We've been up to the cabin many weekends in the last couple months with no posts. I've been pretty busy with work, and with ordering parts and scheduling pros to come help us out. I'm falling behind on posting the story, so I'm going to just bite the bullet and do one big huge update with a bunch of little stories in it.
One long-running story was that, in our enthusiasm to get the cabin "dried in" with a roof on and housewrap, we hadn't yet gotten the crawlspace properly prepared. We only had two vents cut in, both of which got covered by housewrap. The crawlspace was exposed dirt. So there was a nice source of moisture and nowhere for it to vent to. When we returned in the spring, we had wet joists and a mold farm.
Here, you see Siggy and Eliot flashing in the vents, and installing the metal flashing that ensures that water flowing down the house pours off onto the soil rather than back into the foundation.
We also got our moisture barrier installed in the crawlspace and glued to the foundation footer, to eliminate the source of moisture.
Siggy used some spare construction foam to make a sword.
A fiery sunset on a drive home.
We installed some blocking above the upstairs bathroom, at the same level as the collar ties, for the upper loft floor to sit on.
We organized our tool buckets onto a rolling tool cart.
It's really pretty up there.
A dozen hawks circling and climbing over the house. (Not much of a photo, but they were impressive.)
Jon sanding some blocking.
Siobhan made a seat for the swing we keep saying we're going to make.
Christina made new temporary stairs for the front steps, which are a huge comfort and safety improvement over the foot-tall stairs we had there before.
Vivid spring flowers!
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