Flooring is installed in the cabin! And it looks really good! It looks just like we imagined it would. With all the work on the walls I’ve been doing, I was able to finish that off and move on to the flooring! While I was working on the flooring, My bride painted the wall. She […]
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2 walls down! The shiplap is going up quick. Quicker than expected, and I’m not complaining one bit! After almost a weeks worth of working during the evenings, The first wall is almost complete.So, time to get that finished up and start the shiplap on the second large wall. I did dig the trench from
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The installation of the shiplap is finally started! And if I do say so myself, it looks great! After completing the insulation, we picked up the shiplap and decided to start on it next.I’ve managed to spend a little time every evening working on the walls, and though it’s taken me most of the week,
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Wanted to give you a cabin and garden status update today.Things have been pretty busy, and working on the cabin every chance I get. Now that the beam was complete, I’ve been able to turn my attention to completing the insulation of the cabin.With the insulation done, we can move on to the walls and
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The beam is finally finished, and the insulation is installed!It took longer to do that beam than I expected. It seemed like forever ago since I last worked on it.The angles of the ceiling, it made it a bit tricky.Once I got the beam finally done, I was able to turn my attention to installing
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Time to upgrade our solar from 4 to 16 panels now that the frames are made and the charge controller/inverter have been upgraded. After filling in the trench for the higher gauge wire for the new panels, it was time to start installing the 12 new 200 watt panels. I unboxed and installed the first
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We finally got started on the 12 volt to 48 volt solar system upgrade.The frames are complete, so time for panels and the new 48 volt charge controller/inverter.After taking everything apart, I was paged. so that slowed down the whole process. Once I was able to get back to work, I did manage to build
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With this project done, all the solar panel frames are complete now.The last post, I went in a bit more on my set up, and here, I did the same thing, just 2 feet higher up. I sure wish I had already bought the ladder we were talking about buying. The three new frames allow
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Completing 1 of 3 adjustable solar panel frames is what is on tap for today. Now that the poles are set and the crossbars are up, I can continue with this build. I managed to get off work in time to get a little work done before dark.So, I’m working on finishing up the cross
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Time to start expanding the solar panel frames for more panels.With the 12 more panels ordered and arriving soon, We need a place to mount them when they get here.And since the holes are dug and poles secure, it’s time to start working on the frames. First up is attaching the 4 ft cross beams
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