rigid insulation

Very busy day up on the hill! It finally warmed up this afternoon enough that I bundled myself up with a warm fleece, threw on a hat, and put my hood up like a gangster.  As I was rolling up State Street I could hear all sorts of commotion, sounded like heavy equipment moving Read More

Missed a bit of the action this morning as mom and I drove to SW Collins in Caribou to pick out some more things for the kitchen and make our final decision on the siding/roof shingles.  We drove out with our mind set on a brown laminated siding that resembled natural cedar, but Read More

The concrete guys finished tying the rebar grid yesterday. Now I understand why the majority of the concrete subcontractors I had bid the job wanted to use wire mesh with a rebar grid of 4 foot squares. 1 foot squares… what an incredible amount of work and so much Read More

A crew of the concrete subcontractor’s men showed up this afternoon to lay down the rigid insulation on top of the washed rock. It was really quick going at first until they had to start doing the more detail work along the plumbing/diagonal area that rolls off towards the Read More

A few of the concrete subcontractor’s men were up on site early this afternoon getting everything ready for some serious work tomorrow. They dropped off a huge bunch of 2 inch rigid insulation and several hundred feet of rebar. I’m very excited to see the action start Read More

The concrete subcontractor, Craig Gustafson, showed up Monday morning to set the forms. I found it absolutely amazing the pace at which this guy and his crew work. Jerry my general contractor called at 8:15 AM to tell me they were there, I showed up 5 minutes later, and within an Read More