Straw Bale Album Part 2 Foundation
Mar 17, 2017
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Part 2
Property DSC01205 The landscaping to run water left and right of the high corner After clearing the cedar so that we have room around the house site and so the timber can begin to dry we spend many freezing winter nights_ Our rock quarry. This was where an old barn... First wall on low corner.jpg Fall 2010 The last and south wall of the house! Almost done! Competed.jpg.jpg.jpg.jpgbut the entrance can still let the old backhoe in with its from loader.jpg.jpg.jpgthe backhoe bucket in the back was now unusable Homestead copy Property IMG_1209 Looking at the front of the house.jpg.jpg.jpg.jpgpar of the front wall built and most of the 50 ft long north side wall drainage run at the high corner to divert run off.... The first part of our wall..experimenting with rocks in it in various ways. The ground around was still very rough and uneven... JAN 4 2012 (11) Time to fire up the little band saw IMG_1038 Property IMG_1219 I built an free extension for the racks with fence posts as rails and ties Property IMG_1217 Property IMG_1217 The floor somewhat leveled mostly by hand The west back wall...note how the foundation is wider than a foot for either straw bale or log walls...we had not fully decided yet Our little spring line run into a 50 gallon barrel which never failed all winter to provide water for the cement The forms were poured in stages and had to be highest at the low corner where we started The old pickup we bought.jpg.jpg.jpg.jpgate too much gas and had many problems.jpg It was a mistake You can see how I got the backhoe front loader to dig an angled road to divert more run off on the south side of the house I leave the front entrance open for the tractor to enter for a long time My family worked hard on the foundation all fall and winter We pull in a tree...I was not really sure what I was doing to be honest...how tall would I make the post.. Ready for posts and beams! March 2011 There were barely enough nice straight big cedars for the long beams I would need So we stick up a big tree....hmm..sort of scary..with a chain on the bucket My dear wife helped with the cement and offered me much moral support Property DSC01205 The landscaping to run water left and right of the high corner After clearing the cedar so that we have room around the house site and so the timber can begin to dry we spend many freezing winter nights_ Our rock quarry. This was where an old barn... First wall on low corner.jpg Fall 2010 The last and south wall of the house! Almost done! Competed.jpg.jpg.jpg.jpgbut the entrance can still let the old backhoe in with its from loader.jpg.jpg.jpgthe backhoe bucket in the back was now unusable Homestead copy Property IMG_1209 Looking at the front of the house.jpg.jpg.jpg.jpgpar of the front wall built and most of the 50 ft long north side wall drainage run at the high corner to divert run off.... The first part of our wall..experimenting with rocks in it in various ways. The ground around was still very rough and uneven... JAN 4 2012 (11) Time to fire up the little band saw IMG_1038 Property IMG_1219 I built an free extension for the racks with fence posts as rails and ties
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