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Truth be told…
…the place still isn’t done. The outside walls haven’t been plastered because the quote was just beyond our budget and really our budget came to an abrupt halt on this one last detail. But, word on the street says that … Continue reading
Posted in Faswall, General property info
Tagged alternative building, alternative building materials, alternative home building, building your own home, Business, Children and Youth, Construction, Construction and Maintenance, family, faswall, Faswall block, Holiday, homebuilding, new home construction, owner builder, rural living, Space, sustainable living, Thanksgiving
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Home Building with a Young Family.
I had planned on posting earlier but the babe had this random episode of barfing. Like, serious Exorcist-type barfing. There were puddles of barf in the chair. I was soaked through to my underwear. Once we were all cleaned up and … Continue reading
Oh, City Girl, You’re on Septic Now.
The upstairs toilet was running. It sounded like the flapper-thingy wasn’t sealing properly. I heard the tell-tale sound, then forgot about it, then remembered, then forgot – for like two days. Then on like, the third day Jon was leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Considerations, Faswall, Lessons Learned, Planning, Rural living
Tagged alternative building, alternative home building, building your own home, Construction, Construction and Maintenance, Environment, faswall, Faswall block, Home, house building, Household Wastewater Management, owner builder, rural living, Septic tank, Wastewater, Water Resources
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An Aside.
While waiting for the in-floor heating to come up to temperature, the the insulation to be installed, or the paint to dry – I can’t keep track anymore – Jon and his dad worked on a couple outside projects. One being … Continue reading
Intentions, and then there’s Everyday Life.
Imagine if you were able to accomplish everything you intended to in the course of a day. I don’t think I ever have but that doesn’t stop me from making a To Do list. For instance, while we were house … Continue reading
Posted in Considerations, Home Building Hindsight, Planning
Tagged alternative home building, alternative home building materials, family, faswall, green building materials, green home biulding, Halloween, homebuilding, owner builder, Pacific Northwest, Time-lapse photography, Wet season
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Pour #1 of 2.
Homebuilding Hindsight/budget: don’t forget to figure in the cost of the plywood for all the bracing. Now the fun/hard part. Lifting the next course of blocks UP and through the rebar! The blocks themselves are not too heavy but to … Continue reading
The Build Up.
PS: very nearly all the pix were taken by my MIL – thanks, Marsha!
Posted in Family, General property info, Uncategorized, Updates
Tagged alternative building materials, alternative home building, Construction, family, faswall, green construction, green homebuilding, home construction, homebuilding, new home construction, owner builder, rural living, taking shape
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Well. Well. Well.
Here’s the pix I had promised. It took two days and we couldn’t have gotten better weather because starting the day after the well was dug it’s been pouring rain. I wish I knew more about the welling digging/drilling process … Continue reading
Home building and Budget Busters.
I couldn’t help but notice lately a few “little’ expenses that have creeped up that I know we hadn’t really considered when thinking about money and home building.
Rural Endeavors 