Summer Progress
Wednesday, May 25th, 1983
Kristen works on a trench between posts The trenches go below frostline for central Indiana Dave Lifts a Rafter The rafters on the second floor are finished
Archive for 1983
Building Beginnings
Tuesday, April 12th, 1983
Setting up a beam The beams were lifted onto a pipe clamp and bolted to the posts. It appears in this photo as if I lifted the beam into place with Clare’s help. But after we set them up, Dave was the one to lift the beams. He climbed that rickety wooden ladder with a [...]
Getting Started
Saturday, March 12th, 1983
The beams are 2 x 12′s so that the living room floor is solid. Ellen used figures from a building engineering book to design the upstairs floor bearing weight to be the same standard as a first floor or 40 lbs per square foot. The old front door was moved to the front of the [...]
On to Version Two
Tuesday, March 1st, 1983
The original structure did not last long. Almost as soon as it was enclosed the family already had two children and the house was not that much bigger than the cabin. (At 19X32 feet, it was just over 600 sq. ft. while the cabin with the loft is about 400.) Dave and Ellen got excited [...]
Araucana Sheetrock
Sunday, February 27th, 1983
Clare told Ellen that she remembered the waterproofed sheetrock in the bathroom because it was the color of the Araucana eggs. These pretty light green eggs were rare, because there was only one Araucana chicken, and they seemed more valuable. So she knew the waterproof drywall was also more valuable. Here are Grandpa Dibble and [...]
