The truth is slowly revealing itself
This episode I will tell you about my recent encounters with Our Country Cottage and as promised In The Beginning, month 20 I will tell you about one of the more trying months of the build. I found out that the month wasn’t all bad though, it just seemed like it. Also, I will talk …
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This episode In The Beginning ,ITB, month 19 reveals progress in some areas and failures in others. An Our Country Cottage update has me staying over a couple of nights at our country cottage for the first time in over six months.
In this episode I will tell you about getting water, including toilets up and running, after the freeze up, at Our Country Cottage. Also, In The Beginning, ITB, looks at month 18, the beginning of a new year with new and improved problems.
In this episode I go into details about one of the more trying months of construction and the Our Country Cottage update lets you in on the two trips I took there this week.
In this episode I will cover some of the unique doors and divider applications used in Our Country Cottage and In The Beginning, ITB month 16 sees power, paint, panels and plowing.
In this episode I will cover a couple of issues we had with the floor in the garage loft and the ceiling in the utility room. ITB, In The Beginning, will take a look at month 15 of construction, which is starting to get close to seeing snow again, and I will also have an …
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Our Country Cottage started life as Our Package Deal. We were like babes in the woods, having never built a house from scratch before.
A masonry heater is quite different from your standard fireplace or wood burning stove.
Water Water Everywhere describes what can happen if the natural flow of water is not taken into account during the design stage and ITB, In The Beginning, carries on to the end of the first year of construction. In previous episodes I have mentioned how we controlled outside water and how we improved the original …
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Back Up Generators, Why am I giving up on this one so fast, and In the Beginning (ITB), looks at the first days of construction. So generators are much like cars. Well at least the engine part is. You can get a high end jobbie that will cost a fortune or a low end unit …
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