3.31.2017

Well, so much for March coming in like a lion and out like a lamb...it's the last day of March and we are under a winter storm warning until tomorrow.  We got just an inch or two this morning of very wet snow before it turned to mostly rain.  But they are calling for 3-5" and possibly 5-10" in the higher elevations!

We don't mind the snow a bit and love living here.  We're apparently in good company, once again this year, Saratoga County was rated the healthiest county in New York State!

http://www.therepublic.com/2017/03/29/ny-counties-health-rankings/#.WN4vdE8bAzE.mailto

 

Jim rebuilt another light in the woodshop - he's leaving it open in case the electric inspector wants to see how they are wired.  But now all of the lights in the woodshop are done!  In fact, he got the new light in the bathroom all connected to the other light in the room so all of the electric loose ends in the shop are finished!

Which means it was time to do some more framing in the metal shop.  I hated Jim working down here so long with the cold steel - it was just a cold and damp day.  But check out the progress...he got the door header all built for the entrance into the utility room...

A better view of the entire space!  So now not only is the door frame done, but Jim has the ability to get power run over to the smoke detector.  He has to drill some holes to make access through all the steel, then put grommets and it will be ready to run wire.

After that, Jim headed up to the apartment to do some insulation - this time working with the foam board.  He got the foam board up behind the knee wall - this will allow him to put the insulation in this area.  He'll leave some access to this area too because eventually he'll rent a machine to blow in insulation and behind this foam board is one of those areas.

Then he cut a piece to go along the closet wall...

This is the view from the other side of that wall.  This is the open area that encompasses the valley rafter - Jim needed to leave this open to let everything breathe.  He cut strips of the foam board and put them on the floor in this area.  He'll have to go back and put fasteners in the foam board but he made it such a tight fit that he actually had to pound the board into place!

How cool does that look?  Besides looking cool, this foam board on the floor is 2" thick - provides an R13-14 thermal barrier.  The other foam board for the walls is 1", but it will have fiberglass insulation next to it.  We're going to have a snug carriage house!

Then he put foam board up at the top of the master bedroom wall - this was tough to get in because the studs go all the way up to the top - he had to make the pieces shorter so that he could get them in.  Besides being a good insulator, this allows for the backing for the wall insulation here and is a "wall" of sorts for the attic space.

Check out the size of this turkey track - half as big as Jim's foot!  We have huge turkeys on the property!

 

High 35/Low 30 - snow!