Should have lots of new pictures to post this week. My dad took a week's vacation to help us on the farm. Since it looks like today and tomorrow will be the only decent days - minus rain - the plan is to throw up as much siding and insulation as possible. Then they are going to tear into the bathroom and get that project started.
I'll be ecstatic when the bathroom project gets going. As soon as they get the new bathroom wall up (covering up the old entrance to the washroom) the false wall between the washer & dryer and the cabinets can come down, those cabinets moved back to the new wall and I can FINALLY get my dishwasher in! HOORAY!! With all the flu and H1N1 bugs going around, I'll be ecstatic to get my SANITIZE cycle back!
Will post more pics as I can!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Ten years from now
Paul and I have always had a vision for what the finished farm house would look like. Unbenownst to us, so did someone else!! One day while perusing the paint colors, we found this picture on a paint sample for house colors. This is EXACTLY what we were both thinking - gazebo and all! Sp we just had to share our vision for the farm.
Sorry for the glare, it's a picture of a paint sample.
Sorry for the glare, it's a picture of a paint sample.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
It's in!
The new septic system was installed last night! Hooray!! We passed inspection with the county sanitarian so now there are NO holdups on the paperwork needed by the bank! We can get this thing closed on now! YAY!!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
More progress on the back porch
A lot more progress happening on the back porch! Paul got it all sealed up last night - thankfully just in time before a huge storm hit! But we have a new door to the south and two new windows and a lot of insulation. He got the floor installed last night too. Now I just have to decide where I want outlets to be and we are ready to insulate the walls.
Tearing out part of the south wall to install a new window and make room for the new door.
Just a shell at this point, but still lots of progress being made!
Major insulation happening in the floor boards. It won't be cold out here anymore!
Tearing out part of the south wall to install a new window and make room for the new door.
Just a shell at this point, but still lots of progress being made!
Major insulation happening in the floor boards. It won't be cold out here anymore!
New door and window to the south and double window to the east. We get fantastic light back here now!
The new windows just after they went in.
We moved the door so that you now enter the back porch from the south - by the wash house.
The proud installer of our new door.
Framing in the new window - before the door went in.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Back porch project
The back porch project is underway and is turning out to be quite the construction project! As you can see the porch was stripped down to the barewood. Paul had to tear out the foundation on Saturday and jack the floor up so that he could replace the foundation block as there were a few problems. The porch will be completely insulated and will actually become a working part of the house. For those of you that have been in the house, the wall that separates the porch from the stairs (to the immediate left of the picture below) will come out and we will be replacing that narrow winding staircase with an open bannister that leads out onto the porch. It's a big project but needed to be done before winter came!
On a separate note, the septic system is going in today! HOORAY! The crew was out working in the downpours of rain that we had yesterday. They got the old tank pumped and pulled out and dug the hole for the new one. As of 9 a.m. today the new concrete tank was supposed to go in. They will be working on the leach fields for the remainder of the week. According to Al, the guy we hired to do the job, the tank that he pulled out was like an old farm diesel barrel and was rusting out. He said that perhaps we could have made it through the winter, but that's a BIG perhaps! So we got it done at just the right time! As of July of this year, Iowa has a new law that all septic systems on acreages have to be inspected and approved before title is allowed to transfer. Even though we are transferring title from family member to family member we still had to do this. So as soon as Al gets the job done and the sanitarians have given it the ok, we can close on our loan at the bank and the farm will officially be ours. I know that Paul is excited for the day that comes as he said he's been looking forward to owning the acreage for years.
On a separate note, the septic system is going in today! HOORAY! The crew was out working in the downpours of rain that we had yesterday. They got the old tank pumped and pulled out and dug the hole for the new one. As of 9 a.m. today the new concrete tank was supposed to go in. They will be working on the leach fields for the remainder of the week. According to Al, the guy we hired to do the job, the tank that he pulled out was like an old farm diesel barrel and was rusting out. He said that perhaps we could have made it through the winter, but that's a BIG perhaps! So we got it done at just the right time! As of July of this year, Iowa has a new law that all septic systems on acreages have to be inspected and approved before title is allowed to transfer. Even though we are transferring title from family member to family member we still had to do this. So as soon as Al gets the job done and the sanitarians have given it the ok, we can close on our loan at the bank and the farm will officially be ours. I know that Paul is excited for the day that comes as he said he's been looking forward to owning the acreage for years.
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