Sunday 19 June 2011

The First Wall

 On Saturday morning we woke up nice and early and got started on cutting the wood for the front wall.  There will be 7 windows 3'x5' so it was a lot of cutting.  Samantha was a great helper for her dad helping to place the boards where they were supposed to go.  All the measuring and cutting was done by 11 am.  But the hard work would begin after that.
 This is the view of the new floor with the wall all laid out on it (before it was covered in plywood sheating.  A lovely spot for the tent up looking out at St. Patrick Island.
 Darrell nailing - it took the rest of the day to get all the nails into that wall.  I did my fair share of nailing but was not nearly as efficient at it as he was.  I nonetheless have a nice blister to prove I put in my hours with the hammer.
With the floor all done and now the first wall all done Samantha and I took a break to dance with the swallowtail butterflies.  We were lucky the weather was gorgeous at least 25oC and that kept all the biting bugs away during the day for building.  Darrell plans on heading back out for the rest of the week to do the other 3 walls.  Stay tuned we hope to get the roofing out to the site on the long weekend.  Any helpers welcomed...

Bringing in the Door and a Window

Getting all the building supplies in to the site is definitely the hardest part of getting a cabin built at Jackfish.  Here you see the trailor Darrell rebuilt (burned in the fire) carrying a window with a very heavy door in the back of his truck.  We are waiting for the train to cross - getting this stuff across the tracks is the hardest part.
Thank goodness for this little trailer Darrell made - and when he didn't successfully knock me down the hill with it (giant bruise remains colour changing by day) - we just let it go down the hill because it was too dangerous to try and keep control of.
Samantha our official photographer captures some shots of us carrying in the door pieces after the heaviest part was rolled in on the trailer.