Questioning Myself

Sometimes i wonder what the heck i am doing. Yeah I said heck.. what can i say i'm from Utah. If i stop to think about this project I have in WY it's a little overwhelming. Its about 2 hrs form home so working on it requires planning. For 2 yrs now I have owned the place and other than the foundation repair (which honestly is a huge improvement) mostly all I have done is tear things apart. To be fair, my daughter went through another round of chemo and a bone marrow transplant when cancer came back - that pretty much put a halt to any plans whatsoever. I really need to start getting into the rebuilding stage so that sometime soon I can actually use this place that I am paying for.

Getting Warmer

It finally arrived - Our Morso 2040 Stove. This stove has been discontinued but they happened to have just a few left so I snagged one at a deep discount. Discounts are always good. Just need to get my pipe prepped for the new stove, lay a bit of tile or masonry of some kind for it to sit on and we'll be good to go.

Quick Trip

Yesterday I took a quick trip up to WY to check on the progress of the place and meet up with Phil, the contractor helping me out with this part of the project. He was up earlier in the week and touched up the grade around the home. It had settled quite a bit from the recent foundation replacement so it needed some work. Looks great now and he is now hooking up the power, sewer and water lines.

We're considering installing a valve to flush the water out after use so that in the winter months we won't have any water in the home at all. I have a shut off valve up by the well and another by the home just before it enters the house. Hopefully this will eliminate any potential water damage.

I'm about done with the deck design and hopefully next week we'll get some deck footing holes dug and the framing of the two small additions will begin.

August

Finally some progress on the place. We removed all of the old seventies cabinets with wallpapered insides. They are still usable, we just don't want to use them. I plan to run an ad in the paper in the local community to see if anyone can use them. There are several cabinets that might be nice to use in the garage for misc tools and such so I may bring some home.

While removing the cabinets we found why the previous owner had a water problem in the kitchen. The water line for the dishwasher had been severed and to plug it up, someone had jambed some wood in the end of the tube and wrapped it with electrical tape. Not the right fix for a water line that has water in it.

We also have removed the old woodburning stove which my contractor has found a home for. Good to see some of the old stuff being used. The stove is actually in near new condition, but it's very large and does not coordinate with the style we're shooting for.