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We've made really encouraging progress on the build over the Christmas break. I've got to start work tomorrow, so Iain will be knocking nails in on his own over the next few days, until he goes back to work himself on Monday.
At the same time as building the house, we're also building a deck for the yurt. Don't let anyone tell you we don't like to make life complicated!
Iain fixes the yurt deck posts in place before we pour the concrete
Me cleaning the concrete mixer 'apres pour'. Glamorous, eh?!
Iain attaches a rafter on the verandah...
...and now it's my turn.
We're very close to completing the framing for the verandah now. We finished fixing the rafters today and tomorrow Iain's going to make a start on the purlins (the cross-pieces). Once they're done we'll be able to call the building inspector in to check the framing. Once we've passed the inspection, we can get the roofers in to put the roof on - that will be a real milestone!
Right, I'm off to do some yoga before bed. Night, all.
Helen
2 comments:
you guys practically look professional at this point! So glad you'll have the yurt for us to stay in when it's all finished and we come visit :)
You guys coming to stay? That'd be great! By the time you get make it back to NZ we should have built all sorts of weird structures, so you'll probably have your pick of accommodation: yurt, caravan, adobe den or straw bale sleepout.
We might LOOK almost-professional in the photos, but we certainly don't feel it, and we'd be delighted if we managed to achieve tasks in even a third of the time it takes a professional to do them!
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