Week 48: Framing and Harvesting

This week, the LVM interior walls went up. Walk in closet, Bathroom and Mechanical room. This allowed us to continue our wiring. Speaker cables, Ethernet cables all were tested and they work! This whole wiring process was much easier than expected. We're no longer afraid and need to rely on "experts" to do these kinds of things.
We're full force ahead with the cedar courtyard slats...costly but we're going to build only 1 house in our lifetimes, so why not!! We chose the clear expensive grade of cedar, they are beautiful and knot free.
Our home security system arrived this week, it's very cost effective but requires a bit of deciphering on the manual. It's so cryptic, can't understand it at all on the first read. The forums have been very helpful and we hope to attempt testing this weekend.
On another note, our watermelon and squash (first ones) was harvested yesterday. Going to bring it to work tomorrow and finally enjoy the fruit of our labor.

Week 46 & 47: Framing & Farming

Some interior walls have gone up this week, the Utility Room, LVL Guest Bathroom, LVL master toilet room and closet. Getting a feeling for the overall space already. Once the walls go up, everything actually starts to feel bigger.
We've also put in coaxial, ethernet wiring which took 1 entire day of Han's intensive hole drilling labor. Minus a small injury on his shin, everything came out well. Note to self, get a first aid kit.
Other fruits of our labor: Our water melon and squash is doing very well, we're most likely going to harvest the few fruits next week.

Week 44 & 45: Windows!!!!

We have windows, massive ones. They said it was too heavy, too big, but we prevailed with the design. It's beautiful and gigantic. Sticking to our guts was definitely the right thing to do. They did cost a pretty penny, but worth every single cent.
We also finished Speaker wiring on July 4th. It was the hottest day of the year so far, we both had stomach virus, but nevertheless, it was done...nothing is going to stop us.

Week: 43 Frames & Harvest

Exciting week! The Windows were ready. The frames are in!! Looking at the window with the frame truly defines the scale and size of the design & layout.
On another note, the first batch of potatoes are done.
We also laid out the entire electrical lighting layout for the electrician, this will help us save time and hopefully that translates to less money.
Next week, home audio wiring!

Week: 39, 40, 41, 42 Potatoe Harvest & a new electrician

Weeks have gone by quickly as more siding goes up. We found a new electrician to start where Frank had left off. We've sent a few letters to Frank hoping to get a reply, however nothing had come of it. Steve the new electrician is not officially licensed, however had years of field experience, so it should be ok.
We've harvested the first few potato plants that flowered. The plant was still in the early stage of development, so the harvest was small.
The concrete on the courtyard is finally done, it looks great and feels luxurious.
We have to decide if we should keep the courtyard siding as corrugated or change it to wood slats.
We've already changed the front of the entrance to wood slats, the extra costs are starting to add up.

Week 36, 37, 38 : More Siding and a small potato farm

Additional siding has gone up these few weeks. Meanwhile our missing electrician has finally appeared on the video finishing some exterior lighting work. However none of us can reach him via phone, email or mail. It's getting really worrisome as he's a very good electrician and we would ideally like to keep him on the project.
Our Potato farm is coming along. We also planted watermelon, carrots and beets.

Week 35: Some squatters

More siding was put up this week. The front facade is almost done.
We found some unwelcome squatters in our master bedroom. Three birds nest and a wasp hive in the early stages of building.