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Our Home 2009
This year we were excited to make some good progress with our hybrid-masonry stove,
interior adobe walls and the straw bale second story we raised in June. Many thanks go
out to Kristopher for his fabulous work and input on our European stove, Tyson for his work
with framing, building the bond beam and the wall raising. Thanks also to Lencho and Louis.
To view our progress in prior years click here.
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Kristopher preps our stove which will serve as a shell for the masonry
Norbert and Kristopher review the design for creating the stove channels
A few days later - the adobe shell has begun and the firebrick
are being formed with flu liners to create the channels
The mass of the stove grows as more channels are added
The final masonry which will be embedded in
decorative adobe, cob and stone in it's final state
Norbert and Tyson create part of the curved bond beam for upstairs
The straw bales and framing for the second story with roof trusses in place
The roofing going up featuring a Mansard front roofline
Framing for the first floor roofing
Heavy straw clay packed in to insulate the first floor roof
The house with finished roof. This winter 2010,
making our windows from recycled glass and milling
our own standing dead lumber.