Had a rather cool interview with Bangor Daily News columnist Emily Burnham about this awesome project, the blog, and everything that’s gone into getting  here.  Really felt after the interview that she is the perfect person to write a lifestyle piece about all this and am Read More

Well folks, was hoping to have some pictures/video of the concrete being poured today, but the concrete contractor wanted to wait until the warmer and sunnier day of Saturday.  Let’s hope that the forecast stays at high 60s with sun. Wanted to mention something special we Read More

WOW!   Yesterday turned out to be a super busy day!   When I got up to the project site yesterday morning there was over six men up there.  Earthworks was moving dirt with an excavator, bulldozer, and hauling in fill with 2 dump trucks; the concrete men were reinforcing their Read More

What happened to the beautiful, clear, sunny weather we’ve had all summer?  This week was a bit screwed up by the rainy days and overall Maine-like weather.  Funny what a summer full of beautiful days will do to your perception of a little Maine weather.  Take last week, I Read More

The concrete guys finished tying the rebar grid yesterday. Now I understand why the majority of the concrete subcontractors I had bid the job wanted to use wire mesh with a rebar grid of 4 foot squares. 1 foot squares… what an incredible amount of work and so much Read More

A crew of the concrete subcontractor’s men showed up this afternoon to lay down the rigid insulation on top of the washed rock. It was really quick going at first until they had to start doing the more detail work along the plumbing/diagonal area that rolls off towards the Read More

A few of the concrete subcontractor’s men were up on site early this afternoon getting everything ready for some serious work tomorrow. They dropped off a huge bunch of 2 inch rigid insulation and several hundred feet of rebar. I’m very excited to see the action start Read More

Back to the battle of whether I’m keeping this just relevant to house design/the project or if I want to include you all in some wonderful moments in my life. My sister’s wedding this past weekend was just so special I couldn’t pass posting at least a few Read More

Not too much to report on today. Spent yesterday morning up on site with the Earthworks crew digging an entrance/laying a 4 inch sleeve for the main water feed into the utility room. We ran into ledge at about 5 feet so 2 inches of foam was placed over the top of the water line. Read More

I was headed home from the project site Tuesday afternoon around 5:30 PM and I got a phone call from a friend telling me to get my butt back there because Gary Lavaway and Paul Cyr were flying overhead with their motorized paraglider. SO COOL! Check out the photos they got with Read More