient Truth
August 3 - Finishing the battens and triming the windows
August 6 - Starting to sheet rock the interior
August 7 - Sheet rock -- Part II
August 8 - Sheetrocking around the windows
August 9 - Starting to insulate and sheetrock the ceiling
August 10 - Creating a door jam
August 11 - Putting the lull to good use
August 14 - Getting started on taping and finishing the walls
August 15 - Finishing the initial coat on the wall seams
August 16 - Finishing the initial coat on the ceiling seams
August 17 - More filling and sanding
August 18 - Finial touches before texturing, and some work on the fence crib
August 21 - A bit more sanding, and then off to the cool of the mountain
Finishing the Yurt's Roof
Time to insulate and cover
June 15 - Fitting the foam insulation
June 17 - Securing the foam insulation
June 18 - Starting to apply the roofing felt
June 19 - Finishing the roofing felt
In the meantime
June 29 - Installing foam in the walls
July 3 - Installing the first pass of metal roofing
July 5 - Installing the second pass of metal roofing and skylight flashing
July 7 - Installing the metal on the dormer over the door
Decking the Yurt's Roof
Angles and angles galore
May 24 - Adding support along the edge
May 26 - Finishing the edge supports
May 28 - Decking the middle section of the roof
May 29 - Adding the upper section of the roof decking flush with the ring
June 3 - Adding a gutter edge to the ends of ther rathers
June 4 - Adding the last of the roof decking
June 6 - Lathing the curved portion of the roof deck
June 7 - The last of the lathe goes up
June 9 - Touching up the floor of the yurt
Roofing the Yurt
Creating a curved roof over an open space
May 7 - Laying out the center ring
May 8 - Building up the ring
May 10 - Finishing the ring
May 11 - Bracing the ring in place
May 12 - Cutting the first set of rafters
May 13 - Starting to wrap the framing with paneling
May 14 - Cutting more rafters
May 15 - Adding the rest of the panneling and a dormer for the entrance
May 16 - Wrapping the yurt
May 20 - Installing windows
May 21 - Bolting the rafters to the ring
May 22 - Bolting more rafters to the ring
May 23 - Bolting the last rafters to the ring and checking the roof for strength
Framing the Yurt
Exploring the joys of working with curved walls
April 27 - Drilling holes in the sills for the anchor bolts
April 28 - Cutting the arches, and raising the first wall section
April 30 - Adding three long sections and one short
May 2 - Gluing and securing the footers to the foundation
May 4 - Cutting the doorway arch
May 5 - Glue-laming up the round door header
May 6 - Building the torsion header
May 7 - Bolting the sections together
Pouring the Yurt's Foundation
Rebar, concrete and lazers -- what fun :-)
April 13 - Setting rebar and lazer leveling
April 15 - Pouring the base of the footing
April 16 - Making a curved form
April 18 - Coating the form
April 19 - Pouring the first eight feet of riser
April 20 - Reseting the form and pouring the next six feet of riser
April 21 - Another six feet and we're up to twenty
April 22 - Repeat, and we're up to twenty-six feet poured
April 25 - Next to last pour
April 26 - Closing the circle
Clearing the Yurt Foundation
Doing some precision excavation
March 28 - Starting to clear the Pad
March 29 - Most of the clearing is done
March 30 - Pad clear and level
March 31 - Starting to dig the foundation trench
April 02 - Rainy day; planted apricot trees
April 03 - More rain; worked on wiring the new workshop
April 08 - Three-quarter's done before the rain sets in again
April 09 - The completed foundation trench
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