What's New at Number Eight

It was exciting to see the crane roll up to lift the roof trusses.

Now it's really looking like a house.

For a while, the Beebe-Lungs had a moon roof.

And then a porch!

Monday at White Hawk

Sue and I checked out Greg and Marty's black locust posts.  

Marty is pulling the bark off, and then they'll use the posts for their grape arbor.  In the process, we discovered that black locust fiber looks like great basket-weaving material.  Someday when kids are big and hands are free, I'd love to try my hand at weaving baskets from local materials.  Greg says these posts will last fifty years, so they're a great local alternative to pressure treated wood.

Then we documented some more construction progress.  Rob and Rod up on the second floor

I think what Kerrie is doing here is making sure the house is nice and tight by adding insulation between SIPs, but set me straight if I got that wrong.

As a bonus, Rob donated scrap wood that we can use for White Hawk campfires.

I thought we were going on the Loop Trail, but Sue turned right back around toward home, proclaiming, "Outside!"  

Um, I thought the Loop Trail was outside.  She wants to be where all the people are.  She often takes me next door to the construction site, shouting, "See!"

I think this is my first-ever photo of all four White Hawk homes together.

On the way home, Marty tells me that we can glean greens from their hoop house before they clean it out for another crop.  Greg finishes up the debarking with a draw saw, explaining how it works.  

He has a great collection of old and very useful tools.

Construction Progress at Number Eight

In our last installment, Number Eight had a slab.  Now it has a second floor!

The SIPs arrive

Sue checks out the slab before the walls go up.

Rob and Rod put up a corner so tour folks can see SIPs close up.

Putting a SIP in place

Now it's really looking like a house!

From the south

Joe stood atop the topsoil mountain from previous construction to take this shot of the emerging second floor.

Here come the second floor walls.  These things go up fast!